Positive Coaching in a Nutshell

Positive Coaching: Building Character and Self-Esteem Through Sports launched the Positive Coaching Alliance movement and became a coaching classic that has transformed the youth sports experience for many coaches and athletes. Now Positive Coaching in a Nutshell makes the wisdom and inspiration of Positive Coaching accessible to new generations of coaches and sports parents. In 86 pages, it provides bite-sized tips, tools, and techniques to help youth athletes gain the most from sports. Anyone concerned with youth sports, education, and character-development can learn how to be a positive coach in two hours or less. Many will return to the book for refresher-readings on such key topics as: The power of relentless positivity Making the most of mistakes Learning from winning and losing Nurturing outstanding individual competitors Helping individuals become a team See why so many coaches and parents say that Positive Coaching has made such a difference in the lives of their children and families.

Jim Thompson is founder and Executive Director of Positive Coaching Alliance, a non-profit formed at Stanford University with the mission to create a movement to transform the culture of youth sports so that all youth athletes have a positive, character-building experience. Jim was named one of the Top 100 Sports Educators in the U.S. by the Institute for International Sport in October 2007. He is the author of five books: The Double-Goal Coach, Positive Coaching, and Shooting in the Dark: Tales of Coaching and Leadership, Positive Coaching in a Nutshell, and his most recent Positive Sports Parenting