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Booklet The Role of Parents This booklet by Bruce E. Brown examines the role of parents in their children's athletic experience from the perspective of the athlete, drawing on three… Read now Booklet Confidence: A Parent’s Guide Confidence: How Parents Can Help Build a Confident Athlete" — written to help parents understand athletic confidence and their role in developing it.… Read now Booklet Youth Coaching - 4 Keys to a Successful Season Not long ago after speaking at a coaching clinic, I was asked by a local coach if I would visit basketball practice for his team of eleven-year old boys.… Read now Booklet The Impact of Trust Making the case that trust is the single most important quality in building successful teams. Drawing on interviews with current and former athletes,… Read now Booklet The 10 Disciplines By Bruce and Dana Brown on the role of discipline in building successful team cultures. After an opening section on what discipline is and why it matters,… Read now Booklet Team Stories Subtitled "Seize the Season: Become a Great Team," using stories from history to teach the value of teamwork. It is organized around the foundations of… Read now Booklet Teach Attitude First Developing an “Attitude of Gratitude” in Your Athletes Read now Booklet Positive Conditioning Team Building Through Positive Conditioning" — describing how to transform conditioning from punishment into a privilege that builds teams. Brown lays out… Read now Booklet Motivational Strategies for Coaches Describing the attributes of a coaching style that produces motivated athletes and teams — a style that propels players into action and activates the… Read now Booklet Great Teams - The Seven Essentials On what it takes to build a great team — the experience of bringing together a group of people with diverse skills, beliefs, and destinies so that both… Read now Booklet Daily Character Lessons - Youth Coaches Daily Character Lessons for Youth Coaches (NAIA Champions of Character) Read now Booklet Core Covenants - Building Great Teams On building an intentional team culture through "core covenants." It defines what a covenant is, explains why team identity must be created rather than… Read now Booklet Called to Coach and Inspire - 7 Motivational Concepts Built around the phrase "There was this coach…" — the words successful adults so often use when naming the person who changed their lives. It presents… Read now Booklet Athletic Traditions: Round Two A follow-up to his book 101 Positive Athletic Traditions. It compiles the best positive traditions submitted by coaches, athletic directors, and athletes… Read now Booklet Assessing and Improving Athletic Programs A roadmap for successful athletic programs and the role of coaches, athletic directors, administrators, and communities. Drawing on visits to hundreds of… Read now Booklet Playing with Confidence For athletes to read, for coaches to teach" — designed to teach an athlete how to become a confident competitor and their own confidence builder, even… Read now Booklet Life Lessons This booklet by Bruce E. Brown defines what it means to choose to become an "athlete" — a great teammate — rather than simply being athletic. It works… Read now Booklet Equipping and Empowering Team Leaders Designed to support people who are intentionally teaching leadership (a companion to the Captains booklet and the Captains & Coaches Workshop DVD). It is… Read now Booklet Compete - Traits of an Elite Competitor On what it means to be a competitor — presented as a choice and a lifestyle rather than a matter of talent, gender, or sport. After an introduction on… Read now Booklet Championship Standards - A Team Study Subtitled "Live and Lead With Honor." It presents championship standards for athletes and teams, each built around a guiding quote, a central idea, a… Read now Booklet Captains - Seven Ways to Lead Your Team Congratulations on being a leader on your team. Don’t leave this season, or this experience to chance. You only have a few opportunities like the one you… Read now Booklet Daily Lessons A Game Plan for Character Development: Daily Character Lessons for High School and College Coaches," written as an NAIA Champions of Character resource.… Read now