Bøger af Dan Spainhour

In 2004 I put together A Season In Words: A Coach's Guide To Motivation From The Preseason To The Postseason. Early on in my coaching career I started collecting quotes and organizing them as a season unfolds. I thought of things that normally occur within a season and I placed what I thought to be appropriate quotes in corresponding files. A Season In Words was my original quote collection and each section was one of my files. Being a big believer in quotes, I also had a separate folder for quotes that came just from coaches. I thought who better to inspire than people going through the same thing I was going through. As my collection of coaches' quotes grew I realized my collection was completely unorganized. So, just as I had done with A Season In Words, I put quotes directly from coaches in files that corresponded to a season. It just made it so much easier to quickly find motivation that I needed. This book contains the quotes I had in my coach's quote files.

New updated edition with over 2000 quotes for coaches of all sports! - Easily find quotes that cover an exact moment of your season-whether it's during practice, preparing for the big game or building confidence after a loss. - Brilliantly organized into 14 files according to your season-not by generic topics. - Compiled by veteran coach Dan Spainhour. - Filled with more than 2000 opinions, insights and wits of wisdom to motivate your team and help you stay competitive. - It will be your go-to resource season after season! The Files: 1. The Preseason/Individual Improvement 2. The Beginning & Practice Quotes 3. Team Formation 4. Before A Game 5. After A Win 6. After A Loss/Building Confidence 7. Before A Big Game-The Rivalry Game 8. When Your Team Is Favored To Win 9. When Your Team Is The Underdog 10. Overcoming Adversity 11. The Mid-Season Doldrums & Overcoming Slumps 12. Dealing With Problems 13. The Postseason 14. The Season's End

When I used to hear all the talk about affirmations, I had a tendency to think of some New Age feel good stuff that had little to do with coaching. However, the more I investigated the process of affirmations I came to realize maybe it was only the term affirmations that caused me not to take the process seriously. I mean I've always believed in the importance of self-talk and the effects it has on performance. Like most coaches, I posted daily quotes in our locker room for the team to read and recite back during practice. I know motivation is different things for different people and athletes need inspiration that is designed specifically for them. I also believed as Peter Davies says, "Motivation is like food for the brain, you cannot get enough in one setting." So I started to give my players specific individual statements I asked them to say to themselves over and over. I would give them new statements at different times throughout the year based upon areas that I wanted to see them improve. I immediately saw results. My players seem more confident and our performance has improved since I instituted this process.

Everyone needs a good story to tell. The greatest leaders teach with stories, they know that storytelling is useful in far more situations than many people realize. Thanks to some great mentors, I became very interested at a young age in learning what parables or stories I could use to teach lessons to my team. Here are some stories I have collected from my 34 years in the business. -Dan Spainhour