Check out these great books on positive coaching and related books by members of the PCA advisory committee.
The Double Goal Coach - Jim Thompson
Living, Leading and the American Dream - John Gardner
Positive Coaching: Building Character and Self-Esteem Through Sports - Jim Thompson
Shooting in the Dark: Tales of Coaching and Leadership - Jim Thompson
Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children - Tom Farrey
Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior - Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty
101 Ways to Be a Terrific Sports Parent - Joel Fish
The Sweet Season: A Sportswriter Rediscovers Football, Family, and a Bit of Faith. - Austin Murphy
My Losing Season - Pat Conroy
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood - William Pollack
Feeding the Young Athlete: Sports Nutrition Made Easy for Players and Parents - Cynthia Lair
Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker and Charles Salzberg
Raising a Team Player: Teaching Kids Lasting Values on the Field, on the Court and on the Bench - Harry Sheehy, Danny Peary and Joe Torre
Teacher: The One Who Made The Difference - Mark Edmundson
The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer - Bobby Clark
The Last Days of Summer - Steve Kluger
A Coach's Life: My Forty Years in College Basketball - Dean Smith
On Leadership - John Gardner
Self-Renewal - John Gardner
Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership - Howard Gardner
Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control - Albert Bandura
Greater Expectations: Overcoming the Culture of Indulgence in Our Homes and Schools - William Damon
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - Jerry Porras, James Collins
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow in Sports - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Susan Jackson
Character Development and Physical Activity - Brenda Bredemeier and David Shields
Values of the Game - Bill Bradley
They Call Me Coach - John Wooden
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court - John Wooden
Building a Champion - Bill Walsh
A Sense of Where You Are - John McPhee
Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment - George Leonard
The Ultimate Athlete - George Leonard
Smashing Barriers - Richard Lapchick
In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle - Madeleine Blais
Way to Go, Coach: A Scientifically-Proven Approach to Coaching Effectiveness - Ronald Smith, Frank Small
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream - H. G. Bissinger
When Pride Still Mattered - David Maraniss
Why Johnny Hates Sports - Fred Engh
Raising Winners: A Parent's Guide to Helping Kids Succeed On and Off the Playing Field - Shari Kuchenbecker
Season of Life - Jeffrey Marx
Creative Coaching Jerry Lynch
We Own This Game - Robert Andrew Powell
Reforming Sports Before the Clock Runs Out -Bruce B. Svare
Play Baseball the Ripken Way - Cal Ripken, Jr., and Bill Ripken
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