Successful Coaching [Paperback]

Rainer Martens (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0880116668 | ISBN-13: 978-0880116664 | Publication Date: April 2004 | Edition: 2nd Updtd

Provides updated information for coaches for all sports at the secondary school and club level as well as above.

Editorial Reviews

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From AthletesAdvisor.com
"This book covers a lot of topics and usually books that tackle this much content fail to go deep enough in each area. Not in this case! "Successful Coaching"'s rich use of visual aids and sidebar content add to the text of each section with great success and clarity." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Review

From AthletesAdvisor.com
“This book covers a lot of topics and usually books that tackle this much content fail to go deep enough in each area. Not in this case! Successful Coaching's rich use of visual aids and sidebar content add to the text of each section with great success and clarity.”

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 219 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; 2nd Updtd edition (April 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880116668
• ISBN-13: 978-0880116664
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,167,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rainer Martens has been playing softball for 45 years. He is a stand-out player and coach for the Florida Legends, the most decorated senior softball team in the United States with over 80 National Championships. In 18 national tournaments, Martens-coached teams have won 16 national championships and placed second in the other two. His passion and achievements in softball were rewarded when he was inducted into the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 2009.

Rainer Martens has written 16 books and hundreds of articles. His book Successful Coaching has sold over 1 million copies, and it is the top-selling coaching book of all time.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for All New Coaches in any Sport, September 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Successful Coaching (Paperback)

This is THE best coaching book for beginner to intermediate coaches I have EVER read. I think so highly of this book that I feel all coaches should be handed a copy as soon as they sign up for a coaching job. This is the book that basically made me the coach I am today. When I first began coaching high school hockey, I sought coaching education in all the books I could find. But for a beginning coach, many of these books fell short with the simple fact that new coaches need to learn from the bottom up. This book not only remembers to teach you all aspects of coaching you will need to get started in coaching but hits on a lot of the aspects that you may not even have considered. This is the first book I read that hits upon the idea that coaching is more that X's and O's. Many coaching books fail to realize that organization is the key to successful coaching. Practice and season planning are covered in a way that a new coach can begin planning their season immediately. Physical conditioning planning and teaching plans are covered in a way that no matter what the sport is that you are coaching, you can apply the lessons taught. From how to make up your season outline to how to set and reach your team objectives are covered to the point where you can gain the confidence you need to succeed. But also covered are things such as how to avoid legal problems, how to deal with parents and how and when to run meetings with both parents and players. These are the very details that most hockey or coaching books seem to leave out. And these are the very things that all new coaches need to get information on BEFORE they begin. And after coaching for four years on the high school level, I have needed ALL of the information I gained from this book. I can not recommend this book enough. EVERY COACH IN EVERY SPORT SHOULD OWN IT.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Premier Coaching Text, January 4, 2006

By 

P. Ritter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Coaching - 3rd Edition (Paperback)

This book is THE book for anyone aspiring to coach. If you have the desire to coach but lack the knowledge, buy this book now! It can be a bit dry at times, but so can coaching. The bottom line is that it teaches a lot of things and teaches them well.

One minor quibble is the book's hasty dismissal of command-style coaching. I think Martens is a little harsh in that regard. But, that's a nit-pick. The book is outstanding.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful Beyond Sports, November 1, 2009

By 

Edward J. Barton (Tukwila, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Coaching - 3rd Edition (Paperback)

This book is beyond just sports coaching. While the emphasis is on coaching the school age athlete, there is a lot of great material on motivation, teamwork, planning, execution and psychology that apply to the business world as well.

The material covered in 5 units includes:
* Principles of Coaching
* Principles of Behavior
* Principles of Teaching
* Principles of Physical Training - including nutrition
* Principles of Management

The book is an easy read, and great for any parent getting into coaching, anyone who coaches athletics, or even a business manager looking for an edge. A good read.