Victory Beyond the Scoreboard: Building Winners in Life Through Sports [Paperback]

John Devine (Author), Cliff Gillies (Author), Thorn Bacon (Author)

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Victory Beyond The Scoreboard is a practical, grassroots book that provides intelligent answers to the social, ethical and behavioral concerns that arise for parents, coaches and players who are involved in youth sports. Victory Beyond The Scoreboard offers innovative ideas for making sports more fun and less stressful for both players and families. Few (if any) activities can equal sports participation for providing life-enriching experiences to youth. Never before has the essential concept of creating a partnership among players, parents and coaches been so clearly explained. Victory Beyond The Scoreboard shows how to help young players select the best sport and program for them; elevate the values of sportsmanship and personal growth; assist the 95% of all coaches who do an outstanding job; help young athletes deal with athletic successes and failures; and using sports as a catalyst for building united, caring families. Victory Beyond The Scoreboard is "must" reading for any parent with a child participating with a youth sport. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Bookpartners (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885221436
• ISBN-13: 978-1885221438
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,238,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it for the coaches!!!, June 8, 1999

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This review is from: Victory Beyond the Scoreboard: Building Winners in Life Through Sports (Paperback)

A good investment for any parent who is tired of kid's sports coaches who are too rough, or so focused on winning that they forget the real reasons your kids are there - to learn the sport, to develop sportsmanship, to have fun. I'd buy it as a gift (even if you have to give it anonymously!) Another book I'd recommend is Perfect Parenting The Dictionary of 1000 Parent Tips by Elizabeth Pantley - it has sections on what to do about kids who want to quit sports, or those that don't want to practice, or those who are poor sports.