Youth Sports: Parents and Kids Working Together
Real solutions for parents and kids who share in youth sports
Learn How To:
Raise ‘successful’ children
Deal with burnout and boredom
Positive ways to express anger
Motivate kids
Bring about change
Talk to kids so they’ll listen
Keep the game fun
Understand your parents
Develop your full capabilities
‘This book, like Virgil’s sermons, is full of insight and humility, from a man who started out to be a coach and ended up a pastor.’
-Roy Williams, Head Basketball Coach, University of North Carolina.
‘An excellent foundation for enhancing communication between parents and kids.’
-Tracy Austin former No.1 World-ranked Player, two-time U.S.Open Champion, mother of three sons.
‘This is a must read book for parents who are striving to find healthy and constructive ways of nurturing their child’s growth as an athlete.’
-Dr. Allen Berger, Ph.D., Sports Counselor and Co-author of Sports Psychology for the Competitive Junior Tennis Player (Audiobook).
‘This book helped me improve my mental game and gave me a much better perspective on competition in my sport.’
-Jenny Roulier, Collegiate Athlete, Denver, Colo.
‘I liked how Chapter 7 talked to kids about their parents. Now I understand why they get angry and I won’t get so hurt or mad when they do.’
-Alexander Mody, USTA Southern California Ranked Junior
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Virgil Brady, D.D., has 40 years of experience as a pastor and marriage and family counselor. His three children, Kevin, Kip and Kara, are tennis-teaching professionals in Southern California. The entire family conducts adult and junior tennis camps throughout the year. Virgil and his wife, Elaine, live in Lawrence, Kansas.