coaching (athletics)

Provides an insider account with unprecedented access to Deion Sanders and his athletes, over the course of a near-perfect college football season with Jackson State.

When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.

Presents information on careers in the field of sports coaching.

Teaches readers about the history of softball, its top teams and players, and the skills young players may need to compete.

Teaches readers about the history of lacrosse, its top teams and players, and the skills young players may need to compete.

Eighth-grader Ellie is a veteran on her volleyball team, but this year she is frustrated because she is having trouble with her footwork, and she hopes that getting involved with coaching the younger girls in the newly organized after-school group at the Boys and Girls Club will help her work through her problems, besides, it is fun and she was instrumental in setting it up.

Do you like being active and competitive? That might be a potential clue to your future career! This book explores what a career in sports might look like. Readers will discover how their interests can lead to a lifelong future career. Aligned to curriculum standards and 21st Century Skills, Career Clues for Kids prepares readers for a successful future. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, sidebars, and author biographies.

Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the role of coaches in their community.

Cameron Jones loves soccer, but he plays it not only for the joy of it but because his dad thinks it will help him get a college scholarship. Then his father's job transfers him and his family from the big city to a small town, where Cameron finds the soccer team disordered and uninterested. However, maybe this is just what Cameron needs--a team to shape up and make soccer fun again.

Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.