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Responsible Coaching Bookshelf

Following are links to books recommended by Positive Coaching Alliance, USA Football, US Youth Soccer and ASA Softball as well as other Responsible Sports resources collected by Liberty Mutual.

The Double-Goal Coach - Jim Thompson (Founder, Positive Coaching Alliance)

Shooting in the Dark: Tales of Coaching and Leadership - Jim Thompson (Founder, Positive Coaching Alliance)

Positive Coaching in a Nutshell - Jim Thompson (Founder, Positive Coaching Alliance)

Positive Coaching: Building Character and Self-Esteem Through Sports - Jim Thompson (Founder, Positive Coaching Alliance)

Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior - Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty

A Coach's Life: My Forty Years in College Basketball - Dean Smith

On Leadership - John Gardner

Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society- John Gardner

Flow in Sports - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Susan Jackson

Values of the Game - Bill Bradley

Building a Champion: On Football and the Making of the 49ers - Bill Walsh

Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream - H. G. Bissinger

When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi - David Maraniss

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls - Mary Pipher

Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls - Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker and Charles Salzberg

Season of Life - Jeffrey Marx

PARTNER COACHING RESOURCES

USA Football Coaching Resources:

USA Football Coaches Guide

ASA Softball Coaching Resources:

ASA Softball: ACE Coaching Certification

US Youth Soccer Coaching Resources:

USYSA Assistant Coach Series - U6 and U8 Activity Aids for Parents and Coaches

USYSA Assistant Coach Series - U10 Practice Activities for Parents and Coaches

USYSA Assistant Coach Series - U12 Activity Aids for Parents and Coaches

USYSA Coaching the U12 Player - Years of Refinement

USYSA Handbook for Small Sided Games

USYSA Soccer and Its Rules

USYSA TOPSoccer Manual

USYSA's US Youth Soccer Bylaws US Youth Soccer Policy on Players and Playing Rules

USYSA Youth Soccer Parent/Coach Primer: Basic Philosophy and Technique

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