- Genre:sports & recreation
- Sub-genre:Sports Psychology
- Language:English
- Pages:178
- eBook ISBN:9781732860315
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Overview
The success of any person or organization is capped at person's ability to lead themselves and others.
Through his lens as a former NCAA division-I athlete, high school coach, athlete parent and certified leadership trainer, Eric Smith takes you on a journey on "how to" lead and elevate in 3 dimension, the dimensions of SELF, TEAM, and SPORT.
Athletes and Coaches will enjoy this light but fascinating read which offers specific strategies that can be implemented immediately!
In this book, you will learn gain a competitive edge by learning valuable tactics that will empower you and those around you to play at a much higher level, while creating a legacy by leaving your sport in a better place long after you're gone.
Coaches will benefit by learning how to create a mindset that puts the athlete back in control so that they play faster, looser and with more creativity while leaving their athletes with a continuous thirst for improvement. They will also learn how to be a better leaders and create leadership on their team.
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The reason the triangle is the strongest of the polygonal shapes is because, when force is added to a triangle, that force is spread evenly throughout all three sides.
This is the same logic Eric Smith applies to The Winning Edge Way: An Athlete and Coach's Guide to Becoming a 3-Dimensional Competitor.
As complex and nuanced as team sports are, there are three main components at their core: the player, the team, the game - each reliant on the other. In this guide, Smith meticulously breaks down and examines each of these three components through the lens of his own personal experience as both athlete and coach.
One should devote oneself to a purpose not for the purpose but for that which can be learned and gained along the way, to then be passed along to the next generation. And when you devote yourself to a sport (or purpose), as Smith has, you learn a thing or two - or in this case, three!
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