InSideOut Coaching (eBook)

How Sports Can Transform Lives

Joe Ehrmann, Gregory Jordan (Autoren)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
272 Seiten
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-1-4391-8300-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Joe Ehrmann, the coach profiled in the national bestseller Season of Life, explains how coaches at every level, from Little League to high school to NCAA Division I and even the professional leagues, can use sports to transform lives.
Coaches have a tremendous platform, says Joe Ehrmann, a former Syracuse University All-American and NFL star. Perhaps second only to parents, coaches can impact young people as no one else can. But most coaches fail to do the teaching, mentoring, even life-saving intervention that their platform provides. Too many are transactional coaches, they focus solely on winning and meeting their personal needs. They see sports as a simple exchange: the athlete performs to a coach's demands and in return gets something, usually praise or a position in the starting lineup. Some coaches, however, use their platform. They teach the Xs and Os, but also teach the Ys of life. They help young people grow into responsible adults, they leave a lasting legacy. These are the transformational coaches. These coaches change lives, and they also change society by helping to develop healthy men and women.
Sports have become a secular religion, according to Ehrmann. Tens of millions of children play sports, and millions of coaches have the potential to influence the lives of these children--and through them to touch their parents' lives as well. Children can be diminished and discouraged by their sports experiences, or they can be strengthened, uplifted, even in some cases redeemed. Sports can be a life-changing experience if coaches understand why they are coaching and redefine their measurement of success.
InSideOut Coaching explains how to become a trans-formational coach. Coaches first have to 'go inside' and articulate their reasons for coaching. Only those who have taken the InSideOut journey can become transformational. Joe Ehrmann provides examples of coaches in his life who took this journey and taught him how to find something bigger than himself in sports.He describes his own InSideOut experience, starting with the death of his beloved brother, which helped him understand how sports could transcend the play-ing field. He gives coaches the information and the tools they need to become transformational.
Joe Ehrmann has taken his message about the extraordinary power of sports all over the country. It has been warmly endorsed by NFL head coaches, athletic directors at major universities, high school head coaches, even business groups and community organizations. Now any parent-coach or school or community coach can read Ehrmann's message and learn how to make sports a life-changing experience.

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In this inspirational yet practical book, the man Parade called the most important coach in America, subject of the national bestseller Season of Life, Joe Ehrmann, describes his coaching philosophy and explains how sports can transform lives at every level of play, from the earliest years to professional sports.Coaches have a tremendous platform, says Joe Ehrmann, a former Syracuse University All-American and NFL star. Perhaps second only to parents, coaches can impact young people as no one else can. But most coaches fail to do the teaching, mentoring, even life-saving intervention that their platform provides. Too many are transactional coaches; they focus solely on winning and meeting their personal needs. Some coaches, however, use their platform. They teach the Xs and Os, but also teach the Ys of life. They help young people grow into responsible adults; they leave a lasting legacy. These are the transformational coaches. These coaches change lives, and they also change society by helping to develop healthy men and women. InSideOut Coaching explains how to become a transformational coach. Coaches first have to go inside and articulate their reasons for coaching. Only those who have taken the InSideOut journey can become transformational. Joe Ehrmann provides examples of coaches in his life who took this journey and taught him how to find something bigger than himself in sports.He describes his own InSideOut experience, starting with the death of his beloved brother, which helped him understand how sports could transcend the playing field. He gives coaches the information and the tools they need to become transformational. Joe Ehrmann has taken his message about the extraordinary power of sports all over the country. It has been warmly endorsed by NFL head coaches, athletic directors at major universities, high school head coaches, even business groups and community organizations. Now any parent-coach or school or community coach can read Ehrmanns message and learn how to make sports a life-changing experience.

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INTRODUCTION The InSideOut Process The black sky hung heavy over Baltimore that October night. Streetlights all over our neighborhood were burned out. Clouds clung to the tops of the row houses, and as I drove, the mist rose so thickly that it felt as if the car was colliding with it. I was driving home with my four-year-old son, Barney, asleep in the seat beside me. He rested his head on the armrest. Ice cream stained his cheek. I turned off talk radio to savor his peaceful breathing. It was my weekly father-son night with Barney. I had a speech scheduled that evening and thought it might be fun to take him along. My wife, Paula, dressed him up in the same outfit I was wearing--blue blazer, red tie, and khaki pants. She handed me his coloring book and crayons as we walked out the door. I sat him in the front row and told him that if he behaved, I would take him to the local ice cream shop and he could order anything he wanted. As I spoke from the podium, I realized that I couldn't concentrate. It was a few years into my ministry. I had started to enjoy public speaking and loved engaging my audience. It gave me a sensation like the single-mindedness and adrenaline rush that I got from sports. But tonight I felt nervous and distracted. I kept watching Barney and he kept watching me. Even though my brain was sending the right words to my mouth, my deeper mind kept focusing on my son. I was overcome with how great he looked and how much I loved him. After the speech and handshakes, I went over to him and hugged him. 'Dad, that was really good!' he said. My heart was touched. It was so like Barney to be thoughtful beyond his years. I got him his ice cream--he ordered a hot fudge sundae and a chocolate milkshake. I just couldn't say no. As the bright light of the ice cream shop illuminated the ice cream covering Barney's chin and clothes, I thought about how Paula would react to my sweet indulgence. Far too much sugar, and the stains to prove it! Outside, the city was empty and the mist was thick, a few roaming cats and random rats spooked me. As we got closer to home, I looked down at Barney again. Suddenly, I began to have the most mystical and magical experience of my life. It seemed as though my soul left my body and connected with his. I had an overwhelming sense of how much I loved him, how special and important he was to me. Out of all the children in the world, this magnificent boy was my son. And I was his dad. And in the throes of this spiritual connection, it seemed as if the mist started coming in through the car vents and engulfing us. I pulled over to the side of the road and stopped. A sense of being haunted came over me, a sense that maybe there were a few shadows and ghosts lingering in the dark that needed to come out into the light. And then for the first time in my adult life, I managed to articulate something that had always eaten at me: 'My father never saw me this way.' I was acutely aware of the difference between the love I felt for Barney and what I had received from my own father. My father never felt this. Why didn't I have a father who loved me the same way I love my son? The car arrived home that night almost driving itself--and carrying two boys. One was sound asleep on my shoulder, resting in the strength and security of my love for him. And the other was me, a four-year-old 'Joey' Ehrmann wrapped in a retired lineman's body who was just starting to get in touch with the hole inside his soul. I handed both boys to Paula. I told her about my experience and my wave of emotions--the sense of loss, grief, and abandonment that I associated...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.8.2011
• Co-Autor: Paula Ehrmann
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4391-8300-7 / 1439183007
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-8300-7 / 9781439183007