Every Moment Matters: How the World’s Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams
John O’Sullivan works tirelessly to change soccer for the better. Here is a review of his new book, Every Moment Matters which reminds all of us that Coaching Is Not a Job; It Is a Calling and the value of intrinsic motivation, emotional intelligence and turning technique into skill.
TOP RATED – 5 Stars Great Book. I loved it.
Every Moment Matters: How the World’s Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams is written by an expert on the subject. John O’Sullivan is a former soccer pro, turned coach and author, and the founder of Changing the Game Project. O’Sullivan is a leader in the effort to shift the paradigm in youth sports to keep players of all levels in the game.
A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.
John Wooden – Quote from the opening of Every Moment Matters: How the World’s Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams
From insight on how to create an effective and positive learning environment to the benefits of making your athletes feel invaluable, even if they are not the most valuable to establishing your team’s DNA … Every Moment Matters: How the World’s Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams is the best gift for a coach or anyone who loves the beautiful game.
This book is also for soccer parents.
“Just Because You’re a Good Parent Doesn’t Mean You’re Going to Be a Good Coach/Parent” and “Keeping It FairWhen Coaching Your Own Child” are two must-read lessons.
O’Sullivan makes it simple. His players tell him he inspires them to do their best, even when he is not around.
Every moment matters.
This is just a truth we all need to realize.
One of the best features of O’Sullivan’s new book is how easy it is to read. It is a page-turner. Without any trace of condescension, O’Sullivan dives into the deep end of what truly makes a difference and the benefits of being an Athlete-Centered Coach. Believing a goal of this book is to help keep kids in the game and coming back every season, Every Moment Matters purpose is to “help people get a better understanding of who that child is in front of you and what she needs from you to ensure she returns to sport the next season.”
If coaches could accomplish this, many more players would stay in the game. Everything would change.
An internationally known TEDx Speaker, O’Sullivan has consulted for the United States Olympic Committee, U.S. Soccer, USA Football, US Lacrosse, USA Swimming, Ireland Rugby, Aussie Rules Football and authored two #1 bestselling books.
Click to order Every Moment Matters on Changing the Game Project
The difference between an artist and a coach is that an artist can throw out his work at the end of the day. The coach doesn’t get to start over.
Terry Steiner – Quote from the opening of Every Moment Matters: How the World’s Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams
O’Sullivan’s new book Every Moment Matters: How the World’s Best …
Why Do I Coach?
An Excerpt from EVERY MOMENT MATTERS
People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.
—Simon Sinek
We spend the vast majority of our time in traditional coaching education learning the tools to run a great practice and coach in the competition. Intuitively, this seems to make sense.
Interviews with John O’Sullivan: YOUTH SOCCER: FUN AND COMPETITION CAN GO HAND IN HAND and YOUTH SOCCER: FUN AND COMPETITION CAN GO HAND IN HAND PART II