Written by a nationally recognized sports-parenting expert, coach, and author who is also a former professional baseball player, Coaching Kids For Dummies shows you step by step how to make sports a positive experience for kids of all ages. Packed with practical advice for coaches and parents, it shows you how to:

• Help kids select the best sports for them
• Communicate effectively with your young athletes
• Deal with losses and wins
• Provide encouragement without pushing too hard
• Motivate kids and boost performance
• Foster good sportsmanship
• Prevent sports burnout
• Handle irate parents
• Evaluate travel teams

No matter what your prior experience with youth league sports—even if you weren’t in one yourself as a kid—Coaching Kids For Dummies coaches you in all the essentials. Topics you’ll explore include:

• What every parent should know about youth sports, including the right age to get them started, how leagues work, and what your kid and you can expect
• Basic coaching tasks and responsibilities, such as pregame preparation, practice sessions, team meetings with kids and parents, and more
• Communication and motivational skills every coach needs to develop
• Coaching challenges, including scheduling, hostile parents, dealing with injuries, and coaching your own kids

Loaded with tested-in-the-trenches strategies for helping kids get the most out of sports, Coaching Kids For Dummies is every youth league coach’s survival guide.