Until you’ve consumed all of the best Sports Motivational books, can you even claim to be a true fan?
- Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable (Sports for the Soul) (Volume 1) (2016)
- 1001 Motivational Messages and Quotes for Athletes and Coaches: Teaching Character Through Sport (2000)
- Inspirational Sports Quotes: 365 Motivational Sports Quotes (2016)
- Shoot Your Shot: A Sport-Inspired Guide To Living Your Best Life (2018)
- The Champion’s Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive (2015)
- Walk-On Warrior: Drive, Discipline, and the Will to Win (2018)
- Victory Favors the Fearless: How to Defeat the 7 Fears That Hold You Back (Sports for the Soul) (2019)
- Bring Your “A” Game: A Young Athlete’s Guide to Mental Toughness (2009)
- Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) (2015)
- Run: Runner Journal & Running Run Notebook – Sport Motivational Quotes Diary To Write In (110 Pages, 6 x 9 in) Gift For Runners, Athletes, Kids, Coach, Woman (Running Notebooks) (2019)
- The New Toughness Training for Sports: Mental Emotional Physical Conditioning from One of the World’s Premier Sports Psychologists (1995)
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (2014)
- Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable (2014)
- A Teen’s Game Plan for Life (2007)
Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable (Sports for the Soul) (Volume 1) (2016)
If you want to take control of your life and achieve your biggest dreams, you must develop a “warrior mindset.” This book will show you how to stop thinking like a victim and start thinking like a warrior. In this inspirational fable, Chris McNeely is a college football coach who is at the end of his rope after a hard-and-fast fall from the top of his profession.
1001 Motivational Messages and Quotes for Athletes and Coaches: Teaching Character Through Sport (2000)
1001 Motivational Messages and Quotes for Athletes and Coaches is a great resource for coaches and physical educators at any level, and an inspiring work that you’ll reference again and again. Offers over 1,000 motivational quotes from noted athletes, writers, celebrities and world leaders. The book features 13 themes, including: Confidence, discipline, teamwork, work habits, courage, integrity, poise, sportsmanship, friendship, and teamwork with corresponding quotes for each theme.
Inspirational Sports Quotes: 365 Motivational Sports Quotes (2016)
“Inspirational Sports Quotes: 365 Motivational Sports Quotes”Get this amazing collection of 365 Motivational Sports Quotes for sports lovers and the people who love them.
Shoot Your Shot: A Sport-Inspired Guide To Living Your Best Life (2018)
‘Shoot Your Shot’ identifies the key principles that the world’s most elite basketball players have applied to their lives and explains in detail how you can can use those same exact principles to help you navigate through life, accomplish your goals, and realize your dreams.Divided into Quarters and making you feel like you are in an actual basketball game, ‘Shoot Your Shot’ provides an entertaining and uni…
The Champion’s Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive (2015)
Even among the most elite performers, certain athletes stand out as a cut above the rest, able to outperform in clutch, game-deciding moments. These athletes prove that raw athletic ability doesn’t necessarily translate to a superior on-field experience—its the mental game that matters most. Sports participation—from the recreational to the collegiate Division I level—is at an all-time high.
Walk-On Warrior: Drive, Discipline, and the Will to Win (2018)
Small town. Undersized. Not enough talent. John Willkom heard it all as a young basketball player growing up in rural Wisconsin. Despite the odds, John dedicated his life to the game, an arduous journey that challenged the very core of even the most disciplined.
Victory Favors the Fearless: How to Defeat the 7 Fears That Hold You Back (Sports for the Soul) (2019)
You will never achieve any important goal until you first defeat the fears that stand between you and that goal—the fears that say it’s too risky, you don’t deserve it, or you’re not good enough.In fact, fearful thinking is one of the most destructive thought patterns you can fall into.
Bring Your “A” Game: A Young Athlete’s Guide to Mental Toughness (2009)
Mental training is just as important as physical training when it comes to success in sport. And like physical fitness, mental toughness is something that can be taught and learned. Yet many young athletes have not learned the psychological skills needed to develop their best game. This book was written specifically for young athletes interested in improving their performance and reaching their potential in sport.
Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) (2015)
Making and maintaining lasting changes in nutrition and fitness is not easy for anyone. Yet the communication style of a health professional can make a huge difference. This book presents the proven counseling approach known as motivational interviewing (MI) and shows exactly how to use it in day-to-day interactions with clients.
Run: Runner Journal & Running Run Notebook – Sport Motivational Quotes Diary To Write In (110 Pages, 6 x 9 in) Gift For Runners, Athletes, Kids, Coach, Woman (Running Notebooks) (2019)
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The New Toughness Training for Sports: Mental Emotional Physical Conditioning from One of the World’s Premier Sports Psychologists (1995)
For nearly a quarter of a century, top sports psychologist has been training world-class athletes, from Olympic gold medalist speed-skater to tennis stars and His bestselling book, , is a classic. In , he offers a toughness program that allows you to play at the very top of your game–every time. You’ll learn how to trigger you Ideal Performance State (IPS) on demand and gain the heightened physical, mental, and emotional mind-body toughness so vital to sports.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (2014)
Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future. Your goals, your dreams, your plans…they’re all within reach. You just need the tools to help you get there. That’s what Sean Covey’s landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, has been to millions of teens: a handbook to self-esteem and success.
Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable (2014)
Direct, blunt, and brutally honest, Grover breaks down what it takes to be unstoppable: you keep going when everyone else is giving up, you thrive under pressure, you never let your emotions make you weak. In “The Relentless 13,” he details the essential traits shared by the most intense competitors and achievers in sports, business, and all walks of life.
A Teen’s Game Plan for Life (2007)
After decades of helping to mold teenagers into adults as a highly successful football coach, including a national championship as the coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Lou Holtz shares a common sense message with teens in an easily understood game plan for life.
Best Sports Motivational Books You Should Enjoy
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Coaching athletes to be their best : motivational interviewing in sports
Author(s): Breckon, Jeff; Fader, Jonathan S.; Moyers, Theresa B.; Rollnick, Stephen
ID: 2445121, Publisher: The Guilford Press, Year: 2020, Size: 12 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are truly hot items according to The New York Times, others are written by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.