The Coach's Toolbox: Using Sports Psychology With Your Kids - Paperback

by Daniel J. Mawhinney (Contribution by), Peter S. Pierro (Author)

The basic purpose of this book is to take the ideas that we have discovered about how people learn and how they operate in this world and to use these ideas to help our kids play the game better and enjoy the game more. These ideas are universal-they're present in everything we learn-and they're present in all sports. You don't need a degree in psychology to use them. In fact, I hope you'll keep saying to yourself, "This is just good, common sense." There's Sports and there's Psychology and the two fit together very nicely.

Author Biography

Dr. Peter S. Pierro is a retired professor at the University of Oklahoma. He has degrees in history, psychology, and education from Northern Illinois University. He has also been on the faculty at Elmhurst College, Southeastern Oklahoma University, and Langston University. Among other sports experiences, he played with the Will-Walt team in the Northern Illinois Fastball League, the Utica Yanks semi-professional baseball team, and U. S. Navy and Illinois Valley Community College basketball teams. He was selected on the All-Star team on the U. S. Navy Tinian Island Basketball Team. During his senior year at NIU he was individual bowling champion. He has taught at the elementary, junior high school, high school, and university levels and has coached basketball, baseball, and softball at the child, youth, high school, and adult levels. He received the Professor of the Year Award at Elmhurst College in Illinois and is a member of the Illinois Valley Community College Hall of Fame. Playing golf is his major sports addiction at this time. Dr. Pierro is available for speaking engagements, consulting, and clinics.