The Youth Sports Leadership Development Manual: Six Essential Leadership Lessons You Can Teach Your Child with Any Sport - Paperback

by Rick Morgan (Author)

You wanted to make a difference... Here is your chance. Put the "you" back in your kid's favorite youth sport. Now you can use your sport to teach your child leadership. Start today. Teach leadership lessons from the comfort of your home or right in your backyard. What is your excuse? Are you waiting for the local school or recreation center to do the job for you? Keep waiting... and good luck with that solution. You say you do not have enough quality time with your kids. Well, whose fault is that and what are you going to do to fix the problem? Well, you can make more time or you can make all your time quality time. How about going outside and playing with your child? Get in the game, play sports or just watch them play. Learn and grow with your children while subtly teaching them how to be a leader. Now you can make all your time with your youngster quality time. With these simple to teach and easy to understand youth leadership lessons, your child, youth sports team or classroom will benefit and reap years of reward from a solid foundation of life lessons based on character. Learn the basic "how" of leadership and what it means to be a leader. The Youth Sports Leadership Development Manual is designed to teach leadership principles to parents, teachers, coaches, and mentors so they in turn can teach children. You gain instant results with these six easy to grasp leadership concepts. Enjoy the magic of leadership through a fun, simple and highly effective sports program. Power your leadership program with the horsepower of your favorite sport. You and your child will: Learn leadership concepts that are the key to future success. Learn the four aspects of the Warrior's Mentality that guarantee competitiveness. Learn the 21 leadership character traits that form the foundation of high-performance. You learn the leadership skills proven over and over by Super Bowl MVP's and Olympics champions. Learn how this one small change can have a profound effect on your child. Learn how to give any adolescent a competitive advantage in sports, academics and extra-curricular activities. Ensure your child's future by teaching these timeless lessons while playing your chosen sport or engaging in fun activities together. Grasp these powerful, practical, and universally applicable principles and strategies. These lessons are fully transferable from the playing field to the classroom and beyond. All of these age-old leadership concepts have been proven effective throughout the years by the most successful organizations and teams. Embedded in the leadership lessons are sure-fire methods to remember all the skills you will learn. Finally, if you are a volunteer coach or team captain, you will learn how leadership really works. Not only will you receive the six essential youth sports leadership lessons, but you also receive five tools to make teaching the lessons and learning the skills faster. Included in the manual are complete sample lesson plans and specific examples to aid in the transfer and retention of knowledge and skill building. Throughout the leadership manual, crucial leadership elements are highlighted and specific guidance is provided. These "Critical Action Items" ensure further and complete understanding by you and your youngster. To augment your leadership skills and to maximize your time with your child, guided discussion questions and samples exercises are listed at the end of each chapter as review action items. If you believe the experts, understanding leadership concepts is difficult. Most people just don't get it. But you will. Become a better parent, teacher, coach or mentor by using the toolbox we provide you. Easily enhance your favorite sport with great life-long lessons and a foundation of leadership concepts that will ensure your child's future. Your kids will learn leadership and won't even know they are getting a lesson. Once again, what was yo

Author Biography

Rick Morgan is the founder of the Life Performance Institute. He is a former United States Air Force Officer and jet pilot, a career airline pilot, and educator. He is a combat veteran of Kosovo, Bosnia, the Middle East conflict, and the South and Central American drug wars. Morgan is currently an airline pilot for a major US airline. He currently flies the Boeing 737-800 series aircraft. Morgan is an adjunct professor in the aviation department at Miami-Dade College and is a State of Utah certified Off-Road Motorcycle and Vehicle instructor. Morgan earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. While at CU, he walked on the varsity football team and earned a scholarship and a letter playing strong and free safety for the Mighty Buffalo defense. After college, Morgan attended and graduated from the Comair Flight Academy, now known as the Delta Training Academy. As a top student, he was asked to remain on the faculty to teach other pilots. It was here where Morgan developed a passion for teaching. In the United States Air Force, Morgan served as a combat mission qualified Aircraft Commander in a worldwide deployable airlift squadron. He flew tactical airlift in the C-130 for ten years. Through various Air Force Leadership Schools and as an Aircraft Commander he honed his leadership skills and abilities. Among his decorations are: The Air Force Achievement Medal, The Aerial Achievement Medal and The Air Force Commendation Medal. Rick Morgan is a stand up leader, has a keen sense of performance and is a role model of leadership. After all these years, he is still a dedicated athlete and is always outside. In the winter, Rick is an active snow boarder and skier. In the summer months, Rick can be found riding either riding his bike or motorcycle in the nearby mountain trails or riding his BMX bike at the local skate park. His current hobbies include traveling, adventure, and learning. He volunteers his time at a local resort, coaches his son's teams and teaches for the State of Utah as a certified Off-Road Motorcycle and Vehicle instructor. His athletic achievements, military duty, and flight instruction experience define Captain Morgan's leadership style and approach. He offers a straight forward, matter of fact and no nonsense leadership program. He provides potent tools to increase your personal effectiveness, enhance your performance and leadership. He lives in Park City, Utah, with his wife, son, and dog.