Volleyball Drill Book: Individual Skills &
Volleyball Drill Book: Game Action Drills by Bob Bertucci
and James Peterson
It seems that most youth coaches I visit with are interested in finding
drills for their practices. These two books were very helpful during my
early years of coaching. Usually when you purchase books on volleyball
there are many sections to discuss the various skills and systems and
a chapter, if you're lucky, on drills. These two books are jammed with
drills and only drills... a great resource to help you along in your coaching
career.
Review from Amazon.com: This book is an absolute must-have! Coming across the title of this book is like you having found a source of hidden treasure for you to behold and begin a newfound journey in your life. I'm glad you are here reading this today. This compelling book examines faith-based principles that contain the potential to revolutionize anybody's life should they follow through. "How are you so sure?" you may ask, well, this book has been in my family for some time now. My grandmother (an ardent fan of Norman Vincent Peale books) had given a copy to my father, and I in turn, well... was introduced to The Power of Positive Thinking by accident (and what a wonderful accident it has come to be!) as the book was just laying on my father's desktop several years ago and I happen to stumble upon it. I recall having been positively charged up at that moment as Norman Vincent Peale shows you how you can achieve your goals, how to never believe in defeat (as victory is yours to start with), how to stay calm amidst the rush of everyday life, and most importantly how faith in yourself and in God regardless of your religious beliefs, can create the ultimate partnership for successful living today.
I am very grateful for writers like Norman Vincent Peale. I have accomplished more than what I had asked for. I was shown how to realize my goals through a good dose of faith and prayer. Dr. Peale draws from real life examples and inspiration from the Bible and shows you how your life coupled with the right attitude, can unlock your full potential for a meaningful lifestyle. His main source of reference is typically from Christian texts, but I find his message to be truly applicable to any religious community. I am compelled to write this review because of how this book had changed my life. Norman Vincent Peale is like a coach in a book, and not to mention, like a good family friend.
Read this book, but be careful for what you ask for or dare dream to accomplish in this life, it may just come true. Review by Rachelle (Cambridge, MA)
How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale
Carnegie
Review from Amazon.com: This grandfather of all people-skills books was
first published in 1937. It was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15
million copies. How to Win Friends and Influence People is just as useful
today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had
an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated. Financial
success, Carnegie believed, is due 15 percent to professional knowledge
and 85 percent to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership,
and to arouse enthusiasm among people." He teaches these skills through
underlying principles of dealing with people so that they feel important
and appreciated. He also emphasizes fundamental techniques for handling
people without making them feel manipulated. Carnegie says you can make
someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from
the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person
an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people
over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense
or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel
that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes
before criticizing the other person." Carnegie illustrates his points
with anecdotes of historical figures, leaders of the business world, and
everyday folks. --Joan Price --This text refers to the Mass Market
Paperback edition.
The Anxious Organization by Jeffrey A. Miller
Review from Amazon.com: This book was recommended by a colleague, CEO
of a manufacturing company, with whom I do some exponential thinking from
time to time. I can see why he enjoyed reading this straightforward look
at internal corporate politics. Miller builds a new model for understanding
what is sometimes a very perplexing problem - decoding why people respond
the way they do in a given situation.
What I found interesting in Miller's model is that he requires us to "look at ourselves" as part of the stress delivery system in the organization. "If a situation is making you anxious, then there's a question in there somewhere that is yours alone to answer." Miller explains how we all set up triangles to get our way or to spread out the anxiousness so that we don't have so much to handle ourselves. "Learning to manage your own behavior in triangles is probably the single most important thing you can learn about handling workplace politics." So I found this model for understanding why smart companies do smart things to be useful.
What makes the book very readable is the use of stories
to illustrate the points being made. The stories are familiar to anyone
who has worked in or around large organizations. The layout of the book
is also helpful in that each chapter ends with a summary of the major
points made. Miller's book is a worthwhile quick read.
--Dave Kinnear "the Rational Taoist" (Lake Forest, CA USA)
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So
Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Review from Amazon.com: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So
Kids Will Talk is an excellent communication tool kit based on a series
of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Faber and Mazlish
(coauthors of Siblings Without Rivalry) provide a step-by-step approach
to improving relationships in your house. The "Reminder" pages,
helpful cartoon illustrations, and excellent exercises will improve your
ability as a parent to talk and problem-solve with your children. The
book can be used alone or in parenting groups, and the solid tools provided
are appropriate for kids of all ages.
Blink: The power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcom Gladwell
Review from Amazon.com: Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the
decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author
of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with
a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his
case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking
on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades
readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices"
of behavior. The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"--a
24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information
to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea.
Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making. In this brilliant, cage-rattling book, one can only wish for a thicker slice of Gladwell's ideas about what Blink Camp might look like. --Barbara Mackoff
