Books

Life as Sport

In Life as Sport, Fader shares the skills he teaches professional athletes—how to enhance motivation, set productive goals, sharpen routines, manage stress, and clarify thought processes—and teaches you how to apply them to everyday situations. No matter your goal, Fader has the tools to help you get there.

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Coaching Athletes To Be Their Best

A great coach can be measured by their ability to bring out the best in their athletes. Coaching Athletes to Be Their Best: Motivational Interviewing in Sports teaches coaches, sports psychologists, training and rehabilitations specialists, and other affiliated staff how to harness the power of Motivational Interviewing—an evidence-based, goal-oriented conversation technique—to build trust and relationships so that their athletes and teams can take their game to the next level.

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I appreciate the insights of Coaching Athletes to Be Their Best, and its focus on the motivational power of a common purpose.

Joe Torre Chief Baseball Officer, MLB; Four-time World Series Champion Manager, New York Yankees

This book is a ‘must have’ for coaches in all sports. As a coach, I want to guide my athletes to greatness, and get frustrated when I am unable to effectively do so. This book provides insight and instruction on how to use MI to help my athletes determine their own course of action and become the performers they want to be.

Matt Ruhle Head Football Coach, Baylor University

Motivational Interviewing can enable coaches and psychologists to unlock the solutions that lie just beneath the surface of everyday challenges. I highly recommend this book.

Michael Gervais, PhD Sport psychologist; Co-Founder, Compete to Create

Fader focuses on not only performing well but on enjoying life more. I certainly try to live my life as a sport. I think this book can help you do the same.

Laird Hamilton Surfer