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LFSE goes beyond just the playing field and shares timely articles, interviews and stories related to success and achievement on and off the field.
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Todd Dodge - Past, Present and Future
The Making of a Dynasty
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A 3 hour
in-depth interview spanning Coach Todd Dodge's
28-year career as a player and coach, including the
influences, lessons and strategies - that go way
beyond just x's and o's on the football field. Todd
touches on the foundations of leadership,
communication, delegation, team-work, time
management and instilling vision and a winning
attitude... that ultimately helped lead to his
remarkable five year run in Division 5A Texas
football with a 79-1 record at Southlake Carroll,
which includes 4 State Championships, 3 National
Championships and 2 National Coach of the Year
Awards.
Topics include: Instilling a vision and winning
attitude, 5 Objectives, 10 Game Day Expectations and
12 Absolutes, The opportunity to affect kids the
rest of their lives, Advice to leaders, parents,
coaches and kids, SLC Dragon's Recipe for Success
(list of 50).. and much, much more!
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footage click here
- Todd Dodge Video Clip and Additional Info
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Todd Dodge's Past, Present & Future Gift Booklet |
An elegant gold foil on dark green leatherette booklet containing more than 50 lessons and quotes on 14 specially selected topics.
Each booklet has a special TO and FROM section, making it a great gift for family, friends and colleagues!
Makes a Great Gift!
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Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court |
Evoking days gone by when coaches were respected as much for their off-court performance as for their success on the court, this unique and intimate work presents the timeless wisdom of legendary basketball coach John Wooden. In honest and telling passages about virtually every aspect of life, Wooden shares his personal philosophy on family, achievement, success, and excellence.
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Pat Riley's Winner Within: A Life Plan for Team Players |
No one knows the dynamics of a winning team better than Pat Riley, one of pro basketballs most successful coaches. The Winner Within is his game plan for team players in every aspect of life: business, family, or sports. Riley uses his own examples of success--in and out of sports--to show how any group can blend its talents to create lasting success.
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Reach for the Summitt by Pat Summitt |
| Pat Summitt, head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, is a phenomenon in womens basketball. Her ferociously competitive teams have won three NCAA championships in a row--1996, 1997, and 1998. The 1997-98 Lady Vols posted a historic 39-0 record, prompting the New York Times, among many others, to proclaim them "the best womens college team ever."
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More Than Just A Game: My Life On and Off the Sidelines by Bobby Bowden |
Bobby Bowden shares personal stories and experiences about the ups and downs of his career and family life. Fellow coaches, family members, and friends offer glimpses of the Bowden they know and love -- the coach, father, disciplinarian, counselor, teacher, and friend. You will discover the strong faith that has led and sustained Bowden throughout a distinguished -- yet sometimes difficult -- career.
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Slaying The Dragon: How To Turn Your Small Steps to Great Feats by Michael Johnson |
| In today's fast-paced society where athletes regularly draw multimillion-dollar paychecks, we sometimes forget the long hours of practice and work it takes for an athlete to become successful. Truthfully speaking, it never happens overnight. Hard work, perfect practice, and dedication to the goal of becoming better at your "sport" are just a few of the steps it takes to become a Michael Johnson, a Muhammad Ali, a Barbra Streisand, a Steven Spielberg, or a Bill Gates.
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Go For The Magic: The Five Secrets Behind a Magical, Miraculous Way of Life by Pat Williams |
There's something unusual in the air in Orlando, Florida. Pat Williams sensed it even before he moved there to become general manager of one of the NBA's newest and hottest basketball teams, the Orlando Magic. The feeling in Orlando is that anything is possible, that anyone is capable of turning his or her wildest dreams into glorious reality. Williams shows you how this magic can work for you--and how it can help you realize the most important goals in your life.
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Game and the Glory: An Autobiography by Michelle Akers |
| The Game and the Glory takes you inside the life of one of the greatest female athletes of our time and shows you what makes a true champion. It is more than ability - it is an inner fire that blazes its hottest when the winds of adversity blow their strongest.
There is one opponent even Akers can't shake. Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome - it affects every area of her life, draining the energy needed just to function, let alone play sports. Akers may be the only person with CFIDS who has ever continued to compete on a world level.
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Out of the Blue by Orel Hershiser |
Leave it to one of the best pitchers in baseball to write the most unusual sports autobiography in years. The man Sport magazine calls the smartest pitcher in the big leagues, goes far beyond the action. This is a book about family, about home, about love, about ambition, about determination, about faith.
You get a rare glimpse of what it takes to pitch in the big leagues. Here is the most thoughtful treatment ever of The Pitch--an entire 5-chapter section. The thinking man's pitcher, the most articulate baseball philosopher in the game today, lets you inside his head.
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When You Can't Come Back by Dave Dravecky |
Dravecky
was an outstanding baseball pitcher for the San
Francisco Giants when life threw him a curve ball; cancer claimed his pitching arm, and ultimately his arm and shoulder were removed. The Draveckys write of their worry, pain, depression, faith, and joy. Life demands much of its participants, and there is a message in this book for all.
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Covering Home: My Life with Nolan Ryan |
In this up-close narrative, Ruth Ryan talks about life with her husband, baseball's most famous living legend, Nolan Ryan. Written at the culmination of Ryan's 27-season career, Ruth shares behind-the-scenes stories and candidly writes about their love, faith and commitment to each other.
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