Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals
-Writing to Advance Learning and Performance in Sports.-
Q&AWhat do Wimbledon Champion Serena Williams, Red Sox great Curt Schilling, US ski racer David Chamberlain,
and some athletes from the NCAA, sports academies, and secondary schools have in common? Answer: They all write to improve as athletes. A new book for coaches and athletes... To order Writing on the Bus, click on cover.
Writing on the Bus showcases the what, how, and why of Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals. The writing prompts and activities within this book guide coaches and athletes in analyzing games and changing up practices.
Writing on the Bus includes lesson plans, writing activities, and step-by-step guidance to create Team Notebooks and Journals. Grounded in current research, the book includes stories and examples from NCAA Division I teams, high school programs, and professionals. Writing on the Bus serves as a practical guide for coaching professionals as they lead their athletes and teams to new levels of learning and performance. It's the perfect choice for a supplemental text in university classes of coaching, kinesiology, physical education, and sport psychology. 
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Why Writing?“Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know—and what we don’t know—about whatever we’re trying to learn.”
–William Zinsser, Writing to Learn A new workbook for coaches and athletes... To order The Athlete's Workbook, click on cover.
Organize and optimize your athletic performances with this day-by-day workbook...
The Athlete's Workbook provides the serious athlete and dedicated coach with a toolkit for success. Based on the training logs, notebooks, and journals of Olympians and other world-class athletes, The Athlete’s Workbook presents a variety of reflective activities that can ultimately optimize an athlete’s performance. The workbook includes training logs, athletic writing prompts, in-season reflections, competition analyses, injury rehabilitation forms, and note pages. Individual athletes and full teams seeking the next level of performance will benefit from using The Athlete’s Workbook. **Team discounts available by using the contact sheet on this website.** Why Writing Athletes?It's not as if coaches don't have enough to do. However, the plain fact is that having athletes take a few minutes to write in an Athletic Team Notebook or Journal enhances communication and amplifies learning. As learning tools, notebooks and journals serve as a place for athletes to analyze and reflect. They engage seniors and first-year students, all-stars and benchwarmers—in different ways. And that difference is the beauty of such a learning activity.
In terms of learning, player development, and communication, writing has the potential to offer a powerful difference for teams and athletes. |
