Heart of a Coach Playbook: Daily Devotions for Leading by Example

by John Wooden; Fellowship Of Christian Athletes

Publisher:

Revell

, 2013

Overview

Coaching is all about relationships, with the people coaches lead, fellow coaches, family, and God. The Heart of a Coach Playbook helps strengthen a coach’s personal relationship with Christ while modeling biblical integrity to the players on their team and the people in their lives. This collection of 31 devotional readings, written by current and former coaches, uses realistic coaching situations and Scripture references to encourage and equip coaches on the issues they face in their daily lives, including character, faithfulness, persistence, and commitment. Readers will be introduced to the FCA devotional method, “PRESS,” designed with athletes in mind: Pray, Read, Examine, Summarize, and Share.

From the Back Cover

You can be an inspiring leader

As a coach, you’re a source of encouragement and inspiration for your team as you prepare your players to win. Yet your busy life as a coach can compete with the time you need to study your own playbook for life--the Bible. Spending time with God is a winning strategy, fueling you for your daily challenges. This concise book offers you thirty-one short devotions written by coaches to help you connect with God, energize your spirit, and let biblical truth guide your coaching. Includes study questions and space to record your thoughts.


Fellowship of Christian Athletes is touching millions of lives . . . one heart at a time. Since 1954, FCA has challenged coaches and athletes on all levels from youth to professional to use the powerful medium of sports to impact the world for Jesus Christ.

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Product Details

• Title : Heart of a Coach Playbook: Daily Devotions for Leading by Example
• Authors:
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • Wooden, John
• Publisher: Revell
• Publication Date: 2013
• ISBN: 9781441225016

About the Authors

Since 1954, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has challenged athletes and coaches to impact the world for Jesus Christ. FCA is cultivating Christian principles in communities throughout the world by encouraging, equipping, and empowering others to serve as examples and to make a difference. Reaching over two million people annually on the professional, college, high school, junior high, and youth levels, FCA has grown into one of the largest sports ministries. Through this shared passion for athletics and faith, lives are changed for current and future generations.

Dan Britton serves as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes' executive vice president of international ministry and training at the National Support Center in Kansas City. He has been on FCA staff since 1991. In high school and college, Dan was a standout lacrosse player. He continued his lacrosse career by playing professional indoor lacrosse for four years with the Baltimore Thunder. He has coauthored three books-- One Word That Will Change Your Life, WisdomWalks, and WisdomWalks SPORTS--and he is the author and editor of eleven FCA books. He still plays and coaches lacrosse and enjoys running marathons. He and his wife Dawn reside in Overland Park, Kansas, with their three children.