TOP 5 sports books for current coaches
The most successful coaches from football to curling did not immediately become so invincible. Often the path was hellish and full of loud failures and merciless defeats.
I first learned about this from books, and now I learn from my own experience.
But every successful coach is an eternal student.
And today I want to give a brief overview of the sports books that have influenced me the most. Moreover, several people have already asked me to compile such a list of books.
So, I’ll immediately make a reservation that I gain knowledge for table tennis not directly, but by applying the experience of great coaches from other sports to my activities. This is how a homemade product is born in my head. I simply cannot copy someone.
So, the TOP 5 books that every coach who wants to achieve results in their chosen sport should read.
Coach's handbook
Author: Nikolai Georgievich Ozolin
This book is for you if you want to understand
- how to give training loads
- how to distribute loads over different periods
- how to work with the younger generation of different ages
- what training methods exist
- what training principles must be followed
- how to plan the training process from one lesson to the Olympic cycle
- how to get an athlete in perfect shape for competitions
The book has almost 1000 pages, but it is not necessary to read them all at once. You can access different sections at the right time.
Personally, I constantly turn to this book in order to more competently plan the training process as a whole and any individual training in table tennis, or to get an answer to a question that torments me, be it load, psychology, recovery for an athlete, or consolidation of technique.
The book is truly a reference book for every trainer.
And the most important thing is that it is not written in abstruse scientific language with a bunch of incomprehensible terms, but in simple human language, as if a more experienced friend is telling you something and giving practical advice.
By the way, if anyone doubts the level of Nikolai Georgievich Ozolin as a coach, then it is completely in vain. He produced two Olympic silver medalists in athletics in the triple jump. These are Leonid Shcherbakov (1952) and Oleg Fedossev (1964).
This book is sold in stores as well as online stores. If you look, you can find it.
Gymnastics is worthy of anthems
Author: Vladislav Stepanovich Rastorotsiky
Before reading this book, I was probably just a coach, but after reading it I began to turn into a teacher.
Vladislav Stepanovich trained Lyudmila Turishcheva, a multiple Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics, but in the book he tells through his story how he trained primarily individuals, and not just performers.
I would recommend reading this book to absolutely all coaches to look at raising children in sports from the perspective of a great person.
The ideas that he presents in the book were 50-60 years ahead of his time and, in my opinion, are even ahead of our time.
This book is not easy to get. You need to rummage through the websites of used bookstores. There may be photocopied versions on the Internet.
Endless match
Author: Valery Vasilievich Lobanovsky
I think that this man really doesn’t need to be introduced to men! Master of Soviet and Ukrainian football.
This book changed my views on table tennis strategy.
Here you can ask: “He coached football players, what does table tennis have to do with it?”
At the beginning of the article, I said that I was applying experience from other sports to table tennis and getting new conclusions, theories and interesting findings.
Valery Vasilyevich in the book talks about his vision of football strategy, principles that can be applied in all team sports. These principles are universal.
Lobanovsky had a very holistic view of his sport and this book allows you to look at table tennis with the same view.
So, if you want to stimulate your coaching (or sports) brain, be sure to find and read this book. A lot of new discoveries, primarily tactical and strategic, are guaranteed to you.
This book has been reprinted, so you can find it in online stores.
Get over yourself!
Author: Anatoly Vasilievich Alekseev
A training book by one of the best psychologists in Soviet and Russian sports.
It’s easy to learn and apply, and the effect of the classes that the author offers is simply colossal. By the way, tested from personal experience.
The book is very easy to read, because it is written in the simplest language and flavored with dozens of real stories from the sports life of great and not only athletes.
If you want to get your trainees into the best psychological state for competitions (or approach them yourself in such a state), and also make the training process more effective, then read this book!
The book, as far as I know, is still being republished, so look for it in online stores of sports publishing houses like Sovsport.
For what. Notes from a sports psychologist.
Author: Rudolf Maksimovich Zagainov
If you remember, Rudolf Zagainov psychologically prepared Alexei Yagudin for the 2002 Olympics. This was his last work with the stars.
The book is very strong.
Rudolf Maksimovich allows the reader to get inside the Olympic champions and world champions and try to try on their inner world, and also ask the question “What would I do in such a situation and how would I behave?”
This book will be very useful for coaches to understand where to lead athletes, how to be closer to them and what the result of joint work should be.
The book makes you think about very important things in sports.
The book is not very old, so I am sure that it can be found if you try hard enough.
In addition to these 5 books, I have read dozens of others. I read books by great athletes such as Pele, Maradonna, Michel Platini, Valery Borzov, Sergei Bubka, Valery Brumel, Alexey Yagudin, Nellie Kim, Lance Armstrong and others. And also great coaches such as Vladimir Dyachkov, Mikhail Yakushin, Konstantin Beskov, Vladimir Tarasov, Viktor Tikhonov, Vyacheslav Platonov, Alexander Gomelsky and many others.
Each of these authors taught me something and made me think about something, and it was hard for me to choose 5 books from this list, but I won’t write about every book I read, since our blog is not about books, but about table tennis.
But if you want to feed yourself new ideas and gain inspiration, then read books by great coaches and athletes. This is a real treasure trove of valuable sports information!
Fitness Business Books For Entrepreneurs
Here is a selection of books aimed specifically at fitness entrepreneurs and those who want to start their own business...
- Become a Fitness Entrepreneur: How to Live Your Passion and Turn Your Love of Health and Fitness into a Profitable Business by Rachel Withers
- Change Maker : Turn your passion for health and fitness into a powerful goal and wildly successful career, John Berardi
- Thrive Don't Just Survive : The Secret to a Happy and Profitable Health and Fitness Business by Karen Ingram
- Secrets of Starting a Gym : A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Highly Profitable Gym by Alex Hormozi
- The New Encyclopedia of the Modern Fitness Business , Simon Lovell
- The Little Black Book of Fitness Business Success by Pat Rigsby
- The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga , Amy Ippoliti and Taro Smith
- The Thriving Yoga Teacher : How to Create a Sustainable Career Doing What You Love by Michelle Lynant
- Yoga Teacher : Everything I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching Yoga, Celeste Pereira
“Pep Guardiola. At the Peak, Guillem Balagué
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In his book, Balague tells how a young coach created the strongest team in the world and what made him leave the country. The practical scientific approach in the literature of sports journalist Guillem Balague has been familiar to readers since the time of the book about Lionel Messi.
“Pep Guardiola. At the Peak" is the story of one of the legendary coaches of modern football. Amazing sportsmanship and professional ethics, impeccable preparation for matches and unshakable faith in young football players. Guardiola has captivated the world by creating his own spectacular style of play, which other clubs are trying to copy.
"Jürgen Klopp. Biography of the greatest coach", Elmar Neveling
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The charismatic German coach Jurgen Klopp turned Dor from an ordinary team into winners. The Super Cup, gold medals in the German championship and the German Cup are considered to be Klopp's achievements.
How did he raise the younger generation from football lovers to world-class stars? What inspires Klopp and how did he become a legendary coach? In his book, Elmar Neveling answers these and other questions, and also introduces readers to the tactical philosophy and life principles of a football mentor.
Autobiography, Alex Ferguson
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The Autobiography of Alex Ferguson is a best-selling book and one of the best football books in history.
Long-time Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down as head coach in 2013 and began writing his autobiography. The legendary coach talks about his relationships with Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham, the confrontation with Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho, as well as football rivals Manchester United.
The book is full of interesting insights and unusual situations from the life of a coach. The biography is called a kind of sports encyclopedia with a professional look at modern football.
Books about miscellaneous
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Anatomy of Strength Exercises
Title : Coordination abilities: diagnosis and development
Author : Lyakh V.I.
Year of issue: 2006
Coordination abilities, diagnostics and development.
Title : Nutrition for athletes: foreign experience and practical recommendations
Author : Borisova O.O.
Year of issue: 2007
Nutrition for athletes
Title : Coach psychology: theory and practice
Authors : E.V. Melnik, E.V. Silich, N.V. Kukhtova
Year of issue: 2014
Coach psychology: theory and practice
Title : System of training athletes in Olympic sports. General theory and its practical applications
Author : Platonov V.N.
Year of issue: 2004
System of training athletes in Olympic sports
Title : Tennis: the psychology of successful play
Author : Gallway W. Timothy
Year of issue: 2015
Tennis: the psychology of successful play
Title : Theory and practice in training teams of masters
Author : P. Cherepanov
Year of issue: 2012
Theory and practice in training teams of masters
Title : Successful trainer
Author : Rainer Martens
Year of issue: 2014
Successful trainer
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"Jose Mourinho. Up Close by Robert Beasley
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Despite the relatively small amount of information about the coaching aspects of Jose Mourinho's work, the book is worth reading for anyone working in modern sports media.
The personality of Jose Mourinho is full of mysterious contradictions and interesting details, which Beasley describes in detail: frequent business trips, relationships with club employees, sporting experiences.
The author of the book and friend of Mourinho not only talks about his career from the beginning of his work at the English club Chelsea, but also touches on the non-football part of life - about his wife, children and father.
Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. Inside Story by John Cross
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Arsene Wenger has been called a “revolutionary coach”: his methods completely changed the philosophy of Arsenal and the English Premier League.
Cross describes Wenger's coaching success and how quickly the phenomenon of attacking football gained momentum, which allowed Arsenal to gain the status of the most "exciting" club in England. Also in the book you can find out how the London team was created, the Frenchman’s secret approaches to the training process and other non-public stories of the club.
