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The Sport of School

The Sport of School

by Christian Buck

★★★★★ 4.8 · 27 ratings on Amazon
🏆 Bestseller in Experimental Education Methods

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As a parent, coach, or educator, you've probably noticed that many student-athletes are driven on the field, but struggle academically. You may be wondering: What can I do to help? The Sport of School offers a proven solution: take what you know about your child's athletic performance and apply it to the classroom. Every athlete is different. The Rookie sincerely wants to learn but doesn't know how. The Natural Talent excels but doesn't know how to cope with challenges. The Workhorse shows intense dedication to skill building. The Spectator simply goes through the motions. The Intellectual focuses on athletics only after they've met their academic goals. Packed with case studies, The Sport of School gives parents, coaches, and educators the tools they need to motivate each type of student. You'll learn what factors push students to win, how to shift students' perceptions of school and grades, and why visualizing victory makes all the difference, both on and off the field.
Education Sports and Fitness
Christian Buck

Christian Buck

Christian Buck is a performance coach, the president and founder of Christian Buck Consulting, and the creator of The Sport of School Academy. He holds a master's degree in exercise and sport psychology and has spent more than a decade working with college teams from schools including Brown, Harvard, Yale, and Amherst, several of which reached the NCAA Final Four or a national championship. As a mental performance coach he has worked with athletes ranging from collegiate lacrosse players to golfers on the PGA Canada Tour, and alumni of his academic coaching program have gone on to schools such as Cornell, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, and Georgetown. He is also the author of Thinking Inside the Crease. In The Sport of School: Help Your Student-Athlete Win in the Classroom, he shows families how to help student-athletes succeed in the classroom.

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