Coaching with Heart. Jerry Lynch
Praise for Jerry Lynch and Coaching with Heart:
“Over the years, I have had the opportunity to stay informed by Jerry Lynch, information that makes a difference in helping me and my athletes reach our potential. Our minds and hearts are in harmony. You will learn the why and how from Jerry’s latest book, COACHING WITH HEART.”
Phil Jackson, former coach of Chicago Bulls and L.A.Lakers
Eleven-time NBA World Champion
“Jerry is a wise and trusted friend who happens to be one of the nation’s top authorities on leadership and coaching in sports. His input has had a very positive influence in helping me and other coaches at Carolina to create environments that inspire athletes to go the distance and reach their potential. This book will definitely make a difference in your coaching as well.”
Anson Dorrance, head women’s soccer coach, University North Carolina
Five-time National Coach of the Year
21 NCAA National Championships
Winningest women’s soccer coach of all time
”Having played for several incredibly dynamic coaches during my career, I embrace Jerry Lynch’s message in COACHING WITH HEART, a book about inspiration not just in sports but in life, family, goals, and desires. My favorite coaches were the ones who understood Jerry’s ideals and strived to connect with me on a human level. That’s what this book is all about.”
Steve Kerr, former five-time NBA World Champion with Bulls and Spurs
Former GM for Phoenix Suns
NBA TV color commentator and analyst
”No other person has had more influence on my 36 years of coaching than Jerry Lynch. Whenever I need wisdom, insight, or inspiration I look to Dr. Lynch. His work never fails to address the truly essential elements of coaching, which is interacting from the heart. This book will light the match for you to keep strong relationships at the very core of your coaching.”
Missy Foote, head women’s lacrosse coach, women’s AD at Middlebury College
6 NCAA National Championships
Seven-time National Coach of the Year
2012 USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame
“My success in Lacrosse and in life has been directly and positively influenced by the books, wisdom, and work of Dr. Jerry Lynch. His new book, COACHING WITH HEART, presents powerful strategies to help open all of our hearts as well as those of your athletes. This is a must read... the REAL deal.”
Cindy Timchal, head lacrosse coach, US Naval Academy
8 NCAA National Lacrosse Championships
The winningest coach in Div.1 Lacrosse
National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
”Jerry Lynch is among the most influential sports psychologists of our time and his books should be on the shelf of every coach and leader. In his latest book, he offers insights that are inspirational and enduring, as well as stimulating and practical. Such an important contribution to the profession of coaching.”
Dr. Cory Dobbs, President and CEO, The Academy of Sport Leadership.
”Jerry has had a profound positive influence in my personal and professional life for over 20 years. I have witnessed his work with numerous coaches and athletes achieve striking results. His leadership training, development of team culture, and coaching expertise is unparalleled and makes athletic and coaching experience even more compelling, relevant, and enjoyable.”
Bob Hansen, head tennis coach at Middlebury College
34 NCAA team and individual National Championships, six-time National Coach of
the Year and National Coach of the Decade 2000-2012
”At the University of North Carolina, we aim to exhaust the potential of our student athletes in the physical, emotional, and spiritual arenas of their lives. Jerry has been instrumental in helping us build an approach where we can coach and compete with heart while inspiring authentic growth in those we lead. COACHING WITH HEART will provide you with insight and wisdom from his years of experience, affording you the opportunity to kick your coaching up a few notches.”
Jenny Levy, head women’s lacrosse coach, University, North Carolina
4th Winningest active coach in Lacrosse
Six-time Final Four appearances
2013 National Champions
”Working with Dr. Lynch has helped my coaching and our culture to climb several notches in just two years. Our athletes, because of this growth in leadership, are competing at a whole new level. Coaching has become so much more enjoyable. We feel we are truly teaching our athletes to become leaders for life through sport. His ‘way’ is worth living every single day.”
Kit Vela, head women’s soccer coach, University New Mexico
Two-time Mountain West, Conference Champions
COACHING
WITH
HEART
Taoist Wisdom to Inspire,
Empower, and Lead
Jerry Lynch, Ph.D.
Calligraphy By
Chungliang Al Huang
TUTTLE Publishing
Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore
The Tuttle Story: “Books to Span the East and West”
Many people are surprised to learn that the world’s largest publisher of books on Asia had its humble beginnings in the tiny American state of Vermont. The company’s founder, Charles E. Tuttle, belonged to a New England family steeped in publishing.
Immediately after WW II, Tuttle served in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur and was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry. He later founded the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world’s leading independent publishers.
Though a westerner, Tuttle was hugely instrumental in bringing a knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art—a legacy honored by the Japanese emperor with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure,” the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese.
With a backlist of 1,500 titles, Tuttle Publishing is more active today than at any time in its past—inspired by Charles Tuttle’s core mission to publish fine books to span the East and West and provide a greater understanding of each.
To all my children, my Zen-Tao Masters in residence, who gave to me, with much resistance on my part, the often painful yet essential opportunity to walk my talk and test my integrity.
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 2013 Jerry Lynch
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data in process
ISBN: 978-1-4629-1295-7 (ebook)
First edition
15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 1309CP
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