GAIN IX Reading List
‘Glad to be here Debrief’ by John Foley inc.
‘Good to Great’ by James Collins
‘Built to Last’ by James Collins
‘The Gold Standard: Building a World-Class Team’ by Mike Krzyzewski
‘Mindset: How You Can Fulfill Your Potential’ by Carol Dweck
‘The Pyramid of Teaching Success in Sport: Lessons from Applied Science and Effective Coaches’ by Wade Gilbert, Swen Nater, Mark Siwik & Ronald Gallimore (Research Article)
‘Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance’ by Angela Duckwork
’11 Rings’ by Phil Jackson
‘Talented Teenagers: The roots of Success and Failure’ by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
‘Urban’s Way: Plan to Win’ by Urban Meyer
‘Self-Determination Theory: A Case Study of Evidence Based Coaching’ by Clifford Mallett (Research Article)
‘Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World’ by Tony Wagner
‘Shortcut: How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell our Greatest Ideas’ by John Pollack
‘The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do. and How to Change’ by Charles Duhigg
‘The Anatomy of a Successful Olympic Coach: Actor, Agent and Author’ by Clifford Mallett (Research Article)
‘A Case Study of Excellence in Elite Sport: Motivational Climate in a World Champion Team’ by Ken Hodge (Research Article)
‘The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action’ by Donald A. Schon
You Haven’t Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden’s Teaching Principles & Practices’ by Swen Nater & Ronald Gallimore
‘The Psychology of Superior Sport Performance: A Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Perspective on Sport Performance’ by Gershon Tenenbaum, Robert C. Eklund, Bradley D. Hatfield & Scott E. Kerick
‘Toyota Talent: Developing your People the Toyota Way’ by Jeffrey K. Liker & David P. Meier
‘Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results’ by Mike Rother
‘Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organisation by John Wooden & Steve Jamison
‘Athletic Development: The Art and Science of Functional Sports Conditioning’ by Vern Gambetta
‘Athlete-centred Coaching: Developing inspired and inspiring people’ by Lynn Kidman
‘Athlete-centred Coaching: Developing Decision Makers’ by Lynn Kidman
‘An Introduction to Athlete Development’ by Kelvin Giles
‘Movement Efficiency for the Developing Athlete’ by Kelvin Giles
‘Assessing Motor Skill’ by Mary Ann Robertson (Online Document)
‘Chaos: Making a New Science’ by James Gleick
‘Physical Education for Children: A Focus on the Teaching Process’ by Bette J. Logsdon
‘Talk like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds’ by Carmine Gallo
‘TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking’ by Chris Anderson (Head of TED)
‘Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less’ by Greg McKeown
“Summary of Essentialism’ by Greg McKeown
‘The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness’ by Prof. Steve Peters
‘Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics’ by James Gleick
‘Crossover: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development’ by Brian McCormick
‘The Fun Integration Theory: Towards Sustaining Children and Adolescents Sport Participation’ by Amanda J. Visek, Sara M. Achratti, Heather Manning, Karen McDonnell, Brandon S. Harris & Loretta DiPietro (Research Article)
‘Long Term Athlete Development’ by Istvan Balyi, Richard Way & Colin Higgs
‘High Performance Training for Sports’ by David Joyce
‘The need for representative task design in evaluating efficiency of skill tests in sport’ by Vilar L, Araújo D, Davids K, Renshaw I. (Research Article)
‘Variability’ by Thelen, 1995 (Research Article)
‘A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action (Cognitive Psychology) by Esther Thelen
‘Differential Learning’ by Wolfgang Schoellhoen, 2008 (Research Article)
‘7 Principles of Non-Linear Pedagogy’ by Mark Upton (Online Blog Article)
‘Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion’ by Pete Carroll
‘Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World’ by General Stanley McChrystal
‘The Junction Boys’ by Jim Dent
‘Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn From the Code of the West’ by James P. Owen
‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable’ by Patrick Lencioni
‘Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues into Competitors’ by Patrick Lencioni
‘The Silo Effect: Why putting everything in its place isn’t such a bright idea’ by Gillian Tett
‘The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers’ by Gillian Tett
‘Winning Matters’ by Frank Dick
‘Mastery: The Kets to Success and Long-term Fulfillment’ by George Leonard
‘Unbroken: Survival, Resilience, Redemption’ by Laura Hillenbrand
‘Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela’
‘Win in the Locker Room: The 7 C’s to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports and Life’ by Jon Gordon
‘Just Mercy: A story of injustice and redemption’ by Bryan Stevenson
‘Run, Run, Run’ by Fred Wilt
‘Man’s Search for Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust’ by Viktor E. Frankl
‘Applying Educational Psychology in Coaching Athletes’ by Jeffrey J. Huber
‘The Teaching Gap: Best ideas from the World’s Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom’ by James W. Stigler & James Hiebert
‘The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden’ by Fellowship of Christian A
‘Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School’ by John Medina