You wanted to make a difference... Here is your chance. Put the "you" back in your kid's favorite youth sport. Now you can use your sport to teach your child leadership. Start today. Teach leadership lessons from the comfort of your home or right in your backyard. What is your excuse? Are you waiting for the local school or recreation center to do the job for you? Keep waiting... and good luck with that solution. You say you do not have enough quality time with your kids. Well, whose fault is that and what are you going to do to fix the problem? Well, you can make more time or you can make all your time quality time. How about going outside and playing with your child? Get in the game, play sports or just watch them play. Learn and grow with your children while subtly teaching them how to be a leader. Now you can make all your time with your youngster quality time. With these simple to teach and easy to understand youth leadership lessons, your child, youth sports team or classroom will benefit and reap years of reward from a solid foundation of life lessons based on character. Learn the basic "how" of leadership and what it means to be a leader. The Youth Sports Leadership Development Manual is designed to teach leadership principles to parents, teachers, coaches, and mentors so they in turn can teach children. You gain instant results with these six easy to grasp leadership concepts. Enjoy the magic of leadership through a fun, simple and highly effective sports program. Power your leadership program with the horsepower of your favorite sport. You and your child will: Learn leadership concepts that are the key to future success. Learn the four aspects of the Warrior's Mentality that guarantee competitiveness. Learn the 21 leadership character traits that form the foundation of high-performance. You learn the leadership skills proven over and over by Super Bowl MVP's and Olympics champions. Learn how this one small change can have a profound effect on your child. Learn how to give any adolescent a competitive advantage in sports, academics and extra-curricular activities. Ensure your child's future by teaching these timeless lessons while playing your chosen sport or engaging in fun activities together. Grasp these powerful, practical, and universally applicable principles and strategies. These lessons are fully transferable from the playing field to the classroom and beyond. All of these age-old leadership concepts have been proven effective throughout the years by the most successful organizations and teams. Embedded in the leadership lessons are sure-fire methods to remember all the skills you will learn. Finally, if you are a volunteer coach or team captain, you will learn how leadership really works. Not only will you receive the six essential youth sports leadership lessons, but you also receive five tools to make teaching the lessons and learning the skills faster. Included in the manual are complete sample lesson plans and specific examples to aid in the transfer and retention of knowledge and skill building. Throughout the leadership manual, crucial leadership elements are highlighted and specific guidance is provided. These "Critical Action Items" ensure further and complete understanding by you and your youngster. To augment your leadership skills and to maximize your time with your child, guided discussion questions and samples exercises are listed at the end of each chapter as review action items. If you believe the experts, understanding leadership concepts is difficult. Most people just don't get it. But you will. Become a better parent, teacher, coach or mentor by using the toolbox we provide you. Easily enhance your favorite sport with great life-long lessons and a foundation of leadership concepts that will ensure your child's future. Your kids will learn leadership and won't even know they are getting a lesson. Once again, what was yo