Proven Strategies for Transforming Parents from Obstacles to Allies
The groundbreaking book giving you the strategies and methods you need to transform the parent culture in your team, allowing you to better support each athlete’s growth, improve your team’s performance, create an extraordinary experience for all involved—and take your program to a whole new level.
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THIS book will help coaches and parents build a relationship based on trust and mutual respect, and help them become allies instead of adversaries in athlete development. It is time we stopped dealing with parents and started engaging them, and this book will teach you how.
John O'Sullivan,
Changing the Game Project &
The Way of Champions Podcast
What If Sports Parents Became Your Greatest Ally?
Learn how to:
Overcome the common obstacles & fear of sports parents
Foster a collaborative partnership
Get parent support for your goal & vision for the team
Enforce boundaries for the wellbeing of you and the team
The Coach’s Guide to Sports Parents gives you the strategies and methods you need to transform the parent culture in your team, allowing you to better support each athlete’s growth, improve your team’s performance, create an extraordinary experience for all involved—and take your program to a whole new level.
This book should be required reading for anyone involved in youth sports.
Asia Mape, Founder of ilovetowatchyouplay.com
This book is a game-changer for coaches and parents alike. All should read.
Colleen Dawson
Author of The Tough Stuff
Connecting and aligning with parents in the sports world empowers your team to feel more connected.
Josh Strasser,
McCutchen High School
I implemented these strategies & tools with my parents and have seen overwhelmingly positive results.
Tyler Wright
Mt. Zion High School
More About the Book
Are sports parents getting in the way of your team’s success? If you’re struggling with today’s sports parents, you are not alone.
Headlines like following are common:
How Parents are Ruining Sports
Sports Parents, We Have a Problem
The Nightmare Sports Parent
Parents become obstacles not because they want to be a problem but because you aren’t working together to support the athlete and the team.
As a coach, you can be part of the solution. In The Sports Parent Solution, J.P. Nerbun, one of the world’s leading experts on team culture in sports, offers a comprehensive blueprint for turning your most challenging sports parents into your greatest allies.
Leveraging ideas from leaders in education, the military, and sports, and sharing dozens of real stories from youth, high school, and collegiate-level coaches, Nerbun shares practical strategies for creating open lines of communication, building a connection to the team, and engaging in hard conversations. Throughout, readers will find inspiration in real stories from coaches at the youth, high school, and collegiate level whom Nerbun has supported in his work as a leadership coach and culture consultant.
J.P. has created yet another brilliant coaching resource that will enhance your confidence with parents. A must-read for any coach.
Patrick Quirk
The Hun School
JP uses his expertise in sports culture to identify the key elements of successful sporting relationships. A great way to boost teamwork.
Jack Easterby
Former NFL GM
This is a must-read for coaches at any level! Practical, easily implementable strategies to build relationships that make parents feel connected and valued.
Sam Klassen
Briercrest College
About JP Nerbun
J.P. Nerbun is a world-renowned leadership coach, sports consultant, and the visionary founder of TOC, a leading global sports-consulting and coaching business. With an accomplished career as a professional basketball coach spanning over a decade, J.P. has solidified his expertise in team culture, drawing from his extensive background and knowledge.
J.P.'s mission is to empower leaders and their teams to reach their full potential through coaching, consulting, and community-building. Throughout his career, he and his team have provided personalized coaching and practical resources to hundreds of leaders across various industries, including sports, education, medicine, and business. J.P. is also the founder and co-host of the highly acclaimed sports leadership podcast, Coaching Culture.
In 2019, J.P. published his debut book, Calling Up: Discovering Your Journey to Transformational Leadership. This book has received critical acclaim for its captivating narrative and practical insights. In 2022, he followed up with The Culture System: A Proven Process for Creating an Extraordinary Team Culture, a groundbreaking book that explores a proven framework for developing team culture, embraced by top-tier organizations. Continuing his dedication to leadership development, J.P. launched The Culture System Online Training Platform in 2023, providing leaders with leadership training that equips them with practical skills and tools to enhance their team's culture.
J.P. resides in Ireland with his wife and three children.
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