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How can sports coaches use Start Where You Are?
Coaches can use Start Where You Are to build the habits behind performance: consistency, ownership, bouncing back from failure and making sure every player feels they belong. Many of the book's real stories come from athletes, so the ideas land with young players.
Chapters that suit a team
| Team focus | Chapter |
|---|---|
| Turning up when motivation drops | 4. Reading the Conditions |
| Taking responsibility, not blaming | 6. Ownership: You Are Responsible |
| Including every player | 7. Boundary of Belonging |
| A loss or a poor game | 8. Failure Isn't Final |
| Keeping going through a long season | 9. Resilience Is a Skill |
Stories from sport
The book includes the stories of athletes such as Peter Bol, Gout Gout, Ariarne Titmus and Brody Mihocek, along with Ash's own story of chasing an AFL dream and representing South Australia in junior cricket.
A simple way to use it
Pick one chapter a month. Share its idea at training in five minutes, and set the team its small action for the week. "Never miss twice" and the reset question work well with young players.
Quick answers
Is there team pricing?
Yes. 10 to 24 copies are $22.50 each, and 25 or more are $20 each.
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Why people trust Start Where You Are
- Written by Ash Manuel, a former PE teacher and founder of Growing With Gratitude, which has reached more than 1 million young people across 1,205 schools in 80 countries.
- Foreword by Dr Phil Cummins of the University of Sydney and the Sydney Character Initiative.
- Shaped by conversations with young people about what they actually wanted from a book like this.
- Published by Amba Press and featured on 9News Adelaide.