"I fully endorse the message in THE MINDFUL COACH by Dr.Jerry Lynch. It will help you take your coaching to new levels of leadership by becoming more inspired and self-aware. He will teach you how to be a transformative coach in this thoughtful and provocative book."
- Phil Jackson, 11-time NBA World Champion Coach and Athlete, Author of the Bestseller Eleven Rings
"THE WAY OF THE CHAMPION is a really, really good book. I have enjoyed and applied it to my game."
- Kobe Bryant, 5-time NBA Champion, 2-Time Olympic Gold medalist, 6-Time NBA MVP
"WIN THE DAY, written by Dr. Jerry Lynch is a book about the power of connection, caring and core values. WIN THE DAY is a book that every coach, athlete, CEO and leader needs to read for a team’s ultimate success. It jives perfectly with my vision of the Warrior culture."
- Steve Kerr, Head Coach, NBA Golden State Warriors
Dr. Lynch has written and published 18 books. Here are his best sellers.
Books
Thinking Body, Dancing Mind: Taosports for Extraordinary Performance in Athletics, Business, and Life
Written by a sports psychologist and a renowned T'ai Chi master, here is a guide to enriching all of life's pursuits through the practice of its simple mental tools and wisdom. Using stories of success from athletes and business people, the authors present techniques and exercises to promote relaxation and enhance performance in athletics, business and life.
The Way of the Champion: Lessons from Sun Tzu's the Art of War and Other Tao Wisdom for Sports & Life
Authors Jerry Lynch and Chungliang Al Huang, using lessons from the The Art of War, as well as other ancient Taoist books such as the I Ching and Tao Te Ching, teach readers to develop the capacities and qualities that make a champion-such as high self-esteem, perseverance, self-awareness, the ability to take risks, and the ability to learn from failure.
The Competitive Buddha:
How to Up Your Game in Sports, Leadership and Life
Connect spirituality to sports. Learn what you need to keep, what you need to discard, and what you need to add to your mental, emotional, and spiritual skill set as an athlete, coach, leader, parent, CEO, or any other performer in life. Understand how Buddhism can help you to be better prepared for sports and life, and how sports and life can teach you about Buddhism.
Books
Win the Day
Win the Day, written by Dr. Jerry Lynch, is a book about the power of connection, caring, and core values in a successful team culture. It is a book that will help you to create, model, and sustain what championship teams, like the Seahawks and Warriors, do on a daily basis. To achieve success in sports, one must believe a team's culture has to be connective, caring, and authentic, one way or another. It must come from the heart and soul of the coach and the athletes. Jerry captures that important dynamic perfectly in Win the Day, his seminal project in a long, distinguished career in sports, and helps you to implement its guiding principles. Win the Day is a book that every coach, athlete, CEO, and leader in any aspect of life should read.
Everyday Champion Wisdom
Everyday Champion Wisdom is a treasury of insightful, everyday sacred lessons and letters, reflective readings, and contemplative thoughts rooted in the application of Eastern wisdom as well as a compilation of the wisdom that has been accrued from Jerry’s intimate involvement with over 115 championship teams, his consultancies with 12 Hall of Fame coaches, his daily blogs, his Way of Champions podcasts, the hundreds of JEREmail letters written to teams that reinforced his teaching and set the tone for competitive events, and his many keynote talks at coach and athletic conferences, as well as selected gems of wisdom from several of his published works. In this book, he gives practical, easy-to-implement tools, strategies, exercises, and activities.
The Mindful Coach
THE MINDFUL COACH: Leading With Intention, Instinct, Influence, Inspiration, and Insight. Here is a penetrating and provocative GUIDEBOOK about how we think, act, behave, and perform as leaders, coaches, and athletic directors. It is an athlete-centric movement which helps us to create safe environments for mental wellness and emotional stability, perhaps the most important, talked about, and valued discussion in today’s athletic world. This book changes the status quo of leadership to a more purposeful, transformative, servant leader model, replacing the obsolete transactional model. Using proven time-honored strategies, Jerry helps you to be more connective, caring, loving, and compassionate while demanding from others what is needed to achieve your mission.
The Champion Teammate: Timeless Lessons to Connect, Compete and Lead in Sports and Life
Throughout our lives, we will be part of many teams. From sports teams to community groups to our dining room table, our lives are filled with opportunities to come together with others in pursuit of a common goal, and people who
thrive in these situations are highly valued teammates. We use terms such as competitive, selfless, loyal, inspiring, hardworking, and caring to describe great teammates, but what do those words actually mean, and how do you achieve those ideals?
The Champion Sports Parent: Practical Wisdom for Raising Confident, Competitive, Mentally Tough Athletes
Are you a parent who is struggling to understand today's youth sports world and your child's path in athletics? Have you grown frustrated by the youth sports industrial complex and want to know how to create an exceptional sporting journey for your athletes? Have you heard about concepts such as confidence, mental toughness, and competitiveness, but are not quite sure how to help your athletic child develop these important character traits, while overcoming adversity and the inevitable ups and downs of playing sports? If so, this book is for you.
Spirit of the Dancing Warrior: Asian Wisdom for Peak Performance in Athletics and Life
"Warriorship is a journey from ordinary to extraordinary." By opening your heart to the special connection between physical and the spiritual whether in the gym, on the field, practicing tai chi, or riding your bike, Spirit of the Dancing Warrior shows you how to expand and improve your experience and performance — and your relationship with all physical activity.
Using a meditation program based on 52 warrior virtues, this book presents a program of everyday spiritual training, a soulful path of wisdom, inspiration, and motivation.
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Dr. Lynch has written and published over 20 videos. Here are his top 12 best sellers.
Mental Strategies for Physical Injury: A Coach's & Trainer's Guide to Managing Wounded Athletes
+ Understand the emotional, mental and psychological components of the injury process in an effort to minimize and cope
+ Gain suggestions for the treatment of injuries, not only physiologically, but psychologically as well!
+ Take your team to the next level with essential tools you need to create a positive, proactive management plan to help your injured athletes heal physically and mentally!
How to Inspire, Empower and Lead in Sports: Perspectives from Athletes and Coaches
+ Listen in as coaches discuss the athletes' insights and their own experiences in leading and inspiring athletes
+ Discover practical wisdom and timeless insights that will help you connect with and lead your athletes
+ Improve and optimize the strong coaching skill-set you already possess
Coach Development Series: Leadership and Culture Building for Transformational Coaches
+ Includes eBooks of Jerry Lynch's Win the Day and John O'Sullivan's Every Moment Matters, as course textbooks
+ Find your coaching purpose and build and maintain a championship culture in your program
+ Get strategies to "win the inner game" through a growth mindset, positive self talk, mindfulness and meditation
Way of Champions: Connect with Athletes, Build a Strong Culture, Develop Servant Leaders & Win the Inner Game!
John O'Sullivan & Jerry Lynch present
THE WAY OF CHAMPIONS TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND COACHING CONFERENCE: Connecting with your Athletes, Building a Championship Culture, Developing Leaders, Winning the Inner Game and more!
This year truly did change and connected us all in ways we never thought were possible due to years in the past. There was no drama this year and it was amazing seeing everyone step into their roles. Whether they were the 6 on the court or the 6 on the bench, not one person cared what their "occupation" was, all they cared about was creating a safe, fun, loving, caring and competitive environment for each other.
Alyssa T.
Championship Wisdom: Secret Lessons in Coaching the Relationship Game for Cohesive, Winning Cultures
+ Learn from a best-selling author, life-long learner and team-sports expert on how to develop and win over relationships with your players.
+ See how to use a 5-point system to help create connections with your players that has been developed with over 40 years of experience at all levels of competition – from high school, college and the professional ranks.
+ Apply techniques and principles (he calls them ‘Jack-ronyms’) such as RIVER, COME GIVE, and LUV that will help you connect your heart to your players’ hearts.
COACHING THE QUIET CRISIS: Evidence-Based Master Plan to Promote Mental Wellness in Athletes
+ This video offers a compelling, definitive program that addresses THE most critical issue in modern athletics: mental health and well-being!
+ You will learn a time-tested game plan that enhances a coach's ability to create a safe environment for mental wellness - leading to happier, more joyful, loyal, trusting, and connected athletes!
+ The strategies and methods presented are based on evidence from over 130 championship teams influenced by Dr. Lynch and his 'Way of Champions' proven methods!
Becoming a Champion Runner: Competing with the Heart-Mind of a Warrior
+ Learn the mental training tools to assure you that your mindset is one that positively enhances your performance!
+ Understand the common mental roadblocks that runners experience!!
+ Gain insight on practical mental training solutions to help overcome these specific mental obstacles!
+ Learn a series of activities that reinforce the idea that positive thinking truly does impact an athlete's performance and resolve to compete!
