An interesting book with many fascinating coaching stories, well worth the read for those who love getting an insight into other sports programs. Read our book review for a more detail. Upfront, you should know that this is a business book that looks at the sporting world for ways that the business world can improve individual and team performance. This book hasn’t been written for sports people, but as someone involved in sport, it is still extremely valuable and you’ll end up with many pages marked.

Legacy by James Kerr comes highly recommended from the whole team at Athlete Assessments. Some books on leadership and culture can be dense reads you feel forced to slug through, Legacy is compelling reading. It is very easy to read in a day or over the weekend.

No question, the Talent Code by Daniel Coyle is a must-read. Not only is it a wealth of excellent research that is explained extremely well, it is a “how to” for elite performance. I’ve read it a couple of times, just so I extracted as many lessons as I could. Brilliant! (Click here to read our book review of The Talent Code)

We loved Coyle’s The Talent Code and this is an excellent follow up with its 52 Tips for improving your skills and performance. Even for the ‘non-reader’, by reading a tip each week (there are 52 in total) you’ll have benefitted from this tremendously over an entire year. Insightful, relevant and extremely practical – say no more… (Click here to read our book review of The Little Book of Talent)

“With Quotes from Legends including John Wooden, Michael Jordan, Bud Grant, Bill Walsh, Mia Hamm, Steven Covey, Wayne Bennett, Vince Lombardi, Mae West, and Sue Enquist this compilation has something for everyone.”