Sports & Recreation

“A lifelong outdoorsman, coppersmith, builder, and father, Steven has spent his life shaping metal, wood, and stone. But nothing shaped him more than love and loss. After the death of his beloved wife, Sandy, he turned to the Appalachian Trail—a dream they once shared—as a way to reconcile his loss with his faith.

The 2,200-mile journey became more than a hike; it was a desperate reckoning. An abundance of hazards, from animals to broken bones and illness, delayed him. With grief and depression on his back, he dragged his past up and down each mountain, until in those last miles he felt whole again.

The Appalachian Trail is a journey that strips bare the soul and forces those that travel upon it to confront their losses, their weaknesses, their strengths, and, most importantly, themselves.

In this gripping and raw memoir, we follow Steven into the wilderness, as witnesses to his intimate reflections on a life lived hard and lived well. We see in Steven’s narrative our own struggles with love and loss. We recognize our own wrestling with the seemingly cruel and inscrutable nature of God. Through Steven’s unsparing soul searching, we can find self-forgiveness, and peace.”

”Have you ever heard of Kenny Sailors?”
”Kenny who?”
”Didn’t the jump shot always exist in basketball?”

The short answer is no.

In the early 1900s, the sport of basketball was in its infancy. The basic elements of the game included passing the ball, no physical contact, and only two-handed set shots. Times were ripe for improvements and the development of new techniques.

A few notable players in the 1930s and 1940s began to jump and shoot a basketball. But it was Kenny Sailors who stepped in and made the modern-day jump shot famous.

Beyond the Jump Shot is a story of basketball and life that will elevate and inspire you to believe, and try something different.

FROM KENNY'S SON DAN:

“With the jump shot, my dad left his mark on basketball. His example in sports and life elevated others to become people of character, integrity, and faith. Pop taught those around him the value of hard work, respect for authority, and doing your best. He cared about his God, family, country, and the Marines. Basketball was a thread that ran through the life of Kenny Sailors. Pop realized there was life after sports and was compelled to encourage others to elevate their lives and dreams.”

Most athletes know the mental aspect of their game is important, but few of them know how to train it.

The 30 Day Champions Journal helps create and establish new habits for journaling, gratitude, self-awareness and more. For four weeks, athletes learn to define their mindset, create better systems for goal setting, learn healthy communication skills and how to take responsibility for their athletic training and performance.

This journal is a tool for athletes, but it’s also an important resource for coaches, athletic trainers, sports med, physical therapist and parents who work closely with athletes.

For years, amateur golfers have been going to see pros to learn how to improve their game. If there were some major technical difficulties that the pro could correct, the amateurs would come away with an improved game.

For most of us, we might see an improvement or two under the watchful eye of the pro, but when we returned to the course, our bad golf game simply returned. Even if we remembered the technical changes, we simply could not hit the ball on the sweet spot time after time like the pros.

There is a very simple explanation as to why this is the case—the golf pro has good hand-eye coordination, and you don’t.

Most of us are not blessed with great hand-eye coordination like the pure ball strikers that you see on the television each weekend. Does this mean that you are doomed to forever be relegated to the land of the high handicap? For years, author Larry Carpenter thought that was the case, but when he realized what the basic problem was, he was able to develop alternative techniques that helped him improve his game. Using these techniques, he was able to take his handicap from the high twenties down to single digits.

In this book, Larry Carpenter shares with you the techniques that he adopted to compensate for not having the incredible hand-eye coordination that single-digit golfers normally possess. When they say don’t be mechanical and play by feel, you simply have to realize that if you try to hit the ball by feel, you’re going to whiff it. And you are going to be continually frustrated by your high handicap. The techniques in this book are based upon mechanical principles, best exemplified by the equipment testing robot, Iron Byron, that enable the less blessed golfer to compensate for their lack of hand-eye coordination and stand a much better chance of making solid contact with the ball every swing.

"Matt is everything you could ask for in a friend and leader."
––Jay Bilas, ESPN

Matt Doherty played and coached basketball at the University of North Carolina. He started on the 1982 National Championship team coached by Dean Smith while playing alongside NBA stars Michael Jordan and James Worthy. He is the former head coach at the University of Notre Dame and UNC. He was named 2001 National Coach of the Year.

In 2003….he was forced to resign!

Have you ever fallen off the top of the mountain? Have you ever doubted yourself? How do you prepare for your next opportunity?

You Rebound!

Rebound will help you become a better leader. Leadership is a learned behavior. It can be studied and developed. Not everyone is a born leader, but EVERYONE can become a better leader!

Coach Doherty provides a game plan to help you navigate the rough terrain of leadership. He shares his journey in an authentic manner that will engage you with riveting stories of tremendous successes and……failures! Coach Doherty chose to turn his “Pain into Passion”. He went on a leadership journey studying at The Wharton School and The Darden School. Along with the help of top leadership executives, Matt learned many valuable lessons that he will share with you in Rebound.

In Stay Safe, Greg Shaffer, an FBI counterterrorism expert, former HRT tactical operator, and international security consultant, outlines the essential tools for becoming personally responsible for the security and safety of yourself and your loved ones while at home, in your office, during your travels, and in your everyday life. You will learn how “Survival is a Mindset, Not a Skill-Set” in critical situations; and how developing good “Situational Awareness” will enable you to recognize pre-incident indicators to violence. In today’s increasingly dangerous world you can find yourself caught in a life-or-death, critical incident, Stay Safe provides clear, comprehensive, instructive and vital tips on how to recognize and survive crisis situations when minutes matter.

The 30 Day Return to Play Journal is a mindset tool and resource for your athlete to navigate the mental aspect of returning to play after an injury.

The injury cycle can be a devastating time for an athlete. Sports not only create healthy coping and positive identity in young athletes, they also give us built in mentors, friendships and accountability. When an athlete is injured, those valuable resources and systems are suddenly and abruptly put on hold and can lead to lowered mood, increased anxiety about their future, identity confusion and fear of re-injury. Use this journal to create new mindset habits and learn performance tools such as visualization, journaling, value setting, creating a support system and more. This journal isn’t just a tool for athletes, it’s also an important resource for coaches, athletic trainers, sports med, physical therapist and parents who work closely with athletes during the injury cycle.