Win Forever Book Report

I read the book Win Forever by Pete Carroll. I chose this book because of the tremendous success that Pete has had in his career as a coach. I wanted to be able to emulate what he has had in his football career into my career as a cheerleading coach. Since this is only by second year as coach this would be the time where I can learn from other peoples mistakes and victories.
Pete Carroll (2008) said that, “Competition would become the central theme of the program, and our day-to-day thinking would be driven by this single thought: to do things better than they had ever been done before”
(p. 5). Throughout the book this is the one thing that Pete always came back to. He consistently told his athletes to strive to be better then you were yesterday. This simple saying has won him countless titles and respect among
Him and I both agree that if an athlete does not fulfill all their basic needs then how can they compete at his or her highest level as an athlete. I like that he writes about this in his book and uses this as part of his coaching. When you are a coach it’s not a nine to five kind of job, you have to care about your athletes 24/7. That means making sure all their needs are met or else they wont be able to perform at the level you want them to.
In the chapter win forever, I found it refreshing with how he set up his program. He thought about every detail that goes in to making a team that can win year after year. His belief system and philosophy are what lead him to the Super Bowl title. It really made me think of my own philosophy and belief system. In all honesty it made me start writing down everything I want me team and athletes to be about. I also lie how he picked players and staff based around his philosophy. He put together a team of like minded people and that’s why it