✪ SILVER MEDAL — 2026 Global Book Awards (Parenting & Relationships) ✪
You don't need to care less. You need to aim it better.
You drive the miles. You pay the fees. You'd do anything for your kid's shot at this. So why does it sometimes feel like the harder you push, the more they pull away?
Here's the part nobody says out loud: the same love that makes you show up — drive, pay, lie awake at night — is the exact love that, aimed a few degrees off, becomes the thing that gets in your kid's way. Too much help curdles into control. Too much investment lands as pressure. The line between backing your athlete and smothering them is real, thin, and almost impossible to see from the inside.
Behind Every Great Student-Athlete is the book for the parent in the stands — written by one. Dobb Mayo isn't coaching from a mountaintop. He's the dad with the camera up, three daughters deep in club and high school sports, who's been every version of the over-involved parent and lived to write about it. This is his honest, practical guide to backing your athlete without hovering, pushing, or taking over.
This book is for you if:
In nine short chapters — built for busy parents reading in the parking lot between sessions — you'll sort out what your real job is (and isn't), where good intentions turn into micromanaging, how to hand the sport back to the kid it belongs to, and the rare red flags that override every other rule in the book.
"Dobb discusses this in a way that helps all of us reflect, learn, and better support the athletes we care about." — Steve Bowyer, Assistant Athletic Director & Head Varsity Swimming Coach
From the award-winning author of the Student-Athlete Series.
Book One of the Sideline Parent Playbook.
Because sooner than you think, the sport ends. And what's left isn't the scoreboard — it's whether your kid still wants you in the stands, and in their life. This is the book about building that.
Includes a free companion workbook.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. You drive the miles. You pay the fees. You'd do anything for your kid's shot at this. So why does it sometimes feel like the harder you push, the more they pull away?Here's what nobody tells you: the same love that makes you show up - the 5 a.m. drives, the club fees, the lump in your throat at every whistle - is the exact thing that, aimed a few degrees wrong, gets between your kid and the game they love. Too much help becomes control. Too much investment becomes pressure. And the line between backing your athlete and smothering them is a lot thinner than any of us wants to admit.Behind Every Great Student-Athlete is the book for the parent in the stands - written by one. Dobb Mayo has raised three athletes through club ball, high school, and the full recruiting gauntlet, and he's been every version of the over-involved sports parent along the way. This is the playbook he wishes he'd had: how to stay close without taking over, when to step in and when to step back, and how to protect the one thing that outlasts the final whistle - your relationship with your kid.This book is for you if: Your whole mood rises and falls with a game you're not even playing.You've delivered the post-game breakdown your kid didn't ask for.You're quietly carrying the scholarship math - and the pressure that rides shotgun with it.You can't always tell when to fight for your kid and when to let them handle it themselves.You want your athlete to still love the sport long after you've stopped driving them to it.You don't need to care less. You need to aim it better.From the award-winning author of the Student-Athlete Series.Book One of the Sideline Parent Playbook.The game will end. What you build off the field doesn't have to. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781965692073
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. You drive the miles. You pay the fees. You'd do anything for your kid's shot at this. So why does it sometimes feel like the harder you push, the more they pull away?Here's what nobody tells you: the same love that makes you show up - the 5 a.m. drives, the club fees, the lump in your throat at every whistle - is the exact thing that, aimed a few degrees wrong, gets between your kid and the game they love. Too much help becomes control. Too much investment becomes pressure. And the line between backing your athlete and smothering them is a lot thinner than any of us wants to admit.Behind Every Great Student-Athlete is the book for the parent in the stands - written by one. Dobb Mayo has raised three athletes through club ball, high school, and the full recruiting gauntlet, and he's been every version of the over-involved sports parent along the way. This is the playbook he wishes he'd had: how to stay close without taking over, when to step in and when to step back, and how to protect the one thing that outlasts the final whistle - your relationship with your kid.This book is for you if: Your whole mood rises and falls with a game you're not even playing.You've delivered the post-game breakdown your kid didn't ask for.You're quietly carrying the scholarship math - and the pressure that rides shotgun with it.You can't always tell when to fight for your kid and when to let them handle it themselves.You want your athlete to still love the sport long after you've stopped driving them to it.You don't need to care less. You need to aim it better.From the award-winning author of the Student-Athlete Series.Book One of the Sideline Parent Playbook.The game will end. What you build off the field doesn't have to. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781965692073
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