Fun and camaraderie in today's youth sports often end up sidelined by stress and selfishness. Coaching teamwork can feel like an impossible goal under the pressures of parental overinvolvement and individual success.

Scholarships or trophies shouldn't be the only goal of team sports though. Motivate your players to foster valuable relationships and win together in every aspect of life—when you coach with passion, purpose, and understanding.

In Create Forever Teammates, Patrick Touhey shares a coaching program that will cultivate the intrinsic culture of your team to dramatically improve players' performance and emotional health. Full of actionable principles and exercises, this guide goes beyond strength training and practice drills to help you awaken your players' self-awareness and encourage them to work toward their full potential—as athletes, as people, and as future leaders.

You'll discover:

• How the behavior and high expectations of overzealous parents in athletics affect your players.


• Strategies to turn individualism into inclusion for a stronger connection between teammates—no, it doesn't start with drills.


• Exercises that improve team chemistry through ethics of integrity, selflessness, gratitude, and love.


• The H.O.W. Method, a three-step system to address problems and promote an attitude of accountability.


• Nine leadership skills to help you become a better coach and develop players into better individuals.

Your team wins when they play together to become their very best. Get Create Forever Teammates and start inspiring connections that reveal your team's full capacity—in the game and in life.