The game starts within

Coach
from Within

A parent's guide to raising children who believe in themselves — from the inside out.

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The beginning

Watch a toddler learn to walk. She falls. She gets up. She falls again. She laughs — and tries again.

There is no voice in her head saying you're doing it wrong.

That voice comes later. And much of it comes from us — the parents who love them most. This book is about understanding that, and doing something different.

The mental game

Focus, resilience, and quiet confidence — in sport, in school, and in life. How children carry their inner strength into every room they walk into.

The quiet parent

Why silence is the most powerful coaching tool you have. How to support without rescuing, and guide without controlling.

The whole child

Good sport makes a good soul, and a good soul makes a good sport. How the court and everyday life teach each other — and what your child becomes in the process.

Lucas P. Coumans

Coach
from Within

A parent's guide to raising children who believe in themselves

The game starts within
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LC
Former tennis coach
Media professional
Father of two
The Netherlands

I was a tennis coach before I was a father.
I thought I knew how to develop children.
I did not.

What I knew was how to teach. What I had to learn was how to coach from within. This book is that learning, honestly told — from the court, from the dinner table, and from fifteen years of watching what happens when children are given space to trust themselves.

As a media professional, I know how to communicate. As a parent of a seven-year-old who plays tennis and a five-year-old who draws fearlessly, I know what is at stake. And as someone who has spent years with Gallwey's Inner Game philosophy, I know what it can do — when it lands in the right hands.

These are the right hands. You are already here.

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