The Coach's Toolbox: Using Sports Psychology With Your Kids (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494374778)

Dr. Peter S. Pierro is a retired professor at the University of Oklahoma. He has degrees in history, psychology, and education from Northern Illinois University. He has also been on the faculty at Elmhurst College, Southeastern Oklahoma University, and Langston University. Among other sports experiences, he played with the Will-Walt team in the Northern Illinois Fastball League, the Utica Yanks semi-professional baseball team, and U. S. Navy and Illinois Valley Community College basketball teams. He was selected on the All-Star team on the U. S. Navy Tinian Island Basketball Team. During his senior year at NIU he was individual bowling champion. He has taught at the elementary, junior high school, high school, and university levels and has coached basketball, baseball, and softball at the child, youth, high school, and adult levels. He received the Professor of the Year Award at Elmhurst College in Illinois and is a member of the Illinois Valley Community College Hall of Fame. Playing golf is his major sports addiction at this time. Dr. Pierro is available for speaking engagements, consulting, and clinics.