The Why of Sports

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)>Whether preparing for game day guiding a team or supporting a child's athletic journey this book offers a mindful approach to competition - one that values process over outcome humility over ego and joy over perfection. </strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)>Drawing on decades of experience as an athlete coach parent and mindfulness teacher Peter Bidstrup explores how lessons learned on the field continue to shape who we become beyond it. Sports are more than competition - they're a lifelong classroom for presence purpose and growth.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)>The Why of Sports</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)> each chapter invites reflection on the habits virtues and choices that define a true competitor: discovering your why trusting your gifts training the unseen mind and finding courage in uncertainty.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)>Through stories insight and practical guidance Bidstrup shows how athletes coaches and parents can reimagine sport as a practice for becoming more aware resilient and connected.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)>At its heart </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)>The Why of Sports</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)> is a call to return to what drew us to play in the first place: </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 14 14 1)>love of the game love of learning and love of those we share it with.</strong></p><p></p>