Gold Dust: How to Become A More Effective Coach, Quickly: How to become a better communicator Paperback – Import, 27 November 2019

I have so many football books but I absolutely love this book and the key messages around making connections with people its one I'll keep coming back to. So well written with great messages, its also led me to find the Gold Dust podcast series, another great find, thank you !!

This is an excellent book for any coach from any sport to read. It sets the fundamentals and importance on how to build connections with your players and athletes , creating that environment where they could gain their full potential with learning and performance and most importantly how to get to know your players and athletes more. From meeting Keith Mayer a few years ago on football coaching courses, he has a way of being able to inspire you as a coach and as a person. This has reflected in my coaching journey where I have taken on his advice, philosophies and ideas. These areas can be found throughout his book. Both David and Keith are such inspirational coaches with a lot of experience but most importantly, great people to meet. Their book is easy to follow and the most basic idea can make a huge impact within the coach and player/athlete. 5 star*

Around the world, in our coaching community, this is a well known (IMO) book. There are many books out there that has a lot to do with coaching, but for me personally, Gold Dust, makes my top 5. A simple read. David and Keith not just telling what should or could be done, but also back their thoughts and ideas with life stories that in many ways all of us can relate to. What I got out of it might be different for someone else, but one of the main things for me was, put person first!!! Get to know them as individuals, make them feel important...everything else will come with time!!! MUST have for any coach. Also, check out their podcast. just search Gold Dust.

I can't emphasize just how important and powerful this book is and the effect it can have on any coach in any sport. Myself being from a football background, I couldn't help to think as I was ploughing through this book and in my opinion that there has got to be more within coaching qualfications on the relationship building between the coach and athlete, finding out the different ways of peeling the layers back in truly finding who the person is behind the athlete in order for us coaches to nurture, develop and guide in the most effective to meet their needs. The book is refreshing and has many pages that has you constantly thinking about yourself as a coach and how can i do things better going forward and having an even more meaningful relationship with my players. A very well put together book with some extracts that absolutely hit the sweet spot in the pursuit of finding excellence. Sport, business, parenting and good humility skills/lessons.....This book is for you! 5*

This book introduces an entirely different thought process when it comes to sports coaching. You can implement the messages in this book much further than just coaching though. The communication and connection skills that you’ll learn are key to creating meaningful and lasting effects on people around you. The fact that 10% of proceeds go to the Giles Trust is also very important to me. The Giles Trust supports brain Tumor patients and research. I have personally lost someone to a brain tumor and that makes it even easier to support. 100% recommend this book for anyone looking to improve their communication/connection skills.