Scott Martin: Play From Your Heart — What Sport Teaches Us About Life

Scott Martin has coached soccer for decades, but his real passion is something deeper: using sport as a vehicle for transformation.

In Play From Your Heart: The Athlete's Guide to Personal Growth Through Sport (launching June 9, 2026), Scott shares the lessons he's learned from the field — not just about winning games, but about building resilience, finding community, and discovering who you are when things get hard.

What Makes This Book Different

There are plenty of sports motivation books. But Scott Martin's approach is grounded in real experience: decades of coaching kids, teens, and adults. He's seen firsthand how sport changes people. Not because of trophies. Because of the struggle, the brotherhood, the moments when you find out what you're made of.

Play From Your Heart is for anyone who plays — whether you're a weekend warrior, a parent watching from the sidelines, or someone who quit sports years ago and misses the feeling of belonging to something bigger than yourself.

The Core Message

Sport is a teacher. It teaches you about failure. It teaches you about commitment. It teaches you that you're stronger than you think — physically and mentally. But only if you play with intention. Only if you play from your heart.

Scott's book isn't about athletic performance. It's about life performance. Using the discipline, focus, and community of sport to build a better version of yourself off the field.

Who Should Read This

• Current athletes looking for deeper meaning in their sport
• Parents of young athletes who want to teach their kids what sport is really about
• Former athletes who miss the structure and community of being part of a team
• Anyone working through a challenging season of life and looking for resilience training
• Coaches and athletic directors seeking a framework for athlete development beyond stats

About Scott Martin

Scott Martin is an award-winning soccer coach and advocate for the disability community. With decades of experience both on and off the field, he has dedicated his career to using sport as a vehicle for inclusion, empowerment, and personal development. Play From Your Heart is the distillation of everything he's learned about what sport can do when it's approached with intention and heart.

Available June 9, 2026

Play From Your Heart launches June 9 through Simon & Schuster distribution. Paperback ($17.99) and hardcover ($29.99) available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Simon & Schuster Direct.

If you're looking for a book that speaks to the athlete in all of us — and what we learn when we step into the arena — this is it.