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 enlarge | Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 86836
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 93
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0393060918
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
EAN: 9780393060911
ASIN: 0393060918
Publication Date: May 16, 2005
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 Wonderful January 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a wonderful book. A short read - one sitting should do it, but a must read for parents and managers alike. I've bought over a dozen copies for friends and employees. A great story to express the change in attitudes of parents towards self esteem and how it is affecting our youth.
 Another good book from Lewis January 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this after finishing Michael Lewis' The Blind Side. It's a very short read -- basically an extended magazine article -- but well worth the ticket. I thought Lewis conveyed this retrospective on his high school athletic experience very well, and there are some interesting observations about the changing world of high school sports. Every coach, athlete, and parent would benefit.
A wonderful book! December 18, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
While the parents of the children being coached by Fitz want something else, I hope my kids have a coach like Fitz as they grow up. I know from personal experience how as a kid I often hated my coaches. Now that I am an adult, I look back on the important lessons they taught me, and the abilities I learned from them. I feel sorry for the kids that are coddled by their parents. They do them more harm than good.
Important lessons for coaches, teachers, students and parents December 16, 2006
OK, so maybe Coach Fitz was a little over the top (as some reviews suggest), but the point here is he served to inspire an entire generation of ballplayers and students to achieve at their highest level. If every teacher and coach took this "old school" approach to motivation then we would have a problem. Persistance and insistence on excellence must be balanced with compassion and patience.
I am a teacher and baseball coach. I have given this book to many of my friends and colleagues. It is a great launching pad for professional discussion. Thank you Mr. Lewis for you inspried works.
Lewis is at it again... August 25, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
From the author of several fantastic books, comes a great short synopsis leadership, motivation and team dynamics.
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