Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference
By various authors
Edited by Andrew Blauner
Foreword by Bill Bradley
Read by various narrators
Unabridged
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Retail CD (In Stock)
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1 Format: Retail CD
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$35.00
ISBN: 9781478931713
| Runtime: | 9.98 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Sports & Recreation |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Twenty-five celebrated writers share the encouraging words and timeless wisdom of the coaches who influenced their lives.
For everyone who has heard the beloved whistle at the end of a grueling practice, only to eagerly await the next, Coach is a treasure trove of insights and wisdom from the mouths of those we cherish, seen through the eyes of those we admire most. This book offers the reflections of twenty-five notable authors and writers who reveal their experiences, both good and bad, with the athletic coaches who changed and influenced their lives, irrevocably. This collection celebrates those special people whose inspiration and influence make us believe that we are greater than the sum of our parts.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Coach! One measly monosyllable, yet the word can evoke the entire range of human emotion, as it does in this masterful and touching anthology, which promises endless pleasure for anyone who has experience coaching on either side.” —Madeleine Blais, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
“Here is a book for all of us who teach to consider—the way students learn through those who help them learn how to use their bodies (and minds) while doing athletic work. Coaches offer so much to athletes—addressing their minds, hearts, and souls—as this extraordinary anthology lets us know so very well.” —Robert Coles, New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Intelligence of Children
“A must-read for anyone who thinks back to their childhood and remembers that special coach who demanded more. Coaches are all about finding diamonds in the rough, and this book contains a number of diamonds who recall all of the polishing and chiseling it took to make them shine.” —HoopsWorld
“If you [coaches] ever had any reservations about what you do for a living, Andrew Blauner and twenty-five of the best writers in America have dispelled them. Blauner has assembled an incredible cast, including novelists, sportswriters, broadcasters, and commentators, who look back at their lives and identify coaches who’ve influenced their lives.” —Coach and Athletic Director magazine
“Entertaining reminiscences…[and] the wide range of sports covered—baseball, football, basketball, track, tennis, golf, and fencing—is a plus.” —Publishers Weekly
“A moving and often humorous collection.” —Booklist
“An often stellar anthology...A solid, entertaining collection recognizing great coaches and a Beelzebub or two.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Coaches—after parents, offsprings, siblings, religious leaders, teachers, and rules—are the most important beings on earth. Good ones can change your world. Bad ones, too. From E. M. Swift’s crusty, old Frank Ward to Christine Brennan’s protective Miss O.—the whistle tooters in Coach prove the point again and again: coaches really matter.” —Rick Telander, author of Heaven Is a Playground
“This vivid, eloquent exploration of the connections between kids and their coaches is a memoir gem, a series of stories ranging from inspirational life-changing coaches to sadistic life-changing coaches. These stories speak to any parent whose child is being coached and to anyone who has ever been benched, been yelled into excellence, or been told to drop and do another twenty. Funny, sad, and inspirational.” —Susan Cheever, author of American Bloomsbury and My Name Is Bill
“Coach is a collection of wise, funny, and humane writing on a subject that’s poignant and elusive and usually sentimentalized into something unrecognizable. The intimacy of these accounts—some defiant, some celebratory, some subversively resentful—is what I enjoyed most.” —Alec Wilkinson, author of The Ice Balloon
“This intriguing collection of essays will remind anyone who’s ever been coached that it can be a powerful experience. Coaches come in all sorts of flavors. The gruff and kind appear here, as do the wise and the foolish, the encouraging and the destructive, and some in whom lots of these qualities and inclinations are curiously mixed. What the coaches share, at least in this remarkable collection of writers chronicling coaching, is that they are unforgettable.” —Bill Littlefield, author, journalist, and radio host
“What coach wouldn't love to have this team?” —Roy Blount Jr., New York Times bestselling author of If You Only Knew How Much I Smell You: True Portraits of Dogs
“What happens when twenty-five wonderful writers meet twenty-five unforgettable coaches? The twenty-five life lessons you are holding in your hands.” —Sports Illustrated
“Perfect…Refreshing…Makes a true connection with the reader…Sweet and often funny vulnerability, revealing the part of the writer that is willing to be coached. The collection has perfect ‘pitch.’ Writers pay tribute to coaches in the purest sense, showing their lasting influences.” —USA Today
“Compelling…rich…an all-star squad of scribblers. You don’t have to be an ex-jock with a trophy case to find someone you can relate to here.” —Los Angeles Times
“A superlative book. The stories in this anthology are, by turns, funny, wise, poignant, and always inspirational. This is a book you will cherish.” —ESPN
“Instead of boondoggles and bromides, what we have here are essays about real sports and the characters who left lifelong marks in their attempts to make something of these writers.” —Boston Globe
“I’ve spent much of a lifetime writing about coaches without thinking a great deal, if at all, about the people who coach elementary school kids or fencers or horseback riding. They are, for the most part, faceless and nameless to the sports world. But, as you see in this book, they leave lasting impressions just as Dean Smith or Vince Lombardi might. Coach is an intriguing mix of tales big and small, intimate, funny, and sad.” —Charlotte Observer
“Superb.” —Chronicle of Higher Education
Author
Author Bio: various authors
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Sports & Recreation |
| Runtime: | 9.98 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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