Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You're a Girl: and other truths about winning
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Thank you Dan Blank!! 💖⚽️💖
There isn’t anything that I didn’t LOVE about this book! Dan knows how to reach girl soccer players with such a raw and real passion. I wish I could have had him as a coach during my playing years ☺️ As soon as I read each chapter, the truth of what he was saying was so real and believable that I was left with no doubt in my own ability to take what I’ve learned and put it into action with my own team. If you are a female soccer player or a coach of female soccer players, add this book to your cart right this second! You can’t see just how beneficial this book will be to your playing or coaching right now, but trust me...you will NOT be disappointed! Are you still reading this review?? Hurry up would ya?! Add it to your cart so it can be in your hands ASAP! ☺️⚽️
My Words Won't Do It Justice
It's over...i just finished reading the best coach, athlete, competitor book ever! I'm not a reader at all. This book captured me immediately. I coach/teach softball and am a much better leader as a result of the words on these pages. I have been reading a few pages every morning before my workouts. I'm gonna miss the inspiration it has provided to my mornings. May just have to read it again.
If you coach Girls' soccer they need to read this book
If you can get your players to buy in to this book, it will completely transform your team. This is an amazing read that will really open the eyes of coaches, administrators, parents, and players. My girls' team struggled for a bit with mental toughness, likely because of how I was coaching them. After we started reading this book as a team, the difference has been night and day. No one will want to admit it, but my girls are having a tremendous time being the bullies on the field. They are still wonderful citizens off it, but all of the sudden their alter egos come out on the pitch.
This Book Has a Winning Formula
Dan Blank’s “Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You’re A Girl” is a must have for any coach that coaches female athletes—no matter the sport. His insights and lessons on fostering a competitive spirit in young females is tried and true. My staff and I are working to implement many of Dan’s principles, and we can already see the dividends in our group of varsity athletes. If you are eager to challenge yourself and your coaching then I highly recommend this book for you. You will not regret this purchase, and I’m willing to wager that you will go on and purchase Dan’s additional books on Soccer IQ, Possession, or High Pressing.
Excellent Book, Unlike Any Other
Excellent book with a perspective like no other. As a high school girls' soccer coach, I've read tons of books and articles on the topic of coaching women/girls. This book offers a unique perspective that I have not seen in any of those other books. I started using the ideas/concepts right away with my team and I intend to encourage my players to read the book. This book is invaluable for any female athlete and coach of female athletes.
Amazing Tool for Males Coaching Female Athletes
This book is amazing. I have coached boys for years and was recently hired to coach high school girls soccer for the first time. In order to prepare for the upcoming season (we play in the spring), I desperately sought material that would help me get into the mindset of the female athlete and to raise my awareness of issues that I haven't had to deal with so far. This book delivered well beyond that to the point where it is the single greatest coaching text that I have EVER read. The material is definitely applicable to female athletes, but so much of it can be applied to males as well. Even though it was written about soccer players, the concepts discussed are universal to all sports - and even to life in general. I could not put it down. I have already started recommending it to my fellow coaches and even my athletes. It really sets the stage for a winning mentality.
Great read for coaches and female athletes of all sports, not just soccer!
I have read and really enjoyed all of Dan's books. I read both Soccer IQ books a few years ago, and followed with Shutout Pizza and Possession. I really have loved all of your books and have tried to implement the lessons into my own sessions. During the last few months, I picked up and read Everything Your Coach Never Told You and In My Tribe, and thought they were terrific. I have encouraged my high school girls players to pick up Everything Your Coach Never Told You (which I know a few of them have because they have been talking about it at our socially distanced summer fitness sessions). I also gave it to my daughter that is going into high school, and she has been reading it while she has been recovering from knee surgery. She was really upset that she is going to miss her freshman year, but I think some of the lessons in the book have encouraged her and helped her realize she can still be an important part of the team.
For kids and parents alike
Parents of female athletes be warned: this book will rustle you up at least once or twice, but it's a good read and an enlightening perspective. Out of context, teaching girls to physically and psychologically screw with your opponents is going to feel weird when you read it, but this book is a great locker room talk that girls may need to hear. I caught myself several times thinking that the winning mentality described seemed too harsh, only to realize a page later that 90% of it is the same talk that we give boys throughout their playing careers. I'm hoping that the personal nature will encourage my daughter to read it. I'll update with her thoughts if I'm successful.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You're A Girl by Dan Blank might just as well be titled "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: If Clint Eastwood was Your Coach". It's a classic, it's a 5 star show, and it will never be old. I'll be hanging onto this book and reading it again and again whenever I think I've lost my competitive edge and need a few good reminders about what it takes to be a winner. I use to play but now I coach. I've read every book Dan Blank has written so far except for Happy Feet and this is one of his best (BTW all of his books are excellent). While the title of this book implies it's just for girls, in fact I found it's loaded with stuff my coach never told me and I'm a boy. Perhaps coaches never told me "truths about winning" because they assumed somehow I instinctively knew how to be an outlaw. I believe this book is just as relevant for boys as it is for girls however nobody has ever written something like this for girls, at least that I know of and that makes this book bodacious. There's no "beating around the bush" writing here, from the get go Blank goes straight into the psyche of serious competitors and it's not dressed up in the slightest. I read Dan Blank's other books rather quickly (they're hard to put down) but this book was a tough read for me because I wasn't prepared for its intensity. Temporarily I found I had turned into a full-time competitor, something normal society does not considered as acceptable behavior. Dan Blank mentions this in the book i.e. the arena of competition versus normal everyday society. The problem was, I was on Chapter 20 titled "Be the Bully" and I became the bully. I wanted to win everything and it didn't matter who I was competing against, whether it was fair, or if the other person even knew it was a competition. I checked my attitude soon enough and continued reading this book in smaller doses, there's a lot of power written in these pages that could mess you up mentally (that or I'm just weak and worship this guy). Dan Blank deserves a lot credit in my opinion for having the courage to write this book. I think he has possibly opened himself up to receive criticism from the coaching community, especially from the youth coaching community. It's important to keep in perspective this book is for college soccer players. If you've read any of his books it's obvious he's a very passionate college soccer coach who has a unique and valuable perspective about competition that anyone would enjoy and learn from reading. If you are a competitive player this book will only make you better and I highly recommend it. If you're like me and have transitioned into coaching (youth coaching) I also highly recommend this book but you may also want to read "Changing the Game" by John O'Sullivan as a companion just to keep balance within the force. Dan Blank is the Sith Lord of winning and John O'Sullivan is Yoda, you'll meet your destiny when you are ready and there's no reason to face your father when you are only 9, never getting the chance to face him when you are in your prime. This is an amazing book that will make you think and ponder "The Meaning of Life" (Chapter 33). I wonder if there are any secrets he didn't give away in this book? Lastly, please don't buy this book as I'd prefer to have the advantage if we ever meet in the arena of competition when I destroy you without regret or remorse, laugh when you cry, and rub it in during my interview. Thanks for writing another fantastic book.
Not just for girls
Although it's aimed at female soccer players, the principles in this book apply to anyone who wants to know what it really takes to win. I initially picked it up because the title was interesting but I ended up highlighting a bunch of parts that I feel are applicable to anyone who wants to succeed in competition. If you're interested on getting a unique perspective on just what it takes to be a consistent winner, buy this book.
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