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All I Need to Know I Learned from My Texas High School Football Coach: A Handbook of Wisdom for Parents, Young People and Yes, Even Coaches!
- By: Chris Doelle, Ken Purcell
- Narrated by: Greg Taylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
In total, Coach Ken Purcell and Chris Doelle have been involved in Texas high school football for over 87 years!..with a unique insight into what make Texas high school football coaches so effective in positively affecting the lives of these kids. The impact they have, instills in their students a self-worth that makes all the difference in their adult lives. The knowledge included in this audiobook is applicable to any parent regardless of a child's interest in sports. These are life lessons - not football lessons.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Know anyone playing football? Get them to listen!
- By Cypress News Review on 06-20-19
Hoped For More
Reviewed: 05-08-19
My hope was that this book would be an insightful look at lessons learned while playing high school ball that may lead to occasional reflection or fits of nostalgia. Instead, it came across like an infomercial for Texas high school football and why it's better than every other state's football program and why football is just plain better than any other sport (reason: because it's football and we're Texas). Sometimes written for a prospective coach, other times for prospective player and others for the doubting football parent, I could never tell who this was intended for.
One thing that is clear, this book is dripping with testosterone and could not be more full of tropes from bygone eras that have proven obsolete. Throw in poor recording quality, which is a shame because I found the narrator's voice enjoyable, and you have a brutal three hour listen of half-baked thoughts.
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