Good Sports: Winning, Losing, and Everything in Between

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Summary: This book tells girls what good sportsmanship is all about.
Review: "Good Sports" is a book which helps girls to be the "best athlete you can be." It catagorizes players, parents, and other important people into real-life situations. It has quizes, quotes from other athletes, and memory pages. Also, it offers a lot of web sites and other addresses for girls to look up their favorite sports. More importantly, this book shows girls what teamwork and good sportsmanship is all about. One of my favorite parts in the book says: "Sometimes heart is the strongest muscle." This book also tells girls how to take good care of yourself- to eat healthy so that you are a better athlete. It includes the food pyramid and what one serving is. "Good Sports" involves "Power Drills" and advice from other girls. It goes inside the lives of other athletes, such as Michelle Kwan, but also shows girls'lives who are teens or pre-teens. This book not only focuses on the physical parts of playing a game, but on the mental part as well: keeping your dreams alive even when you're at the bottom of the team, or you were embarrassed at a basketball game when you tripped. I would reccommend "Good Sports" to any female athelete, whether you are experienced or haven't even started yet. It teaches you the basics and also the mental parts of a game! It has advice on keeping your mind and body strong, along with being a good winner and loser. It has advice from other athletes, famous or otherwise, memory pages to record your victories, dreams and goals, and ways to reach sports associations. As the book says, it includes "Winning. Losing. And everything in between."

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Summary: Excellent Book for Young Females
Review: The American Girl GOOD SPORTS book is a wonderful, comprehensive book for young female atheletes. I found it to be funny, insightful, informative and very applicable to today's American girl. As a mom of a young girl I particularly like the way it highlights confidence building, mind power, and goal setting. It cleverly intermingles the basics, such as nutrition and what to wear, with the more complex topics, such as team building skills and handling failure. GOOD SPORTS covers a wide array of sports and includes interviews with a variety of prominent female athletes. I highly recommend this book to those of you that have a young girl or girls in your life.