Get With It, Girls! Life Is Competition

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Summary: Get With It Girls! Life Is Competition
Review: As a former volleyball coach and a dad of a Division II volleyball player, I recommend that every volleyball coach read this book and make it mandatory reading for their team.

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Summary: An awesome book by an awesome lady and coach.
Review: For those who have kept track of collegiate volleyball during the 1990's, the name Teri Clemens should bring a smile and a look of appreciation to your face. For those of us who are lucky enough to live in St. Louis in that period, it was a golden time for volleyball in this region. Coach Teri Clemens coached the Washington University Bears to seven NCAA Division III volleyball titles in her tenure as coach. She did this with non-scholarship atheletes attending one of the premier institution of higher learning and one of the most demanding liberal arts institution in the nation, and she did it with a myriad of very different groups of personalities. Her motivation skills are on a par with Pat Summitt and John Wooden, it is no wonder that she is considered to be on that same echelon of collegiate coaches.

Now, after reading her book, I know what gives her the edge over other coaches in Division III. The sense of fun, competition, and excitement that explodes into your mind as you read this book is contagious. I now know why every single one of Coach Clemens' players that I have ever met all have the same three attributes: a love of the game of volleyball, a take charge attitude about life, and an undying love and respect for Teri. You can feel her love for the game, her players, and competition coming through each page of this very short book. Her lessons are simple, almost obvious, but never obvious enough for the rest of us to understand by ourselves, because we if we did, we should be applying the things she elucidates in the book by ourselves. Her comments are always timeless and to the point. No time to pussyfoot around the point, just get to the lesson.

Every single Wash U team I have seen are well prepared, confident, fun loving, disciplined, and incredible to watch. I have seen better athletes and better volleyball in college volleyball, but rarely have I seen a TEAM that cared for each other so much AND win so much at the same time. Coach Clemens has laid out her philosophy and touchstone, now it is for each and every athelete to devour this book and come up with their own success story.

I have had the good fortune of attending one of Coach Clemens coaching seminars recently, I never laughed so hard in my life, and I learned a lot in the period of fun and exchange. This book is an extension of her philosophy and it is a great reference point for her way of motivating athletes. Each of the chapters contain one idea that she expounds on, she uses her player's experience as examples and she makes an excellent case for each one of her points. She is never preachy and always humorous. I will have this book with me all the time as I coach my junior select club team because everything she mentions is important for all ages. She has rejuvenated me and recharged my thought process this season.

I can not express how important this book is to the female athletes that are out there striving for excellence. This is one heck of a blueprint to help them get started.

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Summary: Get with is, Girls! Life is Competition
Review: I play volleyball and softball and this book works for all kinds of sports. Somtimes I would wonder why I would play. This book really showed me what my drive in life is and how I need to light the fire. I enjoy competiting now and love all sorts of sports. This book made me think of how women today don't need to be the person putting the food on the table. Everyone is equal now. Women shouldn't be put down as a "tom-boy" in the 2000s. This book all in all showed me how sports have an impact on women today. And how women should become independent and not be scared to fail.

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Summary: Get with is, Girls! Life is Competition
Review: I play volleyball and softball and this book works for all kinds of sports. Somtimes I would wonder why I would play. This book really showed me what my drive in life is and how I need to light the fire. I enjoy competiting now and love all sorts of sports. This book made me think of how women today don't need to be the person putting the food on the table. Everyone is equal now. Women shouldn't be put down as a "tom-boy" in the 2000s. This book all in all showed me how sports have an impact on women today. And how women should become independent and not be scared to fail.

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Summary: Great Motivational Read!
Review: Teri Clemens' book is a great "pocket motivator" -- for those who are involved in sports AND those who may not be. As a coach and a teacher, I plan to use this as a great reference book for my athletes and students alike, as a way to inspire them both on the court and in life.

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Summary: Great book for Girls (both old and young)!!
Review: This is a wonderful book for girls of all ages, but especially for pre-teen and teenage girls. I loved it! I would recommend it for anyone who has daughters!

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Summary: Great book for Girls (both old and young)!!
Review: This is a wonderful book for girls of all ages, but especially for pre-teen and teenage girls. I loved it! I would recommend it for anyone who has daughters!

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Summary: Get With It Girls! Life Is Competition
Review: What an inspirational book. The book is required reading for all coaches as well as student athletes in all levels of competition.
Teri Clemens tells "it like it is."
As a coach always looking for new ways to inspire and motivate my team, "Get With It Girls" will be our team read for pre-season.
I can't wait!
Brenda Clements
Head Volleyball Coach
Dickinson College

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Summary: On Target
Review: What an inspirational book. The book is required reading for all coaches as well as student athletes in all levels of competition.
Teri Clemens tells "it like it is."
As a coach always looking for new ways to inspire and motivate my team, "Get With It Girls" will be our team read for pre-season.
I can't wait!
Brenda Clements
Head Volleyball Coach
Dickinson College