Living the Gold-Medal Life: Inspirations from Female Athletes (Empowered Youth Products)

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Summary: Beware, New age content!
Review: I bought this book for my daughter who does gymnastics and is a Christian. I was excited to find similar role models. I was deeply disappointed in this book. I thought this was a Christian book because that is the reputation Mary Lee Tracy has and the book was published by a Christian publisher (Standard Publishing). I was disappointed to find the contributors from all walks of life and philosopy including New Age. Many of the athletes' entries are pretty light on Christian committment. And, one contributer is outright New age. Dr. Allison Arnold is a sports pschologist who is highlighted in the book. She has trained with monks and admits she is a closet eastern philosopy junkie whose sport's philosophy is based on the wisdom of the east. That would be ok if that was known prior to buying the book. I think it's dishonest to portray a book as Christian when it really isn't.

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Summary: Great Resource
Review: Living the Gold Medal Life is great for my daughter who is a young gymnast. Written in a journal format, it helps her to reflect her thougths on some of the things she is going through. Mary Lee gives girls honest advice on how to deal with some of the toughest issues young athletes have to face - peer pressure, balance, staying healthy and confidence. I wish I would have had this kind of book to read when I was a young athlete. Not only are the stories practical and relevant, they are conveyed in a positive way. The devotional and inspiring thoughts at the end of each topic are an added bonus. I definitely would recommend it.

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Summary: Filled with tips and solid advice
Review: Olympic gold-medal coach Mary Lee Tracy presents Living The Gold Medal Life: Inspirations From Female Athletes, a spiral-bound collection of wisdom and insight from women who trained hard to achieve the pinnacle of physical strength, speed, finesse, and grace. Self-improvement questions with blanks for writing down answers pepper the pages of this motivational and highly recommended personal athletic performance guide filled with tips and solid advice.

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Summary: Covers can be deceiving!
Review: This book's cover looks appealing enough. The writing is very dull reading. My daughter is a gymnast. She is 11 and the book is supposed to be for kids her age. She was very disappointed in it. The book seems to be written for someone much older -- even an adult. Most of the topics were not practical. Plus, the cover is nice but the inside looks like the book was self-published --very poor quality. My daughter and I were extremely disappointed in this book.