Playgrounds of the Gods (Mainstream Sport)

Rating:
Summary: Fulfilling the dreams of every sporting hack out there
Review: Who doesn't want to play with the best in the sporting world and see how their ability compares? Yet very few of us get a chance to do so. Stafford did, and writes about it here.

This is the first time I feel inspired enough about something to post a review about it in Amazon. This book has comedy, has drama, has passion - most importantly, it is entertaining. I'm a sports buff so this probably influenced me in my opinion, but it must be one of the most entertaining books I've ever read. There's a great blend of comedy - as there would be if you put a normal sporting hack at the elite level - and drama - my body was hurting as I was reading about his fight with Roy Jones.

This is a damn good read. Though not available on Amazon when I searched for it, "In Your Dreams" - a book he wrote a year or two after this one, chronicling actual game situations (as opposed to mostly training sessions that happens in this book) - is perhaps even more entertaining and a better read. I really can't think of any axes to grind with these books, other than the choice of sports (and that's personal preference - for instance, I wish he had taken up a couple of American pasttimes, espeically basketball).

A bargain at just about any reasonable price, these books. Stafford is a great author - guaranteed to entertain for the whole book.

Rating:
Summary: Fulfilling the dreams of every sporting hack out there
Review: Who doesn't want to play with the best in the sporting world and see how their ability compares? Yet very few of us get a chance to do so. Stafford did, and writes about it here.

This is the first time I feel inspired enough about something to post a review about it in Amazon. This book has comedy, has drama, has passion - most importantly, it is entertaining. I'm a sports buff so this probably influenced me in my opinion, but it must be one of the most entertaining books I've ever read. There's a great blend of comedy - as there would be if you put a normal sporting hack at the elite level - and drama - my body was hurting as I was reading about his fight with Roy Jones.

This is a damn good read. Though not available on Amazon when I searched for it, "In Your Dreams" - a book he wrote a year or two after this one, chronicling actual game situations (as opposed to mostly training sessions that happens in this book) - is perhaps even more entertaining and a better read. I really can't think of any axes to grind with these books, other than the choice of sports (and that's personal preference - for instance, I wish he had taken up a couple of American pasttimes, espeically basketball).

A bargain at just about any reasonable price, these books. Stafford is a great author - guaranteed to entertain for the whole book.