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38 reviews for:
Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master
Brad Gilbert, Steve Jamison
4.04 AVERAGE
38 reviews for:
Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master
Brad Gilbert, Steve Jamison
4.04 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
I’m new to league tennis competition and so I think I will actually keep this book handy for reference. The beginning and the end contain quite a bit of name dropping and glory days anecdotes that are somewhat entertaining but redundant. It’s really chapters 3-9 that are the meat of the book and gave me the most actionable information.
informative
inspiring
Recommended if you like: the smell of a fresh can of tennis balls, being prepared, the sun in your eyes, lists, playing mind games, believing in yourself, the sound of thousands of people gasping at an unbelievable shot.
Latterlig forfatter. Relativt simple råd. Men hey, alt hvad der kan stoppe noget af mit selvhad på squashbanen skal prøves af! Jeg vil være mere taktisk fremover - og prøve at hade mig selv mindre når det går af helvede til...
Left my kindle at work and I have been carrying this book around in my car for months. 2 hours of "watching" soccer practice, 2 hours of "watching" basketball tryouts and Winning Ugly was started and finished.
A how to win tennis book that has virtually no cross over appeal to anyone except tennis players. For that niche however it is a must and very quick read. Gilbert is funny and deprecating of his own talents and gives very real pointers on how to just win. Many great real world examples, parts of the book are dated unfortunately which dings it a star. If you are over 30, know who Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi are and play tennis, this book is for you.
A how to win tennis book that has virtually no cross over appeal to anyone except tennis players. For that niche however it is a must and very quick read. Gilbert is funny and deprecating of his own talents and gives very real pointers on how to just win. Many great real world examples, parts of the book are dated unfortunately which dings it a star. If you are over 30, know who Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi are and play tennis, this book is for you.
I was happy to find out that Brad was Andre's coach when I read "Open" recently. I would not get this book because of the writing, but I found Brad's take-no-prisoners approach refreshing. He had a lot of great pointers, and I will definitely read this again!
I liked it...3.5 stars. It had strategies that I hadn't thought of that were practical, things you can use is most any match. Some funny parts, too. I think my favorite parts were the quotes from his Mom :-)
informative
medium-paced
I've been a tennis player for over 20 years and people have been recommending this book to me for at least the last decade. There are some occasional helpful tips throughout, but this book isnt as relevant to a modern tennis player as I'd been led to believe. Much of the information is outdated, I found Gilbert's tone to be quite arrogant, and as a woman, felt like this handling of women's tennis was (predictably) misogynistic.
If you're new to tennis, you might find some of the content helpful, but this would be advice better suited to a list style article than a full length book.
If you're new to tennis, you might find some of the content helpful, but this would be advice better suited to a list style article than a full length book.