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Sports Legends: 50 Inspiring People to Help You Reach the Top of Your Game
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Get inspired to reach the top of your game with 50 incredible true stories of sporting legends.
Award-winning journalist Rick Broadbent has interviewed some of the greatest sporting legends of our time. In this gripping collection of 50 true stories, he shares the most exciting and jaw-dropping accounts of success, failure, injury and bravery in sport, which will in turn inspire kids to find the confidence and resilience they need to reach the top of their game. An ideal book for any young sports fan who enjoys reading about their favourite heroes, such as Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt and Serena Williams.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Walker Books (3 Jun. 2021) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 272 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1406397121 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1406397123 |
| Reading age | 8 – 12 years |
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm |
by MA
An inspiring read , the Aesop’s fables of sport!
by Derek
Loved this book.
by Whispering Stories
Sports Legends is a non-fiction book for young sports fans especially those who could do with some motivation in their lives. The book features fifty different sports personalities, most I had heard of like Adam Peaty, Anthony Joshua, and Roger Bannister. There were just a few who I didn’t recognise, such as Pete Reed, Ruqsana Begum, and Bryony Frost.
These sports legends have one thing in common, they have all had to overcome something to be at the top of their game.
The book is split into six sections: Facing Fear, Overcoming Failure, Dare to be Different, Growth Mindset, The Confidence Trick, and Never Give Up. In these sections, we get to meet four sports stars and a small bio of their lives, plus what they did to be successful in their chosen career. You might be thinking well six sections and four stars in each equals twenty-four sports legends, and you would be right. However, throughout the book the author also touches on other stars too but not in as much detail, making the fifty.
We hear from stars such as footballer Lionel Messi who as a child had a hormone deficiency making him smaller than his peers. He needed injections to grow but at $1,000 for a 45-day programme his father couldn’t afford them, but the football club he was at helped him out for a little while, and then he went for trials at Barcelona where the coaches and players thought he was too small until they saw him play. He is still quite small but I don’t think his height or having to have hormone injections has stopped him from being at the top of his game.
The book is certainly inspirational. It hopefully will show children that with determination and the right mindset they too can excel at what they want to do, whether that is in sport or a career choice. The book empowers children. It is one of those books that they can dip back into when they need a little motivation or a pick-me-up. It is written in a kid-friendly way and also includes lots of fun illustrations to give them a giggle.
*I received a free copy of this book, which I voluntarily reviewed
by Simon Crellin
Some inspiring stories in this book. At some point I may even pass it to my children to read!
by Sj Burdon
I purchase two copies of “sports legends” for my nephews who are 10 and 12 they absolutely loved them. great book for boys and girls well written and inspirational
by BookSuperhero2
I love the empowering message in this book that success comes off the back of hard-work, dedication, resilience, and failure. Such an important message in a time when so many children aspire to becoming premier league footballers or YouTubers. They need to see the hours of practise and failed shots which have come before mega-stardom.
by Bill
The book is for my daughter, she really enjoyed reading it.
by Miss Scarlett
I think this book will appeal to non-sports fans as well as major sports enthusiasts. I can honestly say I’m not a sporty type of person, but the narrative gripped me as soon as I started to read it. That’s how well written it is. The author, Rick Broadbent begins the book with his own personal experiences of watching Usain Bolt run in the 2008 Olympics. Then goes on to describe watching Lionel Messi started out life with a hormone deficiency, something which had a huge impact on his life, yet didn’t stop him from achieving greatness. There are so many interesting facts in this book, like Rebecca Adlington being scared of the sea and yet she is one of our most famous and respected swimmers. The story of Sophia Florsch was incredible, The championship MotoRacer, who had the most horrendous crash, with doctors fearing she would never walk again, but after an extensive and perilous operation, she fought hard to recover, and recover she did, 106 days after the crash, she was back racing again. This book is jampacked with interesting information that it’s really hard to put down. Throughout the book there are cute illustrations which go really well with the style of book which is informal and easy to read. It includes sports stars I’ve heard of, and some I’ve never heard of, which is wonderful.
Thank you to Walker books for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.