Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You're a Girl

By: Dan Blank

Narrated by: Don Bratschie

Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's Summary

Written by Dan Blank, Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You’re a Girl is one of the most inspirational stories ever written for the female athlete. Coaches and teams of all sports – from soccer to golf to equestrian – have embraced this book as the foundation for a new brand of female competitor.

Everything Your Coach Never Told You isn’t a soccer book, it’s a life book filled with competitive lessons that most girls never get the chance to hear. The edgy and passionate voice of Don Bratschie makes this audio-book jump to life with stories of a small-college soccer team that refused to conform to the warm and fuzzy image of female athletes. Listeners will join their remarkable journey from doormat to champions and feel as if they are right there in the locker room on game day, listening to a coach driving them forward into battle.

©2014 Daniel Blank (P)2015 Daniel Blank

Not just for female soccer players

First off, this book is about competition. Yes, the author bases the book around his experiences as a college women's soccer coach, but lessons apply to all athletes, male and female, no matter the sport.
Secondly, this is a motivational book--about winning and defining what winning is worth to you. Each chapter is a short easy to digest segment with message illustrated by examples from his experience but also from wide world of sports. Les Brown, Vince Lombardi, Ross Perot, and Zig Zigler rolled into one for the athlete.
Definitely pick this up.

Father of 5 girls

I have never heard of this author nor of his book but while I was looking for similar books on coaching mentoring and teaching the book popped up as an option. I have seven kids out of the seven kids five are girls, I’ve coached both boys and girls young and high school age and I’ve always tried to coach in a manner in which every player is treated equally and given an opportunity to increase their talents. I do the research, I read the books,I go to clinics I do everything I can to be a better coach to help these young kids keep their dreams alive. I’m not a college coach nor am I a professional coach you can consider me a coach that prepares the young athletes for the next coach and if I can get the basics and fundamentals in, the next coach can go to the next level with them. This book is everything about equality, It was good to learn new concepts. I love my girls and I want them to be successful, like any other parent want their kids to be successful. I will do everything I can to teach my girls never to be treated any different especially different than a boy when it comes to all aspects of life. I have coached more girls than boys and in the beginning I coached them because they needed a coach but never pushed them like I did the boys I coached but over the years like this author like this coach I learned some valuable lessons from the girls I’ve coached and was fed some humble pie. I’am a huge advocate for women’s sports in all levels. I recommend this book to all fathers and mothers, yes fathers and mothers who have girls read this book help your girls, become their best in life treat them equally. Push them like you push your sons. I push my girls every day, three of them are playing sports. My other girls in other talents such as music and dance I push them just the same. Excited to read the other books this coach has written and add it to my library to share with other fathers and mothers. This book is for everyone whether you’re a single parent with girls, or no kids but you coach and/or mentor this book will give another view. You will learn how to build a mentality of winning in all aspects of life and what winning really is. And will help prepare our girls for the world that beats the crap out of us every day but we get up and face it every day because not everyday is a beat down. We do some a**kicking of our own.

WELL WORTH IT!

This is the third straight audible book I've listened to by Dan Blank and I can't wait to read his others. Awhile reading this Boone, I earned Audible's "stenographer" badge for placing so many book marks of which I can refer back to. Yes, it has that much info that I want to go back to.
I am suggesting these books to my high school players and my kid's club players as well. This info in this book is pertinent not only to soccer player, but can be used just as much by any athlete in any sport.

Love it

Maybe I'm not a true "winner" because it seems over the top at times but overall has a great message. Loved this book!

Nice girls can be fierce too.

While soccer is the main theme the lessons apply to all competitive sports, and many aspects of life. Girls of all ages should listen to this book.

Must read for any competitive athlete

This is the second book from Coach Dan I’ve listened to via Audible. I enjoy every minute of his stories. He uses great metaphors to bring concepts into vivid reality and shows his blueprint for success as a coach. I’ve enlisted my wife and daughter in on these stories. Now, 9/10 times my daughter asks to listen to Coach Dan on our way to practices and games.

Solid Facts by a strong coach

I love his books. I have read others, but got this one on audio. He gives excellent advice which I pass on to my daughter (I need to get a book on how to get your daughter to listen).

Brutaly honest book about winning

Would you listen to Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You're a Girl again? Why?

Yes, definitely. Brutaly honest book about winning in sports. It's meant for teenage female athletes but is equally beneficial for parents, coaches and athletes in general.

Every player and parent should listen and own these principles and views

Thank you Dan Blank for saying what many of us feel. It is ok to win and those who win deserve it through their efforts. This is not a watered down participation trophy...these lessons are life lessons for long past when the playing days end!

inspirational

What did you love best about Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You're a Girl?

is a good inspiration read. after listening to this book before my pickup game, I got inspired to win. and had one of the best games I've had in a while, and played well for 3 hours in pickup setting, like never before. So it's good for "mental training". but the title is a bit misleading and is just a "hook". I listened to his other audibooks about soccer IQ and they were very informative in a technical sense but not as inspiring. and his attitude the soccer IQ books was appalling: condescending and arrogant. in this book I actually appreciated him as a person and coach