My Coach and Other Experiences of High Performance Sports
No. 71 SEPTEMBER 2023
Getting up early, training, enduring muscle pain, testing and overcoming limits, training more and more, so that one day they may be able to reach the podium. When the best Portuguese sportsmen and women compete internationally, they carry the expectations of all on their shoulders; however, few people know the demands on their daily lives and the reverse side of their glories.
From the memories of a former swimmer and triathlete, this book depicts common positive and negative experiences for top athletes from the 1990s to the present day. All of these experiences revolve around the coach, who dictates tasks, times and goals, in a formative relationship that is sometimes destructive, aimed at exceeding oneself and always with the maximum of income and ambition in mind.
Book recommended by the National Reading Plan.
Getting up early, training, enduring muscle pain, testing and overcoming limits, training more and more, so that one day they may be able to reach the podium. When the best Portuguese sportsmen and women compete internationally, they carry the expectations of all on their shoulders; however, few people know the demands on their daily lives and the reverse side of their glories.
From the memories of a former swimmer and triathlete, this book depicts common positive and negative experiences for top athletes from the 1990s to the present day. All of these experiences revolve around the coach, who dictates tasks, times and goals, in a formative relationship that is sometimes destructive, aimed at exceeding oneself and always with the maximum of income and ambition in mind.
Book recommended by the National Reading Plan.
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Dimensions
6.5 × 130 × 200 mm
ISBN
978-989-9118-85-0