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Coaching Your Kids in the Game of Life

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An excellent book that takes sport stories and shows how they can be used as parenting techniques. It is the perfect book for the sports fan who is looking for a different approach to dealing with their children or grandchildren. Ricky has a way of touching your heart, making you think, and making you laugh, all in an effort to help you and your kids win in the game of life.

I was given this book by my 18 year old son yesterday and immediately began to cry. You see I was a 18 year old teammate of Ricky's at Iowa State some 20+ years ago. When Ricky's senseless death was widely reported on the national news over the 4th of July in 1999 I was stunned and heartbroke. I told my kids at that time about not how great a basketball player Ricky was, but the exceptional young man he was. That he was a person of character. He was different and a real Christian leader and model even at 20 years old. You must get and read this book, don't let Ricky's life slip you by. This is a book that I can personally assure you was written from his true heart and love of Jesus. God speed Ricky, you'll always be on our team.

As a Chicago area native, I recall the day that Ricky Byrdsong was murdered in a random shooting by a racist gunman on a spree across two states. It makes Byrdsong's posthumous book that much more touching, reading about his positive and Christian outlooks on people of all types.

The practical advice for parents is both encouraging and inspiring and helps us know that we are on the right track with our kids despite ups-and-downs that are part of life. You can hear Byrdsong's voice in the words which thankfully were not ghostwritten by someone else for him. This voice gives it a lot of "been there" credibility and practical advice.

Buy this book before it goes out-of-print!

Simply AWESOME!!! Very easy to read. Men will love the constant reference to the game of basketball and its parallel to life. If you haven't taken the time to think about what you truly want your children to retain and focus on through life, this book will definitely make you stop and think. It's a must have for every family whether you have children or not. It definitely puts a new spin or marriage and relationships as a whole and how important loyalty, trust and love are to every aspect of life and every level of relationships.

I can't say enough about Ricky Byrdsong. He was a great African American hero. His life was cut short but he made his mark on history. This book is about raising your children with values, morals and a sense of respect for yourself and others.

This was truly an awesome book. The way in which the author used sports and interesting quotes added a different twist to a child rearing book. As a result, it captured your attention from beginning to end. I strongly recommend this book, not because the deceased author is my brother, but because is is really a great book.