Wanted: Rowing Coach [Audio Cassette]

Brad Alan Lewis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 1996

Taking on the challenge of coaching the poor-but-humble mens' varsity crew at UC Santa Barbara requires a special sort of person - Olympic gold medalist Brad Alan Lewis is the man for the job. Or is he? Yes, he'd won the gold at the Olympics, but he'd never coached a college crew - not even a novice team. Mountain lions, rattlesnakes, icy roads, crazed bass fishermen - they all conspired to make Lewis's challenge even more... challenging. Read 'Wanted: Rowing Coach' and find out if he survived. Actually, since it's an autobiography of sorts (thinly veiled fiction) you can pretty much assume he survived. Nonetheless, read 'Wanted' and find out how much fun, excitement, adventure Lewis and his crew had along the way. Several Class 7 rowing/life lessons included at no extra charge.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Lewis enjoyed one adventurous year at the helm of the University of California Santa Barbara rowing program. His new book, Wanted: Rowing Coach, is an honest collection of the entire range of rowing experiences, packed into a dated journal of one collegiate years. It was quite a year. At his first practice, not one of the rowers showed up, (communications mix-up). At the last race, the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships, his heavyweight quad, (yes, a college quad) won the event. In between these milestones, he cleaned, drove, ran, fixed, fund-raised, and, You get the idea. I relished the observations. -- Independent Rowing News --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

He writes. He does construction so that he can afford to write. He writes. He does construction. Boring! --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. (July 15, 1996)
• ISBN-10: 0736634347
• ISBN-13: 978-0736634342
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,151,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the rower, February 16, 2008

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Linda #2 "SNCrew" (De Pere, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wanted:Rowing Coach (Paperback)

As a rower myself, I greatly enjoyed reading this book. It gave me a bit of insight into a coach's mind and into how I think about rowing. I don't know how someone without knowledge of the sport would feel reading this book because it doesn't give one great specifics about some rowing terms, but nothing one could not look-up. In that respect, it doesn't delve into lots of rowing terms so I don't think the non-rower would be overwhelmed. It was a fun read, written like a diary of the events of the day for a coach and his thoughts on what to change, how to understand his rowers, and how to make the most of a season. I don't know who edited this because there were a handful of grammatical errors that you will notice, but it really doesn't take away from the reading.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for both rowers and non-rowers, May 28, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Wanted:Rowing Coach (Paperback)

Brad Lewis takes you into his rowing world through the eyes of a men's collegiate club team coach. Rather comical, but may escape the humor of a non-rower. Very easy to read and hard to put down.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of rowing nuggets here!, January 9, 2008

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Frost Prioleau (Piedmont, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wanted:Rowing Coach (Paperback)

Brad's book is a great read for rowers and crew coaches. He uses his excellent writing skills to combine a good story with lots of practical useable rowing drills and inspirational sayings. I would have loved having him as a coach. With all his superhuman coaching efforts, it was too bad his results were not better!