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As a volleyball dad of two daughters, with now eight collective seasons behind me and likely six more to go, I could easily have written this book, though probably not as well as Wurtz did. I loved it so much, I bought five more copies and have given them to fellow volleyball parents and the director of our club. I even read excerpts from it at our club's season-ending banquet this year (I'm the board president). Wurtz both takes a lightheated, at times sarcastic view of all the actors in the cult of club volleyball, and teaches valuable life lessons in a more serious fashion. I highly recommend this to anyone (parent, coach or player) who has at least one season of club volleyball under their belt. Don't read it before your first season because you will not believe what Wurtz says. But after one season, you will relate and will laugh right along with the rest of us.


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The Score Wrong The Lunatic Rantings of a Volleyball Dad Thomas Wurtz 9781434347572 Books Reviews

We are beginning our 5th year of club volleyball and this book is on the money!! It really doesn't matter if you are in the world of volleyball, basketball, softball, etc. It is simply a book about life and keeping our focus on what our daughters really need from us.
It's just funny, flat out hilarious! It's a series of true stories about a man who deals with daughters who are volleyball players and their coaches. It's outside the scope of what he normally writes about and it's definitely one of the best volleyball books ever written.
Funny, sometimes hysterical
Tom's got it right
Sometimes he gets serious

The business analogies were occasionally over the top, but they are his stories

All in all very amusing. Causes a 'recovering volleyball dad' to reflect
As a volleyball mom, I could truly relate to this book. Funny stories, all of which I've seen or experienced. Great fun, quick read.
This book does provide some insight and humor into our crazy world of club volleyball. Not every story was right on target, however (though I did enjoy the story about his need to go to Kmart mid-tournament). While I agree that some coaches (too many) are just b*tsh1t crazy, there are thankfully enough that are motivating, encouraging, great teachers and role models, to keep me hopeful for the future. The author says he hasn't found them - I'd say look at the many great resources found at USA Volleyball (John Kessel, others) and surely he has observed great coaches in the many tournaments he attended. I say this because, if you're a parent new to this world, or on the outside looking in, perhaps considering it for your kid, I'd say that it CAN be (should be) a great experience, but you need to pick your clubs/coaches carefully. I remember when my oldest was first looking at teams, I wanted her just to make "a" team, didn't care which, as I didn't know enough to know that there were real differences.

If one wants to steal me idea, fine, but I've thought for sometime of some sort of "CoachRate" online database, perhaps like Angie's List, where parents can rate the coaches. Why not, we pay too much money, spend way too much time, and have our kids under the "care" of these adults that can really affect them, positively or negatively; we shouldn't go in blind and just hoping for the best. And hey, I'm a club coach too, and I have nothing to hide - no one is going to say I'm crazy and that their daughter had a bad experience. It's my job to build each of them up and teach them volleyball and life.

My .02, it's a good quick read.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. Being a parent of two volleyball children(a boy and a girl), there are so many parts of this book that are so true and allows you to laugh at the frustrations. My husband and I quote this book at every match we go to. It really is insightful and has some great words of wisdom at the same time you will laugh so hard at times you cry. Thank you for such a delightful read!!
Tom does a great job of capturing the craziness of girls club sports and VolleyBall score keeping. I laughed the whole way through and loved his attempt to transfer the wisdom of Volley Ball coaching techniques to the boardroom. I also appreciated the wonderful example of what it takes to be a caring, loving, father to young girls caught up in the drama of their teenage years.
As a volleyball dad of two daughters, with now eight collective seasons behind me and likely six more to go, I could easily have written this book, though probably not as well as Wurtz did. I loved it so much, I bought five more copies and have given them to fellow volleyball parents and the director of our club. I even read excerpts from it at our club's season-ending banquet this year (I'm the board president). Wurtz both takes a lightheated, at times sarcastic view of all the actors in the cult of club volleyball, and teaches valuable life lessons in a more serious fashion. I highly recommend this to anyone (parent, coach or player) who has at least one season of club volleyball under their belt. Don't read it before your first season because you will not believe what Wurtz says. But after one season, you will relate and will laugh right along with the rest of us.