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Writer Pinciroli, collaborating with her father, has constructed a thorough, thoughtful view of the ways that sports activities mirror other life situations. Trained and encouraged by her father, the author has been a successful Olympic athlete and trainer and has also attained success in the corporate realm. Her book opens as she rides at the age of six on her father’s shoulders far out into the ocean. Such experiences led to her becoming a highly regarded participant in water polo, an activity she describes in vivid detail. A stirring example of the author’s thesis is Natalie du Toit, a South African swimmer whose sports career seemed doomed when she lost a leg. Yet months later, she was back in competition, starting in the Paralympics and rising to regular Olympic competition. Pinciroli draws on family recollections, as well as interviews and accounts of sports greats like Benita Willis, Dotsie Bausch, and Kobe Bryant, illustrating the myriad ways that one can envision, practice, and create oneself as a top player within and beyond the arena.
Pinciroli’s laudable background in athleticism includes participation in water polo in Italy and leadership of the Brazilian national water polo team. Now, she melds her abilities in sports and business with her wish to assist and enhearten others through WeTeam, a dynamic methodology for which this extensive work provides an introduction. Pinciroli’s book expertly mines psychological and philosophical wisdom from such varied exemplars as Viktor Frankl, Maria Montessori, and Thomas Edison and reveals her skills as an author as she shares hard-won experience, diligent research, personal observation, and humorous touches. She invites readers to evoke their own abilities through inspiring examples and sound advice. Pinciroli’s wide-ranging perspective should be studied by anyone contemplating a sports career or wishing for a higher degree of organization and determination in any of life’s endeavors.
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