So You Want to Be a Pro?

By Pellom McDaniels

Presents the struggles, failures, and successes of people of different backgrounds who aspired to be professional athletes and suggests ways to lay the foundation for a sports career. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886110778
• ISBN13: 9781886110779
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 0.6" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

So You Want to Be a Pro

I'm the Director of Education for a Sports Organization in Kansas City and have found this book to be an extremely useful resource when working with young athletes regarding their futures. This is a must read!

Reality

Pellom McDaniels has done a wonderful job giving young athletes insight as to the the obstacles and challenges you might have to overcome in becoming a professional athlete. I think this book should be added to Middle School and High School librarys and read by all young athletes.

So You Want to Be a Pro?

As a mother of two academically gifted pre-teens, this book has been quite enlightening for the whole family. The book helped us emphasis to our children, who want to pursue tennis and track as their respective fields, the importance of also setting academic goals. Hats off to Pellom McDaniels for sharing this information. So You Want to Be a Pro is a must read for all parents and their children who are interested in professional athletics.

How to really Succeed

The book appears to be geared to the Middle School High School athlete. Don't be fooled!, Mr. McDaniels is actually giving very good advice for everyone on how to not be taken advantage of and how to succeed in spite of what life hands you. He shows how just about anyone can succeed, IF they put their minds to it. He uses his own life and stories from his and others successes as easy to understand examples for the reader. He shows how the only thing that is holding us back is ourselves and that we cannot blame anyone else for our own lack of initative or lack of planning.An excellent book for everyone for everyone to read and practice, and he shows that it is possible for any one to succeed, if they want to and won't take no for an answer.

This book is for the "want to be"pro athlete.

I wrote this book so that children and parents have a source of information about the reality of professional athletics. The lessons that can be learned and applied to real life. The principles that should be followed to enable young athletes a chance to establish realistic goals outside of athletics. This book is a teaching tool that can be used by coaches, parents and educators to give the correct perspective on professional athletics.