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Inside the Players' Tent: A Year of Professional Beach Volleyball

 
 
Inside the Players' Tent: A Year of Professional Beach Volleyball
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Inside the Players' Tent: A Year of Professional Beach Volleyball

5.0(5 customer reviews)

Bill Strickland is 'living the dream' that is part of the romance and myth that fascinates the rest of the world about Southern California. His book gives a rare insider's view of the insular world of Professional Beach Volleyball, as it follows the ups and downs of his second full season in the Main Draw of the AVP Tour. It is a world of hot sand, hot women and fierce competition. The top teams take home Gold Medals and up to $100,000 in prize money for a single tournament, while the rest sacrifice everything to chase their elusive dreams of beach immortality, all the while bottoming out their bank accounts. Things can get rough, but off the court the camaraderie this sport breeds is constantly on display, and there is no better demonstration of this than Inside the Players' Tent. This book is a very honest account of one player's experience as he claws his way through a full season on the AVP Tour.

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Product Details:
Author: Bill Strickland
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: December 12, 2009
Language: English
ISBN: 1439260745
Package Length: 7.9 inches
Package Width: 5.2 inches
Package Height: 0.7 inches
Package Weight: 1.4 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 5 reviews
 
 

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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:

5Great inside look at the beach volleyball scene  Dec 15, 2009
By Matthew Shubin
If you want a fun read this is the book to buy. The professional beach volleyball world has always been very intriguing to me. Billy's book has definitely captured the spirit of the beach volleyball scene. I can't wait to get out and watch some events next summer and look at the beach tour in a whole new light.

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

5excellent read  Jan 13, 2010
By RFW
Bill Strickland's words drip with emotion as he describes triumph and defeat, on and off the court, in pursuit of his dream to become an ace professional beach volleyball player. A great read for anyone who likes a good story. A must read for any volleyball fan or anyone who has ever followed a dream.

5A rare sports story that's 100% honest and authentic  Jul 21, 2010
By Ardavan Mekanik
Sports books and movies are too often Hollywoodized in this day and age to ensure the pefect happy ending or payoff for the customer. In his book "Inside the players tent" Bill Strickland details an honest and authentic account of of his first full season on the AVP tour. He's forthright about his shortcomings and insecurities. He details the the daily grind and the highs and lows of being an underpaid athlete on the AVP. This book is a great read for sports fans in general.

5Great read for AVP fans!  Mar 20, 2010
By E. chan "Spiker guy"
I enjoyed "Inside The Player's tent", the chronicles of a year in Bill Strickland's AVP career. I found the stories of partnership switches interesting, as well as discussions on trying to travel to events as frugally as possible. Highly recommended for AVP fans.

4Great for anyone who ever played competitive beach volleyball in the US  Mar 03, 2010
By Salvador Pastor
As I said on the title, if you have ever played competitive beach volleyball in the us, you will have a great time reading this book.

It is fun to read and we can all relate to his adventures on the tour at any giving time of our sports careers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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