What Sport Tells Us About Life

There is a huge category of sports fan: people who love a bloody good argument. Sport makes them think, engage and argue. Given that people already take sport so very seriously, and at such an intense level of enquiry, then Ed Smith concludes we should draw out some of sport's

This book examines sporting traditions from around the world and explores the difference between following the rules and being a good sport. How do different cultures and sports define good sportsmanship? Are there different expectations for professional athletes than there are for amateurs?

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For fans of Matthew Syed, this is a book about leadership, judgement and decision-making – rooted in the theory that helped Ed Smith lead the UK cricket team to international success.

For aspiring cricketer Ed Smith, luck was for other people. Ed believed that the successful cricketer made his own luck by an application of will power, elimination of error, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. But when a freak accident at the crease at Lords prematurely ended Ed Smith's international