socal_bookgirl's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
siobst's review against another edition
2.0
This book should have been titled “Vignettes of the Greatest Athletes in Sports History”. The premise of identifying leadership qualities by examining standout team captains throughout sports history was loosely applied throughout the book. In the end I didn’t come away with a sense of the qualities that made these captains effective, just the anecdotes about why they were interesting or unusual in some way.
cnorbury's review against another edition
5.0
If there were such a beast as a perfect non-fiction book, The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams would be a strong contender for that moniker.
Combine a unique way of approaching a popular debate subject--greatest sports team of all time--with well-thought-out ranking criteria and a combination of anecdotal and scientific support, and you get a remarkably insightful perspective of what seems to be the single common denominator for those few teams that truly achieve the rank of "world's greatest."
Not only that, but Walker tells his story beautifully, weaving in anecdotes with facts and citations of clinical research, then ending each chapter with two or three main takeaways that summarize his points.
When a book makes me laugh out loud, drop my jaw in shock and surprise, and stimulate my brain with a different way of looking at a topic (world's greatest sports teams), it deserves my highest recommendation. If you are a serious sports fan, both from the entertainment viewpoint and from the psychological aspect of trying to get inside the minds of those few athletes and teams that truly excel, I guarantee you'll enjoy this book.
Combine a unique way of approaching a popular debate subject--greatest sports team of all time--with well-thought-out ranking criteria and a combination of anecdotal and scientific support, and you get a remarkably insightful perspective of what seems to be the single common denominator for those few teams that truly achieve the rank of "world's greatest."
Not only that, but Walker tells his story beautifully, weaving in anecdotes with facts and citations of clinical research, then ending each chapter with two or three main takeaways that summarize his points.
When a book makes me laugh out loud, drop my jaw in shock and surprise, and stimulate my brain with a different way of looking at a topic (world's greatest sports teams), it deserves my highest recommendation. If you are a serious sports fan, both from the entertainment viewpoint and from the psychological aspect of trying to get inside the minds of those few athletes and teams that truly excel, I guarantee you'll enjoy this book.
queerandweird's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting, not too male-focused, truly fabulous audiobook reader who bumped this rating up a whole star for excellent accents and languages. Informative study on what defines the core success of sports teams, solid research, well-organized book.