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Scott Quinnell's book is called "The Hardest Test". It is the story of how he became a successful rugby player, in spite of having to fight against learning difficulties at school. When he retired in 2005 he continued his battle with dyslexia in order to change both his and his children's lives for ever.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have been drawn into the six nations tournament primarily due to Wales's performance against England. It was like Rocky's first match where he waits to the last minute to win. So I was keen to find out a bit more about rugby and especially Welsh Rugby. I found this to be the ideal book as his enthusiasm for the game was very well written and I loved his appreciation for the fans that followed the teams to different continents. He is very open about his learning difficulties but it is very inspiring to see that this didn't hold him back and he managed to overcome the problems as he encountered them. It is great that it only takes about three hours to read so I think that these quick reads are an excellent idea. Although they are short you don't feel cheated, there is more than enough room to get their point across. Will be seeking out some more of these little books.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Great read, nice insight in to the struggles faced and how this can be turned around with the right support.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I read the whole of this book (all 86 pages in about the time it takes to play a game of rugby - of either code) whilst waiting for my wife to get a pot removed from her leg today - it took about 15 minutes; the rest of the 65 minutes involved waiting for 'professionals' getting themselves organised into a professional unit !.
(A rather sad reflection of the efficiency and efficacy of that department perhaps?)
The book itself is written in a very easy to read style and is an extremely brief summation of the career of Scott Quinnell. He begins with school and the fact that no matter how hard he was trying, he was getting further and further behind in every aspect of his academic work (save for maths).
He learned to hide this - as best as he could - and channelled everything into rugby. He skips over almost the majority of his career with very light brush strokes and in the last ten pages decides to inform the reader of the occasion when, typing an assignment for a friend, his wife recognises that the text relates to Quinnell's symptoms of being unable to read and complete any paperwork, which his wife does for him. The symptoms are of course, those of dyslexia. This was circa 1993 - when Quinnell was about twenty-one years of age. He does nothing about this until some thirteen years later and after his retirement in 2005.
However, we now roll on to 2005/2006 when, due to two of his (three) children having similar 'learning difficulties', Quinnell goes on the same (Dore Programme) course as them (in 2006) and after completion (with an above average reading ability) is thus able to read his first book on a holiday and subsequently able to enjoy the internet and e-mails and enters a brave new world, that has been unknown to him hitherto.
Whilst how he reacted to dyslexia is life-affirming in itself, I would have appreciated more of an 'in-depth' appraisal of this aspect to his personal story and to relegate this to ten pages at the very end, denigrates and does Quinnell a grave dis-service. He should have split the rugby and dyslexia 50/50.
(A rather sad reflection of the efficiency and efficacy of that department perhaps?)
The book itself is written in a very easy to read style and is an extremely brief summation of the career of Scott Quinnell. He begins with school and the fact that no matter how hard he was trying, he was getting further and further behind in every aspect of his academic work (save for maths).
He learned to hide this - as best as he could - and channelled everything into rugby. He skips over almost the majority of his career with very light brush strokes and in the last ten pages decides to inform the reader of the occasion when, typing an assignment for a friend, his wife recognises that the text relates to Quinnell's symptoms of being unable to read and complete any paperwork, which his wife does for him. The symptoms are of course, those of dyslexia. This was circa 1993 - when Quinnell was about twenty-one years of age. He does nothing about this until some thirteen years later and after his retirement in 2005.
However, we now roll on to 2005/2006 when, due to two of his (three) children having similar 'learning difficulties', Quinnell goes on the same (Dore Programme) course as them (in 2006) and after completion (with an above average reading ability) is thus able to read his first book on a holiday and subsequently able to enjoy the internet and e-mails and enters a brave new world, that has been unknown to him hitherto.
Whilst how he reacted to dyslexia is life-affirming in itself, I would have appreciated more of an 'in-depth' appraisal of this aspect to his personal story and to relegate this to ten pages at the very end, denigrates and does Quinnell a grave dis-service. He should have split the rugby and dyslexia 50/50.
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