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More Power
- The Story of Jürgen Grobler: The most successful Olympic coach of all time
- Narrated by: Joseph Tweedale
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history.
Shortlisted for the Telegraph Sports Book Awards.
Jurgen Grobler’s Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himself has remained resolutely out of the spotlight. Over the last 20 years he has masterminded British Rowing’s incomparable success. And when the difference between gold and silver can mean mere fractions of a second, Jurgen Grobler has consistently delivered Olympic gold through various boat classes and with an ever-changing group of athletes.
Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history, Grobler’s unparalleled record outstrips many much better known records and stories; building champions such as Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell to name but few.
This authoritative account of Grobler’s career straddles the Iron Curtain, beginning in the German Democratic Republic, where systemic state-funded doping was an open secret, before crossing to Britain following the fall of the Berlin Wall. And whilst culture and sport have shifted dramatically over the last half century, Grobler’s pursuit of greatness has never faltered.
Written by Olympic medallist, Hugh Matheson, and rowing historian, Christopher Dodd, More Power is the unmissable story of one man’s quest for glory, and sets out to unlock the secrets of Jurgen Grobler: the finest coach Olympic sport has ever seen.
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- KatB1978
- 15-08-18
Could be brilliant
If the narrator learned to pronounce a number of words correctly eg Pinsent is not pronounced pinsett ....
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- Alex
- 08-05-24
Lots of good technical detail
Genuinely very interesting story with lots of details for rowers. Unfortunately the pronunciation of lots of names both people and place is horribly wrong and distracts from the story. “Supper compensation” is a means of training I would love to try!!
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- nadger
- 14-02-19
Superb account, abysmal reader!
If you are a rower, this story is a must listen. It’s been fantastically researched and put together.
However the chap doing the reading will leave you wanting to tear your teeth out. His pronunciation of fundamental rowing terms and locations (lookern!!!) is simply not good enough and let’s the story of one of sports greatest ever coaches down badly.
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- abigail bamford
- 12-07-20
More a list of the great man’s achievements than a biography.
Poorly read with some clanging mispronunciations. I was hoping for more insight into the man himself rather than just a commentary of the crews and races he was involved with. Very disappointing.
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- Chalkie
- 21-08-18
Great if you love rowing
As a lover of rowing I thought this was a great listen. Some of the pronunciation leaves a little to be desired but doesn’t distract from a great story
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- YappyDog
- 23-07-18
Really bad sorry!
Narrator should learn how to pronounce key names and places. To listen to “Pin-sent “‘throughout the book was painful. Not to mention Lucerne as Look-erne among many others! Painful.
Too much repetition in the book.
Probably great for rowers keen on all the stats
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- n c.
- 23-08-20
Grobler is the greatest - this book is not worthy
The narrator hasn’t a clue, and makes juvenile pronunciation errors and often.
The book becomes a monologue of events rather than insights into Grobler.
Nevertheless if you love rowing, you won’t stop listening
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