Game Changer: An Aussie's Transformative US College Tennis Journey

Game Changer is the story of one young Aussie tennis players inspirational journey to redefine success and making it in the most unlikely of places.Ever since age eleven Chris Bates has been in search of success. As one of Australias best young tennis players he was constantly confronted by the ever present wisdom of Australian tennis coaches who insisted if you didnt make it by the age of twenty your career and your life was a failure.In this memoir of heartbreaking losses injury financial stress and recurring heart problems Bates teeters on the edge of quitting and walking away from the sport he loves so much. His last desperate throw of the dice rests with his arrival in wind-swept Oklahoma Americas heartland as a student-athlete. What happens in this time at Oklahoma State University as a Cowboy will go on to change his life forever.Game Changer is an inspirational un-put-downable memoir recommended for budding athletes sporting parents coaches educators and anybody embarking on a US College journey as a student-athlete. With trademark enthusiasm and humour Bates invites you on a journey through this rollercoaster ride of adventure and self-discovery as he struggles to challenge the status quo of making it and redefine what success truly means.