Bring Your A Game is a celebration of Aussie sporting language: a true ornament to the game that gives 110 per cent to sports fans. So the ball’s in your court, reader: are you ready to step up and play within yourself in order to appreciate the blend of youth and experience evident in this book by bestselling author and multi award-winning sports writer Anthony Sharwood, who has covered three Olympics, a Super Bowl, and written sport for newspapers, websites, magazines and television? In Bring Your A Game, Sharwood takes a tilt at explaining the origins and usage of all the essential Australian sporting phrases, ably assisted by Louisa Maggio’s hilarious illustrations of your favourite cliches. What does a premiership window look like, anyway? What is the true cost of an injury toll? But this book is not just about the cliches. It is a long overdue tribute to the glory of Australian sporting lingo, a language within a language. Only an Australian cricket fan knows that if a bowler chucks pies, the cherry will end up in cow corner. Only an Aussie Rules footy fan understands that you can kick a bag but nothing’s more exciting than a speccy. Bring Your A Game is the glut of possession every sports lover needs. If you don’t grab a copy for the sports tragic in your life, Christmas will be a dead rubber and you’ll be living in a world of pain.
