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Legendary tennis player Billie Jean King details the remarkable history of women's tennis in this stunning edition of Trailblazers: The Unmatched Story of Women's Tennis.
In celebration of the Women's Tennis Association's 50th anniversary, this updated and expanded edition-based on the 1988 original We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis-includes more than 250 photographs and 33 years' worth of stories about inspiring women and their...
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Gym shorts volume 6
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He knows he'd good enough, but he's not sure his partner Rocky is. The advantage goes to new readers as they follow Henry as he helps Rocky train and, at the same time, works on his history project. Can Henry serve up an ace on and off the court?
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Este libro es una compilación de treinta y nueve columnas escritas por Arturo Núñez del Prado D, publicadas entre julio de 2022 y julio de 2023 en el portal www.tenischile.com, en las que vierte toda la experiencia acumulada durante largos años de periodismo y tenis.
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Get the Summary of Andre Agassi's Open in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Andre Agassi's autobiography "Open" details his tumultuous relationship with tennis, shaped by his father's relentless drive for his success. From a young age, Agassi is pushed into the sport, practicing tirelessly on a homemade court in Las Vegas. Despite his natural talent and intense training, Agassi despises tennis, finding solace only...
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Millions play the sport and even more watch it on television, yet tennis remains a new and intriguing adventure for the hundreds of thousands each year who grab a racquet for the first time. This book provides a lighthearted and yet authoritative introduction to the sport, with information on its history, fashions, rules, equipment, etiquette, and other tennis topics.
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Recreational players today are bombarded with 'revolutionary approaches,' 'secrets to success,' and 'play like the pros' techniques all promising to take their game to the next level. Award winning teaching professional Greg Moran says, 'No!'"There are no revolutionary approaches or secrets to success, and trying to play like the pros is the worst advice a recreational player can be given. That's why I had to write this book," says Greg.The Truth...
8) Pickleball Essentials for Beginners: The Only Book You'll Need to Start Playing Pickleball and Ge
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Discover the ultimate guide to mastering pickleball, designed specifically for beginners! This comprehensive book is your key to unlocking the joys and skills of one of the fastest-growing sports. Step into the world of pickleball with an engaging introduction to its history and allure, especially for newcomers. Each chapter methodically unfolds essential aspects of the game, from basic rules and equipment selection to advanced playing techniques...
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Author of the acclaimed Tough Draw (which Arthur Ashe called "one of the best books on professional tennis I've ever read"), Eliot Berry returns to the graceful, high-stakes game of world-class tennis to share his insights on what it takes to be a winner. Berry follows today's top players, as well as a select few juniors on the rise, through the major worldwide tournaments on all surfaces-from the clay courts of the Orange Bowl to the grass of Wimbledon...
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In this hugely entertaining collection of stories taken from over a hundred years of world tennis history, award-winning sports historian Peter Seddon has gathered together the most extraordinary events ever to occur on a tennis court. They include the Wimbledon final between the tea-drinking vicar and a convicted murderer, and the 'Match of the Century' between the 'Women's Libber' and the 'Male Chauvinist Pig'. There are matches played on board...
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One billion Chinese pong fans can't be wrong.
With an all-star team of contributing writers-including Nick Hornby, Will Shortz, Davy Rothbart, Harold Evans, and Jonathan Safran Foer-and quirky, fascinating images of table tennis from around the world, editors Eli Horowitz (McSweeny's) and Roger Bennet (creator of Bar Mitzvah Disco and Camp Camp) deliver a humorous but heartfelt paean to ping pong, the world's most popular, yet least appreciated sport....
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The ease with which one can participate in pickleball is one of the factors that contribute to the sport's widespread popularity. Pickleball is a sport that can be played with only a few fundamental items of equipment, in contrast to other sports that require a significant amount of specialized gear and extensive training. A pickleball paddle, a ball, and a court are all that are required to play the sport of pickleball. Because of this, it is a cheap...
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Técnicas esenciales del Pádel: Mejora tu juego y domina la pistaIntroducción: El pádel es un deporte que ha ganado mucha popularidad en los últimos años, gracias a su facilidad de aprendizaje y la diversión que brinda. Sin embargo, para jugarlo bien y disfrutarlo al máximo, es importante dominar una serie de técnicas que te permitirán mejorar tu juego y competir de manera efectiva. En este libro, te presentaremos las 20 técnicas más importantes...
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David Foster Wallace's extraordinary writing on tennis, collected for the first time in an exclusive digital-original edition. A "long-time rabid fan of tennis," and a regionally ranked tennis player in his youth, David Foster Wallace wrote about the game like no one else. ON TENNIS presents David Foster Wallace's five essays on the sport, published between 1990 and 2006, and hailed as some of the greatest and most innovative sports writing of our...
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Are you ready to join the Pickleball craze, the wildly addictive racket (or paddle) sport that is taking over the USA and the world? Author Karen Strine, a confessed Pickleball junkie, invites you to explore the history of the sport and its hilarious effects on players' lives. You'll discover how Pickleball was born out of a rainy-day boredom and how it can turn mild-mannered people into fierce competitors, with sometimes comical results. Whether...
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***Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2020***
***Financial Times, Best Sports Books of 2020***
Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream, tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and you'll quickly discover a different history, one of untold struggles on and off the courts.
From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian Britain to the present day, we bear witness...
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Millions of people watched The Battle of the Sexes in 1973, but no one knew more about the historic tennis match than a 14 year-old boy. While the world s eyes were focused on Bobby Riggs, the self-proclaimed king of male chauvinist pigs, and Billie Jean King, the defender of feminism, Richard Muscio saw the match through the headlines of the day, headlines he had carefully clipped and saved as Bobby Riggs scrapbook maker.
Only years later would...
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James Blake's life was getting better every day. A rising tennis star and People magazine's Sexiest Male Athlete of 2002, he was leading a charmed life and loving every minute of it. But all that ended in May 2004, when Blake fractured his neck in an on-court freak accident. As he recovered, his father-who had been the inspiration for his tennis career-lost his battle with stomach cancer. Shortly after his father's death, Blake was dealt a third blow...
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Do you love tennis and want to learn how to play and become a leader? If yes, then this book is for you. In this book, you will discover the essential skills, qualities, and practices of a tennis leader. You will also learn how to apply them to your own tennis leadership journey.Tennis Leader: How to Master the Game and Lead Your Team to Victory is a practical and proven guide that will help you improve your tennis skills and abilities, as well as...
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