Pickle-ball for Player and Teacher


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This text brings together a body of knowledge for pickle-ball enthusiasts. Information is presented concerning the origin and development of the game, the basic skills, the rules as they have evolved to the present time, and the tactics and strategy that help the players develop their own patterns of play to the best of their ability.




History of Pickleball


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Are you curious about how pickleball came to be or how the sport got such a funny name? Do you know what caused pickleball to become the fastest growing sport in America and what people and events helped spark this growth? This first-ever book on the sports history has it all and more, enjoy the historic pickleball journey!




The Art of Pickleball


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A cook. A speech therapist. A credit union executive. A fashion model-turned-cancer activist. A secretary. A homemaker -- all were mothers. Nineteen lives cut short -- women from all walks of life, hailing from every corner of the United States and a province in Canada. Some were homemakers with little or no formal education; others were career women with college degrees and accomplished resumes. Regardless of their backgrounds, all these women share one thing in common: an addiction to smoking that culminated in an array of illnesses and their untimely demise. Their stories, told by their surviving daughters, pay tribute to the mothers they lost, often at pivotal moments in the daughters' lives, and the legacy they continue to live with every day. A Breath Away offers a powerful anti-smoking message that goes beyond the statistics to today's generation of girls and young women, to think twice before lighting up.




Pickleball


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Pickleball: Tips, Strategies, Lessons & Myths by John Callahan of Callahan Pickleball Academy. John is a Certified Pickleball Professional & U.S. Open Gold Medal Winner.Chapters include: Advice For Players With A Tennis Background, Advice For Players With Little Or No Sports Background, 35 of My Students' Favorite Lessons, 10 Dangerous Myths That Will Hurt Your Game, My Favorite Drills and Tips For Warming Up.







How to Play Pickleball: The Complete Guide from A to Z: Illustrated Stroke Techniques and Winning Strategies


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Pickleball legend Coach Mo has finally put all of his years of accumulated knowledge into this complete pickleball guide. This comprehensive book is the "complete Coach Mo resource," capturing all of his knowledge on techniques and strategy. This book is fully suitable for the complete newcomer to the game but it goes on to explain how to play at the most advanced tournament level. This book is unique in its detailed explanation of stroke techniques using photographs and diagrams. There is no other pickleball book on the market that goes as deeply into the technical details of the game as this guide.Perhaps no other person in the world of pickleball has trained and coached more players than Coach Mo. Coach Mo is a natural teacher and "simplifier" with the special ability to explain complex concepts so than anyone can understand them. Teaching with homespun anecdotes, imagery, and humor, he can present advanced concepts while still being charismatic and entertaining.Even if you are a complete newcomer to the game, this is the book you need. It begins with an introduction to the game and its history. Next, the book goes on to explain the basic rules of the game and how to keep score. Starting with the serve, the book explains how to play the game shot by shot. However, this book does not stop with beginner/intermediate information. This book explains how to progress to the most advanced level of national tournament play. Along with teaching and coaching beginners, Coach Mo has developed and coached many top competitors, including national champions.This book focuses on pickleball fundamentals and basic strategy. Specifically it focuses on shot techniques, player movement, player positioning, and how to play smart, high percentage pickleball. Shot technique is an often overlooked but critical key to success. Without good technique, you can make good shots sometimes, but you can't make good shots reliably.Are you ready to learn? If so, let this book transform your game.




At the Line Pickleball


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Would you like to learn the winning strategy used by all of the top pickleball players? Look no further than this shot-by-shot guide that will take you through every phase of the game, showing you the highest percentage shot for about every playing situation. Players at all levels can benefit from this well illustrated and easy-to-understand strategy guide. Author Joe Baker's videos on pickleball strategy have been watched by hundreds of thousands of fans. In collaboration with top players and coaches in the sport, he is now sharing the techniques and strategies in this guide. Baker also covers topics like court coverage teamwork and communication, dinking targets, the pitfalls of too much aggression, ball striking technique, and his winning philosophy. Diagrams make the information easy to follow. Advanced pickleball strategy is not obvious and as a consequence, most players never reach their potential. Not understanding the best strategy is often what keeps a good recreational player from becoming a tournament player. This book can help you avoid common mistakes and help speed your way to playing high-percentage pickleball. Quizzes at the end of each chapter test your knowledge of the material and help you process the advice.




Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger


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All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. There are dogs and cats and frogs and skunks and an orange named Fido, causing a terrible commotion. But the biggest surprise of all is that Mrs Jewls is expecting a baby and a substitute teacher is coming, and everyone knows what that means . . . Wayside School is going to get a little stranger.







The Little Green Book of Tennis


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Golf is a disease, not a game. Especially when you take the game up in your fifties, as I did. After a series of injuries stopped my recreational tennis play, and my retirement from a lifetime of coaching and teaching tennis, I tried golf. It didn't take long to realize it was not an easy endeavor. Someone said, "You can't learn anything from a golf book, but you have to read a lot of golf books to find that out!" I found the gurus of golf instruction: Ledbetter, Pelz, and Hogan, who was said to have written the book with the secret! I did find one that really attracted me but in a somewhat different way.