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Reach for the Racquet

Author : Meva Sigh Dhesi

Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Sport

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 27,92 MB

Release : 2023-01-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1782555250

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Reach for the Racquet is the story of a young Sikh man, Meva Dhesi, who overcomes adversity following a horrific car accident and ultimately achieves his dreams of becoming a competitive badminton and Para badminton player. With the help of his amputee and badminton friends, Sikh religion, close family, and surrounding community, Meva found he could recover, rehabilitate, get fit, compete, and most important of all, succeed. His story is brought to life in witty, humorous prose. It will inspire anyone who is facing challenges and struggles to overcome and reach their goals. The sky's the limit!



On the Line

Author : Serena Williams

Publisher : Grand Central Publishing

Page : 204 pages

File Size : 42,99 MB

Release : 2009-09-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0446564028

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One of the biggest stars in tennis, Serena Williams has captured every major title. Her 2009 Australia Open championship earned her the #1 world ranking for the third time in her illustrious career - and marked only the latest exclamation point on a life well and purposefully lived. As a young girl, Serena began training with an adult-sized racquet that was almost as big as her. Rather than dropping the racquet, Serena saw it as a challenge to overcome-and she has confronted every obstacle on her path to success with the same unflagging spirit. From growing up in the tough, hardscrabble neighborhood of Compton, California, to being trained by her father on public tennis courts littered with broken glass and drug paraphernalia, to becoming the top women's player in the world, Serena has proven to be an inspiration to her legions of fans both young and old. Her accomplishments have not been without struggle: being derailed by injury, devastated by the tragic shooting of her older sister, and criticized for her unorthodox approach to tennis. Yet somehow, Serena always manages to prevail. Both on the court and off, she's applied the strength and determination that helped her to become a champion to successful pursuits in philanthropy, fashion, television and film. In this compelling and poignant memoir, Serena takes an empowering look at her extraordinary life and what is still to come.



Knowing Hands

Author : David A. Rosenbaum

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 35,55 MB

Release : 2017-02-27

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1107094720

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Book Description

Preface -- Introducing hands -- Building hands -- Energizing hands -- Willing hands -- Seeing hands -- Hearing hands -- Feeling hands -- Joining hands -- Extending hands -- Notes -- References -- Index



Coaching Mastery

Author : David W. Smith

Publisher : TNT Tennis Academy

Page : 405 pages

File Size : 34,6 MB

Release : 2011-11

Category : Coaching (Athletics)

ISBN : 0974902616

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Book Description

Coaching Mastery : The ULTIMATE "Blueprint" for Tennis Coaches, Tennis Parents, and Tennis-teaching Professionals. Learn how to: Attract tennis players to your program, develop sustainable tennis programs, and build perennial championship teams and successful individuals. Following the world-wide embrace of David W. Smith's book, TENNIS MASTERY, David now brings his "Advanced Foundation" to the art of coaching and teaching tennis. For the High School, Club or Team Coach, from the highly experienced to the uninitiated, Coaching Mastery is a PROVEN "blueprint" to attracting players and designing highly effective and efficient tennis practices. For the Tennis Parent: Regardless of your tennis experience, Coaching Mastery will provide a clear and proven method to make sure you are providing your child the right progression and patterns of play to insure they will reach their personal best...and do it in a way that makes it fun for both parent and child! For the Tennis-teaching Professional: Coaching Mastery provides a lifetime of successful tennis club programming and teaching experience, a resource to enhance any teaching professional's teaching program. Coaching Mastery provides over 70 effective drills and dozens of ideas that allow any coach or teacher to get the most out of their tennis opportunities. In addition, Coaching Mastery provides the "Advanced Foundation" principles that define every shot and every stroke in the sport.



Badminton Handbook

Author : Bernd-Volker Brahms

Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Verlag

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 35,58 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1782550429

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Book Description

The Badminton Handbook is a compact, groundbreaking training manual that gives the reader an overall insight into the world of badminton. It is divided into two parts. The first part deals with training theory while the second contains background information about the sport and its stars, thus giving the reader an overall insight into the world of badminton. The Badminton Handbook is groundbreaking in many ways. It combines training theory and information about badminton stars by reinforcing basic explanations on badminton technique with tips from the pros. It not only relates the excitement of this sport with Asian origins, but tells you all you need to know about badminton from A to Z. It is a reliable reference book that readers will want to turn to again and again.



Brace Yourself for Perfect Tennis

Author : David W. Olson

Publisher : AuthorHouse

Page : 99 pages

File Size : 17,35 MB

Release : 2014-01-23

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1491855150

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Book Description

This novel approach to tennis stroking is easy to apply to any level, but especially beginners, and gives immediate results. Bad habits are automatically corrected by the influence of the other hand upon your hitting arm. It works for both sides, forehand and backhand and volleys too. After reading and applying this book, you might not need another tennis lesson for the rest of your life. You might want to give a few 'Brace' lessons to friends and family, though, when you see what it can do for you! Go ahead. But please, make them buy their own book. Otherwise, you might not get it back from them if you loan it out.



The New Wellness Encyclopedia

Author :

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 636 pages

File Size : 11,52 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9780395733455

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Book Description

Contains authoritative information on illness and disease, cholesterol, weight control, diet, exercise, back pain, medical tests, and more.



Tennis

Author : Jeremy Woods

Publisher : Crowood

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 19,5 MB

Release : 2014-06-30

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1847977499

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Tennis - Crowood Sports Guides is the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques. This no-nonsense guide will give you that all-important advantage. Contents include: detailed full-colour photographic sequences showing you how to play each shot correctly; expert advice on your footwork and balance; positional and stroke tactics; what grip works best for you; choosing the right clothes and equipment; how to treat injuries and how to avoid them; eating properly and staying hydrated and, finally, how to prepare physically and mentally for competition. Superbly illustrated with 183 full colour photographic sequences and 21 diagrams showing how to play each shot correctly.



Professional Tennis Player 101

Author : HowExpert

Publisher : HowExpert

Page : 74 pages

File Size : 15,47 MB

Release : 2018-06-30

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1647587212

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Book Description

Tennis is one of the most challenging sports in the world, requiring a heady cocktail of technical skill, physical prowess, and mental strength. It can be an intimidating game for beginners to pick up, while experienced club players often struggle to improve. And 99.99% of tennis players never play professional-standard tennis, while also dreaming what it would be like to do so. In this multi-purpose guide to the sport of tennis, a former highly ranked British junior provides a raft of practical tips for improving your game, while uncloaking the myths which surround the halcyon turf of the professional game. This book outlines all of the key basic tennis techniques, provides you with the best drills to improve your game, and explains how to develop the skills that professional players possess. It also handholds you through the world of junior tennis, and explains why all may not be as it seems inside expensive academies and the junior tennis circuit. And the book furthermore contributes to the ongoing debate regarding the importance of talent versus practice. Tennis Player 2.0 is your guide to becoming the tennis player you want to be, for players of all skill levels, while also outlining what it is possible for you to achieve in the game of tennis. About the Expert Christopher Morris was ranked in the top 20 juniors in Britain in both short tennis and lawn tennis as a teenager. He was also part of the first state school team to reach the British schools finals. An insider in the British LTA scheme, Morris was part of several of the top junior development squads, where he regularly played against several players, both male and female, who went on to play professional tennis. He also worked with the highest rated LTA coaches of the time. Morris has since become a successful freelancer writer, with his work featuring in Newsweek, Yahoo and Seeking Alpha, amongst many other publications. His personal website is christopherpaulmorris.com. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.



The Racquet Game

Author : Allison Danzig

Publisher : Read Books Ltd

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 41,12 MB

Release : 2021-06-28

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1528764390

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Book Description

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.