Author: Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059525828X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
It's Not My Fault
Author: Joshua ShifrinPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510730540
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
In It's Not My Fault, author Joshua Shifrin helps tennis players make sense of their most monumental losses on the court. The next time a player goes down in defeat, he or she can always explain the woeful loss with "My opponent was a pusher . . . I can't play against pushers." Or after a bad shot, tennis gurus might try to get out of dodge by uttering, "There was a leaf on the court and I couldn't concentrate." Shifrin has crafted 150 funny--but all-too-real--excuses for pros and amateurs alike. Examples include: My opponent's grunting is distracting. My strings are too tight. I have tennis elbow. These tennis balls are too slow. Any many more! Whether you want to motivate your friends or family who have just started playing or eradicate embarrassing mistakes in your own game, It's Not My Fault is a must-read. Complete with laugh-out-loud cartoons, this book makes for the perfect gift.
The Funny Side of Tennis
Author: Cal SamraPublisher:
ISBN: 9780933453029
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
The tennis cartoons of 11 cartoonists, including Bil Keane, creator of "The Family Circus," and Charles M. Schulz, creator of "Peanuts," are featured in this volume--proof that vigorous exercise and humor are powerful weapons in the never-ending battle against obesity and depression.
Author: Mac Davis
Author: Dave StanleyThe Little Green Book of Tennis
Author: Tom ParhamPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781503559042
Category : Tennis
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
The Jock Joke Book
Author: Chip LaballePublisher: SP Books
ISBN: 9781561713127
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This collection offers jokes on all kinds of sports from basketball and hockey to pro-wrestling and even women's wrestling. Sure to be enjoyed by sports lovers and haters, many of these jock-bashing jokes poke fun at famous athletes and teams.
Author: Kurt L. WallachOde to Tennis
Author: Barbara WyattPublisher: Wildcreek Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780998446639
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Delightful rhyming poem of a player in a tennis lesson. The poem highlights a player's euphoria and struggles during a tennis lesson. At the start of the lesson, the player enjoys the lesson as her balls effortlessly fly across the net and drop into the court. I whip it, I flip it,The ball flies deep with spin.No doubt Rafael NadalIs my identical twin.Her tennis instructor played college and professional tennis and seems never to make a mistake. He continues to give her instruction and she loses her confidence. ESPN won't ever feature me.I'm an old, "casual" player.No matter how much I practice my serve and my lobs,My hair goes grayer and grayer.The pro continues to practice with her and provides advice from "The Inner Game of Tennis" by W. Timothy Gallwey. She hits a winning shot against this experienced pro. Ode to Tennis is delightfully illustrated by Mario Barrera. The illustrations capture the euphoria and struggles on players who take up the game of tennis later in life.
It's a Ball
Author: J Morgan McGradyPublisher: J. Morgan McGrady
ISBN: 9780615997308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A raunchy, fictitious novel based on laughable true-life accounts, It's a Ball follows a team of eight misfit tennis players during the Austin League championship season and exposes the real country club tennis culture. Recreational tennis may sound like fun, but as they soon learn, the competition is a Molotov cocktail shaken with vodka and estrogen. Their underdog team must navigate the perils of contentious rivalries, cheating opponents, scandalous and backbiting rumors, and illegal shenanigans in a quest to become Queens of the Court. Along the way, they find that tennis is not all about balls, racquets, and team uniforms, but the special bonds between women. Campy and brash, It's a Ball is a story about unlikely victories on and off the tennis court.
