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Most existing table tennis teams never play each other as a team. "Triples" for the first time allows three-person teams to play "serious" table tennis. The book explains its rationale, equipment and its manufacture, its rules, and its integration into existing table tennis events. It strives to enhance the already popular image of table tennis by adding a "true team sport" to its repertoire, thereby increasing its player, spectator and media appeal....
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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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Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will help make you a better sportsperson whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques, or reviewing the fundamentals of your game. Featured in this book are: information boxes containing Top Tips and Key Points; an introduction to the rules, equipment and tournament play; colour action shots, sequence photographs of the strokes and detailed diagrams; an analysis...
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Pickleball is a fast-paced, enjoyable game that's also growing popular around the world due to its ease of learning and accessibility to people of all ages.
This book covers everything from equipment to tournament strategy in easy-to-understand language that will assist both rookie and experienced players. Pickleball Book For Beginners not only explains how individuals should prepare for the game, but it also demonstrates basic and sophisticated...
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Share in the euphoria that comes of the "kill shot" by learning the skills and techniques required to play a great game of darts. From the history of the sport to choosing the right type of equipment, The Ultimate Book of Darts is written in an accessible style that is perfect for both novices and seasoned professionals. Dart throwing is now a global phenomenon with new players emerging every day. This amazing sport demands remarkable precision and...
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When a mortifying defeat to his teenage son rekindles his lifelong passion for table tennis, keen philosopher Guido Mina di Sospiro sets out to learn the game properly. Guido's love for spinning a feather-weight ball takes him from his local Ping-Pong club, populated by idiosyncratic players with extraordinary stories to tell, to training drills with a world-class coach. This seemingly harmless game also leads him into sticky situations in the CIA...
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In the game of pool, few names hold more weight than Arthur “Babe” Cranfield. Ranked among the best billiard players in world history, Cranfield is unarguably one of the greats of the game. And in this newly revised and updated edition of Basic Pool, you can learn proven tips and tactics to help you improve your game. From basics like choosing a table and selecting a cue to advanced techniques like manipulating the ball using English, draw, and...
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Most Americans view ping pong as either a basement recreation or the focus of a fraternity-party drinking game. Yet table tennis is an Olympic sport and one of the most popular athletic activities in the world. The Ping Pong Player and the Professor is a quirky memoir about the adventures of a Jewish anthropologist and his son, an elite player, in the colorful subculture of this extraordinary sport. The tale of their exploits in this hidden world...
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From Casablanca to The Hustler, from Moby Dick to How I Made $1,000,000 Playing Poker, these widely varied musings address the entire range of human emotion-the highs of excitement of the "juice" down to the depths of despair of losing. Covered here are gaming's universality and history, superstition and luck, players and places, and also every game, from the lowliest back-alley crap shoot to the highest-stakes poker contest and everything in between.
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