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A NO NONSENSE APPROACH TO TENNIS
I REALLY LOVED THE BOOK. IT GIVES ME PRACTICAL TOOLS TO APPLY TO MY GAME IN A VERY DIRECT MANNER. EACH TIME I RE-READ A CHAPTER OR A SECTION I GET MORE AND MORE OUT OF IT. I PLAYED THIS WEEK WITH SOME OF HIS POINTS IN MINDAND I PLAYED VERY WELL. HE SHOULD WRITE A SEQUEL (PERHAPS HE HAS)

A great change of pace!
I knew from the first page I read in this book that it was going to be amazing.The author takes all of the cliches out of learning and explains things in a way to allow beginners and advanced players to change theirgames.

Very Good Book - Covers Most Everything
I have read quite a few books on tennis, but this one is probably my favorite.I keep going back to it for reference everytime I play a big match.This book covers almost everything from strokes, to the mentalgame, to fitness.One thing I really like is the list of do's and don'tsthat you can use as a quick reference. ... Read more

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Though John Feinstein made his mark writing about basketball-- A Season on the Brink is one of the top sports books ever--he's always had a love of tennis. For Hard Courts, he spent nearly 15 months interviewing the players, coaches, managers, tournament officials, agents and fans -- more than 200 people in all -- that make-up the international tennis circuit. What he found wasn't always as pretty as a Pete Sampras backhand. While Feinstein touches on the scandal and corruption that is as much a part of tennis as any other professional sport, he offers revealing profiles of the greatest players and a celebratory tribute to the sport's elegant tradition.Book Description
The new edition of this bestseller in hardcover features never-before-published, all-new inside info on the money, personalities and politics of pro-tennis: Jimmy, Monica, Boris, Martina, et al. Now in paper. ... Read more

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Real Life On The Tour
Though it now reads like a history of early '90's tennis, when this book first came out I pored over it with excitement to find out what the lives of my favorite players were like. All the big names of fifteen years ago are here: Sampras, Navratalova, Selles, Graf, Courier, Agassi, Fernandez, Vicario, McEnroe, Edberg and Lendl. Great champions all. This is set over the course of one full year on the circuit, from the Australian Open in January, to the end of season tournaments that follow the conclusion of the Grand Slam series at the US Open.Anyone who wants to learn about what it takes to compete at this level of tennis can get an education here. Also someone interested in the inner workings of the tour and the agencies that govern it can find out what they want to know. And although it seems odd to say this about one of the most influential books I read when I was so into this sport, it also serves today as the record of a long-ago year in the game of tennis.

Controversial Tour of the ATP Tennis Circuit
It's a nerve wracking sport played at a high level.Different in that there's an opponent standing within yourself and across the net.

This excellent journalist brings his intensity, investigative style and chronicles the sports heroes at the turn of the '90s, both men and women.

Many of the games stars are as high-strung as their rackets.Feinstein paints them all here. ... Read more

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The best introduction to Real Tennis (and the most affordable!)
'Real' Tennis, 'Court' Tennis, 'Jeu de Paume' or 'Pallacorda' - Real Tennis is the original racquet sport developed in the 15th century in Europe and has been played by monarchs (Henry VIII and Francis I), gambled on by artists (Caravaggio) and referred to in works by famous writers (Shakespeare and Marlowe). Today, it is a thriving cult sport played by 10,000 people in the UK, (Ireland), France, (Holland), USA and Australia.Real Tennis players caught trying to explain what this fantastic yet complex sport is to their friends and colleagues are extremely grateful to Kathryn McNicoll, an enthusiastic player herself and sister of a World Champion, for writing a concise, informative and entertaining introduction on Real Tennis.With lots of photos and packed with useful facts including a list of all the current acitve courts, this short book is a perfect gift for every racquet/ball player to learn more about Real Tennis (and hopefully inspire them to build a court too!)In addition, there is an interesting chapter on other European Ball games and a fun chapter on notable characters and great players past and present. Highly recommended and especially at such a great price. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Real Estate Weekly, published by Thomson Gale on October 3, 2007. The length of the article is 547 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Real Estate Board of New York's Fall 2007 Golf and Tennis Outing September 10, 2007 Metropolis Country Club.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Real Estate Weekly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 3, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 54Issue: 5Page: 8S(2)

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on January 29, 1990. The length of the article is 995 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Real estate firm offers Kona Kai for $50 million. (PAX Realty Corp.; Kona Kai Beach and Tennis Resort)
Author: Jim Hathcock
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 29, 1990
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: v11Issue: n5Page: p1(2)

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This digital document is an article from Real Estate Weekly, published by Thomson Gale on July 11, 2007. The length of the article is 647 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Tennis star Pete Sampras to play celebrity match at Kennedy Funding Invitational.(TRANSCRIPT)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Real Estate Weekly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 11, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 53Issue: 48Page: 26(1)

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Both Venus Williams and her sister, Serena, began tennis training as preschoolers. Their father, Richard, had already given their older sisters a try at tennis. Yetunde, Isha, and Lyndrea eventually found success in other areas, but tennis was not for them. Venus was different. From the very first time her father took her to play, she loved the sport. Richard Williams dreamed of tennis stardom for his daughter Venus. He promised her, and everyone else who would listen, that one day she would be the number one female tennis player. In February of 2002, those dreams came true. Venus was ranked number one in the WTA Tour rankings. But her number one ranking was short-lived when, in July 2002, her sister Serena kept her from winning her third-straight Wimbledon and took over her spot as number one in the world. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Los Angeles Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on July 30, 2007. The length of the article is 600 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: East West Bancorp, Countrywide see returns on tennis: tournaments attract the two companies for promotional benefits.(SPONSORS)(East West Bancorp Inc.)(Countrywide Financial Corp.)
Author: David Nusbaum
Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 30, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 29Issue: 31Page: 10(1)

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This tour de force in experimental robotics paves the way toward understanding dynamic environments in vision and robotics. It describes the first robot able to play, and even beat, human ping-pong players.

Constructing a machine to play ping-pong was proposed years ago as a particularly difficult problem requiring fast, accurate sensing and actuation, and the intelligence to play the game. The research reported here began as a series of experiments in building a true real-time vision system. The ping-pong machine incorporates sensor and processing techniques as well as the techniques needed to intelligently plan the robot's response in the fraction of a second available. it thrives on a constant stream of new data. Subjectively evaluating and improving its motion plan as the data arrives, it presages future robot systems with many joints and sensors that must do the same, no matter what the task.

Contents:
Introduction. Robot Ping-Pong. System Design. Real-Time Vision System Robot Controller. Expert Controller Preliminaries. Expert Controller. Robot Ping-Pong Application. Conclusion.

Russell L. Andersson is Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Systems Research Department, AT&T Bell Laboratories. A Robot Ping-Pong Player is included in the Artificial Intelligence Series, edited by Patrick Winston and Michael Brady. ... Read more