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“jim martz”

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  • Tales from the Miami Hurricanes Sideline

    A Collection of the Greatest Hurricanes Stories Ever Told

    by Jim Martz ...
    University of Miami football is more than national championships, thirty-game winning streaks, and being a pipeline to the NFL. It’s the Gator Flop, defeating Tulane on a fifth down, and playing three games in eight days. It’s converting third and 44 against Notre Dame, Michael Irvin talking smack with Florida State’s Deion Sanders, and Vinny Testaverde being sacked by hamburgers. It’s the Jet Lag ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Safe Tennis

    How to Train and Play to Avoid Injury and Stay Healthy

    by Jim Martz ...
    Correct preparation is important in all aspects of life, but if you fail to warm up properly before playing tennis it could land you in the hospital for weeks. Just look how often professional tennis players are getting injured-sometimes bringing an early end to a promising career-and consider that these athletes are in peak physical shape. So just imagine the risk you are putting yourself at when ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Unbreakable

    by Jelena Dokic, Jess Halloran ...
    "A chilling account." New York TimesSHORTLISTED - Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Non-Fiction 2018This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world No. 4. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell.Jelena was a prodigious talent, heralded as Australia's greatest ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Pete Sampras

    A Champion's Mind

    by Pete Sampras ...
    Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest player tennis has ever seen. A man whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented No. 1 world ranking for 286 consecutive weeks, and whose prodigious talent made possible an as yet unbroken 14 Grand Slam record. Yet while more vocal rivals often grabbed the headlines, Pete gave everything on the court, revealing little outside it.Now, in A Champion’s Mind ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Andy Murray: Wimbledon Champion

    The Full Extraordinary Story

    by Mark Hodgkinson ...
    When Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both shockingly exited Wimbledon in the early rounds of the 2013 championships, the level of expectation on Scotsman Andy Murray to become the first British champion of the men's competition since 1936—already high—reached fever pitch. Overcoming a two-set deficit in the quarterfinals, Murray would go on to face world number one Novak Djokovic in the final and, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Breaking Back

    How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life

    by James Blake, Andrew Friedman ...
    "Blake serves up the rare sports memoir that actually has a heart. He cries, he mourns, he grows, he triumphs—and we cheer him on the entire way." — PeopleJames Blake's life was getting better every day. A rising tennis star and People magazine's Sexiest Male Athlete of 2002, he was leading a charmed life and loving every minute of it. But all that ended in May 2004, when Blake fractured his neck ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Quest

    Novak Djokovic's decade of chasing at Roland-Garros came to an end, unlocking history

    by Carole Bouchard ...
    By winning the 2016 Roland-Garros, Novak Djokovic entered tennis legend. After a decade of chase, the Serbian finally put his hands on the French Open trophy, completing his Career Grand Slam and achieving something no male player had done for 47 years: winning four Grand Slam titles in a row.The Quest is the inside story of this historical win, of a two week chase after a trophy that was haunting ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Federer and Me

    A Story of Obsession

    by William Skidelsky ...
    In this wildly entertaining and informative memoir reminiscent of Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch—but set in the world of tennis—one man recounts his all-consuming obsession with Roger Federer and delves into the fascinating history of professional sports and fandom.For much of the past decade, William Skidelsky has had an obsessive devotion to Roger Federer, whom he considers to be the greatest and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Tennis Confidential

    by Paul Fein ...
    In this outstanding collection of essays and interviews, Paul Fein takes the reader into the world of the pro tennis tour with inside scoops about the games greatest stars, past and present. Tennis Confidential includes interviews with such all-time greats as Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Arthur Ashe, and Jimmy Connors along with essays about the careers of other stars like Andre Agassi, the ... Read more

    $17.95 USD

  • The Tennis Parent's Bible: A Comprehensive Survival Guide to Becoming a World Class Parent (or Coach)

    by Frank Giampaolo ...
    The Tennis Parent's Bible is a comprehensive survival guide to becoming a world class tennis parent or coach. This book opens the door to hundreds of hours of player specific instruction, while saving thousands of dollars, time and aguish. The Tennis Parent's Bible should be required reading for every inspiring player, coach and player.Tennis teaching professionals, academy directors, college ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tennis Essentials

    The video-text sports series

    by Chris Shelton ...
    Series series The video-text sports series
    This is the ultimate book for beginners and intermediate tennis players. It combines text and photos with videos (available in ebook --if connected to Internet. For print book readers, they must merely type the link into the address bar of their browser)It has been revised and expanded from the very popular Tennis Today textbook. It is appropriate for a high school or college textbook as well as ... Read more

    $5.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Historical Dictionary of Tennis

    by John Grasso ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Sports
    The sport of tennis has been played in one form or another for more than 800 years. It can trace its roots to games played by monks in the 12th century. Through the years the game has evolved from one in which the ball was struck with the hands to the modern game in which rackets are used to propel the ball in excess of 150 miles per hour. From the sport of the elite to the sport played by elite ... Read more

    $100.49 USD