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Author : Jahangir Khan
Release : 1986
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 032/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Winning Squash by : Jahangir Khan
Download or read book Winning Squash written by Jahangir Khan. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jahangir, a number one player, offers instruction for beginners and advanced squash players
Author : James Zug
Release : 2007-11-01
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 838/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Squash by : James Zug
Download or read book Squash written by James Zug. This book was released on 2007-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of squash in the United States, Squash incorporates every aspect of this increasingly popular sport: men's and women's play, juniors and intercollegiates, singles and doubles, hardball and softball, amateurs and professionals. Invented by English schoolboys in the 1850s, squash first came to the United States in 1884 when St. Paul's School in New Hampshire built four open-air courts. The game took hold in Philadelphia, where players founded the U.S. Squash Racquets Association in 1904, and became one of the primary pastimes of the nation's elite. Squash launched a U.S. Open in 1954, but its present boom started in the 1970s when commercial squash clubs took the sport public. In the 1980s a pro tour sprung up to offer tournaments on portable glass courts in dramatic locales such as the Winter Garden at the World Trade Center. James Zug, with access to private archives and interviews with hundreds of players, describes the riveting moments and sweeping historical trends that have shaped the game. He focuses on the biographies of legendary squash personalities: Eleo Sears, the Boston Brahmin who swam in the cold Atlantic before matches; Hashim Khan, the impish founder of the Khan dynasty; Victor Niederhoffer, the son of a Brooklyn cop; and Mark Talbott, a Grateful Dead groupie who traveled the pro circuit sleeping in the back of his pickup. A gripping cultural history, Squash is the book for which all aficionados of this fast-paced, exciting game have been waiting.
Author : JONAH. BARRINGTON
Release : 2024-05-31
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 328/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Murder in the Squash Court by : JONAH. BARRINGTON
Download or read book Murder in the Squash Court written by JONAH. BARRINGTON. This book was released on 2024-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Squash is not just a game; it also builds independence. As with any sport approached properly and with concentration, one has to be independent in that area, because it's ruthless. You have to stand on your own two feet entirely. Basically it's the individual down there in the pit who has to promote himself or herself, and persevere, and learn all kinds of little things that are character-building. The average person playing squash on a social basis, or as a serious hobby, can treat the game as a mental and physical therapy and not as a matter of life or death. Although almost everyone has an inherent competitive instinct, there is not the same necessity to be successful and the enjoyment factor can and should be more overt. The game is very much the thing and winning then becomes an important part of the whole, but not the crux of the matter. But for the professional squash player - indeed, any professional sportsperson - the marvellous enjoyment derived from playing is only exceeded at the moment of triumph. That, and the moment of defeat, are the two real moments of truth: of exhilaration on the one hand and despair on the other, when one realizes that all the preparatory punishment and self-denial have or have not been enough. Jonah Barrington looks to the mental side of squash, to the talents you cannot see, but which divide the champion squash player from the also-ran. They are described alliteratively, so that you can remember them: Fire, Fitness, Fastness, Feel, Force, Fibre, Fear, Flair and Faith - the Nine Points of the Lore. And, in an extra chapter in this new edition of MURDER IN THE SQUASH COURT, Jonah Barrington re-visits his prediction in theForeword of the 1982 edition that Jahangir Khan's victory over Geoffrey Hunt in the World Open in Toronto in November 1981 would allow the remarkable 17-year-old rival to march on to take the British Open in the following spring. Barrington records Jahangir's journey - but the gifted teenager was just commencing his journey and would take that coveted title for 10 extraordinary consecutive years.
Author : Jahangir Khan
Release : 1985
Genre : Squash (Game)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 607/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Winning Squash by : Jahangir Khan
Download or read book Winning Squash written by Jahangir Khan. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 2004-01-01
Genre : Gardening
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 517/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Compleat Squash by :
Download or read book The Compleat Squash written by . This book was released on 2004-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed instructions on how to plant, cultivate, harvest, and propagate a variety of pumpkin, squash, and ornamental gourd varieties are accompanied by more than 150 glorious color photographs, horticultural tips, and delicious recipes.
