Download or read book Hitting with Torque written by Paul F. Petricca and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Petricca draws on his experience as a coach, player, blogger, and student of baseball and softball to share what hes learned about hitting in this essential guide for players seeking dramatic results at the plate. The author presents easy to understand hitting mechanics highlighting how the engineering concept of torque can be applied to hitting and is often the difference between a weak groundball or a long home run. Topics covered include understanding where hitting power really comes from and the importance of increasing bat speed through the fundamentals of a repeatable and powerful rotational swing. Hitters of all ages who adopt his eight hitting keys will enjoy a dramatic increase in bat speed and power almost immediately. Hitting with Torque is more than a set of hitting mechanics---its a mindset. Readers will be challenged to look past the worn-out hitting theories and myths that have been holding back hitters from reaching their full potential. With an open mind and practice, all hitters can unlock the power and consistency that is Hitting with Torque.

Download or read book Team Player written by Julianna Keyes and published by Julianna Keyes. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t hate the player… BOTTOM NINE Gwen Scott wants to love her job with the Charleston Thrashers, the MLB team she’s worshiped since she was a kid, but she can’t. Hateful colleagues and mind-numbing work make her days unbearable—until her head for baseball gets her exclusive access to the Thrashers’ clubhouse and she comes face-to-face with Tyler Ashe, the team’s sexy shortstop and baseball’s most ineligible bachelor. BASES LOADED Ty has sworn off relationships in order to focus on his all-star career, but with his best friend gone, his team struggling, and the press blaming him for every loss, the most recognizable man in the majors is in a slump. Until he starts spending his time off the field with a stern blonde who recites baseball stats for kicks and sees through his arrogant façade. TWO OUT As the Thrashers’ season gets into full swing and Gwen adjusts to her new job, their fun banter and friendly teasing turns into stolen kisses and countless steamy nights. The team’s strict policy against player-staff relationships throws a curve ball into the mix, but they can’t hide from their feelings any more than the most famous man in baseball can hide from the spotlight…

Download or read book Life in the Balance written by Jen Petro-Roy and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veronica struggles to balance softball, friends, and family turmoil in this new honest and heartfelt middle grade novel by Jen Petro-Roy, Life in the Balance. Veronica Conway has been looking forward to trying out for the All-Star softball team for years. She's practically been playing the game since she was a baby. She should have this tryout on lock. Except right before tryouts, Veronica’s mom announces that she’s entering rehab for alcoholism, and her dad tells her that they may not be able to afford the fees needed to be on the team. Veronica decides to enter the town talent show in an effort to make her own money, but along the way discovers a new hobby that leads her to doubt her feelings for the game she thought she loved so much. Is her mom the only one learning balance, or can Veronica find a way to discover what she really wants to do with her life?

Download or read book Making Waves written by Nicole Leigh Shepherd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's summer break for the girls at Beachwood Academy and that means sun, surf, and sensational escapades at the Beachwood Country Club. Abby, a rising sophomore, is so excited to have gotten a last-minute gig as a lifeguard, especially because jobs are usually reserved for club members. Abby desperately wants to win the annual lifeguarding competition, and with it a college scholarship. But when she arrives for her first day on the job, she finds herself face-to-face with some serious club member attitude. And there's an even bigger surprise waiting for her: the gorge senior boy she's been pining over ever since they met at a swimming competition earlier this year. Can Abby break through the rules, regs, and mean girls to be the first-ever non-club member to win the summertime lifeguarding competition and maybe even the boy of her dreams?

Download or read book Bobby written by Robert L. Sandel and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-16 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book In 1938 at the age of four, Bobby and his brother were taken to an orphanage called the Good Shepherd Home. At the time, he had two parents who both took him to the Home to live for ten years. After, he moved to live with his aunt and uncle. Writing about his life story has helped him understand immensely the dynamics of how family functions. To this day, when he sees a four-year-old, he wonders how parents can leave a child in an orphanage without showing their love and compassion. He takes you through his life where, despite not having loving parents, he still succeeded. He shows you his family relationship and how, in the end, it was through Christian love that he was successful in giving his family that he always dreamed of having care and love. About the Author Robert L. Sandel’s life and career began when he left the Good Shepherd Home and was told by his oldest brother, who he never lived with, that he must graduate from high school and go onto college. The rest was left up to him to make his own decisions. In 1948, he said to himself that would start a new life. The dynamics were never easy, however, he went to college and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Math and Physics. With sheer determination, he became a salesmans for Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co. In 1984, he succeeded in winning the Salesman of the Year Award and was listed in their Hall of Fame. In 1956, Robert was married and eventually had three wonderful children, one of whom was adopted. He now has six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. All of his family are doing well. His wife became a family therapist, and has a Master’s in Social Work. His son has traveled all over the world as a professor in Communications and written a book. His three children are doing very well. His two oldest graduated from the University of Oklahoma. One has a Master’s Degree and the youngest is still in college. Robert’s daughter is an accomplished artist and has her own studio. His oldest granddaughter also became a famous artist for a new modern family. His adopted daughter is the peacemaker in the family and is an accomplished Tae Kwon Do black belt leader. Shortly after college, Robert became a Boy Scout leader. He loved community sports such as softball, basketball, golf, and running. He served as Treasurer for his local church in Canandaigua, New York, and when he moved to Alabama he also served as Treasurer for Tuscaloosa International Friends and Tuscaloosa Emmaus Cluster. He is an avid reader and loves to read books both political and non-fiction.

Download or read book The Confident Minds Curriculum written by Madhavi Nawana Parker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confident Minds Curriculum provides a simple and practical approach to culture change in schools, health care settings and organisations working with young people. Refraining from focusing solely on young people’s growth, the curriculum provides logical and practical support to the people and systems in their environment to enable and maximise growth for positive and connected communities. Crucial mindsets for healthy relationships, empathy, compassion, problem-solving, emotional intelligence and well-being are broken down into bite-size, teachable chunks. All blend together exquisitely to help people look at themselves and others with confidence, gratitude and compassion. Easily applied to individuals, targeted groups and whole classes to meet the social emotional learning (SEL) or well-being curriculum, this book provides a guiding light for young people and their supporters to develop what is necessary for socially and emotionally intelligent environments. Aimed primarily at the middle years (8–14), it is easily adaptable for younger and older students. Through role plays, discussions, journaling and practical activities each new mindset is divided into several lessons that teach individual learning components of new ways of thinking, feeling and behaving. The Confident Minds Curriculum will appeal to teachers, educators and health professionals searching for a whole school or organisational approach to social emotional learning, well-being, compassion and personal growth. It is also an essential resource for homes where parents and carers can help further develop life skills that build character and optimism so their family can approach life with greater confidence.

Download or read book One Night written by Aleatha Romig and published by Romig Works LLC. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Winds of Change written by Jeff Kelly and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lexi and her friends are abducted in Chicago, Lexi's mom sends her to Oklahoma to live with her aunt and uncle who show Lexi that God can help her with her troubles.

Download or read book Eyes Up written by TJ Kostecky and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let lessons from an expert soccer coach inspire you to lead a richer, more successful life by expanding your vision to take in more of the world around you, and discover deeper purpose and meaning. TJ Kostecky’s Vision Training, a program that has empowered superstar soccer players around the world—including Carli Lloyd, Julie Foudy, and Claudio Reyna—to make smarter decisions by expanding their field of vision, offers critical value to anyone who knows that so many life lessons are learned on the playing field. Kostecky, Head Men's Soccer Coach at Bard College, lays the groundwork for you to shift your lens by focusing on the 5 Ps: Perceive, Process, Plan, Perform, and Persist. With that expanded perspective, you’ll learn 7 key principles to transform your life and the lives of others through your leadership: See the whole field Look, listen, learn Discover the joy of the game Play the game the right way Make everyone around you better Believe in yourself, believe in the team See beyond the game By bringing Kostecky’s Vision Training to bear on life beyond the field, this book coaches you through making small shifts in your perspective that have major impact, helping you recognize new and unique opportunities in all aspects of life leading to more career, family, and spiritual fulfillment.

Download or read book I Found My Heart in Richland written by N.L. Fowler and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessie, at age forty-two unexpectedly loses her husband to a heart attack and instantly becomes a single mom to her two teenage daughters. After six months she is still unable to grieve for him and feels that their marriage had been so full of regret, and wonders if she really ever loved him at all. Keeping her thoughts and feelings to herself she continues to give support to her daughter's in the loss of their father while secretly struggling to find her own peace. Will is a landscape designer

Download or read book Goal written by Holly S Roberts and published by Wicked Story Telling. This book was released on 1901 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quarterback Aiden Patrickson has a goal to win even though he plays for the worst team in pro football. When management pulls a stunt to put his team in a good light they go too far. No women in the locker room is Aiden’s motto. Raised by a strong mother and two demanding sisters, the NO WOMEN zone is his sanctuary. Jordan Givens has a goal too and she’ll do just about anything to achieve it. She has no problem breaking the NO WOMEN ALLOWED taboo of pro football or dealing with the bullheaded men who stand in her way. Everything goes as planned until they meet. Now all bets are off and there might be more going on in the locker room than sweaty musclebound men and muddy cleats. Goal contains mature content and more balls than a girl knows what to do with.

Download or read book Pudge written by Doug Wilson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pudge marks the first biography of the Hall of Fame catcher, whose famous home run in the 1975 World Series has been called one of the greatest moment in the history of televised sport. Carlton Fisk retired having played in more games and hit more home runs than any other catcher before him. A baseball superstar in the 1970s and 80s, Fisk was known not just for his dedication to the sport and tremendous plays but for the respect with which he treated the game. A homegrown icon, Fisk rapidly became the face of one of the most storied teams in baseball, the Boston Red Sox of the 1970s. As a rookie making only $12,000 a year, he became the first player to unanimously win the American League Rookie of the Year award in 1972, upping both his pay grade and national recognition. Fisk's game-winning home run in Game Six of the hotly-contested 1975 World Series forever immortalized him in one of the sport's most exciting televised moments. Fisk played through an epic period of player-owner relations, including the dawn of free agency, strikes, and collusions. After leaving Boston under controversy in 1981, he joined the Chicago White Sox, where he played for 12 more major league seasons, solidifying his position as one of the best catchers of all time. Doug Wilson, finalist for both the Casey Award and Seymour Medal for his previous baseball biographies, uses his own extensive research and interviews with childhood friends and major league teammates to examine the life and career of a leader who followed a strict code and played with fierce determination.

Download or read book One Passionate Night written by Andrea Martin and published by Andrea Martin. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you risk to experience a night of passion like no other? The wives in this pulse-pounding collection are willing to risk their marriages in exchange for one passionate night of total erotic bliss. No strings, no hang-ups, just red-hot lovemaking that leaves a smile on their faces! This collection contains explicit scenes of erotica and is not suitable for minors.

Download or read book Size Matters written by Andrea Martin and published by Andrea Martin. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody knows that size is the most important part of a man’s sexual prowess, no matter what women might say otherwise. This collection of five sizzling stories is dedicated to women who crave those extra few inches in the bedroom – and how they get it! This collection contains previously published material. All stories can be purchased separately.

Download or read book Gangway Regular Navy written by Richard I. Merrell and published by CWO3 Richard Merrell. This book was released on 2005 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the Cold War era from 1960-1980 with a strong focus on humor, Gangway, Regular Navy! is a historically and militarily accurate portrayal of world events during that time period. M3283HB - $25.00

Download or read book And Then the Phone Rang written by Katrina Musto and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-12-10 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever had your entire world fall apart within five short years? Do your relatives often find themselves saying, If only we could turn the clock back, just for a day at your family functions? Welcome to my life. Until I turned seventeen, my life was pretty average. Well, maybe above average. My family went on two lavish vacations a year; we lived in a nice home, and we had a large family whom we saw at least once a week, if not more. I was looking forward to graduating and leaving behind the hellhole otherwise known as high school and while it was the last year of everything I had ever known, I was eagerly gearing up for the chance to see what awaited me at a place where everything was fresh and unfamiliar. But all that changed on one cold November evening. In a matter of seconds, my life would never be the same, and years later my family would whisper in hushed tones, Why? How did this happen to us? And to think that it all started with a phone call.

Download or read book Roy Smiles Ten Plays written by Roy Smiles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten plays by comedic playwright Roy Smiles, available digitally as an anthology or as single editions. Contains the plays Schmucks, Baghdad Boogie, Bombing People, Reno, The Lad Himself, Working for Mammon, Waugh in Winter, Reading Gaol, The VIP, and The Weight of Days.