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Author : Richard Yallop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780859023931
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (239 download)
Download or read book Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club written by Richard Yallop and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nick Pachelli
Publisher : Artisan
ISBN 13 : 1648293379
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (482 download)
Download or read book The Tennis Court written by Nick Pachelli and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh approach to a beloved sport, The Tennis Court is a photographic journey of the 200 most breathtaking tennis courts around the world. “Nick Pachelli takes us on court in every corner of the world with a sharp eye for what makes our game and the people who champion it so special.” —Billie Jean King, sports icon and equality advocate Every one of the world’s half a million tennis courts is, at its most basic, an identical blank canvas: a 78-foot by 36-foot rectangle, divided by a 3-foot-high net in its center, and marked with eleven straight lines. But add in the elements of surface, space, wind, acoustics, crowds, shadows, humidity, and even air density, and every tennis court is unique—a work of art. And some are masterpieces. Nick Pachelli curates and profiles 200 of the world’s most beautiful, iconic, significant, alluring, and idiosyncratic tennis courts from across the globe, each breathtakingly photographed. He explores the heavyweights, including Wimbledon’s All England Lawn Tennis Club, which employs a hawk to keep stray birds from soiling the meticulous lawns. Arthur Ashe, the Grandstand, and Court 17 in Flushing, Queens, where hundreds of thousands of tennis fans gather every summer for the US Open. And there’s Court Philippe-Chatrier at Roland-Garros, whose clay seems to take on a different shade—burnt orange, burnt red, burgundy, umber—every time you see it. We visit far-flung treasures, such as Waiheke Tennis Club in New Zealand, where you’ll need to take a plane, then a ferry, then a car or bus, and then walk before arriving there. Indoor marvels, including the Tennis Club de Belgique, which evokes the hushed, reverent feeling of a theater, with skylights illuminating the court and leaving the spectators in the shadows. Hidden jewels, such as the tiny Tennis Club San Stin in Venice, a secret, single outdoor clay court tucked away behind a villa and a 15-foot wall shrouded with vines. There are urban courts, including the Knickerbocker Field Club, deep in the heart of Flatbush, Brooklyn. Academies, like Rafael Nadal’s tennis temple in Mallorca, Spain. And the extreme: a single court completely isolated in the wilds of Scotland; a court in northern Spain revealed when the tide goes out, the sand hardens, and the metallic plates that serve as lines reemerge; and a court in Kenya made out of termite mounds. Throughout, Pachelli not only conducts a masterful, once-in-a-lifetime tour of the world’s best courts, but in his writing does something equally immersive: He captures the real passion—some might say obsession—that tennis inspires. Because it’s on the court, no matter how grandiose or mundane, whether in an exotic locale or around the corner, where tennis players truly see themselves. Where we come face-to-face with our temperament, our drive, our frustration, our bliss, our longing.
Author : Robert J. Lake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134445571
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book A Social History of Tennis in Britain written by Robert J. Lake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2015- from the British Society for Sports History. From its advent in the mid-late nineteenth century as a garden-party pastime to its development into a highly commercialised and professionalised high-performance sport, the history of tennis in Britain reflects important themes in Britain’s social history. In the first comprehensive and critical account of the history of tennis in Britain, Robert Lake explains how the game’s historical roots have shaped its contemporary structure, and how the history of tennis can tell us much about the history of wider British society. Since its emergence as a spare-time diversion for landed elites, the dominant culture in British tennis has been one of amateurism and exclusion, with tennis sitting alongside cricket and golf as a vehicle for the reproduction of middle-class values throughout wider British society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Consequently, the Lawn Tennis Association has been accused of a failure to promote inclusion or widen participation, despite steadfast efforts to develop talent and improve coaching practices and structures. Robert Lake examines these themes in the context of the global development of tennis and important processes of commercialisation and professional and social development that have shaped both tennis and wider society. The social history of tennis in Britain is a microcosm of late-nineteenth and twentieth-century British social history: sustained class power and class conflict; struggles for female emancipation and racial integration; the decline of empire; and, Britain’s shifting relationship with America, continental Europe, and Commonwealth nations. This book is important and fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the history of sport or British social history.
Author : Geelong Lawn Tennis Club. Easter Tournament
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Official Programme written by Geelong Lawn Tennis Club. Easter Tournament and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dave Nadel
Publisher : Ryan Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1876498536
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (764 download)
Download or read book Sport in Victoria written by Dave Nadel and published by Ryan Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the result of contributions from a wide range of sports writers, officials and historians, relates the fascinating history of over 100 sports played in Victoria since the 1830s. It also covers the important events, venues, clubs and leagues which characterise Victoria's sporting culture. Published under the auspices of the Australian Society for Sports History.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2242 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Who's who in Australia written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 2242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stirling Lawn Tennis Club
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Rules of the Stirling Lawn Tennis Club written by Stirling Lawn Tennis Club and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kristi Tredway
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000735354
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Social Activism in Women’s Tennis written by Kristi Tredway and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the key players and political moments in women’s professional tennis since 1968, this book explores the historical lineage of social activism within women’s tennis and the issues, expressions, risks, and effects associated with each cohort of players. Drawing on original qualitative research, including interviews with former players, the book examines tennis’s position in debates around gender, sexuality, race, and equal pay. It looks at how the actions and choices of the pioneering activist players were simultaneously shaped by, and had a part in shaping, larger social movements committed to challenging the status quo and working towards increased economic equality for women. Taking an intersectional approach, the book assesses the significance of players from Althea Gibson and Martina Navratilova to Venus and Serena Williams, illuminating our understanding of the relationship between sport, social justice, and wider society. This is important reading for researchers and students working in sport studies, sociology, women’s studies, and political science, as well as anybody with an interest in social activism and social movements. It is also a fascinating read for the general tennis fan.
Author : Ilan Wiesel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811313679
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Power, Glamour and Angst written by Ilan Wiesel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power, Glamour and Angst is about the social and cultural life of three Australian neighbourhoods – Toorak (Melbourne), Mosman (Sydney) and Cottesloe (Perth) - which are home to some of the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful citizens. The book explores how living in these neighbourhoods shapes the lifestyles, social networks and status of Australia’s elites. The book explores the everyday rituals through which residents produce their neighbourhood's status. It maps residents’ social networks and exposes the local institutions – including schools and sports or social clubs – in which access to such high-powered networks is granted or withheld. Power, Glamour and Angst examines how the collective social and cultural capitals of elite neighbourhoods are mobilised towards varied objectives, from initiation of business connections and opportunities, through to opposition against unwanted development or traffic, both sources of ongoing angst. Deeply conservative and resistant to change at their core, despite their wealth and power these communities have not always been successful in fully repressing external pressures. In the 21st century Australian city, even elite neighbourhoods must learn to adapt to population growth, urban densification and increased cultural diversity.
Author : Joseph Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Amazing Grace written by Joseph Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David K. Wiggins
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610753494
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (534 download)
Download or read book Rivals written by David K. Wiggins and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion—a mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, Rivals illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society.
Author : Orange Lawn Tennis Club (South Orange, N.J.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (551 download)
Download or read book Orange Lawn Tennis Club written by Orange Lawn Tennis Club (South Orange, N.J.) and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Subiaco Lawn Tennis Club
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (757 download)
Download or read book Rules of the Subiaco Lawn Tennis Club written by Subiaco Lawn Tennis Club and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. W. Pope
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135978131
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Routledge Companion to Sports History written by S. W. Pope and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents comprehensive guidance to the international field of sports history as it has developed as an academic area of study. This book guides readers through the development of the field across a range of thematic and geographical contexts. It is suitable for researchers and students in, and entering, the sports history field.
Author : Mary Anne Cruse
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Tiny Lawn Tennis Club written by Mary Anne Cruse and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dennis J. Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Tennis Sourcebook written by Dennis J. Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains an unprecedented amount of information sources on the sport of tennis, its personalities as well as its rich and colorful history.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Official Lawn Tennis Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
