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Hitting Against The Spin
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Author : Nathan Leamon
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-06-10
Hitting Against The Spin written by Nathan Leamon and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-10 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Times Best Sports Books 2021 - 'the sporting nerd's book of the year' 'Fascinating and insightful . . . lifts the curtain to reveal the inner workings of international cricket. A must-read for any cricketer, coach or fan' Eoin Morgan 'This path-breaking book should be compulsory reading for commentators and captains - and all cricket fans' Mervyn King 'Clever and original but also wise' Ed Smith How valuable is winning the toss? And how should captains use it to their advantage? Why does a cricket ball swing? Why don't Indians bat left-handed? What is a good length and why? Why are leg-spinners so successful in T20 cricket? Why did England win the World Cup? Why do all Test bowlers bowl at either 55 or 85mph? Why don't they pitch it up? All cricketers long to know the answer to these questions and many more. Only fifteen years ago it would have been difficult to answer them - cricket was guided only by decades-old tradition and received wisdom. Data has changed everything. Today we can track every ball to within millimetres; its release point, speed and bounce point are measured as are how much the ball swings, how much it deviates off the pitch, the exact height and line that it passes the stumps, and multiple other variables. Hitting Against the Spin is the story of that data, and what it can tell us about how cricket really works. Leading cricket thinkers Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones lift the lid on international cricket and explain its hidden workings and dynamics - the forces that shape cricket and, in turn, the cricketers who play it. They analyse the unseen hands that determine which players succeed and which fail, which tactics work and which don't, which teams win and which lose. They also explore the new world of franchise cricket as well as the rapid evolution of the T20 format. Revolutionary in its insights, Hitting Against the Spin takes you on a fascinating whistle-stop tour of modern cricket and sports analytics, bringing cricket firmly into the twenty-first century by revealing its long-kept secrets. This is the most important cricket book in decades.
Against The Spin
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Author : Michael Panckridge
language : en
Publisher: Ford Street Publishing
Release Date : 2016-10-01
Against The Spin written by Michael Panckridge and has been published by Ford Street Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Mitchell Grady is the new kid at school – a school that’s crazy about sport. He quickly learns about the Legend of Sport competition – an all year sporting challenge featuring eight exciting sports. He’s in! But so too is Travis Fisk, the mean guy who was last year’s Legend, and who will stop at nothing to win again this year. In Against the Spin, the sport is cricket and Mitchell quickly learns who his true friends are – and that good doesn’t always prevail over evil. As predicted, Travis will do what it takes to be crowned the Legend of Sport. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Calibri}
Against The Spin The Legends Book 2
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Author : Michael Panckridge
language : en
Publisher:
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Against The Spin The Legends Book 2 written by Michael Panckridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Art Of Wrist Spin Bowling
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Author : Peter Philpott
language : en
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
Release Date : 1997-02-10
The Art Of Wrist Spin Bowling written by Peter Philpott and has been published by Crowood Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-02-10 with Cricket categories.
"This guide shows players and coaches at all levels how to acquire the skills of wrist-spin bowling. Areas covered include: the basic techniques step-by-step; solving bowling problems; how to bat against wrist-spins; mental and physical preparation for matches; and tactics to use." --Publisher description.
Spin
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Author : Robert Charles Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
Spin written by Robert Charles Wilson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Fiction categories.
One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives. The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk - a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world's artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they'd been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside - more than a hundred million years per day on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future. Jason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life to working against this slow-moving apocalypse. Diane throws herself into hedonism, marrying a sinister cult leader who's forged a new religion out of the fears of the masses. Earth sends terraforming machines to Mars to let the onrush of time do its work, turning the planet green. Next they send humans...and immediately get back an emissary with thousands of years of stories to tell about the settling of Mars. Then Earth's probes reveal that an identical barrier has appeared around Mars. Jason, desperate, seeds near space with self-replicating machines that will scatter copies of themselves outward from the sun - and report back on what they find. Life on Earth is about to get much, much stranger.
Spin Selling
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Author : Neil Rackham
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2020-04-28
Spin Selling written by Neil Rackham and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-28 with Business & Economics categories.
True or false? In selling high-value products or services: 'closing' increases your chance of success; it is essential to describe the benefits of your product or service to the customer; objection handling is an important skill; open questions are more effective than closed questions. All false, says this provocative book. Neil Rackham and his team studied more than 35,000 sales calls made by 10,000 sales people in 23 countries over 12 years. Their findings revealed that many of the methods developed for selling low-value goods just don‘t work for major sales. Rackham went on to introduce his SPIN-Selling method. SPIN describes the whole selling process: Situation questions Problem questions Implication questions Need-payoff questions SPIN-Selling provides you with a set of simple and practical techniques which have been tried in many of today‘s leading companies with dramatic improvements to their sales performance.
Twirlymen
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Author : Amol Rajan
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-11-30
Twirlymen written by Amol Rajan and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
They are the masters of deception, the jokers in the pack; illusionists conjuring wickets out of thin air with nothing more than an ambled approach and a wonky grip. Not for them the brutish physicality of the pace bowler nor the reactive slogging of the batsman. Theirs is a more cerebral art. They stand alone in a team sport. They are Twirlymen. Having himself failed through a combination of injury and indolence to become a leg-spinner of renown, Amol Rajan pays homage to that most eccentric of all sporting heroes - the spin bowler. On a journey through cricket history Rajan introduces us to the greatest purveyors of that craft, from W. G. Grace to Graeme Swann via Clarrie Grimmet's flipper, Muttiah Muralitharan's helicopter wrist, Shane Warne's ball-of-the-century and all the rest.
The Sardar Of Spin A Celebration Of The Life And Art Of Bishan Singh Bedi
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Author : Neha Bedi
language : en
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
Release Date : 2021-09-24
The Sardar Of Spin A Celebration Of The Life And Art Of Bishan Singh Bedi written by Neha Bedi and has been published by Roli Books Private Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
VENKAT SUNDARAM was a key member of the Indian cricket team between 1970–80. During his illustrious career, he has worn numerous hats – he has been its manager for the 1998 tour to Sri Lanka; Chairman for BCCI’s Ground and Wickets Committee for two terms; Chairman Ranji Trophy and U-22 selection committee for UPCA. He has also been a selector, coach, umpire, cricket commentator, sports anchor, author, and director/ producer. He is the force behind this special edition celebrating Bishan Singh Bedi’s life and times. SACHIN BAJAJ is a sports administrator and business professional. He has over two decades of experience with sports bodies like Kings XI Punjab, Cricket Club of India, England & Wales Cricket Board. He is also the proprietor of Global Cricket School and Co-founder of Niche Sports. Sachin has published eleven books and co-authored another three.
Hate Spin
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Author : Cherian George
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2016-09-30
Hate Spin written by Cherian George and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-30 with Political Science categories.
How right-wing political entrepreneurs around the world use religious offense—both given and taken—to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. In the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a climate of rising intolerance. In India, Narendra Modi's radical supporters instigate communal riots and academic censorship in pursuit of their Hindu nationalist vision. Outbreaks of religious intolerance are usually assumed to be visceral and spontaneous. But in Hate Spin, Cherian George shows that they often involve sophisticated campaigns manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. Right-wing networks orchestrate the giving of offense and the taking of offense as instruments of identity politics, exploiting democratic space to promote agendas that undermine democratic values. George calls this strategy “hate spin”—a double-sided technique that combines hate speech (incitement through vilification) with manufactured offense-taking (the performing of righteous indignation). It is deployed in societies as diverse as Buddhist Myanmar and Orthodox Christian Russia. George looks at the world's three largest democracies, where intolerant groups within India's Hindu right, America's Christian right, and Indonesia's Muslim right are all accomplished users of hate spin. He also shows how the Internet and Google have opened up new opportunities for cross-border hate spin. George argues that governments must protect vulnerable communities by prohibiting calls to action that lead directly to discrimination and violence. But laws that try to protect believers' feelings against all provocative expression invariably backfire. They arm hate spin agents' offense-taking campaigns with legal ammunition. Anti-discrimination laws and a commitment to religious equality will protect communities more meaningfully than misguided attempts to insulate them from insult.
Deadly Spin
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Author : Wendell Potter
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-11-09
Deadly Spin written by Wendell Potter and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-09 with Political Science categories.
That's how Wendell Potter introduced himself to a Senate committee in June 2009. He proceed to explain how insurance companies make promises they have no intention of keeping, how they flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they make it nearly impossible to understand information that the public needs. Potter quit his high-paid job as head of public relations at a major insurance corporation because he could no longer abide the routine practices of the insurance industry, policies that amounted to a death sentence for thousands of Americans every year. In Deadly Spin, Potter takes readers behind the scenes of the insurance industry to show how a huge chunk of our absurd healthcare expenditures actually bankrolls a propaganda campaign and lobbying effort focused on protecting one thing: profits. With the unique vantage of both a whistleblower and a high-powered former insider, Potter moves beyond the healthcare crisis to show how public relations works, and how it has come to play a massive, often insidious role in our political process-and our lives. This important and timely book tells Potter's remarkable personal story, but its larger goal is to explain how people like Potter, before his change of heart, can get the public to think and act in ways that benefit big corporations-and the Wall Street money managers who own them.