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Would you like to encourage more outdoor time for your kids? Unsure how to get the kids away from the screens? Want some easy tips for outdoor activities? 50 Things to Know to Get Kids Outdoors by Stephanie Durrant offers an approach to creating fun, healthy outdoor activities that will get kids active.

Softball girls need more than hype. They need a daily game plan that strengthens faith and mindset. This 60-day devotional connects God’s Word to real moments on the field so girls 10–12 grow in confidence, character, and calm under pressure—without long, hard-to-understand chapters.

Are you stuck on the sidelines, watching friends and family enjoy a thrilling game of bridge? Are you overwhelmed by the seemingly complex rules and strategies tied to this elegant card game? You’re not alone. Many beginners find themselves intimidated by the intricacies of bridge, the classic card game that has challenged and delighted people for over a century. But with a little guidance, you can unlock the secret to mastering the game, quickly and efficiently.

Welcome to the ultimate step-by-step guide that will transition you from a beginner to an experienced baccarat player. With easy-to-understand explanations, practical examples, and interactive practice, you can confidently navigate the game and significantly boost your winning streaks.

Have you ever envisioned yourself coolly placing bets at a blackjack table, surrounded by the excitement and anticipation of the casino? Yet, the thought of learning the game feels daunting, and the idea of stepping into a casino feels intimidating? Maybe you've always been curious about the game, but you're overwhelmed by the wealth of strategy and complexity it seems to entail?

The NBA has returned to prominence on the backs of phenoms like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett. The media promotes them, the shoe companies pay them, and America applauds. But how exactly do such players reach the pros? What do they give up to get there? And what happens to those who fall short?

In State of Play, 12-year Major League veteran, Emmy Award-winning MLB Network analyst, and best-selling author Bill Ripken breaks down these modern statistical methods to explain which ones make sense in the game's historical context, bringing them together with proven old-school strategies. He simplifies those sabermetric terms hastily added to the baseball lexicon without being fully realized, taking new-school confusion out of old-school baseball's tried-and-true common sense.

Volleyball girls need more than hype—they need a daily game plan that strengthens their faith and mindset. Serve Strong connects God’s Word to real gym moments so girls 10–12 can grow in confidence, character, and calm under pressure—without long, hard-to-follow chapters.

Are you tired of gripping too tight, overthinking every swing, and watching bad shots unravel your entire round? The harder you try, the worse it gets. But what if the secret to great golf isn’t more effort—it’s less? In Effortless Golf, you’ll discover a revolutionary approach to mastering the game by letting go. Inspired by Zen Buddhism, Stoic philosophy, Taoist wisdom, and modern flow psychology, this book reveals how the greatest golfers—Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and others—find their best golf through relaxation, not control.

Smart Golf: Play Golf Intelligently is the ultimate guide for golfers who want to think smarter and score better. This modern take on golf instruction books covers everything from smart golf strategies to mastering the mental game. Whether you're working on your swing, your course management, or your mindset, this golf strategy book will change the way you play. An ideal choice for gifts for golfers, Smart Golf stands out among golfing books for offering real tools to level up your game.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of children play “Cal Ripken Baseball” in the largest division of Babe Ruth League, Inc. Play Baseball the Ripken Way is the ultimate guide to playing the game, by one of the sport’s living legends.

In these essays, written between 1954 and 1990, bestselling author Roger Kahn touches on locker-room controversies and politics, while inviting readers to share in the passion, grace, energy, and intense concentration involved in playing sports. Kahn pays warm tribute to his special heroes, Jackie Robinson, Roger Maris and Carl Furillo, along with those he particularly admired in the press box, John Lardner and Red Smith. Kahn also esteems football lineman Merlin Olsen, hockey goalie Glenn Hall, cager Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, outfielder Mickey Mantle, boxing promoter Don King, and Pete Rose.

As a columnist for Time magazine, among many other publications, Tom Callahan witnessed an extraordinary number of defining moments in American sport across four decades. He takes us from Roberto Clemente clinching his 3,000th, and final, regular-season hit in Pittsburgh; to ringside for the Muhammad Ali - George Foreman fight in Zaire; and to Arthur Ashe announcing, at a news conference, that he'd tested positive for HIV.

Play It Forward features twenty‑five inspirational stories of badass women from all corners of the sports universe, curated by TOGETHXR, a sports media company founded by legends Sue Bird, Alex Morgan, Simone Manuel, and Chloe Kim. From profiles of professional athletes and Olympians at the top of their game to everyday women putting in the work without a crowd, these are true tales of fierce competitors, dedicated teammates, and passionate advocates who are all too accustomed to hearing the word “no.”

Will "Mad Dog" Madigan is making his second trip to the Winter Games, and he couldn't be happier. Hockey is his life and playing for the US team is a privilege. Then he meets US figure skater Amber Sloane. She's beautiful, ambitious, and driven-everything Will desires in a woman. He would love to show Amber how hot life off the ice can be. Amber has skated her entire life, sacrificing everything in the hopes of one day winning gold. Now she's competing for the third and final time. She intends to win, and nothing's going to get in her way - until she meets Will.

Pitching Perfection and Glove-Tastic Plays: Baseball Trivia for 9-12 Year-Olds is the perfect audiobook for any young fan who loves baseball. Whether they're watching games on TV or playing catch in the backyard, this audiobook is sure to become a favorite in their collection. So get ready to hit a home run with this exciting baseball trivia book for 9- to 12-year-olds!

Is your temper getting the best of you? Are you too timid or conservative to go for it when it counts? Is your personality keeping you from playing your best golf? Every golfer, whether amateur or pro, has a dominant golf personality: a set of traits that sometimes helps you win - but sometimes lands you in the rough. By carefully observing professional golfers' behavior and analyzing his own students' successes and failures, leading mental golf expert Darrin Gee has identified seven basic personality types.

Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As a historian of religion, the more he listened, Balmer couldn't help but wonder how the fervor he heard related to religious practice. From baseball to basketball and football to ice hockey, Balmer explores the origins and histories of big-time sports from the late nineteenth century to the present, with entertaining anecdotes and fresh insights into their ties to religious life.

Did you know that state universities in Virginia turned away more than 20,00 women in the early 1960s, but not a single man was denied admission? In the 1970s, the University of Georgia men's golf team got all the golf balls they needed, while the women's team was allowed only one per round. Here listeners are treated to the origins of the historic Title IX legislation that, among other things, mandated that equal funds must be available to boys' and girls' activities and interests.

What does it mean to be ready to play? Coaches and athletes understand the importance of being ready to play. However, many competitors find it difficult to define mental readiness and a challenge to be ready to play each and every time they perform. Ready to Play: Mental Training for Student-Athletes is written to help athletes better understand what it means to be ready to play and how to create and maintain a positive mindset for performance.