The Book of Snooker Disasters & Bizarre Records

Chris Rhys

Summary

Snooker is a game of precision. Under the gaze of television cameras and with thousands of pounds at stake the professionals might claim to perform under demanding conditions. A spot of chalk on the cue ball may be the difference between the victorious spotlight and the obscurity of defeat. Life can be very different at the other end of the scale where keen amateurs learn their game in more adventurous circumstances, where 'home' table advantage is considerable and to play more than once with the same cue is coincidence. The Book of Snooker Disasters and Bizarre Records documents with indecent relish disastrous interruptions to professional play that vary from exploding light bulbs and leaking roofs, to the unwelcome sounds of spectators excessively filled with food or drink. Slanting tables, dead cushions, tight pockets, oval balls and corkscrew cues combine with split trousers and burst braces to make snooker a game that must always be 'played with considerable inventive skill and no less a sense of humour. The book is introduced by six times World Champion Steve Davis, OBE, who remembers some of the flukes and disasters that have punctuated his own career.

Available since: 10/26/2018.

Print length: 81 pages.

Sports

Other books that might interest you

Be Your Own Sailing Coach - 20...

Jon Emmett

If you want to win races you need to get organised! This unique guide shows you how to set your overall sailing goals, and breaks them down into manageable – yet stretching – mini-goals. Jon Emmett breaks racing down into 20 key skills (such as speed to windward and tactics) and, with detailed analysis of key techniques, uses a step-by-step guide to explain how to highlight your own strengths and weaknesses, and how you can improve each skill. This book will help you get to the front of the fleet, whether your goal is to win at club, open, national or international level. You will get tips from Olympic racers, and learn their approaches to each key skill; improve you sailing technique in manageable stages; and discover how to set goals and create the action plans to achieve them. Along the way you will find advice from Olympic sailors and exercises to turn you into a winner, with contributions from Paul Goodison, Simon Hiscocks and Joe Glanfield.

Show book

Vegan Bodybuilding Cookbook -...

Russell Mat

If you are vegan and you don’t know how to increase your daily amount of protein to gain more muscles fast, then keep reading!
There are too many misconceptions about the vegan lifestyle and nutrition. People often have negative attitudes towards who reject meat and dairy (like whey proteins). These misconceptions withhold people from transitioning to a healthy lifestyle.
However, be vegan and build lean muscles at the same time could be a serious problem for bodybuilders. Nowadays more and more athletes face this problem: how to get in shape reaching your recommended amount of protein with a plant-based lifestyle?
This audiobook will clear out these misconceptions on veganism and provide 100 high protein recipes to fulfill your protein goals while maintaining health and improve your energy!
In this audiobook you are ready to discover:How many protein you should eat to increase muscle synthesis.The best food to eat before and after your workout to fill your muscles with the right nutrients.The single most powerful math trick that will help you to lose weight quickly and build lean muscles.Which specific food you should avoid if you want feel better and get stronger.The best high protein vegan foods and how to cook them in just 10 minutes or less.And much, much more!
If you already tried different “clean eating” plans online and/or trained hard but still you look in the mirror seeing no results, this cookbook will give you the right information to get in shape and improve your physique in few weeks.Take care of yourself! Pick up your own copy today!

Show book

Under Jackie's Shadow - Voices...

Mitchell Nathanson

The stories of thirteen Black Minor League baseball players during the post–Jackie Robinson era, from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, who were figuratively and literally left behind even as both baseball and the country claimed a newfound racial progressiveness.

Show book

Get Into Sport: Top of the Class...

Multiple Authors

We meet five top coaches to find out what gives their workout the edge

Show book

Training to Win - The Complete...

FBHS Moore

A comprehensive guide for the modern-day event rider to support every stage of the training process from the early years up to the first 4*. The introduction gives a thorough vision on the crucial ingredients of what makes a champion at any level, whether it is the Badminton Grassroots, the Youth Europeans, or the World Equestrian Games. This proven and successful training system is broken down into three equally applicable sections: Training to Learn; Training to Compete; and Training to Win.

The reader will be taken through the four to five years that essentially it will take to produce the horse and rider partnership to a high level of performance. Every physical and mental skill required will be demonstrated by an exercise, which can be easily followed with tips on equipment required, setting up the exercise and relevance to competition.

This informative book will be a great support to the event rider, focusing on the three periods of the eventing year: the winter training period, the spring fitness period and the lead up to a championship or long format. There will be coverage on season planning, course design, performance profiling, goal setting and, most importantly, advice on how a rider can manage nerves in a competition environment. The book is packed with performance-enhancing ideas and for any rider wanting to improve their training system this is an essential guide to developing the confidence to succeed.

Show book

Fifty Places to Bike Before You...

Chris Santella

A beautiful guide to fifty of the world’s best places to ride a bicycle, as chosen by expert cyclists who have been there. 
 
Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die is the ninth addition to the bestselling Fifty Places series by Chris Santella. Biking has grown increasingly popular in recent years, as both a leisure and an extreme exercise activity, and Santella covers trips for cyclists of every level. Fifty Places to Bike covers environments as varied as the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia, the Indochina Trail in Vietnam, and the urban jungle of New York City. With a healthy mix of international and national locations, the 50 chapters capture the breathtaking vistas cyclists will enjoy around the world. As always, the places are brought to life with more than 40 stunning color photographs. 
 
Praise for Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die 
 
“OMG views, killer hills and open road—the routes in Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die (in bookstores this month) have everything a pedal pusher could ask for.” —Fitness magazine 
 
“If you know someone who can’t view a landscape without visualizing themselves traversing it on two wheels, Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die is a sound gift choice.” —The San Francisco Chronicle 
 
“Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die gets adventurous cyclists going in the right direction.” —The Boston Globe 
 
“50 chapters capture breathtaking cycling trails around the world.” —Metrosource magazine

Show book