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Twenty-eight tiles and four players: that's all you need to play dominoes. Exercise your logic, challenge your brain and sharpen you skills so you'll win every time! From general principles to advanced skills, this fully illustrated, in-depth guide takes you through every aspect of the game. Start by learning what constitutes a suit, scoring procedures, and when to add dominoes to the "skeleton," or developing structure. Diagrams show which plays are acceptable and which are illegal. Examples of different games appear in their entirety, special tips improve your chances of winning, and mental exercises strengthen your memory and powers of deduction. Intermediate skills include analyzing your hand, the lead-off, and cover, repeat, and square strategies. As you become advanced, hone your ability to play doubles, pull a hand, build a house, and more. Understand how your position affects your game plan and when to jam a game. Bonus: hints on establishing your own domino league! 128 pages, 131 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Before you hit the play button, prepare to immerse yourself in the dynamic world of Competitive Sports Music, a digital download software featuring 22 full-length, royalty-free music tracks. This collection, coded as SM254, is a testament to ambition, drive, and the exhilarating thrill of victory. Each track in this collection is a celebration of the triumphant spirit, designed to evoke feelings of courage, command, and heroism. The music soars and pumps, perfectly capturing the essence of crossing the finish line first. This compilation is not just for sports enthusiasts. Its versatile nature makes it equally suitable for corporate presentations, news broadcasts, and other multimedia applications. The featured instruments, including the orchestra, electric guitar, and keyboards, create a rich, layered sound that adds depth and intensity to any project. The Competitive Sports Music software offers 22 full-length royalty-free music tracks, all included on Tune Drive 1. The tracks are delivered in a high-quality 16/44.1 wav format, ensuring crystal clear audio for your listening pleasure. The musical compositions are the creative works of renowned artists Edward Grenga (ASCAP), Charles Lawry (ASCAP), Douglas Stevens (ASCAP), and Michael McMahon (ASCAP). Published by S.I. Publishing (SOCAN), these tracks are a testament to the power of music in enhancing the competitive spirit. In summary, the Royalty Free Music Competitive Sports Software, available for digital download, is a dynamic collection of music that captures the essence of competition and victory. Whether you're creating a sports montage, a corporate presentation, or a news broadcast, this collection is sure to add an extra layer of intensity and excitement to your project.

Whether it’s in a casino, a private club, an online poker room—or even many friendly home games—when a woman sits down to play poker, she’s usually facing men, and those men are going to typecast her as being too passive to be competitive. Guess what? She’s got them right where she wants them! Women have a tremendous natural advantage at the poker table. Now it’s just a matter of learning how to exploit it. Written for female players who are in ever greater numbers catching poker-mania—60 million people a month are now playing poker and 30% are women—Outplaying the Boys is a street-smart guide to the green-felt jungle. By Cat Hulbert, whom Card Player magazine ranked as one of the top seven-card stud players in the world, its 125 annotated tips are filled with strategy, wisdom, and lessongiving anecdotes. How to project a winning image. How to choose the most profitable table—a talkative table will yield more than a quiet one—and the best seats (avoid the chair closest to the expert players). How to recognize and squelch your own tells. Who to bluff—the new player, the player who just made a comeback, the guy who comments on how tight you are. And who not to bluff—the short stack, the maniac who calls everything. Understanding your innate strengths and weaknesses—honing intuition, curbing your instinct to be too trusting, getting into opponents’ heads. The book covers two key games—Texas Hold’em and Seven-Card Stud—and provides a glossary of terms, recommended books, and more.

Fairs, festivals and competitive events play a crucial role in the creative industries; yet their significance has been largely overlooked. This book explores the role of such events through a series of studies that include some of the most iconic fairs and festivals in the world. It brings together a team of distinguished scholars to examine art fairs, biennales, auctions, book fairs, television programming markets, film festivals, animation film festivals, country music festivals, fashion weeks, wine classifications and wine tasting events. This diverse set of studies shows that such events serve a variety of purposes: as field-configuring events (FCEs), as a way of ritualising industry practices and as 'tournaments of values' where participants negotiate different cultural values to resolve economic issues. Suitable for academics and practitioners, this book presents a fascinating new perspective on the role and importance of fairs, festivals and competitive events in the creative industries.

Put a new spin on a classic game with the 3D Tic Tac Toe Board Game by Hey! Play! This game is a great starter set for both children and adults looking for a more challenging game than traditional tic tac toe. The 4x4 grid playing board and stackable playing pieces make this a fast-paced and competitive game of logic, strategy, and skill the whole family will love. The game comes with 24 playing pieces that can be stored inside the playing board for convenient travel and protection when not in use. The game is sure to provide hours of fun and teach children how to think strategically as it hones their critical thinking skills.

An award-winning author shares the inspiring and entertaining account of his pursuit to become a nationally competitive tennis player—at the age of sixty.Being a man or a woman in your early sixties is different than it was a generation or two ago, at least for the more fortunate of us. We aren’t old...yet. But we sense it coming: Careers are winding down, kids are gone, parents are dying (friends, too), and our bodies are no longer youthful or even middle-aged. Learning to play tennis in your fifties is no small feat, but becoming a serious, competitive tennis player at the age of sixty is a whole other matter. It requires training the body to defy age, and to methodically build one’s game—the strokework, footwork, strategy, and mental toughness. Gerry Mazorati started playing the game seriously in his mid-fifties. He had the strong desire to lead an examined physical life, to push his body into the “encore” of middle age. In Late to the Ball Mazorati writes vividly about the difficulties, frustrations, and the triumphs of his becoming a seriously good tennis player. He takes on his quest with complete vigor and absolute determination to see it through, providing a rich, vicarious experience involving the science of aging, his existential battle with time, and the beautiful, mysterious game of tennis. Late to the Ball is also captivating evidence that the rest of the Baby Boomer generation, now between middle age and old age, can find their own quest and do the same.

A two act comedy for a cast of 1 man and 1 woman. Amy and Michael Ruskin are celebrating their fifteenth wedding anniversary and their upcoming divorce. Michael is a reformed television writer turned playwright. Amy is competitive but inwardly insecure. The play is structured as a series of flashbacks. After the opening scene, the play goes back in time ten years and recreates the various special occasions which make up marriages: anniversaries, weddings, funerals, play openings and other catastrophes. And, after all is said and done, the couple ends as they began on their fifteenth anniversary, dancing to a recording of "Love Is Here to Stay".

An insider's handbook on the most popular kind of competitive golf, published to coincide with the 1999 Ryder Cup in September.Match-play golf-hole-by-hole, head-to-head scorekeeping-is the format of competition favored in most friendly golf games. It is also the format of the prestigious and enormously popular Ryder Cup matches, the eagerly anticipated and heavily hyped United States vs. England competition that occurs every two years. But match play is like five-card poker. There are numerous versions and variations, and complex betting schemes. Savvy and irreverent, Never Out of the Hole explains the ins and outs, the rules, the lore, the traditions. It also covers strategy and playing tips, and offers a complete introduction to the history of match-play golf, including its great moments and lessons learned from its greatest masters.

"An insightful and . . . amusing look at the inner workings of pro football" (The New York Times) from the bestselling author of Word Freak In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis invaded the insular world of competitive Scrabble players, ultimately achieving an expert-level ranking. Now, in his new book, he infiltrates a strikingly different subculture-pro football. After more than a year of preparation, Fatsis molded his fortyish body into one that could stand up-barely-to the rigors of NFL training. And for three months he became a placekicker for the Denver Broncos. Making the most of unprecedented access to an NFL team and its players, and drawing on his own personal experience, Fatsis with wry candor and hard-won empathy unveils the mind of the modern pro athlete and the workings of a storied sports franchise as no writer has before.

Covers the history, rules, fundamentals and significant personalities of the sport of women's figure skating, including techniques, strategies, competitive events, and equipment.

After one move of the Scandinavian chess opening, 1.e4 d5, Black decides where the battle will be fought - a significant gain for any competitive player. Top chess grandmaster Christian Bauer is one of the world's leading experts on the Scandinavian and in this book he reveals the secrets of his over-the-board success.Bauer focuses particularly on 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5, the established main line of the Scandinavian. An understanding of the move order nuances is essential, and Bauer is an ideally-qualified guide.

Ella is a precocious and fiercely competitive actress whose aims in life are making her famous playwright father proud―and becoming famous herself. In the aftermath of a boozy, drug-fueled evening when Ella’s father is particularly hurtful, she flings herself into the arms of a young director with whom she begins to collaborate on a one-woman show . . . about her father. Halley Feiffer’s dark, probing, and much-anticipated new play is a fierce, funny, and gloves-off take on the eternal struggles of parents and children to find common ground.

This book is for every player who feels stuck and frustrated by lack of improvement. It is the perfect guide to understanding and developing every aspect of the game. After writing Developing High Performance Tennis Players – a system to develop competitive players – I wanted to utilize my fifty years experience as a competitor, high performance coach, coaches’ coach and instructor of players of all ages and levels to write a practical book with the most effective strategies for anyone to improve and enjoy the game.The book breaks tennis down into ten performance-determining factors that directly establish a player’s performance level: consistency, precision, footwork, perception and anticipation, variation, spin, ball speed, camouflage, mental skill and decision making. Each chapter addresses one of these factors and presents simple and effective tips and exercises to develop it, ultimately improving overall performance. This guide is the perfect long-term companion for any player. It can be read cover to cover or selectively by focusing on the chapter that addresses immediate, specific problems or concerns.Play with Passion!Edgar Giffenig played for the University of Texas, completing degrees in business and exercise physiology. He was a national coach for the United States, Germany and Mexico, supporting the development of many future superstars including Mike and Bob Bryan.Edgar is the author of Developing High Performance Tennis Players, a frequent speaker at international coaches’ conferences and workshops and a consultant at www.tennisgate.com. He is a member of the International Tennis Federation Coaches Commission and an avid competitor, who in 2016 was ranked fifth in the 55 and over ITF world rankings.Throughout his career Edgar has worked with hundreds of players of all ages from beginners to professionals. Currently he lives in Connecticut directing the Norfolk Country Club and is involved in coaching education worldwide.

All professional touring golfers depend on their caddie to serve as a valuable team member to help them make better decisions and achieve the lowest possible score. This book will provide golfers with insight into competitive preparation and play, course strategies, and clear thinking on the golf course. Every golfer will benefit from the inside tips and advice provided by the world's best caddies. This lively, accessible book will feature 50+ color photos of these caddies in action on some of the greatest golf courses. Forward by Arnold Palmer. Preface by Ben Crenshaw.

What do Sergei Fedorov, Bret Hedican, and Teemu Selanne have in common? They have agility, balance, control, speed, quickness, and power. And what do all-star goalies have in common? They're competitive, constantly learning, consistent, organized, and responsible. Building on the popularity of the Hockey the NHL Way books, Hockey: How to Play Like the Pros inspires future pros to do their best to achieve these qualities.This fast-paced compilation features easy-to-follow analysis of the game's core skills; personal tips from the experts; full-color action photographs of players in game situations; and clear, concise how-to instructions with step-by-step photos. Skating, fitness, scoring secrets, defense, and goaltending — it's all here in this indispensable, one-stop how-to manual for both players and coaches. Whether en route to a career in the NHL or skating for enjoyment, young readers will be inspired to do their best no matter what their skill level or position.

After one move of the Scandinavian chess opening, 1.e4 d5, Black decides where the battle will be fought - a significant gain for any competitive player. Top chess grandmaster Christian Bauer is one of the world's leading experts on the Scandinavian and in this book he reveals the secrets of his over-the-board success.Bauer focuses particularly on 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5, the established main line of the Scandinavian. An understanding of the move order nuances is essential, and Bauer is an ideally-qualified guide.

WINNER: 2017 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize“Maybe this is the year, this is the moment, this is the dance where your lives will start!”Somewhere in America, a revolution is coming, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plot to take over the world one routine at a time. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at the Boogie Down Grand Prix in Tampa Bay.But in Clare Barron’s raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity, these young dancers have more than choreography on their minds, because every plié and jeté is a step toward finding themselves, and a fight to unleash their power.With a pre-teen battle for power and perfection raging on and off stage, Dance Nation is a ferocious exploration of youth, ambition and self-discovery.‘insanely talented playwright Clare Barron... [has] sharpness and poignancy that you’re not sure whether to cringe, cry or roar with happiness... blazingly original.’ New York Times"Riotous, rattling, sensational new play." Five Stars, Time Out New York

In modern childhood, free, unstructured play time is being replaced more and more by academics, lessons, competitive sports, and passive, electronic entertainment. While parents may worry that their children will be at a disadvantage if they are not engaged in constant, explicit learning or using the latest "educational" games, David Elkind's The Power of Play reassures us that unscheduled imaginative play goes far in preparing children for academic and social success. Through expert analysis of the research and powerful situational examples, Elkind shows that, indeed, creative spontaneous activity best sets the stage for academic learning in the first place: Children learn mutual respect and cooperation through role-playing and the negotiation of rules, which in turn prepare them for successful classroom learning; in simply playing with rocks, for example, a child could discover properties of counting and shapes that are the underpinnings of math; even a toddler's babbling is a necessary precursor to the acquisition of language. An important contribution to the literature about how children learn, The Power of Play suggests ways to restore play's respected place in children's lives, at home, at school, and in the larger community. In defense of unstructured "down time," it encourages parents to trust their instincts and resist the promise of the wide and dubious array of educational products on the market geared to youngsters.

The Wilson US Open Green Tournament Transition Tennis Ball Case includes 72 tennis balls engineered for competitive 10-and-under play, the US Open Green Tournament Ball is ideal for developing juniors who prefer a slower ball with less bounce. Easier to hit than a regular tennis ball, this green tournament ball maximizes capacity for growth and improvement on a variety of tennis strokes. Recommended for juniors and beginner adults using rackets between 25’ and 27’ in length. Features: 72 balls with 3 balls per can; 24 cans per case Slightly slower and easier to hit than regular tennis balls Perfect for competitive play for developing juniors and beginner adults on full size courts Often used with 25’ - 27’ racketsThe Wilson US Open Green Tournament Transition Tennis Ball Case ins recommended for juniors and beginner adults using rackets between 25’ and 27’ in length.

Engineered for competitive 10-and-under play, the US Open Green Tournament Ball is ideal for developing juniors who prefer a slower ball with less bounce. Easier to hit than a regular tennis ball, this green tournament ball maximizes capacity for growth and improvement on a variety of tennis strokes. Recommended for juniors and beginner adults using rackets between 25’ and 27’ in length. FEATURES: - Slightly slower and easier to hit than regular tennis balls - Perfect for competitive play for developing juniors and beginner adults on full size courts - Often used with 25’ - 27’ rackets - Includes 3 balls per can; 24 cans per case