THE MATTERS OF A LEGEND
#lessons along Tendulkar
An ebook about lessons learnt by @saumilzx, following Sachin Tendulkar over the past decade(s). A book by a fan for the fans! In my view, fans must participate more constructively and support their favorite sport in direct ways, such as wiriting an eBook. It may be tough to find time, but sports and other forms of entertainment consume 10-20% of our day. If we improve, our sport does too!
For whom: apart from cricket and Tendulkar fans, there are many aspects which relate to sports as such- from which cricket issues are derived. To simplify matters, the book uses twitter style hashtags for basic concepts and rules and interesting anecdotes.
Availability: it was intended for 2008/09. But Tendulkar kept teaching us more in 2010. Finally, when India drew the test series in South Africa, (Jan 2011) and got a par/surplus home-away record with every test nation, I decided to put it together. Hopefully, it will be done by May 2011. Will be available on Amazon.com as a Kindle ebook, which can be read on Macs, PCs, iPad, and other mobile platforms.
Online Quiz
Please participate in our twitter centric quiz (you can also submit answers on our site).
When we do offer a prize, it will usually be a book voucher. Presently, we offer gift vouchers for Amazon eBooks.
Nature of questions: Since we would like academic discussions, our questions may not be yes/no, numeric, or name the player type. So how do we decide the winner then, if there can be various opinions?
1. Firstly, answers will fit the length of a tweet (140 chars)
2. Your answer should be close or same as what we have in mind. Now what if we change our mind, after answers are sent in? For that we offer answers up front!- but as encrypted PDFs:-) You can download them, and after the contest, we will disclose the password, for you to verify what we had in mind.
Which Sports on shotzx?
Those familiar with @saumilzx tweets and past sports publication (Dot Chess, The Cricket in Between), will be aware that we would like to develop theory by which most sports can be analyzed and co-related.
Every sportsperson should be a source from whom we can learn. But some sports which we play or can relate to are obviously easier to follow
@saumilzx video-follows to model theory:
(besides cricketers)
Table Tennis: Jan Ove Waldner, The Chinese; Ryu Seung Min, Sharath Kamal
Billiards: Geet Sethi, Michael Ferreira, Mike Russell;
Snooker: Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan;
9-ball: Earl Stricland, Efren Reyes, Bustamante, Fong Pang Chao; Steve Davis
Chess: Capablanca, Sultan Khan(?), Nimzowitsch, Tal, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Anand, Carlsen and on twitter @chessqueen, @pogonina. In chess, the board teaches you just as much:) chessgames.com for live chess.
Tennis: Borg, McEnroe, Federer, Nadal;
Social Media Updates
Coming Soon..
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