Joshua Shifrin

A humorous resource for explaining away your missed shot or your embarrassing defeat. A perfect gift for any fan of America’s fastest growing sport—Pickleball! If you’re reading this book, surely you don’t need any more convincing. From dinks and dillballs to Falafels and Flapjacks; matches under a sun-soaked sky or swatting that little plastic ball under the lights at night, we can all agree that Pickleball is the best thing to come along since sliced bread. Pickleball is a great workout, a terrific way to meet people, can be played at any age, and is loads of fun! As the adage goes, “A bad day on the pickleball court is better than a good day at the office.” But what happens when things don’t go your way on the court? When you’re so excited, you inadvertently step into the kitchen on too many occasions. Or that day when you just seem to be plagued by faults, and then you lose the most important point of the day . . . the final point! When the unthinkable occurs, and you end up on the losing end of the stick, clearly there might be a plausible explanation. And it goes without saying that your athleticism, stamina, or, most importantly, your ability as a pickler certainly can’t be the reason you’re terrible. It’s been said more than once that in order to maximize one’s chances of success, and to make it to the Pickledome, you need to minimize your mistakes. Unfortunately, on some days, the mishaps just pile up. But as any pickleballer worth his or her salt will tell you, there must be a viable (or not so viable) reason for the loss. Perhaps the sun was in your eyes. Or was there a crack on the ball that caused it to bounce off kilter. Of course! It was all your partner’s fault. Or was the reason you lost one of the many reasons that are compiled in this book? The good news is, even on your worst of days, when god forbid you get “pickled” and don’t win a single point, we’ve got you covered. You now have ultimate the resource you need to explain away your worst of defeats. No, you’re not a loser. Clearly, you’re fit, athletic, good-looking, coordinated, and everybody likes you. So, the next time the you go down faster than the Titanic, explain away your woeful play with Pickleball’s Best Excuses!

Explain away your bad casts or your tiny catch—and have your friends laugh at the same time! Fishing’s Best Excuses is a must have book for any angler that has spent a day on the water with little to show for their efforts. With dozens of witty excuses, as well as crazy fishing facts and hilarious cartoons, you’ll be able to laugh away your ineptitude. Whether it’s due to the poor weather, bad bait, unacceptable equipment, or simply because the fishing gods were out to get you, there’s always a viable, or not so viable, excuse to explain your failure. So the next time you come home with nothing but an empty cooler, there are countless reasons why your woeful performance couldn’t possibly be your fault. So without further ado, we offer you, our friend, our colleague, our compatriot, a foolproof way to divert the blame, the embarrassment, the multitude of jokes at your expense. We give you, Fishing’s Best Excuses.

Explain away your bad at-bats and imperfect pitches--and have your friends laugh at the same time In Baseball's Best Excuses, author Joshua Shifrin takes a witty approach in helping baseball players make sense of their worst days on the diamond. The next time a player leads his or her team in defeat, he or she can always explain the woeful performance with "The guy batting after me is terrible." Or after a bad pitching outing, players might try to explain the mishap with, "I couldn't control my fastball." Shifrin has crafted loads of funny--but all-too-real--excuses for pros and amateurs alike. Examples include: The pitcher was taking too much time between pitches. The fans behind home plate were distracting. I'm not used to the dimensions in this park. The manager had me playing out of position. And many more Whether you want to motivate the amateur in your life or laugh away embarrassing mistakes in your own game, Baseball's Best Excuses is a must-read. Complete with laugh-out-loud full-color cartoons, this book makes for the perfect gift.

“A useful guide with appealing graphic-like illustrations for youth with ADHD or for anyone seeking good study techniques.”—BooklistThe Homework Squad is here for kids with ADHD! This easy-to-use guide will help with key study skills to improve reading, writing, math, listening, memorization, concentration, and more! Bite-sized tips and tricks, journal prompts, and advice for challenges help kids with ADHD recognize how they learn best and act on that knowledge. This is an accessible, straightforward, and relatable guide to key study skills for kids with ADHD that features a cast of characters with ADHD to enliven the lessons. The author covers an array of areas where kids with ADHD might struggle academically to help kids recognize how they learn best and act on that knowledge.

It's a golf hall of fame, shame, and arcane. Collected in this handsome volume are more than one hundred of golf's greatest moments-from the famous to the long forgotten--from the links of Scotland in the 1800s to the 1938 U. S. Open, the 1954 US Women's Open to the 2010 Masters, and even to the little known Martini Invitational in 1971... and starring the giants of the game down to the struggling pros and amateurs. Told in a whimsical fashion, these are stories of triumph, amazing holes-in-one and other feats, hilarious gaffes, classic matchups, heart-racing final rounds, trailblazing careers, monumental breakdowns, and other incredible events no reader will ever forget. There's the story of Jack "The Golden Bear" Nicklaus and Gary "The Black Knight" Player being attacked by killer bees on a course in South Africa in 1966; the 1954 US Women's Open Championship won by the pioneering Babe Zaharias just one month after cancer surgery; four holes-in-one, on the same hole, in the 1989 US Open at Oak Hill Country Club, in under two hours; and much, much more.

From splitters to spitters; from a frozen rope to the suicide squeeze; from extra innings to no hitters, baseball is truly a great game. But nothing hypes up a crowd like a home run, a round tripper, a big bomb . . . the long ball! Hitting the ball out of the park is one of the greatest feats in baseball, and doing so in the clutch can make an average player a hero overnight. In Dingers, authors Joshua Shifrin and Tom Shea break down the 101 most memorable home runs in baseball history, telling their stories and how they affected the game of baseball. Whether it’s ? The Shot Heard ’Round the World” or Hank Aaron’s 715th blast, readers will get an inside scoop on some of the most famous moments that now live in baseball lore. Whether you were there when Reggie Jackson hit three-straight home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, watched Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series-winning home run live, or have seen highlights from Bill Mazeroski’s memorable shot in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, Dingers is for baseball fans young and old. Relive the moments you cherish to the ones you’ve only heard tales about. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports?books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.