Late to the Ball: Age. Learn. Fight. Love. Play Tennis. Win.
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (902 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476737398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He previously worked as an editor at Harper’s magazine and The New Yorker. . He is the author of Late to the Ball and A Painter of Darkness, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for a first book of nonfiction. Gerald Marzorati was the editor of The New York Times Magazine from 2003 until 2010. His writing about tennis has appeared in TheNew York Times and on NewYorker
and why are you doing this? I am almost 70, have played tennis for 50+ years (with a varying degree of success), punctuated by time lapses necessitated by work, family and life itselfFor the last several years, in my semi-retirement, I have been able to devote considerably more time to the game, focusing my time on improving my strokes, working on the ball machine, and attempting to develop some "mastery", i.e, hitting a decent stroke on a consistent basis.This book provided some reassurance, that I was . "Read This Book" according to C. Brown. A wonderfully researched and clearly written exploration into the nature of aging and what some of us are doing in an attempt to delay that inevitable process. My best praise of this book is that I have added it to my very short list of "must read and re-read" books, which is now three books long: A Handful of Summers, Too Soon to Panic, and, now, Late to the Ball. Anyone of a certain age who is not happy with the prospect of becoming inactive should read this book, whether or. Like a well intentioned shot that misses wide Mazorati deserves credit for undertaking the challenge to develop a tennis game later in life, and his writing is generally good, even though he tries too hard to mix in deeper meaning to learning the game. However, the real flaw in this book is how he describes his own ability. It pervades the book but it can be summed up in a reference he makes to a set of doubles he lost partnering with a player he acknowledges is considerably stronger than he is: "We lost 6-2but I held my
Competitive tennis. Marzorati is the most amiable guide and seeker I’ve read in years. This book is for anyone who’d like to improve, at anything.” —Leanne Shapton, author of Swimming Studies"Only a writer as agile and intelligent as Gerald Marzorati could pull off a book like Late to the Ball. Reflective, wise and amiable, Marzorati is the kind of person and tennis player you’d be happy to share a game with and a beer afterward.”—The New York Times Book Review“Marzorati documents his unlikely late-in-life transformation into a tennis addict in his spirited and winningly self-deprecating memoir, Late to the Ball. It's filled with terrific tennis writing, sure, but more than that Late to the Ball is a deeply moving—inspiring, really—story of renewal and r
We aren’t old…yet. 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.. 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. He