On the Ball

Amazing Sports Facts from Football to Pickleball, Baseball to Golf

Alf Alderson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

96 Seiten

2025
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-912983-87-2 (ISBN)

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Whether you’re a FOOTBALL fan, a PADEL pro, a TENNIS aficionado or a CRICKET enthusiast, you’ll love this fascinating collection of *more than 200* sports facts.

Did you know...

A standard basketball has about 4,118 ‘pebbles’ on its outer surface?
All Major League Baseball umpires must wear black underwear in case their trousers split?
Padel was invented by a Mexican businessman in the 1960s?

Like the sound of these facts and want to know more? Then On the Ball is essential reading. Featuring obscure, unbelievable, intriguing and engaging facts about some of the world’s most popular ball sports, discover more than 200 fascinating nuggets of information on the sports, the balls, the players, the history and more.

Find out why the number of dimples on a golf ball can make you a better player, what the fastest recorded serve is in a tennis match and who is the world’s highest-earning ball player. All this makes this miscellany a must-have for any sports trivia fans.

Alf Alderson is an award-winning adventure sports and travel journalist and photographer based in Pembrokeshire, Wales. His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications and websites including the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent, Toronto Globe & Mail, South China Morning Post, Financial Times and Mpora.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.08.2025
Zusatzinfo	50 col artworks
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	123 x 186 mm
Gewicht	252 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-10	1-912983-87-7 / 1912983877
ISBN-13	978-1-912983-87-2 / 9781912983872
Zustand	Neuware