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What does it take to become a professional golf teacher and pass the Playing Ability Test? Especially if you're an old Jewish guy, with little athletic ability, no depth perception, and almost no hand-eye coordination, or even if you've never golfed in your life, you'll appreciate the stories, the tenacity, and the downright gumption this man has to think he could be a professional golf teacher. For anyone with a big test of any kind in front of them, this is a must-read.

What makes a perfect soccer season? Winning every single game? For me it was a season where God was worshipped on the soccer field!

It is one of the least known stories, but perhaps the most intriguing and important, in both the history of the Ball State athletics and college volleyball. “The Volleyball Debate” examines the five-year struggle in the 1960s of how Hall of Fame coach Don Shondell and his new Ball State men’s volleyball team overcame resistance for school officials and their athletics director to become one of the first college varsity volleyball teams in the nation. To understand the growth of college volleyball throughout the Midwest and how Ball State became a volleyball powerhouse, it begins with Shondell and these early club-era volleyball teams. In addition, to understand the legacy of Shondell and ...