Books by "Carlos A. Ball"

5 books found

The Everything Kids' Soccer Book, 5th Edition

The Everything Kids' Soccer Book, 5th Edition

by Carlos Folgar, Deborah W Crisfield

2021 · Simon and Schuster

Everything kids need to know about their favorite sport including up-to-date stats and information on players and teams in this revised, updated edition of The Everything Kids’ Soccer Book. Your kids can finally learn everything they could ever need or want to know about soccer in this revised and updated edition of The Everything Kids’ Soccer Book. Young soccer fans will learn fun and exciting ways to perfect their passing, shooting, and dribbling skills and master the fancy footwork needed to becoming a soccer superstar. This new edition features up-to-date information about the MLS and the World Cup teams as well as dozens of interactive games and puzzles to keep them entertained. No matter what level of soccer player your child is, this book makes learning about the world’s favorite sport—almost—as fun as playing it!

Superstrings and Other Things

Superstrings and Other Things

by Carlos Calle

2009 · CRC Press

A research scientist at NASA working on planetary exploration, Carlos Calle has the opportunity to ponder what seems imponderable, but while that might make Dr. Calle unusual, what makes him truly special is his ability to translate the algebraic formulas and calculus-based logic into concepts that can be appreciated and held in awe by those in pos

The Everything Kids' Soccer Book, 4th Edition

The Everything Kids' Soccer Book, 4th Edition

by Carlos Folgar, Deborah W Crisfield

2018 · Simon and Schuster

Fun and exciting tips soccer tips and techniques for kids—along with puzzles and games!—in this new and up-to-date edition of the Everything Kids’ Soccer Book. Every year, more and more children join the exciting world of soccer—is your child one of them? Help them be the best player they can be, with this helpful and informative guide to one of the popular youth sports in the US! In the latest edition of The Everything Kids’ Soccer Book, kids will find practical tips, rules, and guidance on how to perfect their passing, shooting, and dribbling skills and master the fancy footwork to become a soccer pro in no time. With plenty of puzzles and games included along the way, now learning about soccer can be—almost—as fun as playing it!

JC’s Total Body Transformation

JC’s Total Body Transformation

by Juan Carlos "JC" Santana

2019 · Human Kinetics

If you’re ready to transform your body and perfect your athletic skills, then this is the book for you. Based on solid exercise science principles and tested with thousands of clients, JC’s Total Body Transformation gives you over 110 workouts that can be plugged into any training plan right now to transform your body, improve your athletic performance, build strength and endurance, and produce the results you want. This text also addresses recovery technique and nutritional interventions that will support your transformation journey. Author JC Santana has spent over 30 years working with professional and collegiate athletes, weekend warriors, and serious strength and fitness clients, and he’s developed hundreds of workouts that are proven to work. You won’t get a lot of fluff here: You’ll get an introduction on how to use these workouts, an explanation of why JC’s training philosophy works, instructions on how to coach the workouts, and his simple philosophy on assessment and progressions—and then the rest is all workouts. Check out what’s packed inside these pages: • More than 110 ready-to-use workouts for body transformation, strength, and endurance • Nutrition tips to help torch fat and build muscle • Suggestions for faster recovery • Bonus workouts from industry giants in athletic performance, bodybuilding, and physique competition • Tips on using multiple pieces of equipment—including barbells, dumbbells, and medicine balls—to target different muscles and add variety • Equipment suggestions and reviews The best part is that you can use these workouts with any current training plans, so you have plenty of options to customize your training. These workouts take into account the unique needs of men and women, and there is even guidance on how to sequence workouts sequentially or successively to create daily, monthly, and yearly programs. Make every exercise count and avoid boredom with the same old routine. JC’s Total Body Transformation is your instant guide to transforming your body, optimizing performance, and maximizing function.

RCadvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy

RCadvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy

by Carlos Reyes

2009 · www.RCadvisor.com

Build and fly your very own model airplane design. Using clear explanations, you will learn about important design trade-offs and how to choose among them. The latest research and techniques are discussed using easy to understand language. You will discover: The special challenges faced by the smaller models and how to overcome them. How to choose the right material for each part of the airplane. Easy rules for selecting the right power system, gas or electric. When it makes sense to use one of the innovative KFm airfoils. Pros and cons of canard and multi-wing configurations. A step-by-step design process that includes goal setting and flight testing. In-depth discussions of important topics like airfoils and wing design. The sources of air drag and how to minimize their impact. ADVANCE PRAISE "This book is a joy to read! The writing style and wit add dimension in a way that is rarely found in today's reference materials. If someone has considered designing their own airplane and been put off because of complicated formulas, vocabulary and reference style that would bore even an engineer, this will convince them to go ahead and try it. Written with real people in mind and not engineers - and I mean that in a good way. This is a book that will reside along the other favorites on my bookshelf. Carlos really managed to produce a book that will last a long time and become one of the standards for modelers." - Greg Gimlick, Electrics columnist, Model Aviation magazine "RCAdvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy is the ultimate model airplane design book for both beginning and experienced modelers." - Richard Kline, Inventor, KFm airfoils "RCadvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy is a real contribution to the world's literature on the subject. It provides an excellent bridge between full scale aviation and aeromodeling, showing the relationship between the two, for better understanding of the differences and similarities which should be applied for good model performance. While thorough in detail, the book is also easily readable so that the information is simple to understand. It is a very good combination of theory and practical application. Nicely illustrated, the book is also full of common sense explanations and references to other sources of information." - John Worth, former President and Executive Director of the AMA "Carlos Reyes personably leads the reader through some basic aerodynamics, materials considerations, electric power system planning and a practical application of theory as it is applied to a finished flying model. The background history of various types of aircraft shows the development of aviation and how it relates to the models that we build and fly today, as well as how models have influenced general aviation. It is always exciting to find some 'new to me' concepts and theories, and there were several in this well-written narrative." - Ken Myers, Editor, Ampeer electric flight newsletter "No matter how long you've been aeromodelling, or what your interests are in our great hobby, the greatest thrill of all is standing behind a unique model that you've designed and built yourself, from a blank sheet of paper - or even a blank CAD file - and preparing to make that first take off. So sit yourself down in a comfy chair, read RCadvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy and set off on aeromodelling's greatest adventure. Let Carlos Reyes - an aeromodeller of long standing and great talent - take you through the mysteries of how to arrive at the point that every lover of model aircraft should experience." - Dereck Woodward, aeromodeller, designer and magazine writer for the past fifty years