The Tennis Workshop

A comprehensive manual on all aspects of the game of lawn tennis for players, coaches and officials. After an introduction to the sport and its basic procedure there follows a practical guide to modern equipment and clothing. The core of the book explains technique and tactics in detail, demonstrated in sequence photographs of Jo Durie and Clare Wood. There are separate sections on coaching, the mental approach, training and injury, doubles and short tennis, and expert advice on sports movement, umpiring and turning professional. AUTHOR: Alan Jones is a former LTA National Coach, and one of the game's most respected teachers. He currently coaches Jo Durie and Jeremy Bates. Jonathan Wood is a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers. He has won two Guild accolades, the Pierre Dreyfus Award for "outstanding journalistic effort" and the Montagu Trophy for his book of Wheels of Misfortune, for which he also won the Society of Automotive Historians' Cugnot Award. 78 colour & 212 b/w photos

For fans of I MAY DESTROY YOU and FLEABAG and for readers who want to laugh and cry: the brave, beautiful, sometimes brutal story of a young misfit and her rocky road to womanhood, stopping at each year along the way. 'I loved Tennis Lessons so much. Susannah is a phenomenally talented writer' ELIZABETH DAY 'A raw, fierce, shockingly honest coming-of-age story' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Incredibly funny . . . by turns charming and disgusting and I loved it' NELL FRIZZELL You're strange and wrong. You've known it from the beginning. This is the voice that rings in your ears. Because you never say the right thing. You're a disappointment to everyone. You're a far cry from beautiful - and your thoughts are ugly too. You seem bound to fail, bound to break. But you know what it is to laugh with your best friend, to feel the first tentative tingles of attraction, to take exquisite pleasure in the affront of your unruly body. You just need to find your place. From dead pets and crashed cars to family traumas and misguided love affairs, Susannah Dickey's revitalizing debut novel plunges us into the private world of one young woman as she navigates her rocky way to adulthood. 'Brilliant . . . a wonderful writer, hugely talented, very funny and insightful' ALAN DAVIES 'Propulsive . . . brilliantly vivid . . . stays in the mind long after reading' IRISH TIMES 'A beautifully written and psychologically incisive bildungsroman...the arrival of a young writer to watch' OBSERVER

The ultimate guide for tennis players seeking to improve their game. Dr David Greene breaks down each element of the game, and uses hundreds of photos and illustrations to show each point precisely. He includes the advice of the world's smartest pros, and cites examples from the greatest players of yesterday and today. The author shares the dozens of tips and secrets he's acquired during his 50-plus years as a tennis player, coach and instructor. The book contains step-by-step guidance for service, baseline and net play; master forehand, backhand and spin shots; and tactics and strategy. More than 700 high-quality, full-color photographs and drawings make this the finest tennis instruction book ever produced. This hardcover, 288-page guide has been hailed as a ?monumental achievement? by former champion, Roy Emerson. ESPN's expert tennis commentator, Cliff Drysdale, says the book is an ?encyclopedia? that bridges the gap between traditional and new-world thinking.?

One of the foremost training and fitness experts in the country and a training consultant to the USTA and top tennis pros presents a training program that combines a variety of training methods which are integrated into three training blocks, each lasting four weeks, that feature a mix of different workouts. Illustrations.

Step onto the court confident, focused, and prepared to dictate the match and dominate your opponent. In Championship Tennis, world-class coach and regular Grand Slam clinician Frank Giampaolo and long-time Tennis magazine editor Jon Levey bring you expert instruction and professional insights to eliminate unforced errors, increase winning percentage, and improve your overall game. Inside, you’ll learn how to • assess individual skills, evaluate practice sessions, and analyze performance; • identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement; • customize your training and conditioning to your skill set, experience, and style of play; • increase the consistency and accuracy of your shots; and • control your emotions and mentally prepare for every match. You’ll also find the most effective drills for mastering groundstrokes, serves, volleys, and specialty shots as well as invaluable advice for improving anticipatory skills and recognizing, neutralizing, and countering your competition’s strengths. Add a copy of Championship Tennis to your bookshelf and turn those errors into winners and three-set losses into straight-set wins. This is a must-have resource for players and instructors alike.

Tennis is the Game of a Lifetime. For the first time, your first 100 tennis lessons are presented in an easy to read format. Graeme Partington is an Australian tennis professional with more than 35 years of coaching experience. Learn the Essentials. Practice the Shots. Play the Game.

Speed is, along with technique and co-ordination, one of the most important performance-limiting factors in tennis. This study offers suggestions for tennis-specific speed training for a wide range of tennis coaches and active players.

The 100 Best Tennis Lessons, is a compilation of international tour coach Dave Rineberg's actual on court lessons and information written in a coach-to-player voice. From junior prodigies to college All-Americans to the best players in the world, Dave has given a lesson to every level of player on every part of the game. Now he has picked out his all-time best lessons, for you to better your game with, in this book. The subject matter is geared more for those above the beginning stages and into the playing stages of the game.