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Tennis Skills & Drills
with Joey Rive, played on the ATP Tour for 8 years, and also played Davis Cup tennis for Puerto Rico; former coach at Florida State University, the University of Alabama, and Texas Christian University; also spent three years as a USTA national coach, working with Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, Taylor Dent, Robby Ginepri, and Alex Bogomolov. and Scott Williams, tennis director at Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton, Florida. He is certified as a USTA high-performance coach, USPTA level 1 professional, and PSIA level III instructor. He has worked with players such as No. 2 ATP Tour player Tommy Haas and No. 1 ATP Tour doubles player Max Mirnyi. Solid groundstrokes, a confident net game, a dictating serve, a sharp return game, and specialty shots for every situation-build your game from the ground up with the techniques and shots that are essential for success in today's versatile and powerful game. Combine that with winning tactics for singles and doubles, and Tennis Skills & Drills is your blueprint for taking your game to the next level. Start with assessing the basic techniques for the various strokes and see how you can improve your footwork, grip choices, and swing patterns. Then increase your options with spins, angles, and depth. Complete instruction for all of the strokes along with over 110 practice drills is like having your own personal coach. Since your technique is only as effective as your tactics, the book also covers the key tactical principles and game plans for maximizing your strengths while minimizing your opponent's. You'll learn to prepare for, adapt to, and counter every style of play. Whether your goal is to beat your favorite playing partner or to win the next league, state, or national title, Tennis Skills & Drills is your guide to mastering the game. 272 pages. 2012.
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Tennis Anatomy
with E. Paul Roetert, PhD; the Chief Executive Officer of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and Mark Kovacs, PhD; Senior Manager of Sport Science and Coaching Education for the United States Tennis Association (USTA). He was a collegiate All-American and NCAA doubles champion at Auburn UniversitySee your tennis game as you never have before. See what it takes to improve consistency and performance on the court. Tennis Anatomy will show you how to ace the competition by increasing strength, speed, and agility for more powerful serves and more accurate shots. Tennis Anatomy includes more than 72 of the most effective exercises, each with step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting muscles in action. Tennis Anatomy goes beyond exercises by placing you on the baseline, at the net, and on the service line. Illustrations of the active muscles for forehands, backhands, volleys, and serves show you how each exercise is fundamentally linked to tennis performance. You'll also learn how exercises can be modified to target specific areas, improve your skills, and minimize common tennis injuries. Best of all, you'll learn how to put it all together to develop a training program based on your individual needs and goals. Whether you're a serve and volleyer, baseliner, or all-court player, Tennis Anatomy will ensure that you step onto the court ready to dominate any opponent. 216 pages. 2011.
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Faster Swimming
by Bradley Burget and John CoffmanFaster Swimming gives you the tools to build a seasonal plan that prepares you for your best swims. Included is a detailed, 16-week pre/during season workout plan as well as a 7-week taper program. This 23-week process (which is also incuded as an Excel Spreadsheet) enables coaches and swimmers to write daily, detailed workouts that focus on creating speed and power while maintaining the swimmers' aerobic base. Faster Swimming will help the beginner, age group, high school, collegiate and master swimmers. Swimming professionals (and those that swim for competitive fun) have witnessed the dramatic results that are vividly outlined in Faster Swimming. 158 pages. 2010.
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Tennis Skills - The Player's Guide
by Tom SadzeckLike having a personal tennis pro on call for expert coaching. Tennis Skills is an in-depth guide to improving a player's game. It features a battery of lessons designed by tennis pros that lays down a solid foundation of stroke skills and game strategy. Clear instructions and annotated diagrams provide valuable coaching and corrective techniques -- most valuable for any player. Tom Sadzeck provides an abundance of visual features to help players of all levels improve their game. Six chapters cover the game's key skill sets, from basic techniques to singles and doubles strategies. There are more than 40 drills that focus on target areas of form, strategy, coordination and footwork. Other specific instructions include: - Stroke-production exercises
- Forehand, backhand, serve, volley, slice and other shots
- A breakdown of each stroke to promote consistent form
- Warm-up, grips, body position, footwork, targeting, follow-through
- Court diagrams to help players visualize a stroke's outcome
- How to handle game pressure.
The book also features easy-to-follow sequential photographs, Master Stroke sidebars that give easy-to remember tips, Fault Finder boxes that point out common mistakes and Coach's comments that share the wisdom of seasoned pros. 128 pages. 2010.
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The Tennis Drill Book
by Tina Hoskins, over 30 years of experience training tennis players at all levels from beginning to professional With a wealth of drills and games to choose from, The Tennis Drill Book will help you develop skills, work on weaknesses, and prepare for upcoming matches. This extensive manual features 245 drills that can be integrated into practice sessions to improve performance in every area of the game: Progressive technique drills - master every stroke and shot combination, Tactics drills - develop winning strategies for every game situation - aggressive or defensive, doubles or singles - on any court surface, against any style of play, Mental training drills - stay focused when the pressure is on, Warm-up, cool-down, and conditioning drills - designed to increase speed, agility, and endurance so that you can move swiftly into position, outlast opponents, and reduce the chance of injury, and Game-based drills - simulate match play for singles and doubles. Excellent resource! 240 pages. 2003. ISBN: 0-7360-4912-6
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