In this excellent DVD, USC's Peter Smith uses the assistance of his three sons to teach you how simple the game of tennis can be! Coach Smith offers a fun and unique way for anyone to learn the fundamental techniques. To demonstrate the ease that tennis can be learned, Smith has his youngest son Coulter, age 4, hit the ball over the net from the base line. You don't have to be old or strong to hit the ball! This video is fun and competitive. The essential skills you will learn in this outstanding demonstration include the backhand slice, ground stroke, closing volley, overhead, cross-court shots and, the most challenging stroke, the serve. Furthermore, he goes over the correct way to hold a racquet, use proper footwork and how to keep score. What makes this video a must-have is that Smith is able to use children throughout the program to illustrate just how easy it is to learn the game of tennis! With the addition of this production to your collection, you will learn the proper techniques, have fun and be successful!

47 minutes. 2006.

This is the most innovative doubles drills DVD on the market! Al Wermer presents 35 unique drills to help your athletes learn how to "make things happen" on the doubles court. These drills present ideas for all levels of players that will develop fearlessness, focus, and winning doubles. Coach Wermer uses these 35 drills to teach team movement and shot selection, progressing through his three building blocks of doubles: diagonal patterns, partner support, and controlling the net. These drills are taught in an easy-to-follow progression and are thoroughly demonstrated. Some of the drills presented include: serving and returning at targets, net-man scramble, read and close, poach at targets, volley-volley drills, and many team movement drills. Coach Wermer presents formations, strategies, movement patterns, shot decisions, partner set-up, holding and breaking serve, and communication during and between points. Included are many live-ball drills for more advanced players and many cooperative and competitive games for all levels of doubles play. Short segments, called "Coach Al's Slice" illustrate some of Wermer's most unique insights that can help your players elevate their doubles games. Coach Wermer's drills are a useful resource that you can quickly incorporate for an immediate, positive impact on your players!

62 minutes. 2006.

With over 10 years of Division I coaching to his credit, Coach Al Wermer knows that a player's greatest opportunity for success is to focus on improving his or her strengths. Coach Wermer demonstrates over 25 strategic drills for singles that will bring out your athletes' highest potential, with increased confidence, and more enjoyment. These drills are taught and demonstrated in an easy-to-follow progression. The activities are challenging and allow for many variations that will keep your players engaged throughout practice. Coach Wermer demonstrates live-ball cooperative and competitive activities - many of which require the shot-making and winning decisions developed from previous drills. Implementing these concepts into your practices will be seamless and will quickly prove rewarding for your players. Coach Wermer includes seven different drill series: target series, serve and returns, baseline patterns, all-court patterns, offense-defense, two-ball plays, and special-scoring singles. The drills are paced at a spirited tempo that will allow players of all levels to simulate game-like situations effectively. Short segments, called "Coach Al's Slice" illustrate some of Wermer's most unique insights that can help your players elevate their games. Coach Wermer's drills are a useful resource that you can quickly incorporate for immediate, positive impact on your players.

62 minutes. 2006.

With clarity and skill, University of Southern California Men's Tennis Coach Peter Smith explains and demonstrates the many aspects of the volley. Smith provides a thorough rundown of all of the essentials necessary to volley like a pro. He includes instruction on proper technique, swing mechanics, and footwork. In addition, Smith highlights over twenty unique and effective drills to teach and perfect the volley. Smith's success has been due in part to the implementation of these well-developed drills and tactics that you and your athletes will enjoy. With this exceptional DVD, you will be able to study the volley and learn some of the most effective techniques of the game!

42 minutes. 2006.

"Training with Todd at The Cutting Edge has improved every aspect of my game. My strength, balance, conditioning, and quickness on the court is the best it's ever been. Most of all, I have regained the confidence in my health and fitness, which has developed the foundation for one of the best seasons in my professional career."
- Lindsay Davenport, 3X Grand Slam Singles Champion, 2004-05 Ranked World #1

Todd Norman, founder and owner of The Cutting Edge sports training center (Lake Forest, CA), is an expert in conditioning drills and a consultant for the USC men's tennis program. He is also a legendary figure in the world of speed, strength, quickness and agility training and has figured prominently in the success of several individuals, and teams, in the world of competitive athletics, including the WTA #1 (2004-05) ranked player Lindsay Davenport. This superb DVD encompasses a detailed outline of over 55 drills and exercises devoted to developing your torso, upper and lower body. A series of excellent warm-up drills are followed by some of Norman's most effective and innovative drills on stance mechanics, balance and body control. All of Norman's drills are challenging and rewarding, and each of them is taught in an easy-to-follow/learn, step-by-step method . perfectly suited for DVD instruction! The last section on this outstanding DVD is packed with 20 drills that focus on quickness, base agility and tennis-specific movement training. You can turn up the intensity of any of these drills with the addition of bungee cords, cones, medicine balls and rubber bands. With this DVD you will learn to work hard, train smart and get the most success from your conditioning program.

78 minutes. 2006.