Author: Nick Saviano
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: court, potential, unleashing, keys, tennis, maximum
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-10-07
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0736042008
ISBN-13: 9780736042000
What common elements separate the best tennis players from the rest? Maximum Tennis will teach you the 10 defining characteristics that allow the top professionals to play their best. Play from the heart. Simplify your stroke. Focus on the elements you control. As a professional player, an elite coach, and a coach of elite coaches, author Nick Saviano has seen the differences these keys can make. Saviano distills the nature of championship play into its essence, helping you play to your strengths and enjoy the game every time you step on the court. Some of the best to ever play and coach add t
Author: Jeff Greenwald
Publisher: Betterway Book
Keywords: fearless, performance, strategies, mental, life, tennis
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2007-11-27
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1558708448
ISBN-13: 9781558708440
For anyone who wants to improve their mental game, this must-have book provides inspiration, specific strategies and tools that will help tennis players shift their thinking so they truly can play the best tennis of their life. Former No. 1 world-ranked player, coach, sport psychology consultant and psychotherapist, Jeff Greenwald provides a deeper and richer glimpse into the mental game that gets at the heart of players’ inner struggle. Full of highly practical mental toughness strategies, personal anecdotes and examples from clients, Greenwald’s approach gives tennis players the
Author: Bud Colli
Publisher: New Chapter Pre
Keywords: encyclopedia, record, book, authoritative, tennis, collins, history, bud
Number of Pages: 722
Published: 2008-06-01
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0942257413
ISBN-13: 9780942257410
Compiled by the most famous tennis journalist and historian in the world, this book is the ultimate compilation of historical tennis information, including year-by-year recaps of every tennis season, biographical sketches of every major tennis personality, as well as stats, records, and championship rolls for all the major events. The author’s personal relationships with major tennis stars offer insights into the world of professional tennis found nowhere else.
Authors:Paul Roetert, Jack Groppel,
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: technique, tennis, class, world
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2001-07-03
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0736037470
ISBN-13: 9780736037471
Let the game?s most brilliant players and coaches teach you World-Class Tennis Technique! Written by some of the world?s top experts in biomechanics, tennis technique, and coaching, this book gives you a complete blueprint to develop the modern game. Former world-class players, national coaches, and past or current Davis Cup Captains offer their advice on every aspect of the proper execution of each stroke. Contributors include Stan Smith Patrick McEnroe Vic Braden Mary Joe Fernandez Jack Kramer Pam Shriver Dennis van der Meer Tom Gullikson Andrew Coe David Miley Todd Ellenbecker Craig Tiley D
Author: Paul Fein
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Keywords: insights, zingers, quips, tennis, greatest, quote
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-01-31
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1574889257
ISBN-13: 9781574889253
You Can Quote Me on That isn’t about the polite, country-club sport where players shake hands over the net and offer congratulations on a fine drop shot. It views tennis from inside, where competition is grueling, tempers flare, and egos collide. Top tennis journalist Paul Fein has compiled hundreds of the most outrageous, most significant, and most illuminating quotes on, by, and about tennis’s biggest stars and hottest controversies. You want smack talk? How about Maria Sharapova brushing aside an intended compliment with "I’m not the next Kournikova—I want to win matches!" Wonder
Author: Paul Fei
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Keywords: matches, controversies, players, greatest, confidential, tennis
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-01-31
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 157488526X
ISBN-13: 9781574885262
In this outstanding collection of essays and interviews, Paul Fein takes the reader into the world of the pro tennis tour with inside scoops about the game’s greatest stars, past and present. Tennis Confidential includes interviews with such all-time greats as Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Arthur Ashe, and Jimmy Connors along with essays about the careers of other stars like Andre Agassi, the Williams sisters, Jennifer Capriati, and Anna Kournikova. Fein also reviews the careers of pioneering players like Martina Navratilova, Bjorn Borg, and Rod Laver.Tennis Confidential tackles the issues tha
Authors:Vince Spadea, Dan Markowitz,
Publisher: Ecw Pre
Keywords: tennis, player, pro, diary, secret, point
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2006-07-11
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1550227297
ISBN-13: 9781550227291
Spanning 13 professional seasons, this colorful and personal account of one man’s life on the grueling pro tennis circuit pulls no punches. As one of only two players over the age of 30 ranked in the top 20 players in the world, Vince Spadea offers an inside perspective on his life as a world-class athlete: 11-month seasons, 68 tournaments, five continents, four court surfaces, and countless hits and misses. Starting at age eight under the tutelage of his demanding father, he climbed the rankings, battling injury, coaching decisions, and snubs from both fans and players. His place in the
