Tennis: Steps to Success - 3rd Edition

by Brown, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780736053631
• ISBN10: 0736053638
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-05
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

Learn and master all the essential skills of tennis to take your game to the next level. Tennis, Third Edition: Steps to Successprovides in-depth, progressive instruction and accompanying illustrations for each stroke: the serve, return of serve, forehand, backhand, volley, lob, drop shot, and overhead smash. Practice and improve those techniques with 80 drills that feature a scoring system to gauge and accelerate your progress.After building a strong skill base, add tactical knowledge to make the right shots in match situations, in both singles and doubles play. With a little work, you'll be hitting winners in no time!Become a complete player on the court. As part of the popular Steps to Success Series-with more than 1.5 million copies sold-Tennis, Third Edition: Steps to Successwill take your performance level to new heights in all facets of the game.Click here to see all titles available in the Steps to Success Series

Author Biography

Jim Brown has served as the editor of Tennis Industry magazine and the Georgia Tech Sports Medicine & Performance Newsletter, and is now the executive editor of the Sports Performance Journal, an online publication of Athletes' Performance in Tempe, Arizona.

Table of Contents

Climbing the Steps to Tennis Success	vii
The Sport of Tennis	ix
Key to Diagrams	xxiii
Hitting Forehands for Offensive Control	1	(22)
Turning the Backhand Into a Strength	23	(12)
Serving to Set Up Points	35	(14)
Volleying to Force the Action	49	(14)
Hitting Half Volleys off Short Hops	63	(10)
Lobbing to Control Your Opponent	73	(12)
Smashing the Overhead Shot With Authority	85	(8)
Executing Drop Shots Effectively	93	(8)
Competing As a Singles Player	101	(18)
Playing As a Doubles Team	119	(14)
Preparing for the Match	133	(14)
Glossary	147	(4)
About the Author	151