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9781606790809

Usta Mental Skills and Drills Handbook

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  • ISBN13:

    9781606790809

  • ISBN10:

    1606790803

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-02-25
  • Publisher: Coaches Choice
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Summary

In this ground-breaking new book and CD from the USTA, coaches, parents, and players of all levels of skill will discover critical drills, activities, and on- and off-court coaching strategies to develop the mental-toughness skills which are so critical to the sport of tennis. Covers player commitment and self-regulation, goal setting, motivation, stress management, concentration, imagery, confidence, sportsmanship and character building, and much, much more. This must-have reference is destined to become one of the most important and necessary works in the mental preparation of tennis players.

Author Biography

Larry Lauer, Ph.D. is the director of coaching education and development in the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports (ISYS) at Michigan State University. He heads a performance-enhancement consulting company, Championship Performance Consulting. Lauer received a Ph.D. in exercise and sport science, specializing in sport psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2005. Daniel Gould, Ph.D. is the director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, a professor in the department of kinesiology at the Michigan State University, and presently serves as vice chair of the USTA Sport Science Committee.Paul Lubbers, Ph.D. has been involved in tennis in many capacities, including player, teacher, coach, writer, speaker, and researcher. In his most recent role, he served the United States Tennis Association's Player Development Division for three years as the administrator of coaching education before being named the director of coaching education and sport science in 2003.Mark Kovacs, Ph.D., CSCS is the senior manager of strength and conditioning/sport science for the United States Tennis Association. In this role, he overseas all sport scienceûrelated areas. The mission of the sport science department is to produce, evaluate and disseminate sport science and medicine information relevant to tennis.

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