Product Description

Learn and master all the essential skills of tennis to take your game to the next level. Progressive instruction and accompanying illustrations for each stroke, 80 drills to practice and tactical knowledge to make the right shots in match situations, in both singles and doubles play.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #357958 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

About the Author
Jim Brown served for five years as the editor of Tennis Industry magazine and is now executive editor of the Penn State Sports Medicine Newsletter. He began playing tennis more than 40 years ago and has experience as a teaching professional, a college instructor and coach, a city programme director, a writer and publisher, a consultant and a clinician. Jim has written, co-authored, or edited 8 books and more than 100 articles on a variety of health and physical education topics.

Customer Reviews

A good activity book for teaching fundamentals to 1-8 pupils
This book is useful to teach people the fundamentals of the game without the aid of video or trained personnel. I've read many books on the subject and found very few printed resources that can communicate as effectively as this book. The chapters are well-organized, pertinent, and clear.

I haven't seen my copy of the book in 3 years, as a co-worker I loaned it to refuses to return it. My recollection is that the chapters take the reader, or more appropriately the coach/instructor, through the steps to accomplish each outlined task. The introduction/overview, demonstration, drills, and review of each topic is handled quite well. I've been an accomplished player for 29 years and a teaching professional for the last 21 and I learned some helpful drills that are very appropriate for most levels of players. I use this guide as a training manual for my newest assistants. Additionally, I place copies of lessons at each court for a circuit-type, self-learning/drilling workout for many of my teenage intermediate/advanced player workouts. The drills are easy to follow.

While I don't advocate all of the drills, I'm impressed by the layout of the learning structure created. I recommend this reference book for virtually all instructors. I believe many learning individuals would benefit from reviewing the contents, as they could easily follow the steps.