The Little Green Book of Tennis


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Golf is a disease, not a game. Especially when you take the game up in your fifties, as I did. After a series of injuries stopped my recreational tennis play, and my retirement from a lifetime of coaching and teaching tennis, I tried golf. It didn't take long to realize it was not an easy endeavor. Someone said, "You can't learn anything from a golf book, but you have to read a lot of golf books to find that out!" I found the gurus of golf instruction: Ledbetter, Pelz, and Hogan, who was said to have written the book with the secret! I did find one that really attracted me but in a somewhat different way.




Junior Tennis Excellence


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This book on junior tennis speaks not only of my instruction and coaching methods of the game of tennis, but also of my philosophy on how the game of tennis is fundamental to life. When a junior chooses to learn to become a competitive tennis player, I believe he has chosen something that is not only an extremely fulfilling venture in itself, but will also give them a leg up on life. Most all of the necessary elements to a successful life are found in the game of tennis




Junior Tennis Excellence


Book Description

This book on junior tennis speaks not only of my instruction and coaching methods of the game of tennis, but also of my philosophy on how the game of tennis is fundamental to life. When a junior chooses to learn to become a competitive tennis player, I believe he has chosen something that is not only an extremely fulfilling venture in itself, but will also give them a leg up on life. Most all of the necessary elements to a successful life are found in the game of tennis




Raising Big Smiling Tennis Kids


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Millions of children are getting into tennis, all over the world. Tennis offers children unparalleled opportunities -- world travel, money for college, great career choices. Plus: friendships, character and a lifetime of good health. But young players sometimes suffer burnout, injury, poor coaching, money and family problems. This book shows how you can raise a tennis kid successfully, while avoiding the pitfalls. When to focus on tennis; Pick the right tournaments; Junior rankings secrets; Simple steps to top tennis fitness; Earn scholarships; Attract agents; Pursue Professional tennis; Have fun at the best camps and resorts. Whether you are a coach, a tennis playing parent or a parent curious about tennis, this book will empower you to raise kids who swing the tennis racket with as much aplomb as their happy smiles.




Junior Tennis


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"Junior Tennis" is all about the crazy world of junior tennis. It explains to parents how to start their child in junior tennis and what their junior must do to improve. "Junior Tennis" is a cleverly written and humorous "how to" book that will quickly educate and equip parents to be an asset to their juniors development. All parents of junior tennis players are crazy, and this book will prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Author Chip Layton is the father of three tennis playing daughters and has watched hundreds of junior matches. "Junior Tennis" provides the big picture and also the subtle insights of junior tennis. "Junior Tennis" for crazy tennis parents is Volume 3 of The Tennis Trilogy by Chip Layton. "Junior Tennis" follows Volume 1 "Set Pnt Tennis" for men and Volume 2 "Ladies Only Tennis" for women.




Tennis for Kids


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This guide to teaching tennis to kids emphasizes having a good time while learning the fundamentals of the game. Dozens of fun games help kids acquire basic skills such as hand-eye coordination and an understanding of spin and ball control. The illustrations and diagrams are amusing and useful; the playing instructions are simple and direct. This book can be used by schools and after-school programs, summer camps and recreational programs, and parents and kids with dreams of entering professional sports. It is a tool for all new players and their coaches.




Coaching Your Tennis Champion


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Get a head start in developing young players with "Coaching Your Tennis Champion". QuickStart Tennis, the play format now used by the United States Tennis Association for junior tennis players, is explained with easy-to-follow instructions, tennis court diagrams, and photographs. Make the most of valuable court time with innovative tennis lesson plans created by a respected tennis instructor. Exclusive day-by-day progressive lesson plans covering 70+ games and tennis drills. The lessons are customised and grouped for players ages 5-7 and ages 8-10. Use a lesson as is, or easily adjust it for your players' needs. All activities are labelled with approximate completion times to help you budget tennis teaching sessions. Lesson games and drills focus on motor skills, strokes, game rules, and point play. Plus! 30 additional games and drills to enliven your lessons and keep your students coming back. Big time-saver for teaching professionals. Fun know-how for volunteer coaches and parents.




Tennis


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Analyzing how tennis turned pro The arrival of the Open era in 1968 was a watershed in the history of tennis--the year that marked its advent as a professionalized sport. Merging wide-angle history with individual stories of players and off-the-court figures, Greg Ruth charts tennis’s evolution into the game we watch today. His vivid account moves from the cloistered world of nineteenth-century lawn tennis through the longtime amateur-professional divide and the battles over commercialization that raged from the 1920s until 1968. From there, Ruth details the post-1968 expansion of the game as it was transformed by bankable superstars, a popular women’s tour, rival governing bodies, and sponsorship money. What emerges is a fascinating history of the economics and politics that made tennis a decisive, if unlikely, force in the creation of modern-day sports entertainment. Comprehensive and engaging, Tennis tells the interlocking stories of the figures and factors that birthed the professional game.







8 Weeks to a Lifetime of Tennis


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of "8 Weeks to a Lifetime of Tennis" David Archer's heart for junior tennis is clearly seen in his passion for teaching incredible basics to junior tennis players from ages two years and up. Although working with High Performance youth and adults for years, his main teaching systems have finally blossomed in the form of this book titled "8 Weeks to a Lifetime of Tennis". From the "tennis love story" in the introduction through chapter 1, to the more detailed chapters that outline the "7 steps for Pro's every class" and "A typical day for beginners" and "A typical day for beginner/ intermediates, ending with the final chapter "Our First Fifty Drills in Progression," David's "awestruck in love" approach is certainly evident, and he has clearly hit the nail on the head when it comes to teaching the very needed basics of tennis to youth in an encouraging and always uplifting manner. This book is a must-read for all tennis directors, tennis professionals and tennis parents who are venturing into the unchartered oceans of junior tennis.