Download or read book The Best Tennis of Your Life written by Jeff Greenwald and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play with Freedom...And Win More! The Best Tennis of Your Life is an inspirational and practical guide that will help players of all levels finally master the mental game. Author Jeff Greenwald draws from his unique background as a world-class player, sports psychology consultant, psychotherapist, and former coach to provides 50 specific tools you can immediately apply in any match situation. This comprehensive guide will show you how to: • Embrace nerves and play even better under pressure • Maintain confidence to win more consistently • Develop a pin-point focus • Access an ideal level of intensity • Play with a renewed sense of passion and freedom Why wait any longer to play the best tennis of your life? Get the mental edge with this invaluable resource and watch your game soar.
Download or read book Serious Tennis written by Scott Williams and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serious Tennis is the most comprehensive tennis resource, containing expert instruction on each facet of the game. Learn with the world's top instructors as they provide insights into modern tennis technique, training methods, and match strategy. Combining the sport's latest physical conditioning methods with its most advanced mental training techniques, this book enables you to reach your full potential, regardless of skill level. Top international tennis instructor Scott Williams presents his SMARTS system for perfecting stroke technique. The system includes the following: - Seeing - Movement - Adjusting - Rotation - Transfer - Swing In Serious Tennis, Williams breaks down the four main skill groups in the SMARTS system: stroking skills, playing skills, mental skills, and preparatory skills. He then identifies three phases of development-the core phase, the mileage phase, and the fine-tuning phase-that all players should follow to improve their game. During the first phase, stroking and playing skills are sharpened on the practice court. Once in the mileage phase, techniques such as consistency, placement, and court positioning are tested during game situations. The fine-tuning phase focuses on preparatory skills such as conditioning, nutrition, sleep, and the mental skills you need to consistently win. This approach allows intermediate and advanced players to be in a continual mode of physical and mental progression to truly enhance their skills and tactical understanding of the game. From improving shot selections to performing under pressure, this book covers every aspect of the game. Become the player you've always wanted to be with Serious Tennis.
Download or read book Wild Card written by Laura Siegemund and published by Meyer & Meyer Sport. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pressure, stress, and the threat of losing control all have the power to inhibit a tennis player's professional, athletic, and sometimes even everyday performance. How can the athlete manage these challenges? Wild Card is the must-have guide for navigating these difficult moments. Though targeted specifically at the elite tennis player, it appeals to any athlete who has the ambition to perform at their best, who faces extreme challenges and wants to master them. An athlete can even go so far as to apply these mental strategies to life's daily challenges. Written from the perspective of world-class tennis player, Laura Siegemund, this guide equips the athlete with the tools to develop concentration, focus, resilience, the ability to handle mistakes, and self-regulation—all that the high-performance athlete needs to master the mental game. Guiding the reader through the highs and lows of a match, even an entire tournament, Laura Siegemund provides insight into extreme mental game situations and their complexity and resolves these situations together with mental coach and sports scientist, Prof. Dr. Stefan Brunner. With this book, the athlete will feel empowered to win match point after match point—in tennis, in sports, and in life!
Download or read book Can You Keep Your Faith in College written by Abbie Smith and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From dorm and Greek life to dating and academia, every piece of the college equation becomes a loaded opportunity for you—and your faith—to thrive. Can You Keep Your Faith in College? will help guide you through the best years of your life. You’re not alone in the struggle to maintain the faith you carried with you when you first set foot on campus. Packed with encouragement specifically for these trying years, Can You Keep Your Faith in College compiles experiences shared by students from more than fifty schools across the nation, and targets pertinent issues including, “The Transition,” academics, dorm life, peer pressure, extracurricular activities, sports, Greek life, dating, studying abroad, racial relations, and “God’s Surprise Encounters.” Don’t let your faith whittle away; build it up! It’s what defines you.
Download or read book Prime Tennis written by Jim Taylor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of America's premier tennis psychologists, Dr. Jim Taylor knows what it takes to play winning tennis. The lessons Dr. Taylor has learned from working with some of the world's best players, coaches, and juniors will change the way you play tennis. Prime Tennis introduces you to the essential mental factors that impact tennis including motivation, confidence, intensity, focus, and emotions. You will learn simple and practical techniques you can use to be your own best ally on court, stay cool when the pressure is on, and play your best tennis consistently. You will learn about the secrets that make the top pros great and how you can incorporate those secrets into your own game. Prime Tennis will teach you how to take your tennis to a new level. Ultimately, Prime Tennis will show you how to experience the Triumph of the Mental Game!
Download or read book Manage Your Mind and Make Your Life written by Dr B K Sthapak and published by Sankalp Publication. This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is meant for all those who want to build their self- confidence and wish to live a happy life. It presents easily understandable material with which one can conceive, believe and achieve. If one wants to make his/her life successful and purposeful, it is recommended that this book should be read carefully and the inbuilt messages assimilated. The book enables the reader to know the nature of mind, its characteristics and the enormous power. It imparts knowledge about the process of thought generation in terms of visual and verbal thinking. The role of subconscious mind and the mental operating system- mindset along with the impact each of these create in shaping the life has been explained with the help of suitable examples. The attitude- a settled way of thinking or feeling about something that affects the life, and the formation of positive attitude that helps in making a happy life has been discussed. Mind management, its need and the skills required to manage the mind forms the core of the book. Various skills of mind management and their application to solve the problems occuring in life have been presented with the help of real life stories. In order that the reader becomes familiar with the purpose of life and is able to explore it, the book guides him/her to identify and realise the self- potential. It is emphasized that setting the SMART goals, preparing action plan and implementing it sincerely ensures success in life. Finally the book provides the strategy for making the dreams coming true. For this, it has been advised that one should dream big and persue it with dedicated determination. Since excellence is the essence of life, one must aspire to live the life of excellence. Reading a self help book becomes meaningful only when its text is assimilated by reflecting and deciding the action points. Therefore, every chapter has been summarised with a positive note to facilitate the reader to reflect and act. A proforma has been provided in the form of Appendix 1 for this purpose. Similarly, for self assessment and monitoring the progress in making the life of one's dreams, a questionair for honest answering and procedure for calculating the grade of success has been given in the form of Appendix 2 It is expected that book will act as an effective instrument for transforming the life of reader.
Download or read book A Life Untold written by Dallaa Moussallati and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Life Untold follows Zara, who wakes up in hospital completely disorientated. She cannot understand why she is there, or even remember who she is. And why can nobody see her? All is made clear, however, when she meets the surprisingly charismatic Angel of Death’s Head Assistant, or D.A. Now Zara must travel back in time with D.A. and witness her life over the course of her last seven days on Earth. She will be reminded of her good and bad deeds, and the impact she has had on the people around her. But will her journey take her through to the Hereafter, or is her death not as inevitable as she thinks?
Download or read book Coaching for Life written by Paul Annacone and published by Irie Books. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coaching for Life is an autobiographic journey into the mind and heart of a remarkable man. In his own well-chosen words Coach Annacone describes his life as player, coach and the friend of many who love and work in the field of tennis. This exceptional story is full of anecdotes and exciting passages of dynamic play and deep concentration from Pete Sampras and Roger Federer, to name only two of the many intimate portraits revealed here. In the words of Paul Annacone: "Coaching for Life is not about the sport of tennis as much as it is a process-oriented journey based on the sport of tennis. It is the life I have lived, and the front row seat from which I have watched some of the greatest players compete on the most majestic courts in the world. But it is also something that can be applied to our own day-to-day life."
Download or read book Tennis Psychology for Adult Beginners written by Lawrence Moreno and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the winning secrets of top professional tennis players... and finally do some winning yourself! Have you just started learning how to play tennis? Worried about looking like a fool on the court, barely able to win a single point? Would you like to improve your game to the point where you can not only win a game or set, but eventually defeat your more experienced opponents as well? While you need to master the technical aspects of the game, like grip, strokes, serves, and footwork, you will need to develop this one crucial skill as well - mental toughness. Tennis is a mind game first and foremost. You win a match not just on the court, but also in the mind. If you've watched tennis at the professional level, you've probably seen players with superior abilities lose to their less qualified opponents or reach match point only to choke and lose badly. During these critical times, it's no longer a question of physical skills - it's a matter of mindset. And your mindset will be the difference between winning and losing when it comes to crunch time. If you're serious about improving your game and being able to play toe-to-toe against seasoned players, here's the perfect solution for you. This handbook for new tennis players will provide you with all the knowledge you need to not just play the game... but excel in it. Inside you'll find useful and practical advice on both the physical and the mental aspects of this beautiful sport. In Tennis Psychology for Adult Beginners, you will discover: How to cultivate a winning mindset that will get you through the toughest opponents and the most difficult matches Your biggest edge as a player that makes the difference between winning and losing your matches 9 unwritten tennis rules you need to know about before you play a single point Key characteristics that matter more than talent in becoming the best tennis player you can be How to stop doubts, worries, and fears from distracting you from playing your best Effective strategies to use against the different types of tennis players - and beat them at their own game Gear and equipment recommendations that will maximize your performance and increase your chances of winning Workout routines that will prepare your body to move well, hit hard, and serve accurately And much more. While you can't become Roger Federer or Serena Williams right away, you can get valuable tips from their games to apply to your own. Even if you've never picked up a racquet in your life, and you're not the athletic type, you can develop the skills and traits needed to hold your own against (and even defeat) players with more experience and talent than you. Everyone has to begin somewhere, even the greatest tennis players in the world. Get off to a promising start with tennis by getting your hands on this instructive and illuminating guide for beginners. If you want to get an unfair advantage when playing against advanced players, even if you're new to the game, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now.
Download or read book A Heavenly Christmas written by Craig Van Zandt and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you wondering where that childlike feeling of Christmas joy is? Are you searching throughout your life for peace on earth? Does it seem like the pinnacle of the Christmas season has become the presents of Santa – and not the presence of our Savior? Lost in the glitz of our flashy advertising campaigns, shiny decorations, and storebusting, can't-miss sales, the true spirit of Christmas has been missed by millions, even among those in the body of Christ. All too often, our time and energy are devoted to gifts under a tree rather than celebrating the greatest gift of all: the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. If these worldly situations have left you longing for more, it's time for A Heavenly Christmas. Craig Van Zandt uses a biblically based study of the story of the birth of Jesus, as recounted in the book of Luke, to embrace the true meaning of Christmas. Van Zandt guides the reader to a mental, emotional, and spiritual understanding of the greatest Christmas miracle. 'Being in pastoral ministry for twenty-plus years, I am always on the lookout for material that truly moves my heart from contemplation to transformation. I'm delighted to say that A Heavenly Christmas: Enjoying the Presence of Jesus...Every Day has done just that!' – Pastor Pat Gordan Bethel Baptist Church, Santa Rosa, California
Download or read book Tennis It s a LifeStyle written by Gf Denehy and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a Lifestyle Tennis It's a Lifestyle, Not Just a Sport - provides the quickest and least expensive ways to learn tennis the correct way for the right reasons! You don't need an expensive racquet or have to belong to a country club! You will be shown Quick Tips and Training Techniques to immediately improve your game. You will learn Key Rules that all tennis players must know and proper Court Etiquette, so you can impress more experienced players with your knowledge and court manners while you are learning a game they love - tennis. And you don't need to take endless amount of lessons! Just read this book and Get Better Now! Most people try tennis because it looks like fun and fairly easy to learn. Then they get frustrated with the sport because they didn't know what to do next or where to turn or what to expect in terms of costs, equipment, quality instruction or even expectations for learning. "Tennis It's a Lifestyle" answers these questions and more. So, before you waste any more money or time - read this book. ) - Key Tips for Improving Quickly "Tennis It's a Lifestyle" provides an entire chapter of very specific tips that most tennis players are currently doing wrong and when done correctly will improve their game immediately. -Choosing the right racquet Depending on your level of tennis and if you have not had an opportunity to discuss racquet selection with a coach or instructor then spend less than $40 on your first racquet. An expensive tennis racquet will NOT improve your game. -Keep the ball away from Waldo Waldo is your opponent. You must always be aware of where your opponent is and hit the ball away from Waldo to make Waldo run to hit the ball. -Key rules you must know (there are 228 pages in the USTA/ITF rule book - not all of them are key) To get started playing games "Tennis It's a Lifestyle" has summarized the most common rules needed to have a good, fair and enjoyable game of tennis - without making a lot of enemies. -Key Drills for maximum impact "Tennis It's a Lifestyle" provides a list of key drills and training recommendations for maximum impact for all tennis players. -High School Tennis is not a gym class The tennis coach is responsible for fielding his best players to win a match for his school and provide those players with the training to be their best. Which leaves little time for everyone else. Think of a high school tennis coach as compared to the head coach of the football or basketball program. The tennis coach has all the administrative responsibilities and all the specialist training responsibilities without any assistant coaches who teach position and performance skills. Thus, do not show up for your High School tennis team thinking you are going to learn much about how to play tennis. -First Commandment of Doubles The first commandment in doubles is: never criticize your doubles partner during a match, even when they make a mistake, especially when they make a mistake. -Complete list of Tennis Terms Tennis like any sport has its own language which is different from other sports. "Tennis It's a Lifestyle" provides a complete list of the terms used throughout tennis programs. The sooner you learn to speak tennis the quicker you will improve. -Tennis is a game of Honor Tennis is a game that requires cooperation and courtesy. Players make calls on their own side of the net and are expected to do the best they can to make an honest call and opponents always get the benefit of the doubt. All points played in "good faith" are counted.
Download or read book TENNIS BEYOND MECHANICS written by Bruno Simon and published by Bruno Simon. This book was released on 2024-06-10 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tennis Beyond Mechanics explores the five levels of mind states. At any given moment, a player’s mind state is at a given level. The higher the level, the better they will perform. Most of us mentally operate at level 1 or 2 whether on the tennis court or in daily life. Few operate at level 3, and even fewer at level 4. We’ve all heard of players who have experienced “the zone,” a state where one is playing flawlessly, almost effortlessly. It has been described by those who have experienced it as a meditative state of clarity. That is the level 5 state of mind, the highest level. Tennis Beyond Mechanics is about understanding those mental levels. It is about being aware of the level we find ourselves in and learning to elevate to higher levels for better performance. Thought provoking, captivating and inspiring, this book also follows the fascinating journey of a tennis prodigy who happens to be one of those rare individuals who intuitively functions at level 4.
Download or read book How to Be Your Own Best Tennis Pro written by Paul Johan Stokstad and published by 1st World Publishing. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've had what seems like a million tennis lessons, but you get out on the court and it all goes away. You revert back to old habits and what made sense in the clean green and white world of the tennis pro is lost out there on the gritty high school courts where you are losing again to Hacker Charlie. You get steamed, throw your racket and go home frustrated. This book addresses the problem of getting what you learn in lessons out onto the court where you are hitting the ball with an actual opponent. The book challenges you to take charge of your own growth as a tennis player. It presents a system of ""point projects"" to help you systematically gather tennis knowledge and effectively incorporate it into actual play situations. This system is applicable to tennis practice, practice matches, match warm-ups, and during competitive match play. The book includes a number of sample point projects on every major stroke for you to try, plus a goal-setting chapter to give you the beginnings of an overall plan for self-improvement built around your own list of point projects. For less than the cost of one tennis lesson, you can double the value of all your other lessons, and start to become your own (best) tennis pro. Praise for How to be Your Own Best Tennis Pro ""Paul Stokstad's book puts the attention of the player where it belongs: on self-development. Only by taking a serious look at your own game, by pulling apart and examining the details of every stroke, can you put it all together again as a bigger and better game. The book has an interesting, systematic method of analysis that should take any player to a new level of understanding of their own game and of tennis in general."" -Jack Kramer
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Download or read book Chaos to Control written by Ciara Conlon and published by Orpen Press. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaos to Control helps you understand how to work more productively, focus on what matters and use technology to your advantage so you can get more done in less time with less stress. Chaos to Control: Is written by personal productivity coach Ciara Conlon, who blogs at www.ciaraconlon.comHelps you sharpen your ability to focus to help achieve your personal and professional goalsBrings together theories and practical advice from the most recent and well-regarded writers on optimism and positivity as key ingredients of productivity Gives tips on decreasing physical and mental clutterAdvises on how to use technology so that it is saving you time, not wasting your time, including how to use social networking sites effectivelyExplains why productive leaders are fundamental to organisational successHelps you to move from being overwhelmed to a calm state of controlOutlines personal habits that can enhance productivity, including exercise, meditation, learning to say no. About the author Ciara Conlon is a productivity coach, author and blogger. With the smart use of technology and the introduction of simple and productive habits, she has transformed her life from disorganised chaos to an efficient workable flow. Her blog (http://www.ciaraconlon.com) focuses on how to increase your personal productivity and simplify your life to achieve greater happiness and success.
Download or read book Carrie Soto Is Back written by Taylor Jenkins Reid and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam” (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo “A heart-filled novel about an iconic and persevering father and daughter.”—Time “Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. I’ll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it.”—Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and Beach Read ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, PopSugar, Glamour, Reader’s Digest Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked “the Battle-Axe” anyway. Even if her body doesn’t move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever. In spite of it all, Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells her most vulnerable, emotional story yet.
