Download or read book The Seeds of Tennis written by William Strain and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instructions in this book will help all levels of tennis players strengthen their games. The same attitude and no-quit spirit we used to learn to walk is whats needed to be successful in tennis. For a child, daily practice led us to mastering walking. Regardless of the results, we never thought of failure. In fact, we didnt know what failure was. We continued learning, taking one step at a time until we were walking! I hope to transmit this same thought process of determination and fearlessness into your tennis game. In this book, I stress the contact point, being in the proper position, and being ready to contact the ball at the right time. I discuss using the big engines of the body (hips, thighs, and shoulders) to do the majority of the work in your tennis game. This book will help you understand the importance of racket placement in contacting the ball properly. I will also review the forehand and backhand grips that are helpful, such as the Eastern forehand and backhand grips and the continental grip for the serve and volley. I also share some scripts that you can teach yourself to help you have more fun in the learning process. I give you tips to help you prepare to receive the ball and stay focusedeven during difficult points. The photographs of proper grips and positions for receiving the ball will help visual learners. The slow-motion video clips on the website demonstrate how to hit the ball. Being in the right positions, shifting your weight into the ball, and racket placement can be viewed. Common expressions in the book (sky, water, land, step on a bug, and the J stroke) will be demonstrated in the videos. You will discover the philosophy of a great tennis player and continue to realize that making the game fun depends on you! Investing your time and learning the proper procedures and techniques will develop your tennis game. The results will put a grin on your face. You can do this! Have a lot of fun!
Download or read book Tennis Anatomy written by E. Paul Roetert and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See your tennis game as you never have before. See what it takes to improve consistency and performance on the court. Tennis Anatomy will show you how to ace the competition by increasing strength, speed, and agility for more powerful serves and more accurate shots. Tennis Anatomy includes more than 72 of the most effective exercises, each with step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting muscles in action. Tennis Anatomy goes beyond exercises by placing you on the baseline, at the net, and on the service line. Illustrations of the active muscles for forehands, backhands, volleys, and serves show you how each exercise is fundamentally linked to tennis performance. You'll also learn how exercises can be modified to target specific areas, improve your skills, and minimize common tennis injuries. Best of all, you'll learn how to put it all together to develop a training program based on your individual needs and goals. Whether you’re a serve and volleyer, baseliner, or all-court player, Tennis Anatomy will ensure that you step onto the court ready to dominate any opponent.
Download or read book World Tennis Magazine written by Randy Walker and published by New Chapter Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Tennis Magazine brings readers through the 2012 Grand Slam tennis season through recaps of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, including full results, reports and the award-winning photography of Cynthia Lum, that make for excellent frameable photos or keep-sake posters.
Download or read book A Supposedly Fun Thing I ll Never Do Again written by David Foster Wallace and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
Download or read book The Circuit written by Rowan Ricardo Phillips and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing “The Circuit is the best sports book I've read in years, maybe ever.” —Rich Cohen, author of The Chicago Cubs and Monsters “As sports writing goes, The Circuit is unusual in the very best way. Rowan Ricardo Phillips writes with such fluidity, and packs the book with bursts of brilliance. This is a compulsively readable guide to one truly Homeric year of professional tennis.” —John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars An energetic, lyrical, genre-defying account of the 2017 tennis season. In The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey, the award-winning poet—and Paris Review sports columnist—Rowan Ricardo Phillips chronicles 2017 as seen through the unique prism of its pivotal, revelatory, and historic tennis season. The annual tennis schedule is a rarity in professional sports in that it encapsulates the calendar year. And like the year, it’s divided into four seasons, each marked by a final tournament: the Grand Slams. Phillips charts the year from winter’s Australian Open, where Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal renewed their rivalry in a match for the ages, to fall’s U.S. Open. Along the way, Phillips paints a new, vibrant portrait of tennis, one that captures not only the emotions, nerves, and ruthless tactics of the point-by-point game but also the quicksilver movement of victory and defeat on the tour, placing that sense of upheaval within a broader cultural and social context. Tennis has long been thought of as an escapist spectacle: a bucolic, separate bauble of life. The Circuit will convince you that you don’t leave the world behind as you watch tennis—you bring it with you.
Download or read book The Art of Tennis written by Dominc J. Stevenson and published by Meyer & Meyer Sport. This book was released on 2022-05-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening with Wimbledon 2019, The Art of Tennis covers the excitement of the sport up to the profound silence of the Covid-19 pandemic—when no tennis was played for a year—through Wimbledon 2021. As play began to resume, there were many questions surrounding its return, and the author examines these and how the sport of tennis fights to prevail as the virus continues to redefine modern life. The book follows the latest comebacks from Roger Federer, Serena Williams, and Andy Murray and looks at how Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Alexander Zverev reached their first major finals. In the women's game, Barbora Krejčíková, Bianca Andreescu, and Sofia Kenin make big stage breakthroughs, and Naomi Osaka continues to rule on hard courts. In late 2020, the calendar looked different. The tours adapted as best they could, and some remarkable tennis took place in empty arenas. 2021 saw tournaments finding a way to coincide with the virus that is reshaping daily life. With thoughtful observations, author Dominic Stevenson comments on the many aspects of professional tennis, both on and off the courts, providing his own unique perspective on this beautiful sport.
Download or read book Learn all about tennis written by Owen Jones and published by Tektime. This book was released on 2024-07-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world of tennis, where skill, strategy, and sheer determination converge on the court. Whether you’re picking up a racquet for the first time, looking to refine your game or just need to impress someone with your knowledge of the game, this book is your comprehensive guide to understanding and excelling at tennis. The transformative power of mastering tennis fundamentals is quite astonishing! This is also the perfect crib-sheet if you know nothing about tennis, but want to be able to discuss a game knowledgeably within a day! In these pages, you’ll discover the essential techniques that define a great player — from mastering different grips and stances to perfecting your footwork and understanding strategic play. We’ll unravel the complexities of tennis equipment, guiding you through choosing the right racquet, understanding tennis balls, and selecting the best footwear for your game. But this book isn’t just about the mechanics of tennis; it’s about fostering a deep appreciation for the sport. You’ll learn how to distinguish between top players and good players, uncovering the nuances that elevate performances on the grandest stages. Whether you aspire to compete or simply enjoy a casual game with friends, the principles and insights shared here will empower you to step onto the court or into a debate with confidence. Get ready to unlock your potential, embrace the challenge, and embark on a journey that celebrates the artistry and athleticism of tennis. Let’s dive into the fundamentals and discover what it takes to succeed in this exhilarating sport. Translator: Owen Jones PUBLISHER: TEKTIME
Download or read book Total Tennis written by Bud Collins and published by SPORTclassic Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth book in the successful series of Total Encyclopedias.
Download or read book American Lawn Tennis written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Seed Collectors written by Scarlett Thomas and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complex and fiercely contemporary tale of inheritance, enlightenment, life, death, desire and family trees, The Seed Collectors is the most important novel yet from one of the world's most daring and brilliant writers. Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but then again they might also contain the secret of enlightenment. Not that anyone has much time for enlightenment. Fleur, left behind at the crumbling Namaste House, must step into Oleander's role as guru to lost and lonely celebrities. Bryony wants to lose the weight she put on after her botanist parents disappeared, but can't stop drinking. And Charlie struggles to make sense of his life after losing the one woman he could truly love. As Henry James said of George Eliot's Middlemarch, The Seed Collectors is a "treasurehouse of detail" revealing all that it means to be connected, to be part of a society, to be part of the universe and to be human.
Download or read book Official Encyclopedia of Tennis written by United States Lawn Tennis Association and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Seed written by Jim Johanson and published by Intravenous. This book was released on with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious little Teddy Winters just had to investigate a mysterious black pebble he found in his backyard. Imagine his surprise when he finds the pebble able to move on its own, and his shock when he is bitten by the seemingly autonomous pebble. Teddy decides to feed the strange pebble to his pet goldfish. But something within the pebble is about to cause some very strange effects in the pet fish..
Download or read book The Tournament written by John Clarke and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2003-09-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel of the 20th century in which the greatest thinkers and personalities engage in a two-week tennis tournament. "If you didn't know better you'd think this city had gone crazy. The streets of Paris are full of celebrities and media, and out at the stadium the crowds are already huge as players pound the practice courts in preparation for the greatest tournament of the modern era. At the airport, where they've opened three more runways and put on extra staff, players and officials have been arriving like migrating birds. From all corners they've come, the stars of the modern game. What a line-up!" -- from The Tournament The most unusual tennis tournament in history is about to start. Albert Einstein is seeded fourth, Chaplin, Freud, and van Gogh are in the top rankings, and seeded first is Tony Chekhov. In all, 128 players -- everyone from Louis Armstrong to George Orwell, Gertrude Stein to Coco Chanel--are going to fight it out until the exhilarating final match on center court. The Tournament is a funny, strange, and beguiling book in which, game by game and match by match, the world's most creative thinkers put their tennis skills to the ultimate test. And if you read carefully, you'll be set for life--having learned the cultural history of the 20th century!
Download or read book Bulletin written by United States. Bureau of Plant Industry and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes written by Henry Charles Fitz Roy Somerset Beaufort (8th Duke of) and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Social History of Tennis in Britain written by Robert Lake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2015- from the British Society for Sports History. From its advent in the mid-late nineteenth century as a garden-party pastime to its development into a highly commercialised and professionalised high-performance sport, the history of tennis in Britain reflects important themes in Britain’s social history. In the first comprehensive and critical account of the history of tennis in Britain, Robert Lake explains how the game’s historical roots have shaped its contemporary structure, and how the history of tennis can tell us much about the history of wider British society. Since its emergence as a spare-time diversion for landed elites, the dominant culture in British tennis has been one of amateurism and exclusion, with tennis sitting alongside cricket and golf as a vehicle for the reproduction of middle-class values throughout wider British society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Consequently, the Lawn Tennis Association has been accused of a failure to promote inclusion or widen participation, despite steadfast efforts to develop talent and improve coaching practices and structures. Robert Lake examines these themes in the context of the global development of tennis and important processes of commercialisation and professional and social development that have shaped both tennis and wider society. The social history of tennis in Britain is a microcosm of late-nineteenth and twentieth-century British social history: sustained class power and class conflict; struggles for female emancipation and racial integration; the decline of empire; and, Britain’s shifting relationship with America, continental Europe, and Commonwealth nations. This book is important and fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the history of sport or British social history.
Download or read book Break Point written by Vince Spadea and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spadea gives a riveting and often hilarious account of the ultra-competitive world of pro tennis. Along the way, he analyses Agassi, Roddick, Federer, Navratilova, Sharapova et al in more colourful and personal terms than you've ever seen before!
