Tennis Lessons For The School Coach And Advanced Player

TEACHING TENNIS Teaching Tennis is a comprehensive book for players, coaches and parents to learn about the basics of tennis, how to teach tennis and how to solve problems concerning all aspects of the game. It is the first of three books, with Volume 1 containing the fundamentals of the game. The other two books contain subjects for teaching advanced and professional levels of play. Showing the fundamentals of the game A methodology and progression to teaching tennis Technical, Tactical, Physical and Mental chapters Information on all other aspects of the game Examples of the strokes with photo sequences How to make a training and tournament plan Common mistakes and how to fix them Extensive section on problem solving Drills and exercises For more information, you may visit www.teachingtennisvolume1.com

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.

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Teaching Tennis Volume 2 Teaching Tennis Volume 2 is a comprehensive book for players, coaches, and parents to learn about the development of advanced tennis players. It contains technical, tactical, physical, and mental topics that show how to solve problems concerning all aspects of the game. It is the second of three books, with Volume 1 containing the fundamentals of the game. The third book will contain subjects for all levels of play on how to compete individually and in team events. This second book will have the following topics for its readers: Showing the specifics in the development of advanced players and specialty strokes A methodology and progression to teaching tennis at an advanced level Technical, tactical, physical, and mental chapters Information on all other aspects of the game Examples of the strokes with photo sequences How to make a training and tournament plan Common mistakes and how to fix them Extensive section on problem solving Drills and exercises

Coaching Mastery : The ULTIMATE "Blueprint" for Tennis Coaches, Tennis Parents, and Tennis-teaching Professionals. Learn how to: Attract tennis players to your program, develop sustainable tennis programs, and build perennial championship teams and successful individuals. Following the world-wide embrace of David W. Smith's book, TENNIS MASTERY, David now brings his "Advanced Foundation" to the art of coaching and teaching tennis. For the High School, Club or Team Coach, from the highly experienced to the uninitiated, Coaching Mastery is a PROVEN "blueprint" to attracting players and designing highly effective and efficient tennis practices. For the Tennis Parent: Regardless of your tennis experience, Coaching Mastery will provide a clear and proven method to make sure you are providing your child the right progression and patterns of play to insure they will reach their personal best...and do it in a way that makes it fun for both parent and child! For the Tennis-teaching Professional: Coaching Mastery provides a lifetime of successful tennis club programming and teaching experience, a resource to enhance any teaching professional's teaching program. Coaching Mastery provides over 70 effective drills and dozens of ideas that allow any coach or teacher to get the most out of their tennis opportunities. In addition, Coaching Mastery provides the "Advanced Foundation" principles that define every shot and every stroke in the sport.

Teaching Tennis Volume 3 is a comprehensive book for players, coaches, and parents about the specifics of competitive tennis. The Development of Champions is the last of the trilogy of instructional tennis books. It will enhance the understanding of methodology and progression in teaching tournament players. After the fundamentals of the game are explained in volume 1, readers are able to build on that information in the second book with specific details on how to develop advanced technical, tactical, mental, and physical skills. Volume 3 is for instructing tournament players of all levels for individual and team competition. It is beneficial for readers to examine these books in order. The books complement one another in the development, progression, and application process while improving your game.

The Tennis Parent's Bible is a comprehensive survival guide to becoming a world class tennis parent or coach. This book opens the door to hundreds of hours of player specific instruction, while saving thousands of dollars, time and anguish. The Tennis Parent's Bible should be required reading for every inspiring player, coach and player. Tennis teaching professionals, academy directors, college coaches and/or high school coaches who have kept current with behavioral sports science will find this book an excellent reference. For tennis industry individuals who have yet to incorporate organizational or behavioral science into their teaching, this book will provide a wealth of new insights into teaching strategies. For parents of beginning recreational players to advanced tournament players, this book will prove an invaluable developmental tennis guide. For those parents currently in the trenches of junior competition this book will help you critique, re-evaluate and direct your child's tennis team. Regardless of the stage of development, The Tennis Parent's Bible will assist you, the tennis parent, in maximizing your child's tennis potential at the quickest rate. The evolutionary state of tennis demands parents be more involved and informed, due to the ever increasing demands of the game. The competition is bigger, faster and stronger. Around the globe, the competition is training more efficiently. The days of raising a talented athlete while being a passive parent are long gone. The Tennis Parent's Bible is essential reading for those interested in developing confident, self-reliant and accomplished children.

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.

-For beginning tennis players. -Parents of beginning tennis players -Aspiring trainers and players of all levels -How to develop a young tennis player and the college recruitment process This extensively illustrated guide provides a wealth of information including the following: How to select the correct racket, string and stringing machine. Knowing your grips. Quick Start tennis Beginning forehand, backhand and service teaching progressions in a group situation. The volley, topspin, slice and service teaching progressions when teaching the individual. Footwork including advanced movement techniques. ATP compared to WTA forehand. Advanced spin serving. Advanced volleying. Two handed backhand variations. Return of serve, approach shot and specialty shot sections. The development of a young tennis player and the route to college tennis. Beginner, Intermediate and advanced singles and doubles tactics.