Playing tennis : like a pro / William Ralston.

• Chapter One: Understanding the coach-player-parent relationship -- Achieving the ideal coach-player-parent relationship -- The role of parents in player development -- The role of the coach in player development -- Choosing a coach -- Finding a coach -- Chapter Two: Continuing your development -- The US collegiate system -- UK universities and high-performance tennis -- Tennis academies -- Chapter Three: A guide to competing on the tour -- National competition -- Turning professional -- Inter-club competition -- Moving on from the ITF Pro Circuit -- Chapter Four: Adapting successfully to the court -- Court factors -- The different types of court surface -- Understanding how the surface affects your game -- Adapting your game to clay courts -- Adapting your game to grass courts -- Adapting your game to hard courts -- Adapting your game to indoor courts -- Chapter Five: Choosing the right equipment -- The key factors when choosing a racket -- Racket customization -- Racket matching -- Strings and string tensions -- Tennis balls -- Stringing machines -- Tennis shoes -- Chapter Six: Improving your technical game -- The stages of learning to develop a tennis stroke -- The tennis learning curve -- How to practise effectively -- The importance of being abe to cope with the modern baseline game -- Footwork -- Adding power: The kinetic chain -- The importance of topspin -- The importance of depth -- Practising the serve effectively -- The shot after the serve: Setting up the point -- Chapter Seven: Fitness training for tennis -- Being fit to play with the best -- Forming a fitness plan -- Tennis conditioning in performance maximization -- The exercises -- Periodization of tennis strength training -- The role of conditioning in injury prevention -- The warm-up -- The cool-down -- Chapter Eight: Developing the mindset of a champion -- The cornerstones to mental strength -- Developing mental strength: Some effective techniques -- How to begin mental training -- Chapter Nine: Taking the next step to success.

• A great technique is not enough. To succeed in tennis, each day you must overcome challenges that affect where and how you play. Playing Tennis Like a Pro addresses these challenges with its clear focus on empowering you to make the decisions that are right for you and your game. Drawing upon his personal experience on the tennis circuit, William Ralson analyses the key stages on the journey to becoming a more successful tennis player, combining his own knowledge with that of some of the sport's leading players, coaches and experts. While guiding you through the trickier aspects of the sport, Playing Tennis like a Pro helps you to find answers to those all-important doubts that can so often hold you back from realizing your potential. With colour photos and explanatory illustrations, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the techniques, equipment, strategy and tactics used in the modern game. If you are a keen player at intermediate level or beyond and looking to raise your game with invaluable insights into the methods of the pros, this is the book for you. -- from back cover. 

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Tennis  -- Training. (fast)

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