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by Arthur Ashe, Alexander McNab (Contributor) amazon.com Price: $10.85 Major Sections:
Book Description: Arthur Ashe was not only a great tennis champion but a great teacher and analyst of the game he loved. In this book - delayed in its publication while Arthur completed his memoir Days of Grace - he shares the incomparable store of brilliance, experience, strategy, technique, and all-around tennis wisdom he acquired in the course of his remarkable life: as player in training, as winner of three Grand Slam titles, as two-time number-one-ranking player, as Davis Cup captain, as superb and instinctive teaching pro, as television commentator, as writer for Tennis magazine. Arthur speaks to players at all levels. In addressing the questions he was most often asked, he details an approach to the game built on fundamentals - strokes, grips, serves, returns of serve - and match-tested strategies: when to change your game plan, playing percentage tennis, covering the court. In addition, he stresses the aspect of tennis for which he was particularly known: the mental game. He helps you to understand both your own game and your opponent's, explaining body language and the element of surprise, and breaking a match down to its key points. His comments on players past and present - from Pancho Gonzalez and Rod Laver to Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, and Pete Sampras - illuminate essential areas of tennis. Readers say: "Not as funny as Brad Gilbert's book, but the advice is just as solid in every aspect. I enjoy the writing style and the candidness of his advice. When I'm looking for a way to handle a certain type of opponents, I usually visit both books and find a world of excellent advice from two masters. Read this book, it is easily worth your time." "A must for tennis players at all levels."--Pete Sampras.
by Vic Braden, Robert Wool (Contributor) List Price: $12.95 Major Sections:
Book Description: A revolutionary book offering bold new mental techniques and breakthrough strategies that will help tennis players everywhere improve their games. Whether you are a novice, a beginner ready for competition, or a pro stuck in a rut, Mental Tennis shows you that your mind can be the single best tool to reconstruct your game. In this book Vic Braden demonstrates how to:
Readers say: "As an adult new tennis player who is highly analytical, this book opened doors for me into the world of tennis. It explained real reasons coaches and pro's say to do certain things which are in actuality not really what they want at all. Vic explains the fundimentals in a way that you can immediately benefit and learn from. His book has made the game even more enjoyable to play." Vic Braden says: "Get answers to important questions about "choking", why opponent's cheat, when to recognize they're quitting, guaranteed ways to fail, learning to accept responsibility for wins and losses. This book seems a little threatening to adults. I have found it to either be "One of the best book ever written for tennis players", or one that threatens the reader. I've been told by players that they were unable to face up to some of the situations in the book until they had put it away for a year. It doesn't matter. One needs a clear mind when playing this great game and it's best to "fess up" and get on with happy tennis times."
by Vic Braden, Bill Bruns (Contributor) List Price: $15.95 Chapters:
Book Description: In response to the thousands of questions the author receives from tennis players of all levels, Vic Braden's Quick Fixes is the definitive "problems and cures" guide to helping players improve their game. Illustrated with 215 black-and-white photographs, Quick Fixes identifies each of the common problems that can undermine the major tennis strokes. It then provides quick, practical solutions for immediate improvement. Quick Fixes is designed to be a handy reference that can be used before an important match or as a courtside coaching device during practice. Readers say: " A gem of a book, almost a tennis textbook of the basic stroke errors and how to fix them. It's a troubleshooters guide that can sit on your bookshelf or you can read and re-read to prevent basic errors. The photo illustrations are great-taken from Braden's extensive video collections. I took a yellow marker to this book and highlighted the relevant tips to burn them in my brain. I need another one because I gave mine to a friend who was netting her volleys. Invaluable. " "This book is well suited for the beginner through advanced intermediate level player. It provides very useful tips on problems with the mechanics of one's stroked and backs them up with facts. Mr Braden has amassed years of useful information to share and this book is a good starting point. Interested readers might also want to consider Braden's "Tennis 2000" as complementary reading." Vic Braden says: "My goal was to write a book that players could carry with them and discover their problems and cures while making he changeover on the uneven numbered games. It has worked for a ton of people, but i'm told that they were too embarassed to carry the book onto the court."
by Brad Gilbert, Steve Jamison List Price: $11.00 Major Sections:
Book Description: He's been called the best in the world at the mental game of tennis. Brad Gilbert's strokes may not be pretty, but looks aren't everything. He has beaten the Tour's biggest names -- all by playing his "ugly" game. Now, in Winning Ugly Gilbert teaches recreational players how to win more often without necessarily even changing their strokes. The key to success, he says, is to become a better thinking player -- to recognize, analyze, and capitalize. That means outthinking opponents before, during, and after a match; forcing him or her to play your game. Gilbert's unconventional advice includes:
Winning Ugly is an invaluable combat manual for the court, and its tips include "some real gems," according to Tennis magazine. Ultimately, Winning Ugly will help you beat players who have been beating you. Readers Say: "Must read for all competitive players. Winning at a tournament and league level is dictated by mental and physical conditioning, not shotmaking. This book tackles the mental aspect, giving tips on how to think about each point with winning (not shotmaking) in mind. It helps you deconstruct your opponents' game, as well as your own, so that you just plain win. Plus, having read this book and using it will give you a mental confidence. "I keep it in my tennis bag, not to read during changeovers, but to remind me that I'm there to win. It's that simple." "INNER TENNIS is the theoretic, while WINNING UGLY is the downright practical." "This book helped me win a lot of matches, beating the guys that I wasn't supposed to beat! The underlying principle is that it doesn't matter how you HIT the ball, but how you PLAY the ball. This book won't tell you anything about how to improve your technique, but it'll sure help you understand what tennis is all about. I heard players saying that the book doesn't teach anything they didn't know before. This might be true, but it is amazing how many of those players simply fail to APPLY Gilbert's ideas. Hitting a soft return to a serve & volleyer is probably something "we already know", but Brad emphasizes that many players are brain-dead when it comes to the match. They don't think how to win points, they just try to smack the ball. Brad's main idea is exactly that: to think when you're on the court. In other words: analyze, recognize and capitalize. Some people might win by putting in use Brad's ideas and still think that it wasn't REAL tennis, or that it's not the way tennis is supposed to be played. Well, all I can do is ask: WHAT DO YOU CARE ABOUT? PLAYING BEAUTIFULLY OR WINNING A TENNIS MATCH? I'd rather win a tennis match." All Books are Brand New Paper Back Editions |
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