Tennis

Author: Jim Brown

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General Fields

  • : $23.95 AUD
  • : 9780736053631
  • : Human Kinetics
  • : Human Kinetics
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  • : 0.508
  • : 31 December 2012
  • : 279mm X 216mm X 12mm
  • : United States
  • : 23.95
  • : 01 January 2013
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  • : books

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  • : Jim Brown
  • : Steps to Success S.
  • : Paperback
  • : 3rd Revised edition
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  • : English
  • : 796.3422
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  • : 176
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  • : 146 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones
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Barcode 9780736053631
9780736053631

Description

Learn and master all the essential skills of tennis to take your game to the next level. "Tennis, Third Edition: Steps to Success" provides in-depth, progressive instruction and accompanying illustrations for each stroke: the serve, return of serve, forehand, backhand, volley, lob, drop shot, and overhead smash. Practice and improve those techniques with 80 drills that feature a scoring system to gauge and accelerate your progress.

After building a strong skill base, add tactical knowledge to make the right shots in match situations, in both singles and doubles play. With a little work, you'll be hitting winners in no time!

Become a complete player on the court. As part of the popular Steps to Success Series---with more than 1.5 million copies sold---"Tennis, Third Edition: Steps to Success" will take your performance level to new heights in all facets of the game.

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Author description

Jim Brown served for five years as the editor of Tennis Industry magazine and is now executive editor of the Penn State Sports Medicine Newsletter. He began playing tennis more than 40 years ago and has experience as a teaching professional, a college instructor and coach, a city programme director, a writer and publisher, a consultant and a clinician. Jim has written, co-authored, or edited 8 books and more than 100 articles on a variety of health and physical education topics.