Championship Tennis
Human Kinetics (Verlag)
978-1-4504-2453-0 (ISBN)
Step onto the court confident, focused, and prepared to dictate the match and dominate your opponent.
In Championship Tennis, world-class coach and regular Grand Slam clinician Frank Giampaolo and long-time Tennis magazine editor Jon Levey bring you expert instruction and professional insights to eliminate unforced errors, increase winning percentage, and improve your overall game.
Inside, you’ll learn how to
• assess individual skills, evaluate practice sessions, and analyze performance;
• identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement;
• customize your training and conditioning to your skill set, experience, and style of play;
• increase the consistency and accuracy of your shots; and
• control your emotions and mentally prepare for every match.
You’ll also find the most effective, unparalleled drills for mastering groundstrokes, serves, volleys, and specialty shots as well as invaluable advice for improving anticipatory skills and recognizing, neutralizing, and countering your competition’s strengths and playing styles.
Add a copy of Championship Tennis to your bookshelf and turn errors into winners and three-set losses into straight-set wins. This is a must-have resource for players and instructors
seeking to maximize potential as quickly as possible.
Frank Giampaolo is a veteran author who’s acclaimed book, The Tennis Parent’s Bible (www.thetennisparentsbible.com), is being used by ITF leaders, academy directors, parents, and coaches worldwide. Giampaolo’s innovative approach has earned him numerous honors, including being named the 2001 USPTA Southern California Tennis Director of the Year and being voted a top teaching professional in consecutive years by Southern California Tennis & Golf magazine. Giampaolo founded the Mental–Emotional Tennis Workshop in 2002; since then, participants in the program have gone on to win more than 71 U.S. national titles. His students have won ATP and WTA Tour singles and doubles titles. Giampaolo pioneered the Tennis Parents Workshop in 1998 and has conducted seminars throughout the United States, Mexico, Australia, and Canada. Additionally, he hosts a blog site, www.tennisparentsolutions.com. Frank is a popular international speaker. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, Fox Sports, OCN World Team Tennis, Tennis Canada, and Tennis Australia. His instructional articles have appeared in Tennis View magazine, USPTA Coaching Publications, The Active Network, Parenting Aces, Tennis One, Tennis Australia, and Tennis New Zealand. He currently runs workshops at his high-performance training facility in Southern California. Giampaolo lives in Laguna Niguel, California. Jon Levey has been working in sport media since 1998. From 2000 to 2009 he was a senior editor at Tennis magazine; five of those years were dedicated to handling all copy for the instruction section. Jon has edited hundreds of instructional articles with top coaches and former players such as Nick Bollettieri, Paul Annacone, Brad Gilbert, Nick Saviano, Stan Smith, and Tracy Austin. Jon also served as coauthor with Chris Evert on her chapter in the ESPN book Fathers & Daughters & Sports (2010). Levey lives Greenwich, Connecticut.
Part I Athlete Assessment
Chapter 1 Player Profiles
Chapter 2 Stroke and Tactical Evaluations
Chapter 3 Physical Fitness and Emotional Stability Evaluations
Part II Skill Development
Chapter 4 Ground Strokes
Chapter 5 Volleys
Chapter 6 Serves
Chapter 7 Returns of Serve
Chapter 8 Specialty Shots
Part III The Mental Factor
Chapter 9 Tactical and Strategic Execution
Chapter 10 Environmental Intangibles
Part IV Physical and Mental Preparation
Chapter 11 Emotional Factors
Chapter 12 Movement and Fitness Factors
Part V Practice and Planning
Chapter 13 Organization and Scheduling
Chapter 14 Match Preparation
Chapter 15 Video Analysis and Match Charting
| Verlagsort | Champaign, IL |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 703 g |
| Themenwelt | Sport ► Ballsport ► Tennis |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4504-2453-8 / 1450424538 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4504-2453-0 / 9781450424530 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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