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Tennis For Dummies

Tennis For Dummies


By Patrick McEnroe, Peter Bodo, John McEnroe

ISBN: 978-0-7645-5087-4
Format: Paper
Pages: 408 Pages
Pub. Date: August 1998

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Price: $21.99
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Table of Contents
Introduction.

PART I: Tennis Anyone?

Chapter 1: What Is Tennis?

Chapter 2: Meet Me on the Grass, Clay, or Hard Courts.

Chapter 3: The Well-Equipped Tennis Player.

Chapter 4: Scoring in Tennis: Love Means Nothing.

Chapter 5: Knowing All the Rules and Regulations.

Chapter 6: Tennis Etiquette: Do You Really Want to Throw That Racquet?

PART II: Playing the Game.

Chapter 7: Mastering Your Tennis Fundamentals.

Chapter 8: The Forehand: Your Bread and Butter.

Chapter 9: Your Backhand: Use It or Lose It!

Chapter 10: The Volley: An Exclamation Point.

Chapter 11: The Serve: It's Entirely in Your Hands.

Chapter 12: Completing the Arsenal: Lobs, Overheads, and Drop Shots.

Chapter 13: Winning Strategies and Tactics.

PART III: Taking Your Game to the Next Level.

Chapter 14: Enjoying Your Amateur Status.

Chapter 15: Practice: The "P" Word.

Chapter 16: Physical Conditioning for Tennis.

Chapter 17: When the Machine Breaks Down: Common Tennis Injuries.

Chapter 18: Improving Your Game with Lessons.

PART IV: Tennis Aficionados Only.

Chapter 19: The Pro Game.

Chapter 20: I'll Take Four Grand Slams and a Cup, Please.

Chapter 21: Tennis from the Stands and on TV.

PART V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 22: Ten Tennis Tips.

Chapter 23: The Ten Best Men Players of the Open Era.

Chapter 24: The Ten Best Women Players of the Open Era.

Chapter 25: The Ten Greatest Matches of the Open Era.

Index.

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