Tennis

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2021 One of The Times 50 Best Sports Books of 2021 Little Wonder tells the epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the first great heroine in women's sports. Dod was a...

I Always Wanted To Be Somebody is the intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking hard liquor, stealing and fist-fighting, but went on to break the color barrier in tennis and achieving the...

Tennis is one of the world's most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate. Moreover, tennis has always been one of the world's most significant sports, expressing crucial fractures of social class, gender, sexuality, race...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307388407Author Andre AgassiFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671884000Author Brad GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & Schuster LtdPublisher Simon & Schuster LtdWeight(grams) 220g

Helping coaches and players streamline their learning systems, improve their performance, and further their understanding and enjoyment of the game, this book provides an entertaining and enlightening look at the physics behind how to use a racquet to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558708235Author Pat BlaskowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Betterway BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

Written by Mats Holm and Ulf Roosvald, Bjoern Borg and the Super-Swedes explains how a small country with eight million inhabitants like Sweden could become the leading nation in tennis and an example to imitate worldwide. It starts with the legend of...

With laugh-out-loud cartoons, a hilarious book of tennis humor, a perfect gift for your double's partner or your most tenacious adversary. A perfect gift.In It's Not My Fault, author Joshua Shifrin helps tennis players make sense of their most monumental...

Elite tennis players like Rodger Federer or Rafael Nadal not only perceive everything that is happening around them, but they also foresee the next game situations. This "mental speed" lays the foundation to build master performances in extremely complex...

Author and tennis historian Steve Flink profiles and ranks the greatest tennis matches in the history of the sport. Roger Federer, Billie Jean King, Rafael Nadal, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Rod Laver, and Chris Evert are all featured...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679778318Author W. Timothy GallweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...

A story of tennis, obsession and Roger Federer for tennis fans and the general reader alike.For much of the past decade, William Skidelsky has not been able to stop thinking about Roger Federer, the greatest and most graceful tennis player of all time. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374515263Author John McPheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

In Pursuit of the Slam: My Year Travelling to Tennis's Top Four Tournaments tells the story of the author's year out between jobs during which he attended all four of tennis's Grand Slam tournaments. Unhappy in his corporate job, tennis fan Mark Cripps...

A writer and tennis player seeks insights and inspiration by traveling across Switzerland in the footsteps of Roger Federer.Roger Federer could live anywhere in the world, but he always returns to the place he loves most: Switzerland. Dave Seminara is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909623590Author Suzanne ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547336947Author L Jon WertheimFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060526535Author Bruce SchoenfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Amistad PressPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 237g

What are the single most important variables in racquet performance? What racquet and string features combine to provide the most control, comfort, and feel? How can a player create maximum spin? This informative primer answers these and other elusive...

Compiled by the world's foremost tennis historian and journalist, this book is the ultimate collection of historical tennis information, including year-by-year recaps of every tennis season and biographical sketches of every major tennis personality, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937559915Author Peter UnderwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint New Chapter Press,U.S.Publisher New Chapter Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 0g

Know what to say, what not to say, what to do on a court should you make the mistake of being seen on one, and what excuses to make if you can't lay a racquet head on a ball. Never again confuse topspin with a slice, or a squash shot with a tweener. Bask...

In The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey, the award-winning poet - and Paris Review sports columnist - Rowan Ricardo Phillips chronicles 2017 as seen through the unique prism of its pivotal, revelatory, and historic tennis season. The annual tennis schedule is a...

The digital age has hit the tennis court. Games like Top Spin use lifelike animation and innovative hand controls to provide gamers with a realistic simulation game against real-life pros. Racquet-mounted sensors measure and track shots and impact speeds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226136400Author Bruce ElliottFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782552383Author Dominic StevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbHPublisher Meyer & Meyer...

This book tells the story of one of Argentina's greatest tennis players, the most important of his generation. After winning the 2009 U.S. Open, defeating Roger Federer in a glorious five-set final, del Potro was poised to take over the tennis world...

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...

NOW WITH A NEW CHAPTERThis is a special era in the history of tennis. The physicality and skill, as well as the commercial and public interest, have hit levels not seen before. At the heart of the game's growing appeal are four players: Novak Djokovic,...

'I really recommend this, it's a cracker. A top read and a great tool to use to improve and enlighten. It doesn't matter who you are - you will all get something out of this. Lovely stuff.' Ben Ryan, Olympic gold-medal-winning coach and author of Sevens...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593472439Author Ben RothenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492177081Author Mark BrayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781729496824Author Tom LeCompteFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Including helpful interpretations in addition to the official rules and regulations, this is the singular resource to everything tennis, put forth by the sport's governing body, the United States Tennis Association. With detailed sections and ample...

Record-breaking, trend-setting, polarizing, and controversial, Serena Williams often sparks conversation and debate. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has a team, an entourage, celebrity groupies, and a band of fans who call themselves "Serena's army."...

Fun and fact-filled, this compilation offers anniversaries, summaries, and anecdotes of events from the world of tennis for every day in the calendar year. Presented in a day-by-day format, the entries into this mini-encyclopedia include major tournament...

We all know that the UK goes crazy during Wimbledon fortnight. In fact so much seems to be packed into those two weeks that Spencer Vignes collected the most interesting aspects of the tournament into a fun, accessible book. The Wimbledon Miscellany is...

The science of tennis technique is explained in this guide that practically applies the lessons learned from studying the forces and motions of tennis strokes. Through the implementation of six basic biomechanical principles players can make subtle...