Tennis

Roger Federer is not only one of the greatest tennis players ever to pick up a racket - if not the greatest - but he is one of the global icons of our time. Characterised by a mixture of passion and calmness, a fierce competitor with a regal bearing, he...

Fred Perry, three-time Wimbledon champion in the 1930s, was one of Britain's greatest sportsmen of the 20th century. His success on the hallowed Wimbledon turf went unmatched by a British man for a remarkable 77 years, until Andy Murray's triumph in 2013...

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)...

'From my earliest tennis memories, Rod Laver stood above all others as the greatest champion our sport has known.' Roger FedererRod Laver's autobiography tells the inspiring story of how a diminutive, left-handed, red-headed country boy became one of the...

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...

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

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909534919Author Paul NewmanFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing Ltd

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...

Filled with time-tested drills designed to improve every aspect of one's game, this updated edition is the ideal resource for any tennis player who wants to gain an edge on their competition. With more than 100 practice drills for both group and...

This, the revised version of the highly successful "Coaching and Learning Tennis Basics" is a well illustrated guide that those learning the game can use to support their training. Equipment and fitness sections have been expanded. The writing...

Absolute Tennis is thorough and comprehensive guide to improving your tennis. In this insightful and visually engaging book, Marty Smith, an NCAA Division I Southern Conference Champion and long-time Director of Tennis at the New York Athletic Club,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909534605Author Ian HewittFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing Ltd

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...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470190623Author Matthew CroninFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Tennis, the much-loved sport, is a game for the ages dating back to sixteenth-century royal court matches played by King Henry VIII. History of Tennis captures the sport s long history, never short of theatrics, rivalries, power plays, political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909534247Author Paul NewmanFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781333808Author Ryan HenryFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

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 9781909534858Author Paul NewmanFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing Ltd

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 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 9781909534636Author Paul NewmanFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Since 2004, two names have dominated men's tennis: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Each player is legendary in his own right. The Spanish Nadal is the winner of sixteen Grand Slam titles, including five consecutive French Open singles titles from...

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...

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

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

One of the largest collections of tennis memorabilia including sneakers, hundreds of vintage rackets, rare tennis accessories, and tennis ensembles worn by the sport’s most iconic players.From a sixteenth-century Italian book, the first to describe the...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A "thoroughly captivating biography" (The San Francisco Chronicle) of American icon Arthur Ashe-the Jackie Robinson of men's tennis-a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential...

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...

Every one of the world's half a million tennis courts is, at its most basic, an identical blank canvas: a 78-foot by 36-foot rectangle, divided by a 3-foot-high net in its centre, and marked with eleven straight lines. But add in the elements of surface,...

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...

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,...

The game of tennis raises many questions that are of interest to a statistician. Is it true that beginning to serve in a set gives an advantage? Are new balls an advantage? Is the seventh game in a set particularly important? Are top players more stable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476737416Author Gerald MarzoratiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams)...

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...