The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Tennis (Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Sports) (Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Tennis)
by Robert G. Price

Trent Cannon - College Preparatory Academy Warhawks - Boys and Girls Varsity Tennis Coach - Tennis requires quickness and endurance even more than strength. This book develops endurance in the legs and the dominant arm.

Howard Ross - 3 Time USTA Nationals Qualifier and user of The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Tennis - Weight training for tennis has helped my serve speed, my court quickness, and most importantly freed me from frequent injury.

Includes programs so that you can increase your racquet speed, prevent injuries, eliminate fatigue, and improve quickness and agility.

Rob Price is a first class certified personal trainer and former fitness consultant at the University of Wisconsin. He is a national weight lifting champion and state bench press record holder. He has helped thousands of athletes all over the world achieve their goals. Rob is also a contributing author to OnFitness magazine and is the founder of SportsWorkout.com, the #1 Sports-Training website on the Internet.

Tennis Tactics: Winning Patterns of Play
by United States Tennis Association

Tennis Tactics presents 58 strategic shot sequences to maximize your strengths and exploit your opponents’ weaknesses. The book includes 63 drills that show you how to practice the shot patterns and make them part of your tactical approach in match play. By improving your shot making and decision making, you’ll hit more winners than ever!

Whether you’re an all-court player, a counterpuncher, an aggressive baseliner, or a serve and volleyer, you’ll find patterns to fit your style of play. You’ll learn how to execute backcourt, midcourt, net play, and defensive patterns that will win key points in competition.

"Play like a pro! Tennis Tactics brings you the perfect blend of the mental and physical aspects of the game. Learn the strategies and how to practice them, then see the results when you compete."

Todd Martin Professional Tennis Player

"Winning matches depends on the ability to think fast. This book helps you put together patterns and strategies to do just that."

Lindsay Davenport Professional Tennis Player Women’s Tennis Association

"A complete description of what to do and when to do it. Use the patterns of play and the drills to take your game to a higher level."

Tom Gullikson 1996 U.S. Olympic Tennis Team Coach

Power Tennis Training
by Donald A. Chu

Don Chu, training consultant to the United States Tennis Association and top tennis pros, presents an easy-to-follow, balanced conditioning program specifically designed to help tennis players at all levels put more power into their game. Through a regimen of stretching, weight training, plyometrics, medicine ball exercises, and court drills, you'll become faster and able to hit the ball harder. You'll also find that you're less injury-prone and can bounce back from injury sooner.

Let Power Tennis Training put more power into your game.

"This book will benefit all players serious about improving their strength and conditioning."

E. Paul Roetert, PhD Administrator of Sport Science United States Tennis Association

"Don Chu, one of the country's foremost training and fitness experts, has put together a tremendously complete, easy-to-follow workbook. It has my unqualified endorsement."

Dick Gould Men's Tennis Coach Stanford University

"As a professional tennis player following Dr. Chu's program, I feel stronger and faster, and I am free of injuries that have normally inhibited my career. Correct exercise technique is vital to receiving all of the benefits from the program."

Marianne Werdel Professional Tennis Player

A frequent contributor to the National Strength and Conditioning Association Journal, Don Chu is a leading authority on power training and conditioning. In addition to serving as a consultant for the United States Tennis Association, Chu has been a conditioning consultant for the Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Lions, and Chicago White Sox. He is owner, director, and consultant to individual athletes at the Ather Sports Injury Clinic in northern California.

Dr. Chu earned his PhD in physical therapy and physical education from Stanford University and is a professor emeritus of kinesiology and physical education at California State University, Hayward. In 1978, his only year as a head coach, Dr. Chu was named the Far Western Conference Track and Field Coach of the Year. He is a registered physical therapist, a certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Training Association, and an National Strength and Conditioning Association-certified strength specialist.

Speed Training for Tennis
by Manfred Grosser, Heinz Kraft, Richard Schonborn

Another good piece of work from the former Chief Trainer of the German Tennis Federation. Richard is still very much active in research for tennis - in all aspects of the game. Currently, a much sought after speaker at the International Tennis Federation's seminars worldwide, this new work by him provides greater practical knowledge to be added for speed around/across the tennis court, as distinct from pure speed down a 100 metre track. Covered topics include enhancing innate speed, power in speed, endurance etc. Coaches of all levels of skill will definitely find something useful in this new book. I know I have, besides the hundreds of coaches in Europe and the Americas applying it on court at this moment when you are reading this review.

The Tennis Drill Book
by Tina Hoskins

Text contains 245 drills, games, and tips for improving stroke technique, match strategy, and everything in between. Softcover. DLC: Tennis--Training.

Tina Hoskins is a former professional player on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and satellite tours and is a certified professional from the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA). She has trained and traveled with some top pros, including Lori McNiel, Zina Garrison, and Rodney Harmon.

Hoskins has more than 30 years of experience in both playing and teaching tennis to all age groups and ability levels. She has helped many young players achieve USTA rankings, with two of her top students achieving national rankings. For the past 10 years, Hoskins has worked as the head tennis instructor at a prestigious racket club in New Jersey. She is also the owner and director of her own business, Future Stars Tennis.

Tennis Course Vol. 1: Techniques & Tactics
by Deutscher Tennis Bund (German Tennis Organization)

One of the best on technique written by top German (Deustcher Tennis Bund) authorities. There are multiple action-photo sequences for most techniques and illustrations of errors and what to do. Few books come close to its clarity or thoroughness in covering tactics. It is a bit dry (as with other German tennis books) but that doesn't take away from the usefulness of this tome as a reference.

The tactical section leaves much to be desired however, since it discusses mostly technique but doesn't address how the two really come together. Two-thirds or more of the book is devoted to technique. The tactical section is quite applicable although basic.

Coaching Tennis
by Chuck Kriese

Chuck Kriese, men's head tennis coach at Clemson University and former U.S. Junior Davis Cup Team coach, is the all-time winningest coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and his career victories stand among the top in U.S. collegiate history. His coaching accomplishments include eleven ACC titles, eight national top ten finishes, and six ACC Coach of the Year awards. The Kriese coaching legacy has produced thirty All-Americans, sent twenty-three former players to the professional ranks, and spawned twelve current collegiate level coaches from among his former players and assistants. Coach Kriese is the author of three other books--Total Tennis Training, Winning Tennis, and Youth Tennis. He has lectured on the sport in the United States, England, Japan, Spain, and the Netherlands. Coaching Tennis, formerly published as Total Tennis Training, is a recipe for total player development that gives players and coaches the competitive edge when it comes to understanding the complex sport of tennis. The most comprehensive coaching guide available, it is complete with detailed descriptions of physical training techniques, useful approaches for mental and emotional development, and keys to establishing player strategy and team unity. Updated to discuss every conceivable aspect of the modern game from technical skills to momentum management, practice drills to goal setting, directional guidelines to coaching philosophies--discover Coach Kriese's unique motivational program, a formula proven in competition and proven by champions.

The Tennis Drill Book (Tennis Drill Book, Paper)
by Sharon Petro

This is an excellent book on the subject. This is the second tennis drill book I have read, and this one is slightly better. The 100 drills are explained in the most efficient and concise way possible. In tennis, a picture is worth a thousand words. And, the author understands that perfectly well. Almost every single drill is clearly illustrated which greatly enhances your understanding of what that specific drill is about.

The author covers all the tennis drill situations you would encounter, single, threesome, doubles, and groups.

I am a former college player. I have played, watched, and studied tennis all my life. But, I probably knew only half of the drills mentioned in this book. In other words, this book taught me a lot of skills I could focus on practicing on the tennis court to improve my game. In tennis, there is no finish line. You are never too good. But, this book will help you get as good as you can or want to get, and have a lot of fun doing it. I strongly recommend it.

From Breakpoint to Advantage : A Practical Guide to Optimal Tennis Health and Performance
by Babette Pluim, Marc Safran

Muscle imbalance, microtrauma, insufficient recovery, and biomechanical compensations are

Professional Tennis Drills: 75 Drills to Perfect Your Strokes, Footwork, Conditioning, Court Movement, and Strategy
by Lewis Brewer

Net Flex: 10 Minutes a Day to Better Play
by Paul Frediani

From beginners to regular weekend players to the top tournament seeds, tennis players everywhere will benefit from Net Flex, a simple easy-to-follow stretching program designed to improve your game. These simple stretching exercises can be done almost anywhere-in your office, at the clubhouse, at home or on the court. Presented in a simple user-friendly format, the Net Flex program requires only ten minutes a day. Stretch your way to increased flexibility and gain power and control in your game. With increased flexibility players will notice more powerful serves, a better forearm, stronger backhands and many other improvements. Professional athletes have discovered the value of flexibility training, and have flexibility specialists to stretch them before and after a game. Now you can have one of America's leading trainers be your guide to tennis' secret weapon: Net Flex.

Paul Frediani is a nationally recognized fitness trainer and educator. He is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as a Medical Exercise Specialist and by the American Council on Exercise. He is affiliated with the Equinox Health Club in New York, and is president of Box Athletics, a fitness training company.

Pressure Tennis
by Paul Wardlaw

Skill alone won’t make tennis players great—they must also have the mental toughness it takes to perform under pressure. To prepare for the demands of competitive match play, look no further than the training system found in Pressure Tennis.

Tennis coach Paul Wardlaw has created and refined his extraordinary training program through 14 successful seasons at the college level. His system teaches you how to design and implement effective practice sessions using pressure drills that simulate match-like conditions.

With Wardlaw’s system in place, you will notice immediate improvements in concentration, motivation, confidence, and conditioning. More important, players develop a resilience to match play pressure and welcome the challenge of even the toughest opponent. To help evaluate progress, Wardlaw has also included a novel Performance Index that provides coaches with a more objective measure of each player’s execution, effort, and ranking on the team.

Whether you’re a tennis player or a coach, you’ll want the demanding drills and practice plans found in Pressure Tennis to help instill the strong mental skills necessary for a winning season.

"Paul Wardlaw has done some of the first truly innovative work in tennis research in a long time. This book has depth, substance and many things never written before by other tennis authors."

Chuck Kriese Men’s head tennis coach Clemson University Three-time National Coach of the Year

"Pressure Tennis articulates a system of training that prepares players for match play conditions. Most players look great in practice. Paul Wardlaw’s players perform at an extraordinarily high level in matches!"

Jeff Moore Women’s head tennis coach University of Texas NCAA Champions, 1993 and 1995

Tennis: Play to Win the Czech Way : Technique, Tactics, Training
by Jindrich Hohm, Peter Klavora

The game's most comprehensive teaching manual. It will set new standards for instructing, coaching, and training tennis players. It is written for P. E. Instructors, coaches, and parents involved with tennis. Based on detailed analysis of the game, the book explains the technique and tactics of contemporary tennis, the methodology of practice, and sports training of tennis players. Great attention is paid to physical and psychological preparation, the prerequisites for improvement in a tennis player's performance. Future developments and general tendencies in world tennis are also examined.

This book is meant for young people, beginners as well as advanced players, and last but not least, for coaches and parents involved with tennis training. Based on a detailed analysis of the game, the book explains the technique and tactics of contemporary tennis, the methodology of practice, and sports training of tennis players. Great attention is paid to physical and psychological preparation, the prerequisite for a further improvement in tennis players' performance. The method of group practice described can also mean better utilization of court time.

I wish to thank my colleagues from the National Coaching Development Commission of the Czechoslovak Tennis Association, and Dr. Jaroslav Bouvek, all of whom advised me and contributed their vast experiences for the book.

I hope the book will help recreational as well as competitive players, tennis coaches, and teachers achieve their goals more easily and in a shorter period of time.