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Tennis Made Easy
Tennis Made Easy

Tennis Made Easy

Essential Strokes & Strategies for the Modern Game

SPORTS & RECREATION

200 Pages, 8 x 11

Formats: PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket, Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $21.95)

Publication Date: July 2010

ISBN 9780942257717

Rights: WOR

New Chapter Press (Jul 2010)

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Overview

Practical lessons for beginning to intermediate tennis players

Accessible and concise, this informative guide offers helpful advice for tennis players to improve their skills and their game. Offering sensible instruction drawn from 30 years of coaching, expert techniques are explained in a clear, jargon-free format. Effective for tennis players at all levels, this valuable handbook includes a wealth of tactics, strategies, and definitions, making it perfectly suited for beginners to the sport. Integrating productive and enjoyable practice drills, a wide range of topics are explored—gripping the racket, making a killer serve, positioning, pressuring the opponent, and how to play singles or doubles. Clear information on choosing equipment and deciding what to pack in a tennis bag is also included.

Reviews

"Kelly Gunterman’s book is the best I’ve ever seen for someone who wants to learn to play tennis the right way. The explanations are clear, concise and vivid and even advanced players would benefit immensely from the lessons this little book offers. Kelly knows tennis and knows how to make you a better tennis player and owning this book is guaranteed to do just that." John Snow Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury



“Kelly is an innovative and creative tennis teacher that will carry the torch for tennis instruction for years to come!” - John Hanna Publisher, Net News Magazine, ALTA



"Kelly does a great job of motivating and encouraging. He is versatile enough to apply his coaching to all sports." Jeff Saturday Indianapolis Colts

Author Biography

Kelly Gunterman is a tennis instructor and has trained more than 20,000 people during a 30-year career. He founded the Gunterman Tennis Schools, which have been listed in the "Top 25 Adult Tennis Schools in North America" by Tennis Magazine. He is also the founder of Tennis Without Borders, a not-for-profit organization that offers scholarships and assistance with school fees to young tennis students in developing countries. He lives in Fernandina Beach, Florida.