Product Description

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.

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Product Details

Publisher	Human Kinetics
ISBN	0880114991
Features	ISBN13: 9780880114998 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Format	Paperback
Author	United States Tennis Association
EAN	9780880114998
Label	Human Kinetics
Edition	1
Dewey Decimal Number	796.34207
Studio	Human Kinetics
Number Of Pages	248
Title	Tennis Tactics: Winning Patterns of Play
Publication Date	1996-07-10
Manufacturer	Human Kinetics

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Customer Reviews

Lots of drills!

Review by Martin D. Spielmann, 2010-02-17

Book is pretty much all patterns of play and drills linked to improve those patterns. Good variation of drills. Simple illustrations are easy to understand.

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Tennis Tactics: Winning Patterns of Play

Review by Juanita Clayton, 2008-07-18

Good book with excellent information. Love the drawings of what the author(s) are describing, making it easier to visualize tactics. Definitely a book for your reference library.

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winning the right way

Review by Renata Emther, 2007-03-27

This book addresses effective tennis strategies from every angle. Tennis is a mental game after all. You just need physical fitness and endurance to go with it. Each drill comes with a clear description (category, purpose, player's level, time, procedure, coaching points) and a diagram. Every player's level is covered - from beginner to professional. In addition, USTA does not overlook the importance of planning your strategy around your and the opponent's strengths and weaknesses. In this respect, four basic styles of play are addressed: 1) counterpuncher, 2) aggressive baseliner, 3) all-court-player, and 4) serve-and-volleyer. Not only it recommends drill patterns for your particular style of play, it also offers a valuable look at the drill patterns that your opponent with a different style may (and surely will) use against you during a match. As an aggressive baseliner, I have always found playing against counterpunchers frustrating - now I know why. And if you are willing to step out of your comfort zone, and practise every drill in this book (as long as your level allows it, of course), your tennis skills will improve greatly. It goes without saying that you need another dedicated player to practise the drills for singles (or three for doubles), and a coach who will guide you through the drills and make necessary corrections (especially if you are a beginner or intermediate player). A great book for every competitive tennis player!

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UNDERSTANDING THE GAME

Review by FAP Champ, 2007-01-09

I coach tennis for kids and teenagers for over 12 years. In order to plan classes not boring and profitable, I seek books that have pratical drills.
Besides having this kind of drills, this book shows you HOW, WHY and WHEN you should apply them to a specific game situation. Using diferent patterns of play, from the defensive player to the aggressive one, this book matches drills with tactics, giving you a good perspective of THE GAME.
I strongly recommend it.

Mário Santos
Tennis Coach
PORTUGAL

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Great book for coaches.

Review by Heath Martin, 2002-07-11

This book divides players into four playing styles based on a paragraph description of each. Then, it has a chart showing which patterns and drills in the book each style should focus on to improve their play. There are two chapters each on Serves, Returns, Midcourt, and Volleying. The first chapter describes the patterns of play and the second has drills to improve on the patterns.

This is focused on singles instruction and is a great drill and skills book for a coach. Most all of the drills are for multiple player training.

If you're looking for a book to give you drills to improve your tennis team, its a great buy. If you're looking for a book about strategy, what to do, and why, then this is not the book for you.

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