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Tennis Drill Book - Tina Hoskins
Tennis Drill Book
by Tina Hoskins
NEW, 256 pages
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About Tennis Drill Book
Effective practice is the foundation for good performance. With a wealth of drills and games to choose from, The Tennis Drill Book will help you develop skills, work on weaknesses, and prepare for upcoming matches.
This extensive manual features 245 drills that can be integrated into practice sessions to improve performance in every area of the game:
- Progressive technique drills help you master every stroke and shot combination.
- Tactics drills help you develop winning strategies for every game situation—aggressive or defensive, doubles or singles—on any court surface, against any style of play.
- Mental training drills help you stay focused when the pressure is on.
- Warm-up, cool-down, and conditioning drills are designed to increase speed, agility, and endurance so that you can move swiftly into position, outlast opponents, and reduce the chance of injury.
- Game-based drills simulate match play for singles and doubles.
Written by a teaching pro and former Women’s Tennis Association player, this essential reference provides more than just drills for every game situation. Game-based drills simulate match situations, and drills and games for juniors help you prepare younger players for higher competition. With more to offer than any other drill reference, The Tennis Drill Book will be an essential part of your tennis library.
About Tina Hoskins
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.
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From Hawaii Tennis News
With more to offer than any other drill reference, The Tennis Drill Book will be an essential part of your tennis library.
About Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs.
The modern game of tennis originated in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis" which has close connections to various field/lawn games as well as to the ancient game of real tennis. Up to then, "tennis" referred to the latter sport: for example, in Disraeli's novel Sybil (1845), Lord Eugene De Vere announces that he will "go down to Hampton Court and play tennis. As it is the Derby [classic horse race], nobody will be there". After its creation, lawn tennis spread throughout the upper-class English-speaking population before spreading around the world.
The rules of tennis have not changed much since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tie-break in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point challenge system, which allows a player to challenge the line (or chair) umpire's call of a point. Players have unlimited opportunity to challenge, but once three incorrect challenges are made in a set, they cannot challenge again until the next set. If the set goes to a tie break, players are given one additional opportunity to challenge the call. This electronic review, currently called Hawk-Eye, is available at a limited number of high-level ATP and WTA tournaments.
Tennis is enjoyed by millions of recreational players and is also a hugely popular worldwide spectator sport, especially the four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the "Majors"): the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open played also on hard courts.
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