December 26th, 2008 — Book Review, Tennis
Complete Conditioning for Tennis is aimed at tennis players, tennis instructors and even coaches in strength and conditioning as well as other professionals in fitness. The new edition of this book is designed to provide a complete and total foundation of conditioning for the sport of tennis, including both training on the court and off the court as well. It covers a wide variety of different topics including assessment of level of fitness, exercise technique and the evaluation of different conditioning programs as well.
This is the second edition of this book, and has seen significant revisions and updates from the first edition. The second edition of this title includes a brand new DVD with footage from some of the most complex and most advanced exercises described within. Improving your tennis fitness will help to improve all aspects of your tennis game, not just your ability to stay in points for longer periods of time or to play more sets at a time. Some of the programs contained within this book target your speed, your strength and your stamina as well as the stability of your shoulders just to name a few.
This is easily a four or five star book, because there is nothing else like it out there. This book and DVD package is a must have for any player looking to take their game to the very next level. Many instructors are taking the lessons from this book and implementing them in their real life training programs, because the drills and the exercises in this book can be easily taken to the courts and implemented in no time at all. This book covers absolutely everything that you can think of when it comes to perfecting your game through conditioning for the sport of tennis.
This book is not only for serious players who are in excellent shape, but rather for anyone that is looking to improve their conditioning with good instruction. The one downside to this particular book is the fact that it does not go into detail about nutrition, but rather focuses completely on the conditioning through physical exercise. It does talk about water consumption and sodium. If you are already in decent shape and have the nutrition part of your conditioning plan figured out, then this is definitely the book for you, because it will allow you to take your conditioning plan a step further with fool proof conditioning instruction. If you are really into tennis and your priority is to improve your health and conditioning for improved game play, then this DVD and book combination is an ideal way to get started. Hopefully the next incarnation of this title will include even more in depth information including nutrition and assistance for the weekend player as well as the serious player.
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December 19th, 2008 — Book Review, Tennis
This is a book and DVD package that will allow you to take your game to a completely new level. If you want to train to play just like the pros are playing by conditioning each fitness component in your lifestyle to meet the physical demands associated with tennis, then this is the way to do it. Complete Conditioning for Tennis is designed to improve your strength, your power and agility, your flexibility, your quickness and your stamina. This book and DVD combination allows some of the experts from the United States Tennis Association to provide the absolute best in tennis drills and exercises, bringing you excellent sample workouts from the top players in the game as well as sample programs that will allow you to maximize your tennis performance so that you can finish strong in every match you play.
This book and DVD combination package is an absolute must for any player who is looking to take his or her game to the highest possible level. Not only is this book and DVD combination excellent for amateur players who want to step up their game, but many tennis professionals are basing their training programs on the exercises and the drills outlined within the pages of this book, including James Blake who is a well known United States professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. This book covers everything that you could possibly need to know regarding shaping up your body and preparing yourself for a better tennis game.
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If you are serious about taking your game to the next level, then this is the resource for you. The coverage offered in this book is unmatched by any other tennis program out there in terms of training for fitness. This book is both for players who are already in good shape and those who want to improve their capabilities quickly. If you are serious about tuning up your body to improve your game, then this is an excellent resource to get started. It offers excellent tips for stretching and fantastic drills for agility. Every workout, training exercise and drill in this book is explained in full detail as well as related back to how it can improve your tennis game. Every expert in the book is a tennis pro, and who better to learn from than the pros who have utilized these same drills and techniques to improve their own games?
Anyone who is serious about taking their game to the next level or simply kicking it up a notch will benefit from the drills and training in this exhaustive book. If you are really into tennis and want to improve your game, then this is a must have for your tennis learning library.
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December 12th, 2008 — Book Review, Tennis
"Winning Ugly - Mental Warfare in Tennis - Lessons from a Master" has received acclaim from some of the biggest names in tennis today, including Jim Courier, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras just to name a few. The thing that makes this a popular book for improving your tennis game is the fact that it puts a serious emphasis on the importance of developing a mental strategy for playing tennis in addition to your physical strategy. "Winning Ugly" presents an approach to getting more out of your tennis game that is completely new and unique. Brad Gilbert has developed a unique formula for winning tennis game after tennis game simply based on improving your mental strategy in order to improve your overall performance. Brad Gilbert, the primary author for "Winning Ugly" is said to have a better understanding of the mental facets of tennis than anyone else out there.
Most experts will agree that their game play and winning capability have been improved by the techniques and tactics that are approached in this book. "Winning Ugly" is designed to improve the recreational tennis game quickly, as well as to go from amateur to pro in no time at all. All of the greats in tennis have developed a powerful mental game to accompany their physical capabilities, and "Winning Ugly" is teaching regular players how to do the same thing. If you want to get more out of your tennis game than ever before, this book is a totally new approach that you need to check out.
Winning tennis at the tournament level, or even the league level, is mainly dictated not by shot making but rather by conditioning on a mental and physical basis instead. This book is designed specifically to focus on the mental aspect of the game of tennis, giving tips that will help you focus about each point with winning in mind rather than having shot making in mind. It will help you take apart your opponent's game, and it will also help you take apart your own game so that you can win plain and simple, without any more complication than that. Additionally, simply reading this book and having it in your possession can afford you an excellent mental confidence that will help you win more matches.
If you are looking for a book that you can keep with you, in your tennis bag or on your desk, this is the book. If you are looking for a reference that you can regularly turn to for some mental boosts before your game, then this is absolutely the book that you have been looking for. Winning Ugly is a downright practical instruction book that gets to the heart of winning every match you play based on mental conditioning alone.
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December 11th, 2008 — Tennis, Tips and Tricks
There are a lot of tennis tips and tricks floating around out there, but many are complicated and complex, and not at all easy for you to implement on your own without a dedicated trainer to walk you through them. The following article is designed to go over some quick and simple tips and tricks for improving your tennis game. These tips are simple and quick, which means you can turn around and implement them quickly without needing lessons or professional assistance.
Quick Tips for Better Serving -
1. Practice with targets whenever you can. When you have something to focus on, you can drive much greater results. Always use a target when you practice serving, because when you focus on hitting a target, it will keep you honest.
2. Vary your target size based on your skill level. As your skill level improves, change up your targets to give you new and exciting challenges.
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3. Make sure that you are pointing the racket with its head facing "up".
4. The volley grip should be continental.
5. The volley is not intended to be a ground stroke. You should be pointing the head of the racket up toward the sky rather than in the direction of the court next to you.
Quick Tips for Better Overhead Shots -
6. When you are making an overhead shot, try to stand sideways.
7. Your overhead grip should be continental.
8. The overhead swing is similar in style to the serve, at least in the sense that you are standing sideways when you initially make contact with the ball. Many tennis players will point their toes in the direction of the net when contact is made with the ball, throwing off their contact point in the process.
Quick Tips for Tennis Strategy -
9. You absolutely must be willing to keep the ball in play no matter what happens. This is true regardless of your age or skill level.
10. There are two different ways for you to win a point. The first is to get the ball to go past your opponent and the second is to allow your opponent to make a mistake.
11. If you cut down on errors you will force your opponent to make more mistakes. This is much easier as a strategy than trying to hit winners all the time. Mental toughness beats physical toughness when it comes to winning matches.
Quick Tips for Tennis Footwork -
12. Avoid crossing your feet no matter what. Crossing your feet can actually cut out valuable time that you could be using to set up your next shot instead.
13. Footwork is essentially the process of putting yourself in the right position to receive and hit the ball. If you can move swiftly from behind the baseline, you will be a more efficient player.
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November 28th, 2008 — Book Review, Tennis
Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide is a paperback tennis guide by Tom Sadzeck. This book easily follows the formula which has been successfully used in "Golf Skills", "Hoop Drills" and "Soccer Skills", and Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide is doing an excellent job of providing an in depth look at stroke production, and the right drills that are both designed and used by pros in Tennis. If you want to win games, sets and matches then you need to be able to have a strong foundation of tennis skills, including ground strokes, volleys, lobs, serves and even strategies for doubles. In the Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide paperback player's guide, the author begins by laying out each of the strokes in as much detail as possible, breaking each down into its basic elements in order to make sure that your skills as a player are both strong and consistent.
Important skills when developing your capabilities as a player include warm up skills, grip skills, body positioning skills, stroke skills, footwork skills and finally follow through skills. After all of the necessary skills have been laid out as simply as possible, the next step is to lay out a series of professional drills focusing on targeted areas. These forty drills touch on strategy, coordination, footwork and pressure, and improving your game in each of these aspects in order to become a more proficient tennis player. Packed with this many unique pro drills, the Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide paperback playing guide for tennis is a must have book that will deliver more knowledge about improving your tennis game than you knew existed.
In Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide, excellent court diagrams make it easier than ever for players to visualize the outcome of a stroke, especially in conjunction with easy to follow photographs and sequential diagrams that accompany the clear instruction provided by the author of this player's guide. You will also find plenty of action packed photographs in full color which will depict the greatest professional tennis players in the world, who provide ample motivation and inspiration throughout this book.
You will also find Master Stroke sidebars which offer tips that are succinct and easy to remember. In fault finder boxes you will find areas of common mistakes in conjunction with comments from the coach that share wisdom and experience of some of the best seasoned tennis pros in play today.
The author of Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide, Tom Sadzeck, has been playing tennis as well as coaching the sport for more than twenty five years now. Now he is the Director of Tennis for Tennis in Marin, which is located in San Francisco. He has lectured at numerous USTA coaching conferences, and currently also serves on the USTA Northern California Recreational Development Committee on their board of directors. Sadzeck imparts the results of his lengthy experience and expertise in Tennis in Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide, allowing players of all levels of play and experience to take after the pros and improve their games.
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October 14th, 2008 — News, Tennis, Tournaments and Championships
Lleyton Hewitt, regarded as a former world number one tennis player in the entire world is planning to make his grand, official return from hip surgery very soon. His intention is to make his grand return from this injury at the Sydney International tennis tournament which is slated to begin in January. He announced this plan of his on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 and has no apparent intention of going back now. Hewitt seems to know that 2009 is going to be an excellent year for him and his tennis game despite his injury and subsequent surgery, because he is already planning to take Australia by storm during the Australian Opening in 2009.
Hewitt has won the warm up event four times in the Australian open to date. Following a disappointing showing during the Beijing Olympics which occurred in August, Hewitt decided to focus on his hip recovery and his recovery from surgery. According to Hewitt, this recovery since the August Beijing Olympics has been going well. The twenty year old tennis player has stated numerous times that he is really excited about the Australian summer, and he appears to be prepared to bring his A game to the courts.
"It is an exciting time for me;" he told reporters, "I am already feeling refreshed, reinvigorated and excited about the challenge ahead. Sydney is a happy hunting ground for me. Some good hard matches will certainly help me in my preparation for the 2009 Australian Open."
Lleyton Hewitt is now ranked as number 67 in the world. He may have dropped significantly in world ranking since his injury and his disappointing performance at the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, China, but this is clearly not the direction where he intends to take his tennis career. Down but not out, Lleyton Hewitt is showing that he is serious about returning to the game of tennis with all of his strength, hoping to significantly improve his rank in the world, especially during the summer Australian Open in 2009 which seems like a promising place to really make a stand.
Lleyton Hewitt's career may not be where he wants it right now, but this twice grand slam champion is not down and out, however. This is because his drive to return from his hip surgery just in time for the Sydney International will surely show that he is more than ready to return from injury to dominate the tennis courts once again, especially during the 2009 Australian Open which is slated to begin in the summer.
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