Coaching Tennis Successfully

As a coach, your success depends on the success of your players. In Coaching Tennis Successfully, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) combines the expertise of winning coaches with the experience of USTA players to serve up a comprehensive guide that ensures your success. They offer specific teaching tips and mentoring concepts for managing a winning tennis program. An organization known for its teaching prowess, the USTA explains how to instruct players in strokes, footwork, volleys, overheads, and serves. In addition to teaching the basics, this book will assist you in effectively integrating game strategies and tactical concepts into your lessons to facilitate the development of well-skilled, competitive players. Reaching beyond strokes and strategies, this essential handbook covers both on-court and off-court management duties: -Demonstrating a sound approach to coaching and playing tennis -Maximizing practices with structured plans and drills -Communicating with your team -Training players to withstand the physical and mental challenges of the game -Developing a mentoring relationship with individual players As owner and operator of the highest-attended annual sporting event in the world--the U.S. Open--the USTA knows tennis. And, with access to some of the top names in tennis coaching, the USTA knows coaching. Competitive teams, confident players, and thriving tennis programs all emerge from educated coaches, so get the edge in this one complete guide-- Coaching Tennis Successfully. Coaching Tennis Successfully is your complete resource for developing a consistent, winning tennis program for the '90s and beyond. Coaches of championship high school tennis teams and sport science experts at the United States Tennis Association team up to give you cutting-edge advice on developing a coaching philosophy, communicating with your players, planning practices, and evaluating each season in preparation for the next year. At the heart of the book you'll find 42 practical drills for coaching stroke fundamentals; key coaching concepts for all of the strokes; tips and 9 drills to help your players make the transition from the baseline to the net and master a variety of opponents' playing styles; and singles and doubles strategies. You'll also find information on application of grips to strokes, the principles behind high-percentage singles and doubles play, specific responsibilities of doubles players, and doubles drills. "The United States Tennis Association (USTA) presents this comprehensive manual with information on planning productive practices, conducting drills, developing physical and mental skills, and teaching match tactics. You'll find ideas to prepare singles players and doubles teams for competitive matches. Plus, the book offers the best methods and helpful tips for teaching key skills."--Jacket A complete resource for developing a consistent, winning tennis programme for the 1990s and beyond. Coaches of championship high school tennis teams and sport science experts at the USTA team-up to give advice on teaching practical strategies, skills and drills to players. A complete resource for developing a consistent, winning tennis program for the '90s and beyond, using strategies from coaches of championship high school teams and the sport science experts at the USTA