Tennis: Steps to Success - 3rd Edition (Steps to Success Sports Series)

Outlines a twelve-step program for becoming an accomplished tennis player, providing 117 drills to help in game development and including drawings that illustrate proper tennis strokes and strategies.

Learn and master all the essential skills of tennis to take your game to the next level. Tennis, Third Edition: Steps to Success provides in-depth, progressive instruction and accompanying illustrations for each stroke: the serve, return of serve, forehand, backhand, volley, lob, drop shot, and overhead smash. Practice and improve those techniques with 80 drills that feature a scoring system to gauge and accelerate your progress.

After building a strong skill base, add tactical knowledge to make the right shots in match situations, in both singles and doubles play. With a little work, you'll be hitting winners in no time!

Become a complete player on the court. As part of the popular Steps to Success Series—-with more than 1.5 million copies sold—-Tennis, Third Edition: Steps to Success will take your performance level to new heights in all facets of the game.

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Content: Hitting forehands for offensive control -- Turning the backhand into a strength -- Serving to set up points -- Volleying to force the action -- Hitting half volleys off short hops -- Lobbing to control your opponent -- Smashing the overhead shot with authority -- Executing drop shots effectively -- Competing as a singles player -- Playing as a doubles team -- Preparing for the match. Abstract: Learn and master all the essential skills of tennis to take your game to the next level. Progressive instruction and accompanying illustrations for each stroke, 80 drills to practice and tactical knowledge to make the right shots in match situations, in both singles and doubles play. Read more... Title page 1 Copyright Page 2 Dedication 3 Contents 4 Climbing the Steps to Tennis Success 7 The Sport of Tennis 9 Key to Diagrams 23 Step 1: Hitting Forehands for Offensive Control 25 Step 2: Turning the Backhand Into a Strength 47 Step 3: Serving to Set Up Points 59 Step 4: Volleying to Force the Action 73 Step 5: Hitting Half Volleys off Short Hops 87 Step 6: Lobbing to Control Your Opponent 97 Step 7: Smashing the Overhead Shot With Authority 109 Step 8: Executing Drop Shots Effectively 117 Step 9: Competing As a Singles Player 125 Step 10: Playing As a Doubles Team 143 Step 11: Preparing for the Match 157 Glossary 171 About the Author 175 Other tennis resources 176 Every tennis player needs a signature shot, that one stroke to call on when he or she really needs it.