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Author: Nick Bollettieri
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1997-10
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780380787234
DOWNLOAD EBOOKControversial coach looks at the inner world of professional tennis. His relationships with players Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Jim Courier, and Boris Becker among others.
Author: Brad Gilbert
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-05-28
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1476715092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe tennis classic from Olympic gold medalist and ESPN analyst Brad Gilbert, now featuring a new introduction with tips drawn from the strategies of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Andy Murray, and more, to help you outthink and outplay your toughest opponents. A former Olympic medalist and now one of ESPN’s most respected analysts, Brad Gilbert shares his timeless tricks and tips, including “some real gems” (Tennis magazine) to help both recreational and professional players improve their game. In the new introduction to this third edition, Gilbert uses his inside access to analyze current stars such as Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal, showing readers how to beat better players without playing better tennis. Written with clarity and wit, this classic combat manual for the tennis court has become the bible of tennis instruction books for countless players worldwide.
Author: Nick Bollettieri
Publisher:
Published: 2014-04-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781938842160
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCelebrated tennis coach Nick Bollettieri has led life with the intensity of a fifth set tiebraker. In this book he tells all, from his humble beginnings in a small town north of New York City to his triumphs on the center courts at Wimbledon, the French Open and the U.S. Open. Mincing no words, he discusses his ten world champions, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Maria Sharapova, Boris Becker, Monica Seles, Serena Williams and more; his eight wives; and all the successes and failures in between. His advice based on five decades of dominance in spors training is inspirational and reaches far beyond the tennis court.
Author: Caryl Phillips
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2010-04-28
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 0307490173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom stately lawns and gentlemen players to Andre Agassi and Venus Williams: 65 great writings on tennis that chronicle the transformation of the sport. Since its inception, tennis has embraced traditions more patrician than plebeian. But times--and tennis--have changed. The game once reserved for royalty has moved from estate lawns to the concrete courts of the city. Old guard amateurs have given way to prodigies plastered with corporate logos. And while barriers of gender, race, and class have been shattered, the modern plagues of self-promotion, the paparazzi, and challengers of ever-escalating talent loom large. In The Right Set, award-winning novelist and editor Caryl Phillips presents a collection of writings on the remarkable evolution of a gentleman's pastime into a sport of jet-set players of athletic and psychological genius. Here are the stories of champions, from the Renshaw twins to "ghetto Cinderella" Venus Williams. Here, too, are volleys between tradition and innovation--debates on everything from etiquette and earnings to André Agassi's rejection of the customary tennis whites. Insightful, informative, wonderfully entertaining, The Right Set is as colorful and surprising as the game itself. John McPhee on Ashe vs. Graebner David Higdon on Venus Williams James Thurber on Helen Wills Martina Navratilova on Bad Losers Martin Amis on Smashing the Rackets and more
Author: Paul Fein
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 157488526X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes insights about the top players through full-length interviews and features
Author: Allen M. Hornblum
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2018-03-01
Total Pages: 511
ISBN-13: 0803288115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBabe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bobby Jones, and Bill Tilden were the legendary quartet of the “Golden Age of Sports” in the 1920s. They transformed their respective athletic disciplines and captured the imagination of a nation. The indisputable force behind the emergence of professional tennis as a popular and lucrative sport, Tilden’s on-court accomplishments are nothing short of staggering. The first American?born player to win Wimbledon and a seven?time winner of the U.S. singles championship, he was the number 1 ranked player for ten straight years. A tall, flamboyant player with a striking appearance, Tilden didn’t just play; he performed with a singular style that separated him from other top athletes. Tilden was a showman off the court as well. He appeared in numerous comedies and dramas on both stage and screen and was a Renaissance man who wrote more than two dozen fiction and nonfiction books, including several successful tennis instructions books. But Tilden had a secret—one he didn’t fully understand himself. After he left competitive tennis in the late 1940s, he faced a lurid fall from grace when he was arrested after an incident involving an underage boy in his car. Tilden served seven months in prison and later attempted to explain his questionable behavior to the public, only to be ostracized from the tennis circuit. Despite his glorious career in tennis, his final years were much constrained and lived amid considerable public shunning. Tilden’s athletic accomplishments remain, as he is arguably the best American player ever. American Colossus is a thorough account of his life, bringing a much-needed look back at one of the world’s greatest athletes and a person whose story is as relevant as ever.
Author: Nick Bollettieri
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780809232826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArguably the best tennis coach in the world today, Bollettieri is known for finding and developing great young players at his renowned tennis academy. Now, for the first time, his teachings on mental fitness in tennis are available outisde of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy to players who want the inside edge on their own home courts. Photos.
Author: Sampson Davis
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2006-04-20
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780142406274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrowing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George,and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. But when a presentation at their school made the three boys aware of the opportunities available to them in the medical and dental professions, they made a pact among themselves that they would become doctors. It took a lot of determination—and a lot of support from one another—but despite all the hardships along the way, the three succeeded. Retold with the help of an award-winning author, this younger adaptation of the adult hit novel The Pact is a hard-hitting, powerful, and inspirational book that will speak to young readers everywhere.
Author: William Tatem Tilden
Publisher:
Published: 1938
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nick Bollettieri
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781861050878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe autobiography of tennis coach Nick Bollettieri which examines his conversion from law school to professional sports and explores his effect on the careers of Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and Monica Seles, as well as his experiences as a paratrooper and teaching pro to the Rockerfeller family.
