Coaching Tennis Successfully-2nd Edition. Tennis coaching tips. Coaching tennis. USTA's Coaching Tennis Successfully

Competitive Teams, Confident Players, & Thriving Tennis Programs!
Get The Edge In This One Complete Guide From Winning Coaches
Essential Advice For The School, Community & Volunteer Coach

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 tennis coaches with the experience of USTA players to serve up a comprehensive guide that ensures your success. They offer specific tennis 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 tennis 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 tennis lessons to facilitate the development of well-skilled, competitive tennis players.

”This book has something for everyone—coaching advice based on practical high school coaching expertise enhanced by advice from USTA national coaches. It's a must for all tennis coaches." - Dick Gould, Stanford University, 17 NCAA Championships

Reaching beyond strokes and strategies, this essential tennis handbook covers both on-court and off-court management duties:

Demonstrating a sound approach to coaching and playing tennis

Maximizing tennis practices with structured plans and drills

Communicating with your tennis team

Training players to withstand the physical and mental challenges of the game

Developing a mentoring relationship with individual players

”It's full of good reminders for veteran coaches and provides a great overview for new coaches." - Jan Brogan, Head Women's Tennis Coach University of California at Berkeley



Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Tennis Coaching Foundations Chapter 1. Philosophy Chapter 2. Communication Chapter 3. Motivation
Part II. Planning for Success Chapter 4. Building a Tennis Program Chapter 5. Establishing Season Plans Chapter 6. Planning and Conducting Tennis Practices
Part III. Teaching Tennis Technique Chapter 7. Tennis Stroke Production Chapter 8. Tennis Serves and Return of Serves Chapter 9. Tennis Groundstrokes and Mid-court Shots Chapter 10. Tennis Net Play, Passing Shots, and Lobs
Part IV. Teaching Tennis Tactics Chapter 11. Tennis Singles Strategy Chapter 12. Tennis Doubles Strategy
Part V. Coaching Matches

Chapter 13. Preparation for Competition Chapter 14. In-Match Coaching

Chapter 15. Performance Evaluation

Appendix A: Off-Season Training for Tournament Play
Appendix B: Wellness regimen for in- and off-season training `

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.

Paperback:208 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.55 x 10.99 x 8.53
Publisher: Human Kinetics; 2nd Edition; 2004