Racquet Sports category: 291 books
Fred Perry
British Tennis Legend
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Fred Perry, three-time Wimbledon champion in the 1930s, was one of Britain's greatest sportsmen of the 20th century. His success on the hallowed Wimbledon turf went unmatched by a British man for a remarkable 77 years, until Andy Murray's triumph in 2013. Perry was the first player to hold all four Grand...
by Otto Graph
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Bouncy the Tennis Ball was very excited on the day of his first ever tennis tournament. But when one of the players accidently hits Bouncy over the tennis court fence, he finds himself stranded outside the court in a wilderness storage yard. Here, Bouncy meets a collection of discarded worn and unfriendly...
Venus Envy
Power Games, Teenage Vixens, and Million-Dollar Egos on the Women's Tennis Tour
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
A behind-the-scenes look at the hugely popular and often controversial world of women's tennis featuring such household names as Venus and Serena Williams and Anna Kournikova. At a time when attendance and TV ratings for women's tennis are at an all-time high, Sports Illustrated writer L.Jon Wertheim,...
The Wimbledon Final That Never Was . . .
And Other Tennis Tales from a By-Gone Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The only time in the history of Wimbledon that the men's singles final was not played is told in detail by the crowned champion in this illuminating tennis biography. Sidney Wood won the 1931 Wimbledon title by default over Frank Shields—his school buddy, doubles partner, roommate, and Davis Cup...
by Randy Walker
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
One of the world's most well-known and respected athletes, Roger Federer has had a career that ranks among the most celebrated and successful in all of tennis history. This entertaining and illuminating chronicle of Federer's trophy-laden journey is unique for its day-by-day format: every day of the...
101 Tennis Tips From A World Class Coach VOLUME 2
A Common Sense Approach to Tennis
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
This is the volume 2 of Harold Mollin’s bestseller 101 TENNIS TIPS FROM A WORLD CLASS COACH. You will discover 100 additional Tennis tips!
You will discover in the book great tips about tennis: technique/stroke production, tennis drills – stroke production, the mental side of the game,...
by Mark Kovacs, PhD, W. Britt Chandler
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Filled with action photographs to illustrate the exercises and techniques, this book distills contemporary scientific research into easily accessible principles for designing and implementing tennis training programs. Sample programs provide a highly targeted, efficient, practical, and individualized...
Ashe vs Connors
Wimbledon 1975 - Tennis that went beyond centre court
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Early in July of 2015, tennis will celebrate the 40th anniversary of what might be the greatest upset in the annals of tennis.
There have been other key matches in which the disparity between the favourite and the victorious underdog may have been more pronounced by standards of the sport....
by Anna Aspillaga
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is an exciting game that can be played by two or four players. Even recreational players can relatively quickly become highly skilled and ping pong at the professional level is truly a sight to behold. This book presents the basic rules of ping-pong along with...
Rod Laver
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Rod Laver's memoir is the inspiring story of how a diminutive, left-handed, red-headed country boy from Rockhampton, Australia became one of sports' greatest champions. Rod was a dominant force in world tennis for almost two decades, playing and defeating some of the greatest players of the twentieth...
Big Bill Tilden
The Triumphs and the Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
“A compelling, long overdue tribute” to America’s first tennis star from the renowned sportswriter and author of Everybody’s All-American (Kirkus Reviews).
When he stepped onto the Wimbledon grass in 1920, Bill Tilden was poised to become the world’s greatest tennis star. Throughout...
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Combining the insight of Franklin Foer’s How Soccer Explains the World and the intrigue of Ben Affleck’s Argo, Ping Pong Diplomacy traces the story of how an aristocratic British spy used the game of table tennis to propel a Communist strategy that changed the shape of the world.
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The Best Tennis of Your Life
50 Mental Strategies For Fearless Performance
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Play with Freedom...And Win More!
The Best Tennis of Your Life is an inspirational and practical guide that will help players of all levels finally master the mental game. Author Jeff Greenwald draws from his unique background as a world-class player, sports psychology consultant, psychotherapist,...
Game, Set, Match
A Tennis Book for the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Charlie Jones and Kim Doren are rapidly becoming admired authors of sports advice. Following their popular golf instruction book, Be The Ball: A Golf Instruction Book For The Mind, Game, Set, Match gives tennis players everywhere the inside track on how the stars prepare for their games. Many of the...