Tennis Strokes that Win

By Frank Early

Book Overview

"Frank Early offers a simple approach for learning each stroke. The photographs in this book are especially useful as reference points." -- Marty Riessen Gold Medal-winning U.S. Women's Olympic Team... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809234475
• ISBN13: 9780809234479
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 0.4" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

The only tennis book you need

This is by far the best instructional tennis book I ever read, and believe me, as a tennis nut who breathes tennis, I've read almost all of them. It is only 123 pages, but this is true testimony that good, quality books need not be long. I've read some tennis books that are huge manuals with pages of worthless frame-by-frame pictures. The beauty of this book is it's simple. I think everyone will appreciate that. And it need not lots of pictures to tell you how to truly play the game. I am an intermediate tennis player and I find the information to be very helpful and it is so simple, beginners will really learn from it, too. If you are a beginner, don't waste your money on tennis lessons, videos, or other books. You ONLY need this book. If you are an avid tennis fan, get this book and a subscription to Tennis Magazine to keep up with the news. Tennis is soooo simple after you read this book, don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

Tennis Strokes that Win

A good representation of what is common to all good tennis strokes. Emphasis is on common denominators that can be applied quickly and effectively. A very effective book.

2 thumbs up

A short easy read. It's only a little over 100 pages and almost half the pages are pictures of professional players in action. IMO: The best thing about this book is that it's free from defective advice (which is saying a lot for a book on tennis strokes -- regardless of who wrote it). Worth a read even if you're a teaching pro or advanced player.

Masterful

I am a 3.5 level player, but my shots were inconsistant. I could not really pinpoint what it was about a shot that made it good (or bad as was often the case) until I picked up this book. Unlike the other books that I read around this time, it does not merely offer hitting tips - rather it focuses on the mechanics of a stroke. The author has also inserted a bunch of relevant photos of pro tennis players executing a stroke to illustrate his point. I found that very useful.

Exceptional instruction

"Hip and shoulder rotation," and "weight transfer." How many times have we heard these phrases used to describe what we should be doing to hit the ball. I know I've heard them a few thousand times, but I've never heard anyone explain, exactly, what they mean. I always assumed they meant: turn your body and lean into it. Frank Early breaks the concepts down to surprisingly precise detail and makes them easy for even a hacker like me to incorperate into my strokes. This is a great book!