A simple introduction to the equipment, rules, and techniques of tennis.

Althea Gibson (1927-2003) was the first black tennis player ever to compete in the U.S. Open and at Wimbledon in England. This biography focuses on Gibson's spirited childhood and highlights the traits that later made her a champion. Illustrations.

Presenting a multidisciplinary approach to the prevention and management of injuries to young tennis players, this unique book considers multiple factors contributing to the increasing numbers of such sports-related injuries, such as increased young athlete participation in tennis, the pre-professionalization of younger players and misconceptions surrounding treating children in the same manner as adults. Beginning with the essentials for developing tennis players and their physical and mental growth with the sport, the text then turns to prevention and management techniques and strategies covering the upper and lower extremities, shoulder and elbow, hip and knee, and spine, as well as other acute medical conditions. Further consideration is given to proper nutrition, strength and conditioning, and rehabilitation and return to play. Edited by clinicians directly involved in the care of young tennis players and including contributions from physical therapists, nutritionists, sports psychologists, and physicians, it is an invaluable and comprehensive resource for any professional seeing and treating young tennis players.

This book is a manual for working with 10 to 14 year old tennis players. It presents the principles and fundamentals of the International Tennis Federations Performance Tennis Initiative. This book also presents more than 50 tennis drills and exercises directed to junior tennis players. The drills are presented in a progressive way, by using the criteria of the modern teaching methodology. It also includes practical information on the fundamentals of developing young tennis players: awareness of standards, methodology of training, competitive options, training and competition programmes, talent assessment and talent selection criteria.

This text describes an ideal development from a childhood to a world-class player in tennis. It is based on studies in biological development, training science and learning process psychology as well as experiences and observations.

My purpose in telling my story as a young tennis player is to explore the life of an aspiring tennis player. I want to show you the highs and lows of life as a young athletic star-not just in tennis but in any sport. More than that, I want to focus on what this means for the individual and his family. On one level, this is a simple story of a young tennis player. On another level, I hope it will be a guide for parents of young players.

In The Tennis Player from Bermuda, Fiona Hodgkin tells the story of her short but spectacular career as an amateur tennis player in the early 1960s. Fiona met Claire Kershaw, the number one woman tennis player and twice a Wimbledon champion. Claire was an imp. To get Fiona into the qualifying round for Wimbledon, Claire makes a comical, tongue-in-cheek offer to the mysterious Committee that runs the Championships at Wimbledon. Fiona and Claire quickly become best friends - as well as rivals on the brilliant green grass tennis courts of Wimbledon. Against the backdrop of the London social season, the tennis competition at Wimbledon, and the tennis fashions designed by the irrepressible Teddy Tingling, Fiona has two love affairs, one of which Fiona ends forever - or perhaps she doesn't.