Tennis Books
Simon & Schuster Seeing Serena
Book SynopsisA riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams that combines biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to offer “a deep, satisfying meditation” (The New York Times) on the most consequential athlete of her time.There has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women’s tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and—by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others—changed, too, the racial makeup of the pro game. But Williams’s influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a powerful Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about body image, working mothers, and more. Seeing Serena chronicles Williams’s return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter—from her controversial 2018 US Open final against Naomi Osaka through a 2020 season that unfolded against a backdrop of a pandemic and protests over the killing of Black men and women by the police. Gerald Marzorati, who writes about tennis for The New Yorker, travels to Wimbledon and to Compton, California, where Serena and her sister Venus learned to play. He talks with former women’s tennis greats, sports and cultural commentators—and Serena herself. He observes Williams from courtside, on the red carpet, in fashion magazines, on social media. He sees her and writes about her prismatically—reflecting on her many, many facets. The result is an “enlightening…keen analysis” (The Washington Post) and energetic narrative that illuminates Serena’s singular status as the greatest women’s tennis player of all time and a Black woman with a global presence like no other.Trade Review“Thoughtful. . . . Marzorati has written a deep, satisfying meditation on Serena’s path.” —The New York Times “What would a year spent watching every Serena Williams tennis match yield? A portrait both on and off the court of one of the greatest athletes of all time. New Yorker tennis writer Gerald Marzorati’s Seeing Serena captures Williams’ return to tennis following the birth of her daughter and her influence and presence as a cultural icon.” —Parade, “Books We Love” column "With just enough backstory and supportive interviews, [Marzorati] effectively incorporates relevant history of Williams' previous Grand Slam tournaments while also examining her roles in challenging cultural norms and fighting for gender equality. Marzorati has an easy-to-read style and reveals the complexity of Williams' life, not just as an athlete, but also as a celebrity." —Booklist “Readers who know more about Williams than her tennis career will learn about the game's intricacies while those already familiar with the game will benefit from subtler details.” —Kirkus Reviews "The level of this analysis is quite impressive.” —Library Journal "Well written. . . . This is a solidly reported book." —Publishers Weekly“Seeing Serena is a masterful, multifocal portrait of an icon at the height of her power. But it is more than that. It illuminates, and complicates, not only Williams, but also those who watch her.” —Louisa Thomas, author of Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
£11.69
Transworld The Player
Book SynopsisBorn in Leimen, West Germany, in 1967, Boris Becker burst onto the international tennis scene in 1985 when, as an unknown 17-year-old, he rewrote the record books by beating Kevin Curren and winning the men's final at Wimbledon. Not only was he the youngest player ever to win the title, he was also the first unseeded player and the first German. His exuberant, athletic style - hurling himself all over the court and making seemingly impossible shots - immediately endeared him to millions. On the back of his enormously powerful serve, he took the world of tennis by storm and by 1991 he was the world's number one. His extraordinary career includes three Wimbledon men's singles titles (he reached the final seven times in ten years) among a total of 49 singles and 15 doubles crowns, and he became the second youngest player (after Bjorn Borg) to be inducted into tennis's Hall of Fame. Retiring from the pro-tennis scene in 1999, Becker refused to fade away - his name simply moved from the ba
£14.39
Pitch Publishing Ltd The Art of Tennis: A Collection of Creative
Book SynopsisThe Art of Tennis is a collection of creative tennis essays, musings and observations. The first volume of this new annual publication artfully gathers considered highlights and moments from the world of tennis over the period from Wimbledon 2017 to the grass court season pre-Wimbledon 2018 - a year encompassing a great deal of action, drama and surprises aplenty. While following actual matches and events on tour it also looks at lesser contemplated aspects of the sport both on and off the court. Balls are crunched, atmospheres captured. Characters emerge, passions surface, rivers of sweat drip and champions are crowned. A start-to-finish snapshot of a year of life on tour, The Art of Tennis is painted with words, giving birth to something fresh and unique - a brand new angle on an age-old sport. Punchy and poetic, here is a project that moves beyond the game to capture its essence. Artful prose brings emotions to life, documenting a year in a spellbinding range of highlights and a whirlwind of transglobal travel.
£11.69
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC The Truth About Tennis
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£10.44
John Murray Press The Warrior
Book SynopsisAn intimate biography of tennis''s living legend Rafael Nadal. Tennis is not short on history. When Nadal arrived on the scene in 2005, the record for men''s singles titles at the French Open stood at six, held by Bjorn Borg. Almost twenty years later, Nadal has more than doubled Borg''s total with a mind-boggling fourteen titles. His record will undoubtedly remain his signature achievement - the stat that will define him in memory twenty, fifty, even a hundred years from now. Fourteen certainly looks like the only major tennis record that will never be broken even if Nadal, a modest champion despite his flashy résumé, rejects that kind of definitive thinking.Nadal has won big and won often on any of tennis''s surfaces, securing two Wimbledon titles on grass and four U.S. Opens on acrylic hardcourts. But clay, the slowest and grittiest of the game''s playgrounds, is where it all comes together best for his explosive movement and warrior mindset. Clay is the canvas on which he has mastered his choreography, underlining the precision, speed, and raw power required to accomplish one of the most impressive sporting achievements of the 21st century - it is the essential stuff of his life and success.Legendary sports reporter and bestselling author Christopher Clarey has interviewed Nadal and his coaches from his first French Open victory at nineteen, marking his debut as a rising star on the premier clay-court event in the world, to his most recent victory in 2022, closing out an astonishing career as one of the greatest players of all time. Brimming with behind-the-scenes insight into the story of a global sporting icon, The Warrior is a must-read account for the loyal sports fan - and anyone interested in the evolution of excellence.
£14.39
Random House USA Inc Open
Book Synopsis#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. • Agassi’s memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game.” —Time “Honest in a way that such books seldom are.” —The New York Times Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game’s highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in philanthropy, and—described in haunting, point-by-point detail—the highs and lows of his celebrated career.
£11.40
Scholastic Andy Murray A Life Story
Book SynopsisAndy Murray: tennis player, sports icon, Olympian. Get the insidetrack on one of history's most spectacular athletes!
£5.69
New Chapter Press,U.S. Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited
Book SynopsisPete Sampras is a central figure in the history of tennis, the dominant force in the game during the 1990’s, and the greatest American male player of all time. Gradually, after a fairytale finish to his career when he won the 2002 U.S. Open, Sampras was somewhat forgotten by fans who were exhilarated by the exploits of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. In this career biography of the redoubtable Sampras, Hall of Fame author and historian Steve Flink recaptures the magic of the man, recalling the supreme hold he had on his era, and bringing this singularly gifted player vividly back to life.
£23.36
Twelve The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of
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£17.59
Viera Stolarikova Pocket Tennis Psychology
Book SynopsisThis book is designed to help you rise in the mental game of tennis. Come and discover the uniqueness in yourself as a player. I.A.M. Tennis - Instant Anger Management in Tennis is a unique system which supports your abilities and takes your game to the next level. You will learn how to control your emotions and have advantage ahead of the competition. I.A.M. Tennis means that you can see it immediately, whenever you need. Customise your game & determine your results by controlling internal balance in an easy and incredibly efficient way. Advanced mental coaching is specially crafted to be fitted for your skills. It is you who determines your game, your effort, your health. It is you who has control over your freedom. All you have to do is put this book into your pocket and enjoy the next best shot!
£12.34
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Tennis Handbook
Book SynopsisA comprehensive source of information for teaching
£8.07
Amberley Publishing The Classic Guide to Tennis
Book SynopsisA fascinating insight into tennis at the turn of the century from one of the early champions of the game.
£7.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Essential Topics in Tennis and Volleyball
Book SynopsisThis book first describes the physical profile of elite young tennis players focusing on the Inertial Movement Analysis patterns. In Inertial Movement Analysis, wearable microsensor technology is used to improve the knowledge about activity patterns such as accelerations, decelerations, jumps and changes of direction. Following this, the authors review the prevalence and risk factors of low back pain in tennis players and discuss the optimal rehabilitation program, focusing on non-operated adolescent/adult tennis players. A methodology for creating educational training programs in volleyball is examined. Algorithmic methodological steps of educational training programs, models and methods that were used in their creation and control, and the calculation and analysis of their effects and changes in volleyball are presented. The game pattern of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic women's volleyball finals between the USA and Brazil is assessed through data obtained from an observational video analysis of the Olympic finals in Beijing and London. Studies on game analysis in volleyball are discussed which identify that the points generated through the fundamentals of attack, block and serve are decisive for a team to achieve victory in high performance volleyball. Thus, the objective of this study was identify the factors that determine victory in high-performance men's volleyball. In the conceptual aspect, the authors discuss the theoretical assumptions of sociology of sport and historical-critical pedagogy, aiming to understand volleyball's history and basic fundamentals. In closing, the relationship between athletes, parents, and coaches is discussed in detail, depending on each individual's expectations and how these expectations influence the self-confidence of volleyball players.Table of ContentsPreface; A New Approach to Assess the Physical Demands of Young Tennis Players: Inertial Movement Analysis; Tennis-Related Back Pain: Risk Factors, Rehabilitation and Return to Play; The Model for Managing Education Training Effects and Changes in Volleyball; Pattern Analysis of the 2008 and 2012 Womens Volleyball Olympic Final Games; Determinant Factors for Victory in High Performance Male Volleyball; Teaching Volleyball in School Physical Education: Didactic-Pedagogical Experience in a Municipal School of São Cristóvão/Sergipe Brazil; Relations of Parents, Coaches and Players in Volleyball: Expectations, Values and Guidelines; Index.
£72.24
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. Sport Psychology Library -- Tennis
Book SynopsisThis is an interactive manual organised in six sections: beating the players you hate to play, dealing with pressure, handling the things that you can''t control, enjoying doubles, managing when your game falls apart, and staying in the game. Each section is filled with detailed chapters full of interactive tips and drills that lead the player through self-evaluation and the development of on-court strategies for a better game. This book is designed to help a player identify his or her talents and then take advantage of those skills to win more matches. All players who read the book will benefit from the dual psychologist/coach perspective and will find themselves building confidence, improving focus, managing anxiety, and increasing motivation, attributes that are the key to winning more matches.
£13.29
B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd Tennis
Book SynopsisThe series on Sport is one of the most unique among all the categories. It gives ample knowledge on Football, Golf, Basketball, Tennis and Cricket. Each book tells about the origin of the game, its rules and the people who have excelled in each of them.
£7.61
Sports Publication Teaching and Coaching Lawn Tennis
Book SynopsisDefines the rules, and guidelines of lawn tennis. This book is useful for lawn tennis learners as well as the professional players.
£13.12
Sports Publication Teach Yourself Tennis
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£8.06
HarperCollins Publishers MR NASTASE PB
Book SynopsisThe amazing life story of the enfant terrible of tennis in the 1970s and 80s – winner of two Grand Slam titles, three Grand Slam doubles titles and twice a Wimbledon finalist.Trade Review'Full of rollicking anecdotes…a splendid book’ Mail on Sunday
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Match
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£15.16
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Think to Win Strategic Dimension of Tennis the
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£14.44
Three Rivers Press Open
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£24.88
Little, Brown & Company Shape Your Self
Book SynopsisOne of the greatest tennis players of all time, Martina Navratilova offers a motivational and inspirational guide to tennis and beyond, drawing on her own life and career.Trade ReviewIt's an inspirational guide to fitness, mental focus and overcoming the odds. * SLIMMING WORLD *Martina's performances in competition with leading professionals less than half her age are living proof that her programme works, and this book provides a good blueprint for others to follow. * ACE TENNIS MAGAZINE *The fact that Martina is able to look this good as she approaches her 50th birthday should be inspiration enough to buy this book and learn from the top. * FUSION *Worth reading just for the insights into this amazing woman's life, this will help you shape yourself and make your own comeback. * HEALTH & FITNESS *
£20.54
Sarah Crichton Books Unstoppable
Book SynopsisFrom the five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, the candid, captivating story of her rise to tennis stardom.*One of The Boston Globe''s Best Books of 2017*In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English. The two have arrived from Russia with only seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old will be the next tennis star. Amazingly, they are right.Young Maria Sharapova went on to win Wimbledon at just seventeen years old, in an astonishing upset against the reigning champion Serena Williamsthe match that kicked off their legendary rivalry and placed Sharapova on the international stage. At eighteen, she reached the number one WTA ranking for the first time, and has held that ranking many times since. In this gripping autobiography, the fi
£15.20
iUniverse Prime Tennis Triumph of the Mental Game
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£16.59
iUniverse The Tennis Junkies Guide To Serious Humor To Serious Humor
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£20.54
iUniverse TENNISOne Shot at a Time Keep it Simple Have More Fun
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£14.61
iUniverse INTRODUCING CHILDREN TO THE GAME OF TENNIS A Guide to Parents of Beginners
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£11.79
iUniverse One Day I Found Tennis How I followed my Heart to Tennis
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£8.69
iUniverse The Tennis Junkies Guide to Serious Humor
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£25.99
Vincent Y. Ng The Lure of the Big Game
£13.42
Talfordarts LLC Captains Mate
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£25.27
Inside the Zone Tennis Inside the Zone 32 Mental Training Workouts for Champions
£23.47
LEGARE STREET PR Tennis for Girls
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£22.75
LEGARE STREET PR Tennis for Girls
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£14.09
Creative Media Partners, LLC Lawn Tennis for Ladies
£14.96
Creative Media Partners, LLC Lawn Tennis In Our Own Country
£24.65
Creative Media Partners, LLC Lawn Tennis Describing The Various Kinds Of Courts And How To Make Them
£22.75
Creative Media Partners, LLC Growth Of Lawn Tennis In California
£24.26
Lantern Hill Press Greatness
£17.40
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£8.99
Hyperion Rafa
Book SynopsisIn his memoir, written with award-winning journalist John Carlin, tennis star Rafael Nadal reveals the secrets of his game and shares the inspiring personal story behind his success.What makes a champion? What does it take to be the best in the world at your sport? Rafael Nadal has the answers.It begins in Mallorca, where the tight-knit Nadal family has lived for generations. Coached by his uncle Toni from the age of four and taught humility and respect by his parents, Nadal has managed the uncommon feat of becoming an acclaimed global celebrity while remaining a gracious, hardworking role model for people in all walks of life.Now he takes us behind the scenes, from winning the Wimbledon 2008 final -- described by John McEnroe as the greatest game of tennis he had ever seen -- to the family problems that brought him low in 2009 and the numerous injuries that have threatened his career.<
£16.14
Xlibris Corporation Teaching Tennis Volume 1
£24.48
Author Solutions Inc Pro Rules Creating a Solid Emotional Baseline on and off the Tennis Court
£13.59
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Tennis Psychologist
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£12.39
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 114 Tennis Strategies Mental Tactics and Drills Improve Your Game in 10 Days
£17.97
iUniverse Winning Tennis Nutrition
£18.61
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 110 Tennis Strategies Mental Tactics and Drills for Singles and Doubles Improve Your Game in 10 Days
£17.11
