Learn the basics of tennis so you can hit the courts, improve your game, and follow the prosThis updated edition of Tennis For Dummies takes you into the world of tennis today. You'll learn the history of the game, the rules, the latest gear, the hottest strategies, and everything else you need to know to get into this popular racquet sport. This easy-to-understand guide shows you what it takes to improve each time you step on the court, and puts you in th...

Step onto the court confident, focused, and prepared to dictate the match and dominate your opponent.In Championship Tennis, world-class coach and regular Grand Slam clinician Frank Giampaolo and long-time Tennis magazine editor Jon Levey bring you expert instruction and professional insights to eliminate unforced errors, increase winning percentage, and improve your overall game.Inside, you’ll learn how to• assess individual skills, evaluate practice sessi...

Baseball 101: Learn How To Play Baseball - A Guide For Beginners This book covers several topics including: Learn Baseball Fundamentals Coaching Philosophies For Kids To Learn Baseball Learn Baseball And Bunting Techniques Learn Baseball Rules Learn Baseball Basics An Overview For Beginners Learn Baseball Techniques For Infielders Learn Baseball Lingo Basic Baseball Skills Children Need To Learn Learn Baseball Safety Learn Baseball Sta...

Are You the One Who Loves Pickleball as a Doubles Game?No matter your reason for mastering the Pickleball Doubles, one thing you are sure of is that playing Pickleball is full of fun and enthrallment. And the enjoyment is doubled when it becomes a team V/S team game.For your love of Pickleball sport, we present you this book which helps you refine your Pickleball double game as a guide/coach. This book teaches you the exact rules of the double game in a pre...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Matheny Manifesto offers the definitive guide to coaching youth baseball and instilling positive values on and off the field.Long before he became manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, Mike Matheny grasped the core values of what really mattered when it came to playing baseball. It wasn’t attention from fans or the trophy at the end of a season that guided his morals, but the hard-w...

How to add fun to your practices, teach fundamentals and life lessons, and motivate your team to play winning basketball. Volunteering to coach a youth basketball team can be a difficult challenge. With the knowledge gained from this book, you'll be confident at practices and games. You'll know what to do. Your players will reap the rewards and play their best basketball.Here's what you'll learn:- The "Secret Sauce" to winning at youth sports - 7 things every coach should k...

You volunteered to coach the football team, but are you ready? How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team? Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Football has the answers.Longtime coach Jim Dougherty teams up with Brandon Castel to share experience and advice you can rely on from the first practice to the final game. It’s all here in the drills and the plays: evaluating players’ skills, establishing re...

Coaching youth baseball is tough. Not only do coaches have to teach kids the fundamental skills of the game, they also have to know how to select a team, how to run efficient practices, and how to deal with parents and umpires. Furthermore, they have to make sure the game is fun for all the kids on their team. Jeff Ourvan is an experienced youth baseball coach who has determined that what makes the experience of little league so special is the values it teaches. In How to Coach Youth B...

Understand the sport of soccer and encourage your kids to have funYouth Soccer For Parents For Dummies explains how you can prepare your children to play and enjoy the sport of soccer, whether they play recreationally or at the elite youth level. Get up to speed on the basic rules, and learn to keep kids interested and motivated in a sport that's great for their physical and mental health. This ultimate parents' guide covers the rules, player positions, an...

The Tools of Greatness is an in-depth, easily accessible, catching instructional book that details the most important position on the diamond. With fundamental, mechanical, and developmental insight, players and coaches alike have a definite guide to enhance catching ability. Coach Humphrey takes his experience as a player, coach, and scout and provides secrets and disciplines to help catchers reach their potential. With instructional excerpts and guidance from major college and profession...

In practice, you beat these players. In matches, you don't. The serve that never misses in the warm-up breaks on break point. You've been told for years to "just be tougher" and it has never once told you what to actually do.Tougher is a wish. This book is a system.Tennis Under Pressure is about training the brain that walks onto the court. Written by a coach with twenty-five years on the bench and twelve state titles behind him, it takes apart what really happens to a play...