tennis

Provides step-by-step instructions for improving one's tennis game, covering rules and regulations, equipment, skills, drills, becoming physically fit, and a typical match day for a professional player.

Henry tries to help his tennis partner Rocky train so they can win the doubles trophy, while also working on a history project with Jazz, and worries his efforts will not pay off.

Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.

While coaching tennis for a group of inner city "runts" as well as for his friend Ginny, a star player, sixteen-year-old Stan grows in understanding himself and others.

Profiles successful African-American tennis players, including Arthur Ashe, Evonne Goolagong, and the Williams sisters, and discusses the United States Tennis Association's alleged discrimination of officials based on race, gender, and age. Includes photographs.

Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.

A guide to tennis for girls and their coaches, reviewing the history and rules of the game, looking at equipment, discussing the individual elements of the game, and including drills, exercises, action photographs, diagrams, and information on conditioning, nutrition, and injury prevention.

Presents techniques for improving one's tennis game, including strokes, warm-ups, and skills, in addition to a brief history of the game.

Provides a 19 step process which takes the reader from basic skills and concepts to an accomplished tennis player.

Describes tennis's origins, rules, equipment, skills, and championships, and includes color photos, a glossary, a further-reading list, and contact information for tennis organizations.