Tennis : Skills and Rules

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. History of tennis. 3. Equipments of lawn tennis. 4. Basic techniques of all strokes: the grips. 5. The service. 6. The return of service in tennis. 7. The drive. 8. The importance of the chop and the slice in tennis. 9. The volley, the lob and the overhead smash in tennis. 10. The importance of footwork and scrambling. 11. Match play strategy, tactics and tennis psychology. 12. Rules of tennis. 13. Important terms of tennis.

"Tennis is an outdoor game which is being played in various nations of world with great excitement and by people of both sexes. However, in India, this game cannot achieve greatest popularity. This game is still confined to upper class people of the society, but has not attracted people from middle class. With the presence of the young talents like Leander Paes, Sania Mirza, and Mahesh Bhupati, it is being assumed that this game will become popular and will attract large number of people.

Tennis Skills and Rules has something for everyone who plays this wonderful game. The book is designed to help the people especially the aspiring players, beginners, coaches, learners, instructors etc. The comprehensive text in the book explains the various tips and tactics and means and methods to develop these tactics. The book is accompanied by the latest rules of the tennis which is drafted by the International Tennis Federation. This book is a complete manual for mastering the essential skills and tactics of the game. It is consisted of important playing tips, mental preparation, physical fitness service tactics etc., which is usually applied by the great players." (jacket)