My Aces, My Faults

The controversial tennis coach behind such professional players as Andre Aggasi and Monica Seles traces his fractious relationships with his pupils, explains his philosophy of coaching, and discusses the corrupting influence of money on the sport.

Schaap, Dick

Bollettieri, Nick

Biographies & Memoirs

Avon/Books

Now you can work with the world's top coach, learning from Nick Bollettieri's anecdotes and insights into the game with Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook. 
Bollettieri's training and development system is recognized around the world as one of the best. He has worked with many of world's top players, including Maria Sharapova, Venus and Serena Williams, Tommy Haas, Jelena Jankovic, Andre Agassi, Martina Hingis, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, Anna Kournikova, Marcelo Rios, and Boris Becker.
Starting with the fundamentals, you'll learn how to choose the right grip and build a strong foundation with posture and stance. Every shot is addressed—forehand and backhand, serves and return of serve, and specialty shots like the overhead and lob. You'll get lessons on conditioning and mental training, then learn the game plans and strategies to make you a champion. A chapter on choosing and stringing the perfect racket is also included. 
Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook offers you unmatched insight into the world's top tennis development program from the man who started it all. Bollettieri covers everything from skill development and stroke techniques to his ideas on coaching and practicing. Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook is perfect for every dedicated player or coach and the insights into the game are as engaging as Bollettieri himself.

Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook

Sports & Outdoors

Racket Sports

Human Kinetics

Sonic Serve

The drop shot and lob are two of the most underrated and underutilized shots in tennis. Learn techniques for mastering these specialty shots to undermine the opponent's baseline attack. Nick Bollettieri teaches you why, when, and how to use both shots to add another dimension to your game. Included are examples of strategic shot patterns, along with drills to perfect these valuable shots. Part of the 10-disk Bollettieri DVD Collection, Deadly Drop Shots and Lobs is one of six DVDs that focus on superior technique for the essential strokes.

Deadly Drop Shots and Lobs

Human Kinetics Publishers

Arguably the best tennis coach in the world today, Bollettieri is known for finding and developing great young players at his renowned tennis academy. Now, for the first time, his teachings on mental fitness in tennis are available outisde of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy to players who want the inside edge on their own home courts. Photos.

Nick Bollettieri's Mental Efficiency Program for Playing Great Tennis

Maher, Charles A.

Contemporary Books

Demonstrates the forehand, backhand, volley, serve, lob, overhead, and drop shot, describes singles and doubles strategies, and includes advice on conditioning

Tennis Your Way

Athletic Inst

Nick Bollettieri’s Tennis Handbook, Second Edition, is the most comprehensive guide to learning and teaching tennis from the sport’s most successful coach. Nick Bollettieri’s training and development system is recognized around the world. He has developed or coached the game’s elite players, including Andre Agassi, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Jim Courier, Boris Becker, Martina Hingis, Marcelo Ríos, Monica Seles, Kei Nishikori, Petra Kvitová, and Sabine Lisicki. Now, Bollettieri provides the same instruction on skills and tactics that has made his IMG Academy a destination for aspiring players from around the world. From serves and returns to volleys and lobs, every shot in the game is covered to give you the most dynamic offensive arsenal. You’ll learn key strategic points that will help you identify your opponents’ tendencies and attack their weaknesses. 
 Featuring 55 drills for singles and doubles play, the most effective conditioning exercises and programs for all styles of play, and the latest on equipment, technology, and mental training, NickBollettieri’s Tennis Handbook offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to train with a true master teacher and apply to your game the system that has helped produce some of the sport’s greatest players. With the accompanying video-on-demand content, you’ll have access to enhanced demonstrations of the most critical individual techniques such as forehand, backhand, volley, serve, and return. It’s a must-have for dedicated players and coaches alike.

Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook

Filled with dynamic drawings and easy-to-follow diagrams, this book will help all levels of players improve the quality of their game without cutting corners. Written in an outline form, it uses a visual learning method to explain a variety of principles.

The Science and Art of Tennis: The Ultimate Pictorial Guide for Singles

Yacub, Julio

Self-Help

Hats Off Books

The Mental Efficiency Program: Positive Self-development for Tennis, Sport, and Life

Charles A. Maher

Mary Carillo

International Merchandising Corporation

Celebrated tennis coach Nick Bollettieri has led life with the intensity of a fifth set tiebraker. In this book he tells all, from his humble beginnings in a small town north of New York City to his triumphs on the center courts at Wimbledon, the French Open and the U.S. Open. Mincing no words, he discusses his ten world champions, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Maria Sharapova, Boris Becker, Monica Seles, Serena Williams and more; his eight wives; and all the successes and failures in between. His advice based on five decades of dominance in spors training is inspirational and reaches far beyond the tennis court.

Bollettieri: Changing the Game

New Chapter Pub

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