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A comprehensive manual on all aspects of the game of lawn tennis for players, coaches and officials. After an introduction to the sport and its basic procedure there follows a practical guide to modern equipment and clothing. The core of the book explains technique and tactics in detail, demonstrated in sequence photographs of Jo Durie and Clare Wood. There are separate sections on coaching, the mental approach, training and injury, doubles and short tennis, and expert advice on sports movement, umpiring and turning professional. AUTHOR: Alan Jones is a former LTA National Coach, and one of the game's most respected teachers. He currently coaches Jo Durie and Jeremy Bates. Jonathan Wood is a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers. He has won two Guild accolades, the Pierre Dreyfus Award for “outstanding journalistic effort” and the Montagu Trophy for his book of Wheels of Misfortune, for which he also won the Society of Automotive Historians' Cugnot Award. 78 colour & 212 b/w photos

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