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Absolute Tennis is thorough and comprehensive guide to improving your tennis. In this insightful and visually engaging book, Marty Smith, an NCAA Division I Southern Conference Champion and long-time Director of Tennis at the New York Athletic Club, shares his extensive knowledge of tennis technique, strategy, psychology and fitness in easy to understand language. His meticulous explanations of the strokes, coupled with narrated individual and sequenced photos of the world's best players, will help you develop powerful and consistent swings, play with more confidence and win a lot more. A forward thinker, Smith not only discusses the strokes of today, but also the future. Marty goes through the evolution of the game, and makes a compelling and persuasive case for three unconventional strokes that may become accepted techniques as the game continues to evolve and become faster. Recognizing that tennis is a highly athletic, tactical, and mental game, he also dedicates a large part of the book to the body, singles and doubles strategy and the mind. You will learn how to improve your footwork and movement, integrate winning game plans that highlight your strengths and expose your opponents' weaknesses, and use your inner voice to remain focused, positive and energetic, helping you attain peak performance.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Chapter Press (October 3, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1937559742
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1937559748
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.5 x 0.8 x 7 inches
Reviewer: Nancy K.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Most complete and helpful book on improving your tennis game!
Review: This book addresses ALL aspects of tennis, from body positioning and movement, stroke technique, strategic advice, psychological strength and practice drills. It is the complete package, full of easy to understand information (which can be re-read as needed to fully absorb everything) and wonderful visuals to clearly demonstrate the points. An analysis of what some of the well-known pros do makes the information even more interesting and easy to understand. While the entire book is chock full of great information, I focused on several chapters at various times, depending on my needs and perceived weaknesses. I found chapter 12, which describes potential "Future Strokes" really interesting and shows the way the game may continue to evolve. This is a great book to be savored...not necessarily read all at once or only once, as it has SO MUCH INFORMATION. It's a book to constantly refer to to help improve all aspects of your game. And with the easy to understand visuals of top players and the tips given in the "coach's boxes", it will be impossible not to immediately improve your game while enjoying the process.

Reviewer: Megan Reed Yuen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A must for beginners and experienced players alike!
Review: Marty Smith has an impressive breadth AND depth of knowledge about playing tennis. This book showcases his detailed analysis of every aspect of the sport, so experienced players will surely gain something from the narrative. There are plenty of diagrams and photos to supplement and enhance the instruction and explanations provided, so beginners (who may not be as familiar with the terminology) will also be able to benefit from the instruction. No detail is left out; anatomy, skill, psychology, game play, grips, serves, and tips on general fitness for the sport are addressed, and the reader will gain new appreciation for tennis and plenty of confidence for their next time on the court.

Reviewer: PrivateConsumer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This book really serves!
Review: If you’re looking to raise your game, look no further than Absolute Tennis by Marty Smith, which is an absolutely informative, entertaining, and—most important—HELPFUL read for tennis lovers of all ages and abilities! It covers how best to approach the many small details that go into your serve, footwork, grip, swing, and court position—the foundational elements that together comprise your game (and determine if you ultimately win or lose the match). Follow this well-written guide (loaded with cool, action shot photos of dozens of tennis greats doing their thing) to improve your overall technique by learning how to build better balance, amp up the kinetic chain for more power, and master the intricacies of forehands, backhands, drop shots, and lobs. Smith also addresses the strategic mindset you must adopt to be a success at both singles and/or doubles play, and he doesn’t forget to unpack how psychological self-talk and fitness levels can undo the most skilled tennis player if either is lacking on- or off-court. The perfect book for tennis enthusiasts who want to go to the next level at their local club—or for up-and-coming young players who dream of someday making it big. Highly recommended—Absolute Tennis really serves!

Reviewer: Nancy Schoenbrunner
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Now I know why I lost and what I have to do differently!
Review: I read this entire tennis textbook, with exception of the future strokes and doubles. I'm coming from the wooden racket area and for me the strokes described here are already futuristic enough Go figure how they hit a forehand these days. Anyway I'm back from the cave and wanted to learn the modern way of playing tennis after getting sometimes confused by contradicting you tube videos. Otherwise I didn't read the Doubles section because I'm not really interested in Doubles other than the social aspect.First of all I need to make Marty Smith a huge complement for his use of language describing complicated motions in an understandable way. Very helpful to have learned this language when I describe tennis now to my friends. After having watched many tennis training videos for how to do different strokes the different stroke sections helpful to clean up some confusion. I found however Chapter 13 "Singles" the most interesting. In particular helpful in the chapter were "The Four Phases of Play" and "Court Positioning" (actually the "Court Zones"). These parts connect beautifully and help me to build up my game in a more systematic, logical and patient manner. For example knowing that I'm still in the "Building Phase" and not in the "Offensive Phase" helps to avoid rushing the point. This is very valuable information and knowledge for a tennis player.After I read the book I lost a game in a bad way against somebody I should have won against. Tennis players know this phenomenon and it happened to me against a classic "Running Retriever" (it's like hitting the ball against a rubber wall - the ball comes always back with not too much speed). First of all the language I learned from Marty's book helped me to sit down and describe what happened in a detached analytical way (while of course still being disappointed and a bit angry). After the analysis I read again parts of the "Singles" chapter and now I clearly understand what the author meant, I understand now why I lost and what I need to change next time. I can't ask for more. As a little tip, I got as a present a Babolat POP sensor Babolat POP Tennis Sensor, which told me my longest rally was a pathetic seven strokes, while I should have played 20+ according to Marty's book.So why four stars and not five? Despite the authors beautiful skill to describe motions, swings and stances I still have sometimes problems to fully understand what he meant. For me the most confusing part is page 85ff the forehand stances. I still don't get the difference between the "open" and "semi-open" stance. A little sketch showing the position of the feet in relation to e.g. the net could have easily explained the difference. Most confusing was on pages 85/86/87 ""The open stance sees your feet parallel to baseline" see photos opposite top. Well, Serena Williams' feet are parallel to each other, however not in relation to the baseline. Also if I turn her feet parallel to the baseline I believe it would be called "neutral" or "closed" stance. Also why on page 86 is Berdych's stance considered "neutral" and not "semi-open". I don't get it and little sketches would have helped throughout this otherwise excellent book.In addition it would have been helpful to get recommendations for videos the author finds useful or even better have him start his own "Marty Smith youtube tennis channel".I think the book made me a better player - Thank you MartyRalf

Reviewer: Tamasine Bogle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great coaching book to improve your tennis game!
Review: This book was recommended to me by a tennis coach and I have found it to be an excellent reference to improving my tennis game. The book is well organized and covers all of the shots in detail and also has useful chapters on singles and doubles strategy, psychology and fitness. It is easy to read and fast paced and the author uses many engaging photos of professional players to illustrate his points. It is a great coaching companion and one that you can dip in to when you want to brush up on specific areas. Definitely worth the investment for anyone that wants to improve their tennis game!

Reviewer: dimak
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Interesting book whit nice explanation and beautiful pictures

Reviewer: AAAndreatta
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Muito bom, cobre todos aspectos do tênis e ajuda o tenista com dicas e treinamentos para melhorar.

Reviewer: Cesar Farah-Made Letayf
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A very complete and profound book, very well structured. The author shares tons of knolewdge and ideas in this great piece.

Reviewer: Dany Couture
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A must for coaches.

Reviewer: A Bondesan
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Complete guide toward total tennis