Visual Tennis-2nd
This first volume of Doubleday's projected "Visual Sports" series offers all levels of tennis devotees a portable version of a companion video available through Atlas Video. Yandell, a young pro who trained under the legendary Stanford coach Dick Gould, uses a modified version of Gould's teaching system--as well as ideas acquired from working with John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl--to present a coherent visual method of learning. It rests on the principle that players can imitate the good techniques they see. More traditional is the verbal procedure, which often consists of a collection of isolated tips. Yandell breaks down techniques into replicable component parts ("stroke keys"), then reconnects the motions into a fluid whole. With practice, players can reproduce stroke keys even during matches. These procedures expand upon those propounded by Harold A. Stein in Hitting Blind: The New Visual Approach . . . (Beaufort Bks., 1981). A proven technique.- Frederick J. Augustyn Jr., Library of CongressCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.