Designed specifically for young tennis players, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including: warming up baseline play net play serving/returning doubles play As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the participants, especially when there are lots of players taking part.

About the Author

Rob Antoun and Dan Thorp are both experienced tennis coaches and run ProTennisSolutions, providing freelance coaching services around the world.

Prizes

This book builds on the success of the 101 Youth Drills series - over 55,000 copies sold of titles in this series since 1999 Tennis is a hugely popular school and youth sport The drills are fully illustrated and easy to follow and specifically designed for youth players There are currently 6000 active tennis coaches in the UK with around 1000 becoming newly qualified each year (both full and part-time). This doesn't include PE teachers and primary teachers. This brand new title fills a gap in the list covering this key summer sport. Published in good time for Wimbledon.

Reviews

'Recognised as a practice bible for youth tennis coaches - and rightfully so.' School Sport Magazine (April/May 2010) 'Fun, educational and challenging...' www.thetennisgallery.co.uk