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| |  | Books and DVD's | Home » » Complete Conditioning for Tennis (Complete Conditioning for Sports Series) | | | | | | | Description: | | Increase strength, power, agility, and quickness and take your game to a much higher level. Complete Conditioning for Tennis details how to make the most of your training time with exercises, drills, and programs designed to
-assess your fitness level,
-improve footwork, -increase speed and flexibility, -enhance stamina, -boost mental focus, and -prevent common injuries. Additionally, the 90-minute DVD takes you on court and into the gym to demonstrate the drills and exercises used by the pros. Endorsed by the United States Tennis Association, Complete Conditioning for Tennis is simply the best guide to developing the highest level of athleticism for success in the sport.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Paul Roetert | | Paperback:
| 224 pages | | Publisher:
| Human Kinetics | | Publication Date:
| 2007-08 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0736069380 | | Product Length:
| 9.94 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.06 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.59 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.11 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 13 reviews |
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21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Right on TargetMar 21, 2010
By Lorrie P.
This book is REALLY comprehensive and covers every aspect of conditioning you can imagine. Major chapters include:
-warm-up and flexibility training (includes all the major stretches)
-agility and footwork (specific drills to improve your footwork)
-speed and quickness (more drills to increase your speediness)
-core training (a lot of tennis moves depend on a strong trunk)
-strength and power training (exercises to increase your upper and lower body strength)
-aerobic training (ways to increase your endurance)
Also included, a short section on injury prevention- only a page and a half on tennis elbow though (suggest Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow for more on that).
Just a ton of information here and I can't see anybody who plays tennis reading this book and not coming away with at least a few nuggets of wisdom. Get this book if you want to get in better physical shape to play tennis or if you're a coach and want more training tips and ideas.
80 of 96 found the following review helpful:
 Complete Conditioning for Tenis ReviewMar 09, 2002
By S. Dohring
I gave this book 4 stars mainly beause here is nothing out there like it. Power tennis training is not even close to the coverage of this book. This book is for serious players in good shape already. I would say it is designed more for Juniors and Satalite hopefulls than the weekend player. If your working on the gut and hoping this will bring your game up you need to do more work before getting started on this book. It has great streching tips and fantastic agility drills and explains how to train based on playing tennis. What it contains is very good. The training programs however are written by people with no real world lives. They are all pros or have been around pros without I would suspect a normal 9-5 family and job. It references a lot of weight training equipment that must be in a nice gym. It covers and gets into more tournament fitness building strategy rather than an average weekend game. A modified version for the average guy would be nice. A very big dissapointment was nutrition. I was really hoping to learn when to eat, what to eat before a match etc. This book covered nothing about nutrition. It talked about water and sodium, thats it. If your really into tennis and run three times a week already and work out some, you can benefit from this book. The fitness test is good and gives you goals to shoot for but you better be self motivated. If they add two more chapters; nutrition and a modified weekend players life, home workout system this book would be perfect.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Complete Conditioning for TennisApr 28, 2008
By Stephen Wright
Like the title states, this is a very complete and thorough conditioning book designed for the needs of the tennis player. With chapters on condition assesment, flexibility, strength, agility and others, a complete routine can be established that players of all skill levels will enjoy. I strongly recommened this book for players, or parents of, looking to compete at the highest levels. Being a 1-2 times a week player, some parts don't apply to me but will the most serious. The majority of this book can be used by players of every skill and dedication level.
7 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Conditionning for tennisMay 10, 2008
By XB
What a book! According to me, it is the best book to help an independant player to progress by himself. The explanations are very clear, simple. And the CD is fabulous: fabulous to watch the exercices, fabulous to avoid wrong positions, wrong movements,...Thank you very much for this conditionning Bible.
9 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Completely Great!Feb 16, 2008
By K. Insana
All books on conditioning will get you into shape, but THIS book was the best for tennis I have ever come across. As a 4.0 level player, I was looking for a book that gave me step-by-step instructions to beef up my conditioning - while focusing on the tennis side in a big way. I leafed through this one in the bookstore, and liked what I saw. Upon reading it cover-to-cover, it was EXACTLY what I wanted, and got me excited to play again! I've never seen the in-depth, attention to detail, and one-step-at-a-time coverage this book has.
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