Women's Tennis Tactics by Rob Antoun

Women's Tennis Tactics

by Rob Antoun

Capatalize on individual strenghs and playing styles including tactical tips and 68 drills

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232pp paperback - latest edition 2007
90 illustrations

About the Book

Women’s tennis has come of age. Players today are taller, stronger, and faster than ever before. The distinction between traditional baseline, all-court, and serve-and-volley games continues to diminish as players learn how to dictate the point at the earliest opportunity.

The top players know how to play to their strengths and their opponents’ weaknesses, and Women’s Tennis Tactics shows you how to do the same:

* More than 68 drills to practice match tactics
* Breakdown of match situations and tactical solutions
* Guidance on developing a personal style
* Strategies for tracking performance
* Tactics for singles and doubles play

Whether serving, returning, playing the baseline, or playing the net, Women’s Tennis Tactics provides you with the strategic arsenal to elevate your game and enjoy greater success on the court.

About the Author
Rob Antoun is manager of the women’s National Performance Squad and Junior Academy at Sutton Tennis Academy, an international training center located in London. In this role, he works with both players and their coaches on tennis tactics, technique, physical conditioning, mental skills, and tournament programming.

A former ATP world-ranked tennis player, Antoun has coached 45 international senior and junior tennis players over a 16-year period, including two top-ranked senior British players, Lucy Ahl (2001) and Lizzie Jelfs (1996). From 1996 to 2001, he coached Hannah Collin, a British junior who reached a top 15 junior world ranking and played Federation Cup for Britain. Antoun also served as a national coach for the British Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) from 1994 to 2002, coaching five Federation Cup players and numerous British senior and junior national champions.

Antoun is a PCA-qualified coach and is one of a select group of LTA-endorsed coach education tutors. He also holds a degree in psychology. Antoun resides in Kent, England, with his wife, Catherine, and son, Jake.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Tactical Serving
Chapter 2. Tactical Returning
Chapter 3. Playing From the Baseline
Chapter 4. Approaching and Playing at the Net
Chapter 5. Opposing the Net Player
Chapter 6. Developing a Game Style

Words of Praise
"This is one of the best tennis books I have read. Tour-level expertise is clearly explained and logically presented. This book, with its on-court drills, is an asset to professional and club players alike."

Alistair Higham
LTA Coach Education Manager

"In Women’s Tennis Tactics, Rob Antoun has applied his expertise of coaching and the women’s game to create a practical on-court approach ideal for developing today’s players. It's an outstanding publication."

Craig A. Morris
Education and Well-Being Manager for Tennis Australia

History of Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt (most of the time Optic Yellow, but can be any color or even two-tone) over a net into the opponent's court.

The modern game of tennis originated in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis" and had heavy connections to the ancient game of real tennis. After its creation, tennis spread throughout the upper-class English-speaking population before spreading around the world. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs. In the United States, there is a collegiate circuit organized by the National Collegiate Athletics Association.

Except for the adoption of the tiebreaker in the 1970s, the rules of tennis have changed very little since the 1890s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of "instant replay" technology coupled with a point challenge system, which allows a player to challenge the official call of a point.

Along with its millions of players, millions of people worldwide follow tennis as a spectator sport, especially the four Grand Slam tournaments (sometimes referred to as the "majors"): the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

Women's Tennis Tactics by Rob Antoun