Strength Training For Tennis (VHS) |
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Tennis players at every level know that being able to run down a cross-court volley, smash a lob, or serve an ace like the pros requires strength as well as skill. Strength Training for Tennis video, produced by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), shows coaches, instructors, and players how to set up a safe and effective strength program that will help players increase performance and minimize injuries. Dr. Don Chu, a member of the USTA Sport Science Committee and noted expert on strength training and plyometrics, begins the video by showing viewers how to establish a player's baseline strength level.
Strength Training For Tennis (VHS)
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Stroke Mechanics Video (VHS) |
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Learn the secrets to sound fundamental stroke mechanics from two of the nation's top coaches. Bayliss and Louderback discuss and demonstrate how to coach the serve, forehand, backhand, volley and overhead. Benefit from the shortcuts each has learned in a highly successful coaching career. See stroke mechanics broken down and dissected in a way that you can pass the same fundamentals on to your own squad.
Stroke Mechanics Video (VHS)
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Tape 1: Serve, Return Video (VHS) |
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This video features John Officer, US Naval Academy Head Tennis Coach P ITA Region I 'Coach of the Year' 1991, 1999; 1991 USPTA National College Coach of the Year. Learn how to teach the modern game in a manner that is easy to understand for the student and the coach at any level. The Developing Superior Stroke Mechanics videos are intended to give a coach or player a complete guide featuring the key mechanical components that are necessary to be successful in the modern game. Much has changed in terms of the proper mechanics of hitting the tennis ball and these videos addresses those changes and present the proper form for hitting every shot.
Tape 1: Serve, Return Video (VHS)
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Tape 1: Skill Development Games for Beginner to Intermediate Players Video (VHS) |
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With Al Slawson, USPTA (P-1), Shaker Heights (OH) Varsity Boys and Girls Tennis, Shaker Heights Recreation Dept. Director of Junior Tennis. Forget about line drills! Forget about complicated explanations of technique! Players want to have fun, compete, and get better. This can be done from the first time hitting a ball to the state championship. Learn how to teach tennis and play tennis with a proven system of competitive games that moves players to increasingly higher levels. More importantly, teach players to ''love the game'! High school coaches, tennis professionals, physical education instructors at all levels, and camp directors for recreation programs can use these games to increase enthusiasm for the game and improve skills rapidly.
Tape 1: Skill Development Games for Beginner to Intermediate Players Video (VHS)
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Tape 2: Forehand, Backhand, Drop Shot Video (VHS) |
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This video features John Officer, US Naval Academy Head Tennis Coach P ITA Region I 'Coach of the Year' 1991, 1999; 1991 USPTA National College Coach of the Year. Learn how to teach the modern game in a manner that is easy to understand for the student and the coach at any level. The Developing Superior Stroke Mechanics videos are intended to give a coach or player a complete guide featuring the key mechanical components that are necessary to be successful in the modern game. Much has changed in terms of the proper mechanics of hitting the tennis ball and these videos addresses those changes and present the proper form for hitting every shot.
Tape 2: Forehand, Backhand, Drop Shot Video (VHS)
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Tape 2: Skill Development Games for Intermediate to Advanced Players Video (VHS) |
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With Al Slawson, USPTA (P-1), Shaker Heights (OH) Varsity Boys and Girls Tennis Coach, Shaker Heights Recreation Department Director of Junior Tennis. Using the competitive game system learned in Tape 1, the games move to higher levels of challenge requiring more advanced skills. These games are instructional tools to develop strategy and technique. They also motivate the players to want to learn and practice on their own and also to seek individual instruction. As they see their progress, this deepens their 'love of the game'! Parents who want to introduce the game to their children in a way that is fun for parent and child, as well as players who want to know how to practice effectively, can benefit from this video.
Tape 2: Skill Development Games for Intermediate to Advanced Players Video (VHS)
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Tenacious Net Play Video (VHS) |
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Now you can learn from the most famous and successful coach in tennis! Nick Bollettieri has developed and coached many of the world's top players, including Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Boris Becker, Mary Pierce, Tommy Haas, and Anna Kournikova. His teaching techniques and effective coaching methods have formed the foundation for these videos, letting you share in his world-renowned knowledge. Playing the net requires anticipation, good preparation, and proper technique on approach shots, volleys, half volleys, and overheads. Bollettieri teaches how to set up the point to get to the net and how to finish once you get there.
Tenacious Net Play Video (VHS)
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Tennis Practice Games Video (VHS) |
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Your time on the court is too valuable to spend on boring, repetitive drills. Now there's a fun, match like alternative featured in the Tennis Practice Games Video. This innovative approach challenges you to improve strokes, tactics, and many other facets of your game by placing you in pressure, point-deciding situations found in singles and doubles match play. Make every trip to the practice court more productive and rewarding with the activities presented in the Tennis Practice Games Video.
Tennis Practice Games Video (VHS)
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The Use of the Hands: Playing More Effective Tennis Video (VHS) |
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This video features John Officer, US Naval Academy Head Tennis Coach ITA Region I Coach of the Year 1991, 1999 1991 USPTA National College Coach of the Year. The power of the modern game has created the need for better counterattacking shots, which necessitate constant use of the hands. Officer has based this video on the fact that all great players learn to play good defense before becoming more of an offensive threat and the hands are the key to playing good defense. Shots including the heavy loop groundstroke, quick groundstrokes, angles, half volleys, and reflex volleys all involve using your hands for better control.
The Use of the Hands: Playing More Effective Tennis Video (VHS)
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The Volley and Overhead Video (VHS) |
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With Michael Center, Men's Tennis Coach, Texas Christian University. With clarity and skill, Center explains and demonstrates the volley and the overhead. How to and where to volley the ball are demonstrated. The overhead technique, position of the chin and arm, and footwork are all covered and shown clearly to help any player or coach learn this important shot. Finally, the video concludes with a few drills Center uses in daily practice to incorporate both the volley and overhead into training sessions. This video will teach any player how to finish off points with precision!
The Volley and Overhead Video (VHS)
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