BrainPower Tennis

Since 1986, the BrainPower Tennis Course has been taught at colleges and universities and used by thousands of players and teaching professionals around the world. It is a revolutionary advance in tennis education for players at all levels.


The course is timeless.


It features 25 BrainPower Tennis lessons written in plain language. Each lesson covers one complete part of the game with easy to remember instructions to put into instant use on the tennis court. 500 beautiful drawings clearly illustrate how to avoid errors, make strokes correctly, cover the court, and choose the best tactics and strategies. Important insights are provided about the psychology of the game and how to overcome your five enemies: anxiety, tentativeness, tightness, hurrying, and fear.


Simple methods are presented for improving your concentration. An entire lesson is devoted to Match Preparation in order to program yourself systematically before going out to play. A comprehensive Table of Contents enables you to easily look up solutions to the problems you encountered while playing. The built in search engine gives you instant access to any word or concept relating to the game.


The BrainPower Tennis Course is everything you’ll ever need to know about playing better tennis. It is the most useful Tennis Course ever developed... more useful and easier to use than any video. 


With BrainPower Tennis you will always improve your game!


“I have never enjoyed tennis as much as I have since I read this book. It tells you exactly what you need to work on to develop a set of reliable, accurate, and powerful strokes. With Victor Tantalo’s advice in the back of my mind, I feel I improve every time I play.” - David Layzer, Ph.D. Professor of Astrophysics, (Ret.) Harvard University


“Extremely useful in all my programs both on and off the court. For those interested in analyzing and improving their tennis, it helps turn failure into success, and losing into winning!!” - Ron Holmberg, Wimbledon Record Holder


“This book has been a valuable aid to all my students in intermediate and advanced tennis classes. Victor's knowledge of the game of tennis put in textbook form is a must for all college tennis instructors!” - Butch Newman, Director of Tennis, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Lesson 1

The Game Simplified    


Lesson 2

Learning Simplified  


Lesson 3

Your Incidence of Error Simplified  


Lesson 4

How to Keep the Ball in the Court Simplified    


Lesson 5

Aiming Simplified    


Lesson 6

How to Eliminate Errors Simplified    

 

Lesson 7

Timing a Tennis Shot Simplified    


Lesson 8

How to Use Yourself Simplified   


Lesson 9

Court Coverage Simplified    


Lesson 10

Playing the Game Simplified   


Lesson 11

The Attacking Game Simplified   


Lesson 12

The Serve and Volley Game Simplified    


Lesson 13

Serving Tactics Simplified   


Lesson 14

The Return of Serve Simplified    


Lesson 15

Programming Simplified   


Lesson 16

Doubles Simplified      


Lesson 17

The Forehand and Backhand Strokes Simplified 


Lesson 18

Solutions To Forehand and Backhand Problems Simplified    


Lesson 19

The Forehand and Backhand Volley Strokes Simplified   


Lesson 20

Solutions To Volley Stroke Problems Simplified  


Lesson 21

The Serve Simplified    


Lesson 22

Solutions to Service Problems Simplified    


Lesson 23

The Overhead Simplified   


Lesson 24

Solutions To Overhead Problems Simplified     


Lesson 25

Practice Simplified