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The following books and videos are available for purchase through the USHSTCA. $3.00 s&h is added to each order.

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USHSTCA Coaches Workbook -- (download and print .pdf)

Almost 200 pages of articles, drills, charts and forms from "High School Tennis Coach," the official e-zine of the USHSTCA. Conveniently presented for you to insert into a three-ring binder. Takes you from your first meeting with your AD through the playoffs!
Lots of drills.

Downloadable .pdf for you to print out and 3-hole punch: $16

Scholastic & Academy Tennis: Planning the Season -- $15.00 (Book)

Learn how to properly plan a season from day one through your time of competition moving from strokework to shotwork to matchplay skills, following the same phases used in a periodization plan for conditioning.

Tournament Tough -- $15.00 (Book)

This book is a classic, and provides information on a variety of areas of competitive junior tennis, including strategies and tactics, psychology, strokes, nutrition and conditioning, with commentaries by John McEnroe and Mary Carillo.

Coaching Tennis Successfully -- $17.00 (Book)
Foreword by Stan Smith

Coaching Tennis Successfully is your complete resource for developing a consistent, winning tennis program for the '90s and beyond. In this book you'll find detailed descriptions for teaching practical strategies, skills, and drills to your players. Coaches of championship high school tennis teams and sport science experts at the USTA team up to give you cutting-edge advice on

Coaching Youth Tennis -- $13.00 (Book)

Coaching Youth Tennis is an introduction to youth tennis instruction for parents and beginning coaches. Developed by ASEP, America's premier sport education program, Coaching Youth Tennis provides both general coaching and sport-specific information.

Tennis Tactics: Winning Patterns of Play -- $14.00

Based on an extensive USTA study of actual tournament play by the game's top athletes, Tennis Tactics describes 58 patterns—repeated shot sequences—that will emphasize your strengths and exploit your opponents' weaknesses. It contains 63 drills that show you how to practice the patterns and make them part of your routine during match play. You'll learn how to choose patterns that fit your style of play, whether you're an all-court player, a counterpuncher, an aggressive baseliner, or a serve-and-volleyer.

Power Tennis Training -- $14.00

Power Tennis Training combines a variety of training methods specifically designed to increase tennis players' endurance, strengthen the muscles they use most often, and enhance their speed. These methods are integrated into three training blocks that each feature a mix of different workouts. Each block lasts four weeks, providing an easy-to-follow, three-month workout cycle that can be repeated again and again.

World-Class Tennis Technique-- $19.00 (Book)

Wow! The list of contributors to this book should be enough to convinve you to make this purchase! You’ll find the most up-to-date information, based on solid scientific principles and presented in a practical, easy-to-understand manner. No other book on the market offers the level of world-class instruction and expertise found here.

World-Class Tennis Technique is written by some of the world’s top experts in biomechanics, tennis technique, and coaching, including: Patrick McEnroe, Jim Loehr, Mary Joe Fernandez, Stan Smith, Tom Gullikson, Pam Shriver, Dr. Ben Kibler, Dr. Bruce Elliot, Vic Braden, Dr. Howard Brody, Don Chu, Jack Kramer, Nick Saviano, Ron Woods and more!

Complete Conditioning for Tennis Combo-- $27.00 (Book & Video)

Complete Conditioning for Tennis improves your strength, power, agility, flexibility, quickness, and stamina. But unlike general strength-training and aerobic workouts, the ones provided here have been tested and proven to provide the best benefits for tennis players. No matter what your skill level, Complete Conditioning for Tennis provides programs that can be specifically tailored to your needs. Plus, you'll learn where your conditioning is compared with other tennis players and how to chart your progress through the different conditioning levels.

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Complete Conditioning for Tennis -- $19.00 (Video)

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10 Keys to Mastering Tennis -- $21.00 (Video)

Coaches, instructors, and players will appreciate this instructive new video. Ron Woods of the United States Tennis Association and coaches Nick Saviano, Lynne Rolley, Kathy Woods, and Lew Brewer present a series of drills designed to help players learn skills faster, retain them better, and perform them under pressure.

Playing Better Tennis Under Pressure -- $18.00 (Video)

Playing Better Tennis Under Pressure shares the findings of experts at the USTA's Player Development Center and sports psychologists to help tennis players recognize common pressure points and develop ways to handle game-time stress. Viewers will gain invaluable insight into the causes of stress in tennis, including the fear of failing, loss of emotional control, and outside distractions. The video also explains how pressure affects a player's physical and mental ability to play. Viewers will learn to implement six key strategies for dealing with pressure.

Tennis Biomechanics -- $21.00 (Video)

This video shows the direct application of biomechanical principles for effective play in all areas of the court and improved tennis stroke production. Featuring instruction from Paul Roetert, administrator of USTA Sport Science, as well as teaching tips from top coaches at the USTA, Tennis Biomechanics provides instructional segments on: the serve; return of serve; groundstrokes; the transition game; net play.

Advanced Footskills for Tennis -- $21.00 (Video)

In this video, USTA movement training specialist Mark Grabow coaches USTA National Team members through a progression of fun, well-paced footwork drills. Designed to simulate game situations, each drill is timed to be executed at a work/rest ratio similar to the ratio of time it takes to play a point and the amount of rest time before the next point begins.

Strength Training for Tennis -- $21.00 (Video)

Strength Training for Tennis, produced by the 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.

Movement Training for Tennis -- $21.00 (Video)

Developed through the expertise of the USTA Sport Science Committee, this video presents a progression of drills to help players at any level add explosive movement to their game. World-renowned tennis coach Dr. Jack Groppel enlists the aid of USTA tennis experts to show coaches, instructors, and players how reaction time and movement time result in explosive speed.

Vic Braden is offering a series of four videotapes for high school coaches covering a variety of on- and off-court topics.

The four videos are: Coaches at Risk (covers protecting yourself, your school and your school district from lawsuits stemming from substance and sexual abuse charges); Junior Tennis (with Stan Smith); Sports Nutrition for Tennis Players and Other Athletes; and How to Help Your Child Succeed in Sports (covers the parent/parent/player coach relationship.

The videos sell separately for $160, but cost only $50 for the package of four, with $9.95 for shipping.

For order information, call 800-225-5842 and ask for the "Coaches Video Four Pack," or e-mail krispaul@vicbraden.com for more information.