1. Paying Homage to Crosscourt2. The Closer3. One Up and One Back
Part Two: Beyond the Fundamentals
4. Two Choices Instead of Three5. Identifying Weapons6. The Value of the Slice Backhand7. The Art of the Poach8. When to Change Strategy (and when not to)
Part Three: Partnerships
9. Choosing a Partner10. Matching Playing Styles11. Choosing Sides12. How to be Your Captain’s BFF
Part Four: Serving and Receiving
13. Is it Better to Give than to Reveive?14. The Most Important Quality of a Serve15. Aye Aye to I16. Your First Serve Attitude Adjustment17. The Riddle of the Return
Part Five: Going Mental
18. Warmup: Psych Out vs. Psych Up19. Is it Possible to Know Too Much?20. The Value of Being Boring21. Momentum and Risk22. Channeling Against the Choke23. Being True to Yourself...NOT!24. The True Meaning of Confidence
Part Six: Practice
25. Should You Really Practice How You Play?26. I Hate All Drills...Except for These TwoChapter Infinity: The Often-Painful Notion of “All In”
A tennis book for the rest of us
2014 • Harvest Books
Table of
Contents
Twenty-seven
chapters of insight,
advice, philosophy,
and entertainment
Part One: Fundamentals
1. Paying Homage to Crosscourt2. The Closer3. One Up and One Back
Part Two: Beyond the Fundamentals
4. Two Choices Instead of Three5. Identifying Weapons6. The Value of the Slice Backhand7. The Art of the Poach8. When to Change Strategy (and when not to)
Part Three: Partnerships
9. Choosing a Partner10. Matching Playing Styles11. Choosing Sides12. How to be Your Captain’s BFF
Part Four: Serving and Receiving
13. Is it Better to Give than to Reveive?14. The Most Important Quality of a Serve15. Aye Aye to I16. Your First Serve Attitude Adjustment17. The Riddle of the Return
Part Five: Going Mental
18. Warmup: Psych Out vs. Psych Up19. Is it Possible to Know Too Much?20. The Value of Being Boring21. Momentum and Risk22. Channeling Against the Choke23. Being True to Yourself...NOT!24. The True Meaning of Confidence
Part Six: Practice
25. Should You Really Practice How You Play?26. I Hate All Drills...Except for These TwoChapter Infinity: The Often-Painful Notion of “All In”