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.The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
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by: W. Timothy Gallwey

May 27, 1997
I have been a student of the Inner Game of Tennis for over 30 years now and Tim Gallwey's book is still the best book ever written describing how the mind and body work so that we can play at our very best. Tim has completely changed not only my playing but my entire tennis life and as a result, I have written my own book called Tennis: Play the Mental Game which will teach you the practical applications to playing the inner game. I recommend to all my book owners and students that they read Tim's book. There are many other so called sports psychologists out there that try to say the same things Tim is saying but they just don't succeed. Tim's book is and will be a classic for as long as people play tennis. David Ranney, www.maxtennis.com.
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.Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
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by: Gary Mack, David Casstevens

June 03, 2002
Quick and easy to read. Full of short stories that help athletes gain perspective into building a stronger mental game.
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.A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
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by: Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo

June 10, 2008
Pete Sampras was not only a great and exceptional tennis player, but also a great athlete and competitor in Sports History.
In this book he gives a very great insight of his life in the top, the struggle that every champion has to carry on. It is great how he handled the losses. A big Champion like him can teach that even for him life was not always ALL about winning, but also dealing with losses.
Another very important concept that Pete Sampras remarks, are his core values, learned from his family. This is a key concept that many people omit and just focus on the results, not the things that took Pete Sampras to be the best Tennis player ever.
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.The Best Tennis of Your Life: 50 Mental Strategies for Fearless Performance
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by: Jeff Greenwald

November 27, 2007
Jeff Greenwald has a concise and straight forward approach of putting everything about competition tennis that has given me the "yips" over the past 15 years into chapters and then giving a mental strategy or solution to the problem (which is in my mind). The suggested readings are also helpful. We'll see if this all works.
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.Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master
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by: Brad Gilbert, Steve Jamison

May 31, 1994
This is a fun book written in a very laid back style. It inspired me to track down a Sampras vs. Gilbert match so I could view his style of play. He definitely practiced most of what he preaches in this book. I've also read "I've Got Your Back" and the books have merged in to one in my mind though this one is clearly better. The best part of this book is the strategy section. He covers facing most styles of play including serve & volleyers, pushers, baseliners, and lefties. He's refreshingly direct and honest. He stresses to never to donate free points to your opponent, play within your skill level and step it up on "setup points". There's one point I do disagree with and have proof it doesn't work. I played a 3.5 match and my opponent had obviously ... Read More:
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.The Roger Federer Story: Quest for Perfection
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by: Rene Stauffer

June 25, 2007
I highly recommend this book to the fans . It is easy to read and full of details and anecdotes . You also have the feeling that you become part of Roger Federer's life .
Many thanks to the writer .

Patricia Jimmy
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.Complete Conditioning for Tennis (Complete Conditioning for Sports Series)
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by: E. Paul, Ph.D. Roetert, Todd S. Ellenbecker

2007-08
This is an excellent book for tennis conditioning. Most readers would have to pick and choose which things to employ as only the most dedicated athlete would find the time for everything. Excellent as a comprehensive survey.
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.Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes (Billie Jean King Library)
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by: Billie Jean King

August 12, 2008
One upping a man in tennis thirty five years ago has given Tennis star Billie Jean King much to think about. "Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes" is her autobiography of her life as a figure for feminists and a model for gender relations. With a good dose of common sense and wisdom, "Pressure is a Privilege" is a memoir worth reading for a look into a mind of an everyday woman who did wonderful things.
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.Tennis for Dummies
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by: Patrick McEnroe, Peter Bodo

August 11, 1998
This is the first book I bought about Tennis when I got into the sport over a year ago. Its not fancy with a lot of glossy photos of pro players, BUT it is one of the most useful and fun to read Tennis books I have found. If you are an absolute beginner, its a fun, interesting and non-scary introduction to the game. For more advanced players, its still great for refreshing basic details and rules, learning tennis-related exercise routines, etc. McEnroe's sense of humor is great and it makes the otherwise dull task of describing in writing a dynamic game much more intereseting. Lots of fun for anyone with any interest in Tennis. Like most of the "Dummies" books, sometimes you have to flip around sequentially for information, but thats not a big deal in the end.
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.Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide
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by: Tom Sadzeck

April 07, 2001
Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide, by Tom Sadzeck.
Excellent book. I would recommend to all tennis players, all levels.
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