The Art of Lawn TennisTennis is at once an art and a science. The game as played by such men as Norman E. Brookes, the late Anthony Wilding, William M. Johnston, and R.N. Williams is art. Yet like all true art, it has its basis in scientific methods that must be learned and learned thoroughly for a foundation before the artistic structure of a great tennis game can be constructed. |
Contents
FOR NOVICES ONLY | 19 |
THE DRIVE | 33 |
SERVICE | 38 |
THE VOLLEY AND OVERHEAD SMASH | 45 |
THE LAWS OF TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY | 61 |
GENERAL TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY | 63 |
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATCH PLAY | 77 |
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PHYSICAL FITNESS | 88 |
THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF THE GAME | 128 |
SOME SIDELIGHTS ON FAMOUS PLAYERS | 163 |
SOME SIDELIGHTS ON FAMOUS PLAYERS | 165 |
AMERICA | 169 |
BRITISH ISLES | 182 |
FRANCE AND JAPAN | 189 |
SPAIN AND THE CONTINENT | 198 |
THE COLONIES | 204 |
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES | 97 |
MODERN TENNIS AND ITS FUTURE | 105 |
THE GROWTH OF THE MODERN GAME | 107 |
FAMOUS WOMEN PLAYERS | 213 |
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