Great Sporting Events: Tennis
No. of pages 32
Published: 2017
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Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important tennis skills you'll need. Full of skills tips and photos showing key techniques, you'll discover everything - from training to competing - while also finding out something about tennis stars of the past and present. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up.
The series Sports Skills covers rules, equipment, famous competitors and major competitions through specially commissioned, step-by-step photography that clearly shows skills and techniques needed for a sport.
This book features in the following series: Great Sporting Events, Sports Skills .
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .
Clive Gifford is a writer and editor of many bestselling quiz books.
This book has the following chapters:
- 1: What is Tennis? 6
- 1: In Competition 8
- 1: Ready to Play 10
- 1: The Forehand Drive 12
- 1: The Backhand Drive 14
- 1: Volleys 16
- 1: Courtcraft 18
- 1: Learning to Serve 20
- 1: Serving and Receiving 22
- 1: Advanced Shots 24
- 1: Playing Doubles 26
- 1: Statistics and Records 28
- 1: Glossary and Websites 29
- 1: Index 30
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