The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tennis

by Trish Faulkner and Vivian Lemelman

From understanding the basic rules, buying equipment and getting into shape to learning how to backhand and forehand, this idiot-proof guide shows how to serve up aces and plan aggressive strategies... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028629108
• ISBN13: 9780028629100
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good job in introducing tennis to new comers

I was first tempted by buying "Tennis for Dummies", like most of other beginners. But then I ran into this book from Trish Faulkner. So I made a quick comparison between the two.These two books contains technical sections like: choosing your racquet, stringing, tennis rules, grip, backhand, forehand, etc, etc .... One may prefer Tennis for Dummies to this one, others may prefer this one to Tennis for Dummies.... just a matter of personal taste.Personnally, I prefer this one because it has a chapter describing the history of tennis, which is in my opinion interesting to know. The end of the book gives a short description of pro players of the last twenty or thirty years.One detail among others, that made me buy this book vs. Tennis for Dummies, is the description of the tennis court is given in both foot/inch and international metric system, which is important since tennis is played anywhere around the world.Last but not least, unlike the previous reader who mentions Trish Faulkner as an "old lady with a racket", beside the fact that Trish certainly plays tennis way better than this reader and wins championships, I think she has done a great deal for tennis by proving that this sport can be played at all age, and can help people staying in good health while having fun.

Good job in introducing tennis to new comers

I was first tempted by buying "Tennis for Dummies", like most of other beginners. But then I ran into this book from Trish Faulkner. So I made a quick comparison between the two.These two books contains technical sections like: choosing your racquet, stringing, tennis rules, grip, backhand, forehand, etc, etc .... One may prefer Tennis for Dummies to this one, others may prefer this one to Tennis for Dummies.... just a matter of personal taste.Personnally, I prefer this one because I think it does a better job in introducing tennis to beginners. It starts with a chapter describing the history of tennis, which is in my opinion interesting to know. The end of the book gives a short description of pro players of the last twenty or thirty years.One detail among others, that made me buy this book vs. Tennis for Dummies, is the description of the tennis court is given in both foot/inch and international metric system, which is important since tennis is played anywhere around the world.Last but not least, unlike the previous reader who mentions Trish Faulkner as an "old lady with a racket", beside the fact that Trish certainly plays tennis way better than this reader and wins championships, I think she has done a great deal for tennis buy proving that this sport can be played at all age, and can help people staying in good health while having fun.

The best tennis book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love this book! It is the best and only way to learn tennis. I t is easy to understand and very informative. I think that this book is the only tennis book one will ever have to read! Thank you so much Vivian and Trish for making tennis fun and easy for me!

Great teaching, better than any live instructor.

This book makes it much easier to quickly learn the game of Tennis. I found it entertaining, which keeps my attention while learning the game of Tennis. Hats off to the authors, they made my Tennis day!!!!

this is the best book on tennis i have ever read

This was a great book for a begginer like me and a more advanced player like my wife. I recomend this book to anyone who has anything to do with the game of tennis. The authors Vivian and Trish really know what they are talking about.