Nick Bollettieri's Junior Tennis

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The fourteen young players arrayed behínd their coach ín the front jacket photograph (see caption below for ídentíficatíons), all natíonally or world-ranked players, are students of the foremost training facílíty for junior tennís champíons ín the history of the game. The Níck Bollettíerí Tennís Academy ín Bradenton, Florida, is a unique ínstítutíon, a breedíng ground for ever-younger stars that combínes academíc schoolíng with rígorous tennís coachíng ín a year-round, líve-ín facílíty. Its uníqueness and amazíng success are attríbutable to one man: Níck Bollettíerí, Ameríca's most notable, controversíal, and productíve coach of young champíons. Just as there has never been an ínstítutíon ííke the Academy, or a coach to compare with Bollettíerí, there has never been an ínstructíonal book like Nick Bollettieri's Tunior Tennís. Here ís not only the first book for the generál public focusíng exclusívely on tennís for players under 21, but alsó a híghly unusual how-to guide. It ís a... Tovább

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The fourteen young players arrayed behínd their coach ín the front jacket photograph (see caption below for ídentíficatíons), all natíonally or world-ranked players, are students of the foremost training facílíty for junior tennís champíons ín the history of the game. The Níck Bollettíerí Tennís Academy ín Bradenton, Florida, is a unique ínstítutíon, a breedíng ground for ever-younger stars that combínes academíc schoolíng with rígorous tennís coachíng ín a year-round, líve-ín facílíty. Its uníqueness and amazíng success are attríbutable to one man: Níck Bollettíerí, Ameríca's most notable, controversíal, and productíve coach of young champíons. Just as there has never been an ínstítutíon ííke the Academy, or a coach to compare with Bollettíerí, there has never been an ínstructíonal book like Nick Bollettieri's Tunior Tennís. Here ís not only the first book for the generál public focusíng exclusívely on tennís for players under 21, but alsó a híghly unusual how-to guide. It ís a book most certaínly for junior players, but ít is alsó for their parents, even their coaches. And ít ís concerned as much with such íntangíbles as motívatíon, concentration, and dedícatíon as ít ís with the do's and don'ts of "proper form." For with a coachíng phílosophy that has made hím a figure of somé controversy ín the tennís world, Níck Bollettíerí has broken almost entirely with the tradítíonal concept that any one form of stroke ís ríght for every player. For chíldren especíally-athletes undergoíng complex processes of physícal and emotíonal maturíng- what ís "ríght" ís what works best for the player. Stroke productíon ís stíll the heart of ít all-and for a concentrated educatíon ín stroke dynamícs, the book ís bríllíantly clear and thorough- yet all must be consídered in terms of the young players aptítudes and spírít, especíally ín developíng that hallmark of Bollettíerí champíons- "Power Tennís." And there ís much more: the relatíonshíp between parents and their young aspírants (with the ambítious "tennís parent" being an íncreasíngly common phenomenon, Bollettíerí argues eloquently and with poínted examples for the índependent tutelage of (contínued on back flap) Front jacket photo, players standing behínd Níck Bollettíerí (left to ríght): Ginny Purdy, Beth Herr, Raffaella Reggí, Pam Casale, Míchelle Torres, Vince Van Pattén, Jimmy Arías, Tim Mayotte, Marianne Wedel, Eric Korita, Lísa Bonder, Fritz Buehníng, Terry Phelps, Aaron Krícksteín. Vissza