The Young Tennis Player (Young Enthusiast) - Softcover

Vicario, Arantxa Sanchez.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751355607 ISBN 13: 9780751355604

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, 1997

Synopsis

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario won the French Open as a 17-year-old and was ranked Number One in the world in 1994. In this book, she introduces the skills, techniques and rules of tennis. With the help of step-by-step photography, informative text and helpful tips, she explains the different grips and groundstrokes, the best equipment to use and the tactics that need to be perfected to reach the top. The book also includes a history of the game, competitions, useful addresses and a glossary of tennis terms.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8?This ambitious entry in the DK lineup serves up both the virtues and vices found in other titles in the series. In one page, it attempts to give the historical perspective of the game?going all the way back to 500 B.C. and progressing through monastery games, to the relatively modern first Wimbledon match in 1877. The following double-page spread gets down to business with the equipment and clothes needed to play the game. The young Andorran author's insights into the world of professional tennis will fascinate young readers. The format is crisp, with an abundance of photographs supplemented by sidebars. Although this treatment is great for a catalog approach to clothes and equipment, it does not work when demonstrating movement. Tennis novices' heads will be spinning as they try to follow the basic shot spreads that offer up to 12 photos breaking up movement, diagrams of the court, tactical advice, italicized information, captions, and variations. Some of the shots described as "basic" are clearly for advanced players. Newcomers to the game will fare better with Skip Singleton's The Junior Tennis Handbook (Shoe Tree, 1991) or George Sullivan's Better Tennis for Boys and Girls (Putnam, 1987; o.p.).?Marilyn Payne Phillips, University City Public Library, MO
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

The Young Tennis Player ($15.95; April 16, 1996; 45 pp.; 0-7894- 0473-7): Tennis champ Vicario provides an introduction and commentary for this deconstructed view of the equipment, clothing, moves, attitudes, and rules that comprise the popular sport of tennis. The DK format (widely recognized, much-imitated) offers instant access to information on the skills, techniques, scoring, and etiquette required of all players, and some of the tips used by pros. Full-color photographs, drawings, and diagrams of the action will make most readers put down the book and pick up their rackets. (glossary, index) (Nonfiction. 7-13) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0751355607
• ISBN 13: 9780751355604
• Binding: Paperback