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COMPETITIVE
TENNIS
for Young Players
Grosser/Sch�nborn
Competitive Tennis for Young Players
Produced in English with the financial assistance of the
MANFRED GROSSER
RICHARD SCH�NBORN
COMPETITIVE TENNIS
FOR YOUNG PLAYERS
THE ROAD TO BECOMING A TOP PLAYER
� IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS
� PHYSIOLOGICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
� PERFORMANCE ABILIT Y AND CAPACIT Y
� LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT
� PROBLEMS INVOLVING TALENT
Meyer & Meyer Sport
Original title: Leistungstennis mit Kindern und Jugendlichen
Aachen: Meyer und Meyer Verlag, 2001
Translated by Ulrich Hansen
Additional Editing by Phyl Edwards
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Grosser/Sch�nborn:
Competitive Tennis for Young Players
� Oxford: Meyer und Meyer, (UK) Ltd., 2002
ISBN 1-84126-075-4
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CONTENTS
Foreword.................................................................................9
Preface � Tennis Today .......................................................10
1 Premature Failure � Burn-out, Drop-out...........................13
1.1 Burn-out, Drop-out.....................................................................................13
1.2 Reasons .........................................................................................................15
1.3 Diagnosing Burn-out.................................................................................17
1.4 Suggested Solutions..................................................................................18
2 Biological Performance Ability and Load Capacity
during Childhood and Adolescence ..................................21
2.1 The Problems Involved in Systematic Long-term
Development ...............................................................................................21
2.2 Biological Development from Childhood to Adulthood................22
2.3 Load Capacity and Performance Ability during Childhood
and Adolescence ........................................................................................40
2.4 An Overall View of the Development and Performance Ability
during Childhood and Adolescence.....................................................66
3 Long-term Performance Development in Tennis .............71
3.1 Step-by-step Performance Development and Important
Training Principles......................................................................................71
3.2 Step 1: Versatile Basic Training (approx. 4-6-/7-year-olds) ....................83
3.3 Step 2: Basic Training (approx. 6-/7-9-/10-year-olds)..................85
3.4 Step 3: Development Training 1
(approx. 9-/10-11-/13-year-olds).........................................................90
3.5 Step 4: Development Training 2
(approx. 11-/13-14-/15-year-olds) ......................................................97
3.6 Step 5: Connecting Training
(approx. 14-/15-17-/18-year-olds)....................................................104
3.7 Step 6: Top-class Training
(from approx. 16-/19 years of age)....................................................112
4 Problems of Talent in Tennis ............................................119
4.1 What Is a Talent?......................................................................................119
4.2 Talent Identification................................................................................119
4.3 Talent Development................................................................................125
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Contents
5 Reality and Ideal Paths in Tennis � a Summary .............129
5.1 Some Examples of Faulty Talent Development ...............................129
5.2 Some Aspects of Correct Development..............................................132
5.3 Closing Words ............................................................................................133
Literature ............................................................................135
Photo and Illustration Credits .........................................136
Index....................................................................................137
Throughout this book, the pronouns he, she, him, her and so on
are interchangeable and intended to be inclusive of both men
and women. It is important in sport, as elsewhere, that men and
women have equal status and opportuntities.
6
7
Fig. 1: Pete Sampras, the best tennis player in the history of tennis, is also a
model athlete.
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Foreword
FOREWORD
MANY ROADS LEAD TOWARD ACHIEVING A
SPECIFIC GOAL. BUT IS THERE A BEST ROAD
TOWARD BECOMING A TOP-TEN TENNIS PLAYER?
Manfred Grosser and Richard Sch�nborn have faced this difficult question many
times and as a result have undertaken a detailed analysis of the demands,
particularly on young players who participate in modern high-level tennis. The
outcome of their research is this book, which in terms of its breadth of coverage, has
no rival. Not only does it cover the entire biological and psychological development
of children and young people but it also shows clearly � relative to the level of
development of the top-class adolescent athlete � the type, frequency and level of
intensity in which training for the top-class adolescent athlete should take place.
This book brings together the results of scientific research and studies, in
addition to many years' experience on the part of both authors and various
other experts on tennis for children and young people.
The outcome is this indispensable practical guide for parents, coaches
and others with an interest in high-level tennis for young players.
If the written rules and regulations of the game are considered then the
possibility exists that children and young people can, within their inherent
abilities and with their talent, combined with age-coordinated training, achieve
their individual optimal competitive limit. This may mean that at some stage in
the near future a "new tennis star is born". What this book provides is clear
guidelines for coaches and others on how to predict and counteract the problems
of early setback of a "great" promising talent brought about by too intense
physical demands, false ambitions within the player's family and coaches, plus
the use of inappropriate training methods will become a thing of the past.
Having said this the authors make no definite promises that those who
read and implement this work will achieve overnight success at the top level.
Dr. Georg von Waldenfels 9
President, German Tennis Federation
Preface � Tennis Today
PREFACE �
TENNIS TODAY
In the last two decades the sport of tennis world-wide has experienced a
tremendous development. It is true to say that while in certain traditional
tennis nations there is an air of stagnation, a tremendous development is
taking place in so-called third-world tennis countries. It's encouraging to see
the return of several traditional South-American nations onto the world
stage. Thereby, players, both male and female, who come from countries truly
not belonging to the best-known tennis nations, have played themselves into
the group of the world's best.
The international top-notch tennis scene has, through total professionalism,
entered performance spheres and heights which young up-coming players
can only reach through tremendous hard work. This means that the
Fig. 2: The rise to fame is only possible through versatile preparation.
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Preface � Tennis Today
development of a potential young top player has to be planned in a much
more conscientious, systematic and more goal oriented manner, if he is ever
to have a chance of success. Improvising, unprofessional preparation, false
ambition and a wrong set of goals during adolescence will inevitably lead to
a lack of success.
The player's individual potential will not be achieved and therefore his
highest possible point of performance will not be reached. Many tennis
coaches have, unfortunately, missed the new developments in training
method. The world's best players are usually those who have been lucky
enough to have worked with such specialized coaches. Such players
experience the highest performance development within the most favorable
time frame for improvement, namely between the age of twenty and about
twenty-five. The overwhelming majority, however, stagnate in their
development during this decisive period. This is usually the result of several
Fig. 3: Serena Williams is an outstanding example of a meticulous and
systematic long-term physical and technical development program during
adolescence.
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Preface � Tennis Today
factors, and gives reason to the necessity to become involved with the
development of an up-coming potential top-notch player and to
systematically clarify and solve problems as early as possible, in order to
provide trainers, parents and players with practicable documents which will
allow a player, within the limits of his inherent abilities, to reach his
individual level of top class performance. This book will help coaches and
others to accomplish this.
The authors of this book have decades of successful work both on a national
and international basis in the areas of general and specific methodology of
training and the science of sports. Through their extensive experience they
would like to help prospective candidates for possible top positions in various
ranking lists, but above all, the people working with them on the optimal
path to success. Having said this even this cannot be a guarantee of success;
but is an indispensable prerequisite to the training of top class players.
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Premature Failure � Burn-Out, Drop-Out
1 PREMATURE FAILURE �
BURN-OUT, DROP-OUT
1.1 BURN-OUT, DROP-OUT
Top tennis and above all, world top tennis, gives the misleading impression
of players living in a world of glitter success. Sadly many parents, coaches
and officials misjudge the reality of this situation due to their lack of
understanding of the true realities.
Big money, fame and popularity characterize top players, but they overlook
the painful reality of thousands of would-be stars who strive in vain to obtain
a place in the heights of tennis, but who are condemned to play only in
lower-ranked tournaments and qualifying rounds.
Why is this so? How are some players better capable than others to work at
the top level? This can be the result of a questionable attitude toward the
game, a lack of mental toughness, un-favourable athletic environmental
conditions, poor parental or coaching decisions or the lack of basic training.
For the reasons previously discussed it is very difficult to find the absolute
correct "medicine", although even here a "remedy" can be found, depending
upon an early intervention of expert professionals.
This last statement is based on the premise that with modern knowledge, at
least not in those countries in which sport science is no longer a wallflower
subject, which is the case in most well known traditional tennis nations, this
situation should occur only rarely.
Yet still, the lack of success of numerous young talented players within
typical tennis nations is no exception, it is a bitter reality. The few who have
made it should not blind us to this reality.
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Premature Failure � Burn-Out, Drop-Out
Fig. 4: A situation doomed to failure. A negative surrounding influence
(parents, sports officials, coaches) can have disastrous consequences for a
talented child.
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Reasons
1.2 REASONS
SUGGESTED REASONS
Permanent lack of success, however, or a very average curve of success is not
the only problem. We should be much more worried about the failure quota
of young players predicted to have tremendous potential for success or of
those who are already very successful, who for various reasons sooner or later
experience their so-called "burn-out" (being mentally and physically
overstrained, overheated) resulting in the "drop-out" (withdrawal from
competitive sports) from top-class competitive tennis. Some try a comeback,
but up to now, no one other than Jennifer Capriati has succeeded.
"Drop-outs" like Tracy Austin, Andrea J�ger, Kathy Horwath, Carling
Basset, Chanda Rubin, Jimmy Arias or Aaron Krickstein and many, many
more became well known and famous through their early or premature
success. On the other hand, how many talents have been lost in the sport of
tennis who didn't even have time to become successful and famous and who
are only known to a small circle within their immediate vicinity. Their
numbers go into the hundreds if not thousands worldwide. All show the
same causal relationship: too early a start in top-class competitive tennis,
beginning at the age of 14-16, thereby having a totally insufficient physical,
mental and long-term technical and systematic development during
adolescence, a requirement for future top performance in such a complex field
of sports like tennis. After three to four years they all experience their downfall.
THE TRUE REASONS
Other than the above mentioned reasons, what are the true reasons for a
"burn-out" with the concomitant "drop-out" at such a young age?
Next to generally understandable reasons like:
� Insufficient talent
� Inability to cope with top-class competitive stress
� The importance of other priorities, for example professional training/
university education
� Participation in other sports
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However, two reasons are decisive:
1. The player is, in spite of high physical talent, not well enough prepared
for constant performance at the top level. This is largely based on
insufficient, long-term general and specific training in physical
conditioning and technique, This leads to continuous rising physical
overload resulting in an increasing number of injuries, interruptions to
training sessions and tournaments and finally to more and more
discontent, and less and less success, finally leading to an ultimate
physical breakdown. Simplified one can say, that because of the player's
enormous talent and pure technical capabilities he is able to play in a
league for which he does not yet have the necessary physical stamina.
2. Through the premature introduction to the world of top tennis he is under
such psychological stress that he is not yet able to cope with this pressure
with regard to his own expectations as well as the expectations coming
from external sources such as parents and or coaches.
The following aspects are covered in detail in this text:
� General stress
� Long-term pressure to achieve top-class results
� Long-term pressure to take part in matches
� Too many seasonal peaks
� Training extent and intensity too high
� Too frequent anaerobic lactic strains
� Not enough time for regeneration and recovery
� Insufficient physical training
� Lack of general and specific conditioning
� Conflict with aggressive opponents, with coaches, parents and officials
� Inability to adapt sufficiently well to the different stresses imposed
� Unexpected defeats � great victories in the beginning cannot be repeated
A child and a junior are not small and middle sized adults respectively. A
child remains a child and a junior is a junior with all their varied biological,
physical and mental components. One would, for example, not expect a
leading position in business from a seventeen-year-old. In tennis, however,
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Diagnosing Burn-out
the public expect from an athlete of this age that he is physically, mentally
and technically an adult and consequently at the level of top players.
Certainly there are always exceptions to the rule, which occurs more often in
women's tennis, where several adolescents have accelerated in their
development, and are therefore far ahead of their age group. That, however,
should never be used as a scale of measurement for the large number of
talents. It is always advised to be on the side of caution when entering top
tennis, because top-class competitive tennis can on the average be played
only about ten years. Around the age of twenty-five the player reaches an
individual performance peak, which can then be held for only a few years.
(Cf. also Fig. 36. p.117).
DIAGNOSING BURN-OUT
1.3
The question of what causes burn-out is a difficult one to answer. Given the
fact, that if the correct training methods are used such problems should
never arise during adolescence. However, should this situation occur it is
important that it is recognized as early as possible. At the first signs of an
upcoming "burn-out", adults working with the player should use counter
measures in order to prevent a "drop-out", thereby making it possible for the
player to continue his career.
As a rule, the following warning signs appear by the majority of the players
separately or accumulated:
� High general sensitivity
� Impatience
� Weariness
� Rejection of ideas and suggestions
� Obstinacy
� Frustration
� Seeing no sense in one's work
� Physical fatigue and exhaustion
� Rising number of injuries on account of excessive physical demands and
increased different infections caused by a weakened immune system
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Premature Failure � Burn-Out, Drop-Out
Such symptoms are the last warning signals; the often made call for the use
of extreme common sense, and calling on the player greater self-sacrificing,
more concentration, to work harder are completely unnecessary. This only
pulls the players deeper into their predicament.
1.4 SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
In such a situation one must remember that the player is "sick and tired", which
means that it is virtually impossible to motivate him in a positive manner. He
finds himself in a condition, which anyone else in any other profession can
experience; namely exhausted, worn-out and at the end of his strength. The
only solution is to take a rest, stop playing, and take a vacation, regenerate, in
the hope of affecting the healing process and starting afresh.
Fig. 5: As long as tennis is fun, there's hardly any danger of experiencing a
"burn-out" or "drop-out".
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Suggested Solutions
1. The first step in the regeneration process is to stop all tennis activities. No
training, no tournaments; in fact a total disengagement for at least 6-8
weeks. During this time the player should turn to those activities that he
most likes, the activities he missed while playing tennis. He should avoid
all forms of stress; one can say he should drop out for a short-term period.
Should sickness or injuries have occurred, then these should be
completely cured before returning to the sport.
2. Once the reasons for the "burn-out" have been found and the actual
situation is recognized, a long-term systematic and gradual build-up
process lasting from a number of weeks up to several months, without
tournament stress should be carried out.
3. Following such an incident as described above it is very important to
stress that the player must not be allowed to act in the same manner as
before, otherwise, within a short period of time, he will fall into the same
rut as before. This phase in particular can be decisive on whether or not
the player can be led in the right direction or if his final "drop-out" phase
is inevitable.
4. A change of coaches is normal under such a situation, but if the original
coach not only finds out the exact reasons but also possesses the ability
and professional knowledge to fit the training program and tournament
plan onto the new demands and goals, given that he still retains the
player's confidence, then he should continue to work with him.
5. The change within an athletic environment is the most decisive factor in
the `cure' of burn-out. Under certain circumstances, parents, officials, the
club, friends and others should be included notwithstanding the fact they
had an earlier negative influence and contributed to the so-called "burn-
out". Given that they accept their responsibility and agree to change in
their behavior there is no reason why they should not make a positive
contribution to the player's future development.
6. By far the best solution is not to let such problems arise in the first
place.
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Index
P
Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Perceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48, 52
Performance ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 40
� -biological . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
� -overall view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Performance development
� -long-term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 71, 83
� -varying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Periods, cyclical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Phosphate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, 46
Plans, yearly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95, 102
Player development, complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Posture muscles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Pressure conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Psyche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Psychic, mental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Puberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 59
R
Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
� -times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Retardation (biologically behind the calendar age) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
S
School and tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
School sport (physical education) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Skeletal system (skeleton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 26, 35, 38
Slow-twitch fibres (slowly twitching, endurance muscle fibres) . . . . . . . . .26
Speed
� -action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 45
� -frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 45
� -reactive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 45
� -training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 54
Stimulus threshold rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
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Index
Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Super compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
T
Tactics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Talent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 21, 119
� -check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
� -problematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
� -promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
� -sighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Testosterone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Thermo-regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Time program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Trainer, change in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Training plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Training principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Training steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 83
� basic training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 85, 117
� connecting training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 104, 117
� development training I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 90, 117
� development training II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 97, 117
� top-class performance training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 112, 117
� versatile basic training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 83, 117
Training targets and content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Tournaments
� -suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
� -results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
V
VO2max
(max. Oxygen input; gross criteria of endurance performance ability) . . . . .33, 61
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Momentum � the Hidden Force highly experienced coach
in Tennis is about the battle of Richard Sch�nborn thinks the
competitive tennis matches � methods used for decades to
the ebbs and flows, the turning train technique in tennis are
points, why momentum lagging behind other sports. In
switches and how and when to this book Sch�nborn sets out to
use your skills to gain control. It change the way tennis is taught
is also an enjoyable read, both and coached by making
thought provoking and original. technique training more
relevant to what happens in a
86 pages match. The book provides a
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Various photos and how it is learned, then
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the Expert in Tennis
Manfred Grosser/Heinz Kraft Lutz Steinh�fel
Richard Sch�nborn
Training Exercises
Speed Training for for Competitive Tennis
Tennis
,,Training Exercises for
Although speed is, along with
technique and coordination, Competitive Tennis" provides
one of the most important
performance-limiting factors in the tennis coach with a
tennis, apart from a few
exceptions it is mentioned only detailed overview of up-to-date
sporadically if at all in the
specialist tennis literature. The training exercises for competitive
authors of this book have been
very active in this and other tennis. A broad spectrum of
areas for decades, and set out
the whole problem of speed in over 150 exercise lessons
a systematic and tennis-
specific way. with numerous variations are
136 pages displayed in more than 70
Two-colour print
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176 pages
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THECOMPETITIVE TENNIS BOOK
In this book, Manfred Grosser and
Richard Sch�nborn describe for the
first time a method of developing the
talented young tennis player into an
adult champion. Using research and
studies into biological development,
training science and learning process
psychology as a basis, as well as
their own national and international
experiences and observations, the
authors have prepared an indispensable advisory work for coaches,
officials, parents and the young players themselves. The logical
description of the improvement in general and tennis-specific
performance, largely dependent upon age and physical development,
should help to improve the individual talent and inborn abilities of all
young tennis players, whilst they progress from junior to adult player.
This brilliant new book describes in detail how this long-term goal can
be achieved for the champions of the future.
THE AUTHORS
Manfred Grosser is Professor of Movement and Training Teaching at
the University of Munich as well as an official lecturer at the Cologne
Coaching Academy. He is the author of several volumes on coaching
education and a former high-level sportsman and has many years'
experience of coaching elite athletes.
Richard Sch�nborn was Head Coach of the German Tennis
Federation (DTB) as well as a Davis Cup and Federation Cup coach.
In his playing days he was an international champion, winner of 31
national and international tournaments and a member of the
Czechoslovakian Davis Cup team. Today he is a lecturer at the
Cologne Coaching Academy and a member of the International
Tennis Federation (ITF) Coaching Commission.
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