(Part 2) Top products from r/tennis

John McPhee's Levels of the Game is a great illustration of Arthur Ashe playing Clark Graebner in the 1968 US Open. It shows what went through Ashe's and Graebner minds when they were playing and you can really see how much strategy goes into a tennis match.



The way both Ashe and Grabner's personal stories are woven into the narrative is nice too. You can see that L. Jon Werthiem was, inspired by this book when he wrote Strokes of Genius, as they both are stuctured similarly.

After reading this, I really appreciate how talented Arthur Ash was, and also how much skill serve-and-volley tennis takes.

http://www.amazon.com/Levels-Game-John-McPhee/dp/0374515263

I really recommends this to any tennis fan, player or not!

Anything you do to improve your flexibility and strength can benefit you.

Yoga is good as is HITT training. When doing interval training you may want to model it on the time of effort during a point in tennis and the time you have to recover.

FWIW - I found this book to be helpful as it includes strength training programs for tennis. I found a copy at my local library:

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Conditioning-Tennis-Sports/dp/0736069380/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1468862313&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=usta+strength+training+for+tennis

USTA also has a lot of online resources for strength and conditioning:

https://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Player-Development/Strength_and_Conditioning_Articles_and_Resources/

https://www.usta.com/Improve-Your-Game/Sport-Science/114705_Strength__Conditioning_Tennis_Specific_Drills_to_Improve_Quickness_On_Court/

https://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Player-Development/Strength_Conditioning/

2008 Wimbledon final. Nadal vs. Federer. For me, best match all time. Even though my favorite player lost, it was the best tennis he's ever played, same with Nadal.

The book: Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played

The match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMnLedLhCM

I've been jumping rope and it's great. Fun once you get the hang of it, and always a new trick to learn. I highly recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0736081593/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_fDZmtb0WK0M02 and also make sure you get a good speed rope.

Advice:

I have a smartphone that has HD video recording.
There are many variants but I purchased a tripod and use it to record my tennis by mounting the phone to the fence.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ANCPNM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I find watching yourself play is vastly important in understanding how you move as well as what your strokes actually look like. I coach myself because I'm beyond my junior tennis years so this is an invaluable tool that has helped me hit better forehands due to noticing the distance between me and the ball was too close.

If you are serious, search the Tennis Warehouse message boards for "paint job" and you will find a few in-depth tutorials like this one:

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/how-to-create-a-custom-paintjob-very-detailed.172828/

I knew a guy that did this...it was very time consuming but it made him happy.

If you are talking about simple touch ups, some Testors enamel in a matching color will take like 2-3 minutes.

Gloss Enamel Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004YTBS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_mODEzbK58FZQZ

It won't be perfect, but the chips in the paint probably won't catch your eye anymore. I don't do this to my own frames - court rash means you are a player! :) - but I do have a stringing customer that pays me a few dollars extra to touch up her racquets (she is also pretty OCD).

Just piggybacking on this "question" to give you props for writing a wonderful autobiography (I think the fact you wrote it without a ghostwriter gave it a wonderful authentic flow, I wish more athletes would do the same). And currently a used version of the book on CD is on sale on Amazon for $1,006.29! Who are these people?

I have a book, written by my sister's friend and the guy who played Andy, called, "Andy Roddick beat me with a Frying Pan."

It's hilarious. I highly recommend it.

The notion of not being friendly with the other players on the tour is not new but Sharapova seems to have elevated it to perfection.

It will be interesting to see whether she discusses this in her new book:

https://www.amazon.com/Sharapova-My-Story-Maria/dp/0374279799/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503714737&sr=8-1&keywords=sharapova+book

I'm not even a tennis player (though a big fan of the pro game!), but I'd recommend Finding Your Zone for any competitive mental game.

I found this book pretty enlightening regarding bias in sports - https://www.amazon.com/Scorecasting-Hidden-Influences-Behind-Sports/dp/0307591808

There's lots of different topics covered, but the one that I remember most clearly was that research supported the fact that referees/umpires are actually the portion of sports most susceptible to bias. The investigation began trying to identify the source of home field advantage in team sports, and eventually discovered that, while umpires/referees are extremely good at their jobs, they are inevitably human and react to verbal abuse (from either home fans or competitors) resulting in home field advantage being a real statistical anomaly that exists because of the influence home supporters have when abusing a referee/umpire for calls that go against their team.

Additional excerpts from book, though none supporting my memory above unfortunately - https://www.npr.org/2011/01/29/133280133/scorecasting-the-new-freakonomics-of-sports

reviews are all excellent on his book

http://www.amazon.com/Serve-Win-Gluten-Free-Physical-Excellence/dp/0345548981

Apparently, he's reading Viking Myths and Sagas. Excellent read, though.

This is an awesome book, though not entirely focused on the sisters, they are the driving storyline: https://www.amazon.ca/Venus-Envy-Sensational-Season-Inside/dp/0060197749

If you have Amazon Prime it is here:
https://www.amazon.com/Day-2/dp/B07H4385GY/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1537635950&sr=1-1&keywords=laver+cup

Otherwise, here's the full answer:
https://lavercup.com/how-to-watch-laver-cup

get this book:

• work out 1 time a week
  
• almost 0 chance of injury
  
• will get you whole body strong
  
• --> take advil or other anti-inflamatory to prevent being crippled up 1 day/week
  
  I found this book when my elderly mother had some bone loss, but have done it myself and it works!

Read this book. It helped me a lot during my teen years to start preparing for the pro level mindset.

That book isn't by Freud; it's a parody.

It's not an "injury".
https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446557684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503539779&sr=8-1&keywords=healing+back+pain+by+dr.+john+sarno

Here's another book to try out

http://www.amazon.com/Vic-Bradens-Mental-Tennis-Yourself/dp/0316105171