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 enlarge | Authors: E. Paul, Ph.d. Roetert, Todd S. Ellenbecker
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 16575
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Pap/DVD
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Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0736069380
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.342
EAN: 9780736069380
ASIN: 0736069380
Publication Date: August 2007
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 Complete Conditioning for Tenis Review March 9, 2002
57 out of 59 found this review helpful
I gave this book 4 stars mainly beause here is nothing out there like it. Power tennis training is not even close to the coverage of this book. This book is for serious players in good shape already. I would say it is designed more for Juniors and Satalite hopefulls than the weekend player. If your working on the gut and hoping this will bring your game up you need to do more work before getting started on this book. It has great streching tips and fantastic agility drills and explains how to train based on playing tennis. What it contains is very good. The training programs however are written by people with no real world lives. They are all pros or have been around pros without I would suspect a normal 9-5 family and job. It references a lot of weight training equipment that must be in a nice gym. It covers and gets into more tournament fitness building strategy rather than an average weekend game. A modified version for the average guy would be nice. A very big dissapointment was nutrition. I was really hoping to learn when to eat, what to eat before a match etc. This book covered nothing about nutrition. It talked about water and sodium, thats it. If your really into tennis and run three times a week already and work out some, you can benefit from this book. The fitness test is good and gives you goals to shoot for but you better be self motivated. If they add two more chapters; nutrition and a modified weekend players life, home workout system this book would be perfect.
Excellent Reference for Tennis Conditioning July 17, 2000
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Paul Roetert was formerly the Head of Sport Science for USTA Player Development in Key Biscayne. He has been instrumental in advancing US tennis scientifically and shows why here. This book was created for the tennis player and coach and perhaps is the best book on the market regarding conditioning for tennis (there are 3 or 4 other inferior books). For myself, I think it is a bit basic (a primer) and doesn't cover enough scientific applications and how to scientifically create a conditioning program. Anyhow, I think that is for the German DTB (e.g., look up Richard Schoenborn books). Otherwise, Paul and Todd (a top trainer) would limit their audience. The authors produce an excellent resource for most serious players perhaps applicable to all. This book should rank among the top ten tennis books written in the past decade.
 Complete Conditioning for Tennis April 21, 2000
7 out of 20 found this review helpful
I personally tried tried this book and it did wonders on my tennis abilities. This book not only kept on your toes but it made wont more.
Safe & Scientific Conditioning May 10, 1999
40 out of 44 found this review helpful
Most conditioning methods recommended by even some of the leading lights in tennis have been a regurgitation of methods which was non-progressive and relied heavily on `past, successful experiences'. Afterall, he won with those exercises and practices, so I don't see why .... This book stays closely to the latest research so that the exercises thus recommended are safe, time-saving, objective and practical - the last a criteria for adaptation into actual court strategy w/o too much of a hindrance. Language is simple. Coaches worth their salt should have a serious look at it before dismissing it as another scientific hoodwink by a bunch of scientists who'd never played the real game, except after work.
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