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EDUCATIONAL MANUALS, DVDS AND VIDEOS
PTR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
 
Successful Doubles by Pete Collins (Written in 1995)
Successful Doubles offers basic education and strategy on how to teach effective doubles play. It includes step-by-step instructions, diagrams and tips. $5.00

The Two-Handed Backhand by Dennis Van der Meer (Written in 1997)
This Supplement offers basic instruction on how to teach an effective two-handed backhand. It includes step-by-step instructions, diagrams and tips. $5.00

Professional's Assistant (Written in 2002)
This supplement provides round robin schedules, tournament draw sheets and other useful forms to assist PTR professionals in organizing and administering activities. The round robin schedules provide pairings from four to 24 players. Tournament draws are provided for three player round robins up to 64 player complete draws. $5.00

Teaching Advanced Groundstrokes (Written in 2003)
This Supplement teaches you to demonstrate and explain at an advanced level the topspin forehand, one handed topspin backhand, two-handed topspin backhand, and one handed slice backhand groundstrokes. You will be able to analyze and correct the groundstrokes techniques of advanced players. $10.00

Teaching Advanced Net Play (Written in 2004)
This Supplement teaches you to demonstrate and explain at an advanced level the different volley and overhead smash variations. You will be able to analyze and correct the volley techniques of advanced players as well as utilize different drills to improve your students net game. $10.00

Teaching Advanced Serve & Return (Written in 2005)
This Supplement teaches you to demonstrate and explain at an advanced level the power serve, the topspin serve, the slice serve and the return of serve. You will be able to analyze and correct the serve and return techniques of advanced players, as well as utilize different drills to improve your students serve & return game. $10.00

Growing Kids, Growing the Game by Mike Barrell (Written in 2006)
A varied curriculum designed to teach ages 5-10. The course covers essential skills needed for working with children, including age relevant coaching methodology, appropriate use of courts, equipment and balls. A developmental approach to building essential skills to get kids playing the game quickly and develop fundamentals to maximize long term potential. More than 50 games, activities and progressions to get kids playing while emphasizing balance, coordination, agility and motor skills. Includes simple competition, programming and marketing. $10.00

INSTRUCTIONAL MANUALS/ BOOKS
$20,000 in Tennis Lessons: Your Personal Coach by Dr. Robert Ford Greene

This book is the ultimate guide for tennis players seeking to improve their game.  Dr. Robert Greene breaks down each element of the game, and uses hundreds of photos and illustrations to show each point precisely.  He includes the advice of the world's smartest pros , and cites examples from the greatest players of yesterday and today. $29.00

Biomechanical Principles of Tennis Technique: Using Science To Improve Your Strokes by Duane Knudson
The science of tennis technique is explained in this guide that practically applies the lessons learned from studying the forces and motions of tennis strokes. Through the implementation of six basic biomechanical principles players can make subtle adjustments to their strokes, creating stroke variations that not only improve their game but also reduce their risk of injury. Detailed line drawings; stroke analysis and sequence photos of top touring pros; action photographs and high-speed video images; and an exploration of the benefits of video replay provide players with a variety of useful techniques. $14.95

Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook by Nick Bollettieri
This book is the most comprehensive guide to learning and teaching tennis from the most successful coach in the game today. Nick Bollettieri’s training and development system is recognized around the world. Now you can work with Bollettieri without traveling to his academy. You’ll get detailed lessons on everything from stroke techniques, strategies, skill development, conditioning and mental training to his ideas on coaching and practice. $23.00

Coaches Guide to Sport Psychology by Rainer Martens
This is an easy to read, practical manual for coaches on the effective use of sport psychology. Author Rainer Martens shows coaches how to develop the psychological skills they need and how to teach the essential psychological skills to their athletes. Written in a clear, friendly style with examples, checklists and self-evaluation forms. $25.00

Coaches Guide to Teaching Sport Skills by Robert W. Christina and Daniel M. Corcos
As a coach, your teaching skills must be exemplary. You must be able to teach your athletes new skills and fine tune their existing skills. In this book you will learn to become more effective at teaching sport techniques to athletes of any age or skill level. Authors Robert Christina and Daniel Corcos show you how to prepare for teaching skills, present new skills, develop and maintain your athletes’ skills with practice, and teach cognitive strategies that will help them improve their performance. $25.00

Coaching Tennis by Chuck Kriese
Coaching Tennis is a recipe for total player development that gives players and coaches the competitive edge when it comes to understanding the complex sport of tennis. The most comprehensive coaching guide available, it is complete with detailed descriptions of physical training techniques, useful approaches for mental and emotional development, technical skills to momentum management, practice drills to goal setting, and keys to establishing player strategy and team unity. $19.95

Coaching Tennis Successfully by USTA
This book has something for everyone - coaching advice based on practical high school coaching expertise enhanced by advice from USTA national coaches. It's a must for all tennis coaches. Manual includes information on planning productive practices, conducting drills, developing physical and mental skills, and teaching match tactics. Provides ideas on preparing singles players and doubles teams for competitive matches. $18.95

Coaching Youth Tennis
This is a great guide for working with 6 to 14 year old athletes. It explains how to teach kids important tennis skills and strategies at a level that's just right for them. This valuable coaching resource explains the most effective methods for teaching tennis fundamentals. $12.00

Complete Conditioning for Tennis by Paul Roetert, Ph.D. & Todd S. Ellenbecker
Take your game to a higher level! Now you can train to play like the pros by specifically conditioning each fitness component to meet the physical demands of tennis. Complete Conditioning for Tennis improves your strength, power, agility, flexibility, quickness, and stamina. Experts from the United States Tennis Association provide the very best training exercises and drills, sample workouts from the game’s top players, and sample programs to maximize your tennis performance. You’ll finish strong in every match. $21.00 Book & DVD

The Courtside Coach: A Personal Mental Trainer for Tennis Players by Bryce Young & Linda Bunker .$14.95

Cross-Training for Sports by Gary T. Moran and George H. McGlynn
Cross-Training for Sports gives you more variety and better results in an ideal training program. You’ll improve your strength, power, speed, endurance, flexibility, agility and balance – the components of complete sports conditioning. Whether you’re an athlete looking to maximize your performance potential or a coach trying to develop better conditioning workouts and programs, you’ll appreciate the book’s easy to use format. $19.95

Doubles Tennis Tactics by Louis Cayer
Doubles Tennis Tactics teaches you what positions and movements to use and what shots to make using proven patterns of play. These 103 playing patterns and drills will increase consistency, put more pressure on opponents and result in greater success in competitions. $18.00

Fit To Play Tennis: High Performance Training Tips by Carl Petersen and Nina Nittinger
This physical and mental training manual arms athletes, coaches, parents, and sports scientists with an easy-to-follow, seven-point plan to enhance performance, limit injuries, and help tennis players avoid over-training and burnout. Delivering practical tips and techniques that integrate the numerous factors influencing tennis performances into year-round training plans and schedules, the manual outlines key strategies such as structured on-court training, guidance on smart training and playing, and survival tips for staying healthy and keeping athletes playing at the top of their game. $19.95

From Breakpoint to Advantage by Babette Pluim, M.D., Ph.D. and Marc Safran, M.D.
This book includes such topics as injury prevention and rehabilitation; descriptions, symptoms, and treatments for all tennis injuries and ailments; stroke mechanics and injury; training programs for flexibility, balance, stabilization and strength; proper nutrition to fuel the tennis body; equipment selection for health and performance, special considerations for juniors, vets, women and wheelchair athletes and issues of interest including over-training, doping and traveling. $27.00

International Book of Drills (Revised 2003)
More than 200 different tennis drills have been gathered from successful teaching pros around the world. Featuring exciting ball machine drills and singles and doubles drills that can be adapted to all levels. $15.00

Jumping Into Plyometrics: 100 Exercises for Power & Strength by Donald A. Chu, Ph.D.
Boost your athletic ability to new heights with 100 plyometrics exercises. These proven exercises will improve strength, power, speed, quickness and jumping ability, while also helping you to develop better coordination and balance. $15.00

Mach 4® Mental Training System by Anne Smith, Ph.D
The MACH 4 Mental Training System is unique because it teaches how to develop empowering relationships between parents, coaches and athletes; how to produce an independent, strong and confident athlete; and how to create a powerful partnership between the mind and the body.  Anne Smith, Ph.D, won her place in the history books of all-time winners with 10 Grand Slam championships in doubles and mixed doubles from 1980 to 1984. $12.00

Mach 4® Mental Training System: Tennis Workbook by Anne Smith, Ph.D
The MACH 4® Mental Training System Tennis Workbook was created to be a supplement to my book titled "MACH 4® Mental Training System A Handbook for Athletes, Coaches and Parents". By implementing MACH 4 during practice sessions, lessons, and matches, players and coaches will have the complete package. Ultimately, the mind is in control and will determine whether technique and physical training will all come together at the same time to produce the best results. The goal of this Workbook is to help players become more aware of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors (physical feelings) so that they can consistently play their best. $12.00

Manual of Group Tennis Drills for Competitive Players by Gundars Tilmanis
This books includes a large array of drills including warm up, maximum hitting, maximum participation, grooving specific strokes, maximum consistency, singles, shot selection, anticipation, improvisation, maximum movement, doubles, semi supervised and fun group drills. $44.00

Maximum Tennis by Nick Saviano
What common elements separate the best tennis players from the rest? Maximum Tennis will teach you the 10 defining characteristics that allow top professionals to play their best. Play from the heart. Simplify your stroke. Focus on the elements you can control. Nick Saviano has seen the differences these keys can make. He distills the nature of championship play into its essence, helping you play to strengths and enjoy the game every time you step on the court. $18.00

Mental Toughness Training by Dr. James E. Loehr (Revised 2004)
In this revised manual, famed sport psychologist Dr. James E. Loehr examines the mental side of tennis and explains how to help your students gain emotional control of their game. $15.00

Munchkin Tennis by Dr. Jack Hustlar (Revised in 1993)
As part of the grassroots effort to reach youth, this updated volume shows how to teach players from four years of age with various games, drills and ideas. Illustrations and photographs are included to help teaching pros reach the younger market and keep them interested. $15.00

Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook by Nancy Clark (Third Edition)
Renowned sports nutritionist Nancy Clark tells you how to fuel your active lifestyle. This revised and expanded best seller will help you maximize the nutritional value of your diet for high energy and lifelong health. $19.00

The New Toughness Training for Sports by Dr. James E. Loehr
The New Toughness Training for Sports: Mental Emotional Physical Conditioning from One of the World's Premier Sports Psychologists This essential guide contains all the techniques Dr. Loehr teaches the pros, including: methods for overcoming stress and fear, recovering from injuries and shock, peaking for important competitions, training assignments suitable for any sports, team, or individual, and easy to read graphs, exercises and tips for keeping your goals focused. $11.95

The Physics and Technology of Tennis by Howard Brody, Crawford Lindsey and Rod Cross
Players paying upwards of $300 per racquet and $50 for re-stringings can spend hundreds of dollars every year trying to influence any events in their favor. This book explains the what, how and why of those fateful collisions on each side of the net, as well as the flight and the bounce of the ball in-between. $27.00

The Power of Full Engagement by Dr. James E. Loehr and Tony Schwartz
The Power of Full Engagement lays out the key training principles and provides a powerful, step-by-step program that will help you to: mobilize four key sources of energy, balance energy expenditure with intermittent energy renewal, expand capacity in the same systematic way that elite athletes do and create highly specific, positive energy management rituals. $22.00

The Power Story by Jim Loehr $21.00

Power Tennis Training by Donald A. Chu, Ph.D.
This book presents an easy to follow, balanced conditioning program specifically designed to help tennis players at all levels put more power into their game. Through a regimen of stretching, weight training, plyometrics, medicine ball exercises and court drills, you'll become faster and able to hit the ball harder. $14.95

Pressure Tennis by Paul Wardlaw
Paul Wardlaw has created and refined his extraordinary training program through 14 successful seasons coaching at the college level. His system teaches you how to design and implement effective practice sessions using pressure drills that simulate match like conditions. You will notice immediate improvements in concentration, motivation, confidence and conditioning. $17.95

Serious Tennis by Scott Williams
Serious Tennis shows you how to use SMARTS to improve your strokes, develop tactical awareness and increase anticipation, perform better under pressure, hit the ideal shot at the right time, and tailor equipment to your style of play. $19.95

Shape Your Self by Martina Navratilova
Known for her superb conditioning, Martina Navratilova is a marvel of fitness. She easily outruns many women who are half her age, still plays tennis competitively, and engages in all the other sports she loves: basketball, hockey, skiing, and more. Everywhere she goes, people ask her: Why can you still move the way you do? How do you stay in such good shape? Whats your secret? In The Shape of Your Life, this amazing athlete shares through personal anecdotes the simple strategies, tips, and small lifestyle changes that will enable anyone to tune up their body, mind, and spirit. In her 6-step program readers discover: - tips on achieving the focus and mental ability of star athletes - advice on creating an environment -- emotionally and physically -- that supports readers health and personal goals - a healthy food plan with delicious recipes -- emphasizing natural foods, including raw foods and juices -- that help the body release toxins, drop extra pounds, and feel more vibrant and youthful - fun, unique, cutting-edge exercises that can be done anywhere and will make readers appreciate the power, strength, and beauty of the body - novel ways to recharge and energize mind and body Above all, Martina offers smart, doable techniques so readers can achieve championship levels in every area of their lives. $24.00

Sport First Aid
This book will show you how to develop knowledge of sports injuries, recognize common sport injuries, and administer appropriate sport first aid for nearly 100 injuries. $25.00

Stan Smith’s Winning Doubles by Stan Smith
Let one of the all-time great tennis doubles players improve your game! Pro coach and former Grand Slam champion, Stan Smith, details the technique, shot selection and strategy that will help you play doubles at its highest level. With Stan as your guide, you’ll play better and enjoy the game more than ever. $18.00

Stress for Success by Dr. James E. Loehr
This book will help you to attain a better balance between your personal and your professional life, deepen your capacity to expend and recover energy, achieve new levels of physical, mental and emotional flexibility and learn the mental preparation skills that allow you to perform under pressure. $14.95

Successful Coaching by Rainer Martens (2nd edition)
This is a comprehensive introduction to the art and science of coaching. You will find valuable information on developing a positive coaching philosophy; applying the principles of coaching assimilated from fields of sport psychology, sport pedagogy, and sport physiology; and using sport management skills effectively. $18.00

Taking Your Tennis On Tour by Bonita L. Marks, Ph.D.
Drawing upon stories from professional players and coaches both former and current, this book provides aspiring tennis professionals with a dose of reality as it reveals all of the necessities of life off-the-court. Thousands of players try to make it on the men's tennis pro circuit every year without a clue that they must also be their own coach, travel agent, financier, promoter, lawyer, and accountant, while simultaneously turning their pro tennis dream into a sound business venture. From the mechanics of self-promotion to developing a business plan and keeping the machine going financially while maintaining the physical and mental stamina to improve their ranking, this book guides players, coaches, and parents through the nuts and bolts of turning pro. $18.00

Teaching Tennis: Grades 1-6 (3 book Curriculum) by Lisa C. Duncan
These manuals take the USA School Tennis program one step further by providing specific lesson plans and activities for an instructional time period of four weeks, with two 50-minute segments per week. Step-by-step instruction, as well as innovative games and assessment tools will enhance the teaching of tennis with a field-tested model of instruction. $55.00

Teaching Tennis: Grades 7-12 & College (2 book Curriculum) by Lisa C. Duncan
These manuals take the USA School Tennis program one step further by providing specific lesson plans and activities for an instructional time period of four weeks, with two 50-minute segments per week. Step-by-step instruction, as well as innovative games and assessment tools will enhance the teaching of tennis with a field-tested model of instruction. $55.00

Technical Tennis by Rod Cross and Crawford Lindsey
What are the single most important variables in racquet performance? What racquet and string features combine to provide the most control, comfort, and feel? How can a player create maximum spin? This informative primer answers these and other elusive equipment and performance-related questions that perennially plague hackers and experts alike. A simplified, layperson's companion to the authors' previous work, The Physics and Technology of Tennis, this conveniently sized guide to selecting racquets and strings includes bite-sized explanations of the possible expectations of equipment choices. $11.00

Tennis: Steps to Success by Jim Brown
Tennis: Steps to Success makes learning the basic skills and strategies of tennis easier than ever! By following the book’s learning steps and drills, you can learn at your own pace and develop the fundamentals you need to start playing games right away. This book includes 128 illustrations that show you proper tennis strokes and strategies and 117 drills to help you develop your game. Each drill comes with instructions that explain how to improve your practice and play, including suggestions for either increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the drill according to your ability level. $14.95

The Tennis Drill Book by Sharon Petro
From groundstrokes and volleys to footwork and conditioning, The Tennis Drill Book is sure to improve any player's game! Sharon Petro, a former NCAA Division II Tennis Coach of the Year, presents over 100 easy-to-use drills for players of all skill levels. She includes suggestions for adapting the drills to meet individual needs, and practical tips on groundstroke drills, crosscourt rally, suicide, midcourt drills, short crosscourt, volley drills, serve and service return, lob and overhead drills, drills for singles and doubles play, and footwork and conditioning drills. $18.00

Tennis Past 50 by Tony Trabert and Ron Witchey
Tennis is a true lifetime sport—just ask any player over 50! But to play your best you need to change your game as the body ages, adjust your stroke technique, and take advantage of racket technology to maximize the depth and power of your shots. Tennis Past 50 will show you how to modify your stroke to gain more power without sacrificing control; play smarter with adjustments to position on the court and style of play; improve your doubles and mixed doubles game; choose the right equipment for your style of play, ability, and fitness level; eat right for better performance on the court; and avoid injury and improve your conditioning for better performance. Tony Trabert, who was the top-ranked player in the world in the 1950s, and former Cal State Fullerton coach Ron Witchey provide winning instruction that will have you playing better than ever. No matter what your age and ability, Tennis Past 50 will help you perform at your best through the years. $17.95

Tennis Practice Games (book & video package) by Joe Dinoffer
The book includes 139 games that can be adapted for different skill levels, with a wide selection for both singles and doubles play. The games are easy to adapt to both high levels of competition and recreational play. The video goes beyond drills to clearly demonstrate innovative games that replicate the specific skills needed in actual match play. $43.00

Toughness Training for Life by Dr. James E. Loehr
Dr. James E. Loehr provides a step-by-step approach that combines mental and physical conditioning with the latest scientific advances in nutrition to create a mind/body synergy that reinforces the immune system, builds energy levels and toughens you up all around. $11.95

The Winner's Mind : A Competitor's Guide to Sports and Business Success by Allen Fox, PhD
Acknowledging the conventional wisdom that "winning isn't everything," this guide takes the position that winning is still eminently preferable to losing and lays out a step-by-step plan for succeeding at any of life's endeavors. In addition to sharing his personal experiences as a world-class tennis player and successful businessman, Allen Fox unveils the secrets of champions and reveals how everyone can put them to use to tilt the odds in their favor in a hilarious, take-no-prisoners tone. Factors contributing to success, such as common mental characteristics of winners and the role of intellect over emotion, as well as obstacles to victory such as the insidious and pervasive fear of failure and the unconscious struggle between ambition and fear, are also discussed. $15.95

Winning Rotations by Joe Dinoffer
In this manual you will get rotations for individual, pairs, teams and leagues. You can use it to conduct events that last just one day or an entire season. Organize competitions for any sport or game. It also contains sign-up and score sheets. Everything you need is at your fingertips and ready to be copied for handouts and posting. $39.95

World Class Tennis Mentality by A.J. Dowsett
Welcome to the world of tennis mental training. This manual will take you from the level you are at now and push your limits further towards your top performances and your ultimate dreams. Every scenario is mentally covered from the player first starting on the road to the seasoned pro; can you truly be without this manual? Welcome to the beginning of your world class journey. $15.00

World-Class Tennis Technique by Dr. Paul Roetert and Dr. Jack Groppel
Let the game’s most brilliant players and coaches teach you World-Class Tennis Technique! Written by some of the world’s top experts in biomechanics, this book gives you a complete blueprint to develop the modern game. In-depth analysis of the proper fundamentals of each stroke is presented with full color sequence photos of the game’s best players. Learn the science behind the strokes to hit the ball with greater force, accuracy and consistency. $21.00

Your Window of Opportunity: An Understandable Approach to Tennis Tactics by Ben Hartland and Gonzalo Garcia
Tennis players are constantly looking for that concept, tactic, or strategy that will give them the edge over their opponent. Often this advice is presented in the form of an overwhelming number of steps to follow in order to achieve success. Your Window of Opportunity will help players make the connection from what they observe on TV, from the top professionals, to what they do on the tennis court. Included in this 160-page tactical tennis book are 43 detailed diagrams with 39 specially designed drills, a changeover checklist and 3 flow charts for easy reference during matches. $13.00

The Zen of Tennis by Nancy Koran
This is a reference book filled with ideas and techniques including quotes and stories from over 50 tennis greats and celebrities. Learn about the importance of etiquette and the proper mind-set which will help you achieve your fullest potential as a player and reshape your life forever. $18.00

INSTRUCTIONAL DVDS
Anna's Army: Behind the Rise of Russian Women's Tennis
Featuring Anna Kournikova, Maria Sharapova, Anastasia Myskina, Elena Dementieva
Anna's Army explores the current explosion of Russian talent on hte women's tennis tour. This enlightening film uncovers the forces driving the recent onslaught of stunning Russian phenoms and gives you their entire never-before-told story. $15.00

Creative Tennis hosted by Joe Dinoffer
Creative Tennis is the ultimate tennis teachers guide for group lessons and creative drills. Great for staff training or any serious coach or parent helping any level of player improve their tennis.  The 2-disk DVD set is packed with over 5 hours of action that is divided into 6 programs. $39.95

Doubles Tennis Tactics DVD featuring Louis Cayer
Improve your doubles play with the same patterns used by the pros. Developed in conjunction with the International Tennis Federation and one of the world's top ten coaches, the Double Tennis Tactics DVD presents the most effective strategies and drills for doubles play, featuring footage of Davis and Federation Cup play. International doubles expert Louis Cayer analyzes the footage, then presents drills you can use to perfect these patterns in your own play. The Doubles Tennis Tactics DVD covers the most effective patterns for team strategy, serving, receiving, poaching, movement, and positioning. Learn these patterns, and you will dramatically improve your doubles play. Running Time: Approx. 35 minutes. $23.00

Etcheberry Experience: Strength & Conditioning for Serious Tennis by Pat Etcheberry
For nearly thirty years serious tennis players from such far-flung places as Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Croatia, Japan, Russia, Slovakia, and Spain, have journeyed to The Etcheberry Sports Performance Center at Saddlebrook, Wesley Chapel, Florida. Why would so many of the best professionals, prospects and talented youngsters from around the world make such a long journey? To learn Pat Etcheberry's strength and conditioning secrets and gain a competitive edge in their game. For the first time, Pat Etcheberry shares his training secrets in a series of DVDs for players of all ages, their coaches and trainers. This series comes in two versions: The Players' Edition targets serious tennis players of all ages with nearly 75 drills and exercises, while the Coaches' Edition includes all this plus segments designed for tennis coaches and trainers. ORDER HERE - To make sure you get the 10% discount for PTR, please enter promotional code PTRtennis towards the end of your order when requested. .

Fast Lane Tennis, A 10-Part Guide to the Modern Game by Joe Dinoffer
Fast Lane Tennis is full of hot tips on player development. Great for players, parents, and coaches. The 10 programs chronicle Joe's daughter Kalindi over 2 years as she grows into a committed and competitive player. Covers innovative progressions for all shots, dozens of quick tips and fixes, plus numerous entertaining segments with Bijou, the tennis clown. 2-Disk Package $39.95

Fit To Play & Perform: Agility, Balance and Co-ordination Drills by Carl Petersen & Nina Nittinger
Innovative training exercises to enhance athletic movement & performance. Agility, balance, and coordination training are beneficial to athletes in every sport. This innovative DVD offers dozens of drills to challenge footwork, improve multi-directional quickness, decrease reaction time, and develop explosive power to enhance sports performance. This comprehensive DVD is applicable for athletes of all ages. DVD Chapters include: Dynamic Warm-up; Fast Feet Drills; Reaction Drills; Competition Drills; Balance Exercises; Hopping and Bouncing Drills $20.00

Fit To Play & Perform: Core Stability 1: Basework & Bridging by Carl Petersen & Nina Nittinger
Are you looking for innovative exercises to enhance your training routine and challenge your core stability in three dimensions and multiple planes and movement? This DVD focuses on exercises in lying, supine, prone, quadruped, and seated bridge positions to form the foundation of your core stability training. The exercises are practical, versatile, and can be done anywhere with minimal equipment. This comprehensive DVD offers the user a practical, hands-on approach using balance equipment, elastic resistance, physio balls, and much more to provide functional core stability training appropriate for multiple activities and sports. Useful for active people and athletes of all ages. $20.00

Fit To Play & Perform: Core Stability 2: Lower Core & Leg Training by Carl Petersen & Nina Nittinger
Improve your three dimensional core stability by connecting the lower core and legs with functional exercises that work on the muscle slings in closed and partially-closed kinetic chain movements. Functional core stability training with a physio ball, balance equipment, medicine ball, and stretch bands strengthens the lower core and legs in all planes of motion. This ensures optimal recruitment, balance, timing, deceleration control, performance, and injury prevention. These exercises are versatile, practical, transportable, and affordable. This DVD is appropriate for multiple activities and sports and can be used by active people and athletes of all ages. $20.00

Fit To Play & Perform: Core Stability 3: Upper Core & Arm Training by Carl Petersen & Nina Nittinger
Improve the strength and stability of your upper core and arms with functional exercises that connect the muscle slings in closed and partially-closed kinetic chain movements. Functional upper core stability training with stretch bands, resistance equipment, physio ball, balance equipment, and medicine balls builds strength and stability in numerous planes of motion. This ensures optimal recruitment of muscles for scapula and shoulder stability, deceleration control of the posterior muscles, and helps prevent injuries. These exercises are versatile, practical, transportable, and affordable. This DVD is appropriate for multiple sports and can be used by active individuals and athletes of all ages. $20.00

Fit To Play & Perform: Agility, Balance and Co-ordination Drills by Carl Petersen & Nina Nittinger
Innovative training exercises to enhance athletic movement & performance. Agility, balance, and coordination training are beneficial to athletes in every sport. This innovative DVD offers dozens of drills to challenge footwork, improve multi-directional quickness, decrease reaction time, and develop explosive power to enhance sports performance. This comprehensive DVD is applicable for athletes of all ages. DVD Chapters include: Dynamic Warm-up; Fast Feet Drills; Reaction Drills; Competition Drills; Balance Exercises; Hopping and Bouncing Drills $20.00

Just for Kids - 200 Games and Skill Builders by Joe Dinoffer
Just for Kids is packed with 200 games and skill-buildersfor juniors of all ages (and even some adults!). Although filmed on a tennis court, the exercise variations are not tennis-specific. Rather, the DVD is an ideal resource of top ideas for all coaches and physical education teachers to make any junior activity more fun, focused and productive. The activities are divided into 5 sections that cover: Balance, Movement, Hand Skills, Team-Building, and Tricks and Time-Fillers. (Length: 72 minutes) $29.95

Mental Toughness Training for Tennis: The 16-Second Cure with Dr. Jim Loehr

To compete at your best under pressure, all aspects of your game must be properly trained.  This DVD focuses on the cognitive/behavioral dimension of the Human Performance Institute's Mentally Tough for Tennis training program.  It is designed to help you discover the most common emotional responses to competition and give you a performance edge in tennis.  This easy to follow program reveals your psychological and emotional response capabilities to the challenges of tennis and offers a four-step "Toughness Training" program that really works! $25.00

Play Tennis LIke a Pro: Attaching The Net Vol 1 with Tim Wilkison
“Attacking the Net Vol 1” is the first volume in the “PLAY TENNIS LIKE A PRO” series. This DVD is designed for intermediate to advanced players who know the basics, but what to give their game a sharper edge. Overview: Personal instruction and interaction between Tim and the students makes this video unique and easy-to-follow. His practical and enthusiastic approach and world class professional experience will help players of any age play like a pro. $18.00

Skills, Drills & Thrills: 150 game-based tennis drills for fun and improvement by Joe Dinoffer
Skills, Drills, and Thrills gives serious tennis players and coaches exactly what they want - the most creative new game and drill ideas from around the world, to keep practice sessions fun and exciting for recreational and world-class players alike. Players will improve quickly while being guided and challenged in a realistic play environment. $29.95

Successful Doubles: Volume I by Pete Collins
Successful doubles is a unique method of playing and teaching doubles. Based on three simple movement priorities and visual clues, this system can immediately improve you as a doubles player, regardless of your ability! $25.00

Successful Doubles: Volume II - Advanced Techniques by Pete Collins
This is another easy to learn building block in the Successful Doubles method of playing doubles. Advanced Techniques will take you a step closer to meeting your potential as a doubles player! $25.00

Successful Doubles: Volume III - The Pivotal Player by Pete Collins
Pete Collins' third video in the Successful Doubles instructional series, The Pivotal Player: Controlling Your Opponents as the Non-Hitter, teaches you how to play the most important role in doubles. What you do while you're the non-hitter - when the ball is going to and from your partner - literally determines the outcome of every doubles match! $25.00

Top Ten Mistakes Made By Tennis Professional by Ajay Pant
Ajay Pant is the National Tennis Director for TCA Midtown Tennis Clubs. $20.00

Top 100 Tennis Games & Drills (2-Disk Set) by Joe Dinoffer
Top 100 Tennis Games and Drills features one hundred of Joe Dinoffer's most creative drills, selected from thousands of international favorites. The drills are fun, innovative and easy to adapt for all levels of play. THe DVD is divided into three sections: feeding drills, hitting drills and simulated match play situation games. 2-Disk Set Includes bonus disk with dozens of extra drills. $29.95

Yoga and Yoga Stretches for Tennis by Rick Devereux
Health and fitness industry veteran Rick Devereux combines two of his passions, tennis and yoga, in a new DVD, "Yoga and Yoga Stretches for Tennis." As a tennis player, tennis coach, and yoga teacher, Devereux is fully aware of what yoga can do for a player's tennis game, both the mental and physical sides. His new DVD, which has a brief introduction by Bud Collins, is for tennis players of all ages and ability levels. Chapters cover loosening up; attending to tennis trouble spots; yoga routines for flexibility, balance, and strength; cool down, and more. $20.00

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
Practice With Purpose by Nick Bollettieri
Get the most out of your practice time using the techniques and training methods proven to achieve the best results. Like a one-on-one lesson with Nick, this tape gives you an inside look at the IMG-Bollettieri Academy and the kind of practices it takes to develop world-class players. $23.00

PTR's Top Tennis Tips by Dennis Van der Meer
This video features proven tips and techniques to improve your game or help you improve your students' strokes. It's a fun and informative video for all skill levels. $15.00 (VHS or PAL)

SpeedBall Volume I - The Inexperienced Player
Volume 1 is an excellent training tool which incorporates quick learning in a safe environment while demonstrating bounce, trajectory and spin. Emphasizing controlled full strokes in a compact environment. Running time: 30 minutes $15.00

SpeedBall Volume II - The Development Player
Volume 2 uses progressions, drills and games to demonstrate an easy to use structure for building the tactical priorities of the developing player. Running time: 35 minutes $15.00

Successful Doubles: Volume I by Pete Collins
Successful doubles is a unique method of playing and teaching doubles. Based on three simple movement priorities and visual clues, this system can immediately improve you as a doubles player, regardless of your ability! $15.00 (VHS or PAL) English/Spanish

Successful Doubles: Volume II - Advanced Techniques by Pete Collins
This is another easy to learn building block in the Successful Doubles method of playing doubles. Advanced Techniques will take you a step closer to meeting your potential as a doubles player! $15.00 (VHS or PAL)

Successful Doubles: Volume III - The Pivotal Player by Pete Collins
Pete Collins' third video in the Successful Doubles instructional series, The Pivotal Player: Controlling Your Opponents as the Non-Hitter, teaches you how to play the most important role in doubles. What you do while you're the non-hitter - when the ball is going to and from your partner - literally determines the outcome of every doubles match! $15.00 (VHS or PAL)

USTA's Games Approach to Coaching Tennis (30 minutes)
Discover a revolutionary and superior way to coach! The Games Approach to Coaching Tennis video provides detailed demonstrations of 14 games you can use to teach the essential tennis skills and tactics to your beginning adult and youth tennis players. Players have fun and are motivated as they improve their play using these small sided games. $19.95