The Art of Lawn Tennis

About this eBook

Author

Tilden, William T. (William Tatem), 1893-1953

Credits

Scanned by Charles Keller with OmniPage Professional OCR software

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Tennis

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1451

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1451

Release Date

September 1, 1998

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INTRODUCTION — 1. THE COURT. — PREFACE TO NEW EDITION — CONTENTS — THE ART OF LAWN TENNIS — GRIP, FOOTWORK, AND STROKES — CHAPTER II. THE DRIVE — CHAPTER III. SERVICE — CHAPTER IV. THE VOLLEY AND OVERHEAD SMASH — CHAPTER V. CHOP, HALF VOLLEY, AND COURT POSITION — COURT POSITION — PART II: THE LAWS OF TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY — CHAPTER VII. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATCH PLAY — CHAPTER VIII. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PHYSICAL FITNESS — CHAPTER IX. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES — PART III: MODERN TENNIS AND ITS FUTURE — CHAPTER XI. THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF THE GAME — THE 1921 SEASON — PART IV: SOME SIDELIGHTS ON FAMOUS PLAYERS — CHAPTER XII. AMERICA — R. N. WILLIAMS — CHARLES S. GARLAND — VINCENT RICHARDS — R. L. MURRAY — WATSON WASHBURN — WALLACE F. JOHNSON — SAMUEL HARDY — CARL FISCHER — MARSHALL ALLEN — OUR RISING JUNIORS — CHAPTER XIII. BRITISH ISLES — A. R. F. KINGSCOTE — H. ROPER BARRETT — THE LOWES, A. H. AND F. G. — T. M. MAVROGORDATO — CHAPTER XIV. FRANCE AND JAPAN — W. LAURENTZ — J. SAMAZIEUHL — R. DANET — CHAPTER XV. SPAIN AND THE CONTINENT — MANUEL ALONZO — N. MISHU — E. TEGNER — H. L. DE MORPURGO — A. ZERLENDI — CHAPTER XVI. THE COLONIES — NORMAN E. BROOKES — GERALD PATTERSON — PAT O'HARA WOOD — J. O. ANDERSON — NORMAN PEACH — CHAPTER XVII. FAMOUS WOMEN PLAYERS — MARY KENDALL BROWNE — HELEN WILLS — MRS. BEAMISH — ILLUSTRATION CAPTIONS

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