The Tennis Workshop: A Complete Game Guide

by Alan Jones, Barry Wood, Steffi Graf (Foreword)

This is a comprehensive manual on all aspects of the game of lawn tennis for players, coaches, and officials. After an introduction to the sport and its basic procedure, there follows a practical guide to modern equipment and clothing. The core of the book explains technique and tactics in detail, demonstrated in sequence photographs of Jo Durie and Clare Wood. There are separate sections on coaching, the mental approach, training and injury, doubles and short tennis, and expert advice on sports movement, umpiring, and turning professional.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Alan Jones is a film critic, broadcaster and reporter on the horror and fantasy genres and has travelled the world to report on movies in production. His first assignment was the original Star Wars in 1977, after which he became London correspondent for Cinefantastique magazine (1977–2002) and reviewed for British magazine Starburst from 1980 until 2008.

A film critic for Film Review and Radio Times, he has made contributions to the Radio Times Guide to Films, The Radio Times Guide to Science Fiction and Halliwell's Film Guide, After stints co-presenting the legendary Shock Around The Clock festival in London, and Fantasm at the National Film Theatre, Jones is now a leading figure and co-curator of London FrightFest Film Festival.