Short description
With personalities like Venus and Serena Williams, Andre Agassi and many others keeping tennis in the spotlight and increasing its popularity, the time is right to release a new edition of a how-to book written by one of the coaching greats, Oscar Wegner.
Long description
With personalities like Venus and Serena Williams, Andre Agassi and many others keeping tennis in the spotlight and increasing its popularity, the time is right to release a new edition of a how-to book written by one of the coaching greats, Oscar Wegner. Oscar Wegner has either personally trained many of the world's pros or been acknowledged by them for the efficacy of his method after they trained on it. These pros include Bjorn Borg, Gustavo Kuerton, Vincent Spadea, Venus and Serena Williams, and many others. Oscar is known as the "father of modern tennis" - meaning that when he discovered that the way the pros played was not at all what the coaches around the world were teaching their students, he developed a completely new way of teaching tennis - the way pros actually play. With this system he popularized tennis in Spain and Brazil and is now setting the stage in the United States. Oscar was featured weekly on the tennis TV show on Prime (now Fox Sports) from 1991-1995. He then moved to ESPN International for five years as tennis commentator for Latin America and he created a tennis tips website that had more than two billion impressions from 170 countries. He single-handedly changed coaching methods and contributed to a new worldwide tennis boom. Currently 10,000 people visit his website (www tennisteacher.com) each month, a number that is growing rapidly as the site is upgraded. Originally published by Thomas Nelson Publishers in 1992, You Can Play Tennis In Two Hours sold 7,500 copies in six months before Nelson terminated its sports program. Oscar sold an additional 4,000 copies on his own.
Review
"Oscar is a great coach. In a few days he helped me regain my strokes and my feel for the ball."-Bjorn Borg, 5 time Wimbledon Champion, 6 time French Open Champion."
Table of contents
- AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe ResultsThe Wegner MethodHow to Use This BookChapter 1. MisconceptionsMyths versus FactsIn ConclusionChapter 2. Basic Tools and RulesEquipmentThe Game of TennisChapter 3. StrokesFlow and Natural StrokesRacquet AngleHow to Hit the BallChapter 4. The ForehandThe Forehand GripForehand 1-2-3-4Open or Closed Stance?Natural FootworkWindshield Wiper TopspinForehand RallyChapter 5. The BackhandThe Backhand GripThe Two-Handed BackhandThe One-Handed BackhandThe Backhand SliceChanging GripsChapter 6. The ServeReturn of ServeChapter 7. How to Return a Hard BallReturning with a ForehandReturning with a BackhandChapter 8. The VolleyMoving to the NetForehand VolleyBackhand VolleyCombining Forehand and Backhand VolleysChapter 9. The Lob and SmashThe LobThe SmashChapter 10. ScoringThe Origin of ScoringGame, Set, MatchChapter 11. Playing the Singles GameSingles StrategiesChapter 12. Playing the Doubles GameDoubles StrategiesChapter 13. Playing Tennis with the Wegner MethodA Game for LifeAppendix 1: Troubleshooting ChartAppendix 2: General Rules and CompetitionIndex