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Doubles Tennis Tactics

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"Doubles Tennis Tactics" is the most authoritative book written on this subject. Doubles requires specific shot selection, court positioning and movement patterns for each player: the server, server's partner, receiver, and receiver's partner. Louis Cayer, a distinguished coach, analyzes all that in depth. The chapter on playing styles analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the five major playing styles, and that alone is reason enough for tournament players to buy this book. But the timeless question is: how can teams maximize teamwork to accentuate their strengths and minimize their weaknesses.
"Doubles Tennis Tactics" answers that brilliantly with expert tactics as well as more than 100 drills that will improve the skills and increase confidence so that those tactics work during competition. How do you become better at poaching? What is the I Formation, and why can it be highly effective? What are the best options for the receiving team to neutralize the serving team. Read "Doubles Tennis Tactics" and find the answers to these and many other important questions. You'll be glad you did -- whether you're a tournament player, recreational player or a fan.

Overall content is good. It's mostly drills though with some strategy info in the beginning and end sections.

I bought this book, because I saw the video by the same author. I think the video is a more efficient way to understand what he is saying, especially if you are a visual learner.

This is a good book and has saved me from tennis lessons in this down economy.

Overall, this is a very good combination for tennis instructors and coaches. The DVD is an enhancement to the book and I will have more detail later on.

I watch the DVD on my laptop and on my low cost Digitec DVD player, and it works great. When I tried to watch it on my Sony player (connected to my big screen TV), the player could not read the DVD; it must be a DVD zone issue. I COULD NOT FIND ANY SELECTION TO COMMUNICATE WITH Amazon FOR THIS ISSUE!

Now back to the product. First I check out the book from the library and was very impressed with the content and went on line to shop for the book. Then I decided to buy the DVD with the book after reading some reviews. The DVD helps me understand some of the drills in more detail. I use most of the drills from coach Cayer with my high school students and group doubles drills.

I would have given 5 stars if the DVD would work on all DVD players.
Recommendation, read the book first then watch the video. There are a lot more information in the book but the video will help you understand and visualize the drills.