2014 • Harvest Books • R. Altman & Associates
Finally! A tennis book for the rest of us
Killer Doubles
Strategies and tactics for better
tennis
Written for doubles players, about doubles
players, by a doubles player
With an exclusive foreword from the Bryan Brothers
Available now
$14.95 Print • $9.95 Electronic
Of the many books available on tennis, almost all of them focus on singles play or on the mechanics and fundamentals of stroke production. Enter Killer Doubles, 150 pages of strategy, tactics, and philosophy, all devoted to doubles players playing on club teams, USTA leagues, or in regular weekend matches. Across over two dozen chapters, Killer Doubles explores all facets of the game: how and when to sustain a point; when to try to end a point; how to take options away from opponents; how and when to cross and poach; the most important quality of a serve (it isn’t pace!); how to pick a partner; and the true meaning of confidence. Authored by former Inside Tennis managing editor and two- time national doubles champion Rick Altman, Killer Doubles offers fresh thinking and new approaches to competition without imposing new fundamentals. “Most of us playing adult tennis aren’t going to relearn fundamentals,” Altman says, “and we aren’t suddenly going to become stronger, bigger, or faster. So we have to become smarter, and that’s the beauty of doubles: there is always a new way to look at the game.” Killer Doubles is available direct from the author and from Amazon. In addition, customized print runs are available for quantity purchases to support special events.
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2014 • Harvest Books
Finally! A tennis book for the rest of us
Killer
Doubles
Strategies and
tactics for better
tennis
Written for doubles
players, about doubles
players, by a doubles player
With an exclusive foreword from the Bryan Brothers
Available now
$14.95 Print • $9.95 Electronic
Of the many books available on tennis, almost all of them focus on singles play or on the mechanics and fundamentals of stroke production. Enter Killer Doubles, 150 pages of strategy, tactics, and philosophy, all devoted to doubles players playing on club teams, USTA leagues, or in regular weekend matches. Across over two dozen chapters, Killer Doubles explores all facets of the game: how and when to sustain a point; when to try to end a point; how to take options away from opponents; how and when to cross and poach; the most important quality of a serve (it isn’t pace!); how to pick a partner; and the true meaning of confidence. Authored by former Inside Tennis managing editor and two- time national doubles champion Rick Altman, Killer Doubles offers fresh thinking and new approaches to competition without imposing new fundamentals. “Most of us playing adult tennis aren’t going to relearn fundamentals,” Altman says, “and we aren’t suddenly going to become stronger, bigger, or faster. So we have to become smarter, and that’s the beauty of doubles: there is always a new way to look at the game.” Killer Doubles is available direct from the author and from Amazon. In addition, customized print runs are available for quantity purchases to support special events.
