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CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION . . . . . vii
• PREFACE TO NEW EDITION . . . . . xiii

PART I: TENNIS TECHNIQUE—STROKES AND FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME

• I: FOR NOVICES ONLY . . . . . 19
• II: THE DRIVE . . . . . 33
• III: SERVICE . . . . . 38
• IV: THE VOLLEY AND OVERHEAD SMASH . . . . . 45
• V: CHOP, HALF VOLLEY, AND COURT POSITION . . . . . 54

PART II: THE LAWS OF TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY

• VI: GENERAL TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY . . . . . 63
• VII:THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATCH PLAY . . . . . 77
• VIII: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PHYSICAL FITNESS . . . . . 88
• IX: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES . . . . . 97

PART III: MODERN TENNIS AND ITS FUTURE

• X: THE GROWTH OF THE MODERN GAME . . . . . 107
• XI: THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF THE GAME . . . . . 128

PART IV: SOME SIDELIGHTS ON FAMOUS PLAYERS

• INTRODUCTORY . . . . . 165
• XII: AMERICA . . . . . 169
• XIII: BRITISH ISLES . . . . . 182
• XIV: FRANCE AND JAPAN . . . . . 189
• XV: SPAIN AND THE CONTINENT . . . . . 198
• XVI: THE COLONIES . . . . . 204
• XVII: FAMOUS WOMEN PLAYERS . . . . . 213