The Education of a Tennis Player

Rod Laver, Bud Collins (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

2010
New Chapter Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-942257-62-5 (ISBN)

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A memoir of Rod Laver, the four-time Wimbledon champion and the only player in tennis history to win two Grand Slams, that details his childhood, early career and his most important matches. It offers an account of his historic 1969 Grand Slam sweep of all four major tennis titles.

Depicting the monumental achievements of a world-class athlete, this firsthand account documents Rod Laver’s historic 1969 Grand Slam sweep of all four major tennis titles. Coauthored with renowned tennis expert Bud Collins, this frank memoir details Laver’s childhood, early career, and his most important matches. Each chapter also contains a companion tennis lesson, providing tips on how players of all levels can improve their own game and sharing strategies that garnered unparalleled success on the courts. Fully updated on the 40th anniversary of the author’s most prominent triumph, this revised edition contains brand new content, including the story of Laver’s courageous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1998.

Bud Collins is a world-famous tennis journalist and historian, a long-time columnist for the Boston Globe, and a television broadcaster for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, ESPN, and the Tennis Channel. He is an inductee into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He lives in Boston.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2010
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Pound Ridge
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tennis
ISBN-10	0-942257-62-6 / 0942257626
ISBN-13	978-0-942257-62-5 / 9780942257625
Zustand	Neuware