Tennis ABC: My First Tennis Book - Softcover

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Sveto Matovic, M.S., graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education in Belgrade with a thesis on selection in sport. His Master’s thesis included analysis of determining factors of success in professional tennis. He has continued study in the field of diagnostic and selection in sport, with special attention to the development of psycho physical health in tennis players. For almost three decades, Sveto coached players of all ages in Switzerland, Greece, Germany and Serbia. Sveto then moved to the United States, where for more than 14 years he has been a coach at the South Bay Tennis Center in Los Angeles. He is a member of the Association of Tennis Coaches of Serbia and the United States Professional Tennis Association, where he is a certified specialist in Competitive Player Development. Sveto took part in number of TV and radio shows, and was also an Instructional Editor of European magazine ‘‘Total Tennis’’. Prof. Aleksandar M. Marinkovic was born in Belgrade where he attended high school and then graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty for Physical Education (Top Level Sports Division). He was a track and field athlete, handball player and Serbian champion skier. Athletes coached by Prof. Marinkovic broke 129 Yugoslav records, two European records and achieved other noteworthy results in Serbia and abroad. Robert H. Lansdorp is an internationally known coach from Southern California, and is often characterized as the most influential and successful coach since the beginning of the professional tennis era. His long list of successes includes development of some of the world's best tennis players (Tracy Austin, Pete Sampras, Lindsey Davenport and Maria Sharapova), Grand Slam champions (Brian Teacher and Anastasia Myskina), other famous players (Elliot Taltcher, Justin Gimelstob, Michael Joyce, Jeff Tarango and Kimberly Po) and a long list of professional tour players and internationally ranked juniors.