As suggested by the preceding reviews, this book offers some "irrational" techniques (from a teaching pro's point of view). From my perspective, there is much that can be gained by reading this book which, when added to basic fundamentals, can produce excellent results - if the reader is willing to experiment with their game a bit. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking to improve their game and has not been able to take the next step via conventional methods.

This is a great book to have if you have the basics down and want to improve your game. In my case, I was being stymied by a lot of "tips" that I had collected. Based on the suggestions in the book, I began becoming more aware of balance and timing -- and trusting my awareness more than all those tips. The book uses the great imagery of a pendulum for improving your swing.

The book could have more on the serve, which is a strange and unnatural stroke. But I am happy with what I was able to get from this book.

As an intermediate player with a good grasp of technique but less than successful implementation I found this book very refreshing. I just wish it had been available when I was a learning junior many years ago. The book does not deal in detail with technique, and therefore may not be the best for an absolute beginner. It rather concentrates on some basics of the game that are not usually the focus of tennis teaching, which concentrates mostly on "proper" technique and stroke mechanics. The author argues that pros usually don't have problems with the basic elements of the game with which other mortals, like myself, have to struggle with: balance, timing. In my experience this is soooo true. These basics and how to address them may seem obvious...once you've read the book. Clearly, for advanced players this may not be so useful, but most of your average tennis club players (and buyers of tennis books) will fall in the intermediate category. For them, I think this is a very good buy.