Chapters (56)
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. THE COURT.
- PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
- CONTENTS
- THE ART OF LAWN TENNIS
- GRIP, FOOTWORK, AND STROKES
- CHAPTER II. THE DRIVE
- CHAPTER III. SERVICE
- CHAPTER IV. THE VOLLEY AND OVERHEAD SMASH
- CHAPTER V. CHOP, HALF VOLLEY, AND COURT POSITION
- COURT POSITION
- PART II: THE LAWS OF TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY
- CHAPTER VII. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATCH PLAY
- CHAPTER VIII. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PHYSICAL FITNESS
- CHAPTER IX. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES
- PART III: MODERN TENNIS AND ITS FUTURE
- CHAPTER XI. THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF THE GAME
- THE 1921 SEASON
- PART IV: SOME SIDELIGHTS ON FAMOUS PLAYERS
- CHAPTER XII. AMERICA
- R. N. WILLIAMS
- CHARLES S. GARLAND
- VINCENT RICHARDS
- R. L. MURRAY
- WATSON WASHBURN
- WALLACE F. JOHNSON
- SAMUEL HARDY
- CARL FISCHER
- MARSHALL ALLEN
- OUR RISING JUNIORS
- CHAPTER XIII. BRITISH ISLES
- A. R. F. KINGSCOTE
- H. ROPER BARRETT
- THE LOWES, A. H. AND F. G.
- T. M. MAVROGORDATO
- CHAPTER XIV. FRANCE AND JAPAN
- W. LAURENTZ
- J. SAMAZIEUHL
- R. DANET
- CHAPTER XV. SPAIN AND THE CONTINENT
- MANUEL ALONZO
- N. MISHU
- E. TEGNER
- H. L. DE MORPURGO
- A. ZERLENDI
- CHAPTER XVI. THE COLONIES
- NORMAN E. BROOKES
- GERALD PATTERSON
- PAT O'HARA WOOD
- J. O. ANDERSON
- NORMAN PEACH
- CHAPTER XVII. FAMOUS WOMEN PLAYERS
- MARY KENDALL BROWNE
- HELEN WILLS
- MRS. BEAMISH
- ILLUSTRATION CAPTIONS
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