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Bollettieri : changing the game / Nick Bollettieri with Bob Davis ; edited by Chris Angermann ; cover design by Cathleen Shaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bollettieri, Nick, author.
- Davis, Bob, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bollettieri, Nick.
- Tennis coaches--United States--Biography.
- Tennis coaches.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Florida : New Chapter Publisher, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Celebrated tennis coach Nick Bollettieri has led life with the intensity of a fifth set tiebraker. In this book he tells all, from his humble beginnings in a small town north of New York City to his triumphs on the center courts at Wimbledon, the French Open and the U.S. Open. Mincing no words, he discusses his ten world champions, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Maria Sharapova, Boris Becker, Monica Seles, Serena Williams and more; his eight wives; and all the successes and failures in between. His advice based on five decades of dominance in spors training is inspirational and reaches f
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Dedication; Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 My Beginnings; CHAPTER 2 College and the Army; CHAPTER 3 Learning the Ropes at Victory Park; CHAPTER 4 My Big Break; CHAPTER 5 Beaver Dam; CHAPTER 6 The Birth of NBTA; CHAPTER 7 NBTA Glory Days; CHAPTER 8 Jim Courier; CHAPTER 9 Monica Seles; CHAPTER 10 Andre Agassi; CHAPTER 11 IMG; CHAPTER 12 The ABC Tennis Program; CHAPTER 13 Two Very Special People; CHAPTER 14 Mary Pierce; CHAPTER 15 Boris Becker; CHAPTER 16 The 1990s; CHAPTER 17 Max Mirnyi; CHAPTER 18 Marcelo Rios and Xavier Malisse; CHAPTER 19 Jelena Jankovic
- CHAPTER 20 Maria SharapovaCHAPTER 21 Martina Hingis; CHAPTER 22 The Williams Sisters; CHAPTER 23 Into the New Millennium; CHAPTER 24 Three to Watch; CHAPTER 25 Cindi and the Boys; CHAPTER 26 My Children; CHAPTER 27 Summing Up; CHAPTER 28 Tennis Ambassador; CHAPTER 29 Into the Future; APPENDIX: The Status of American Tennis; Acknowledgment
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-938842-17-0
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