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title: Tennis
description: Tennis is a racket sport requiring agility, coordination, and strategy. This topic covers stroke mechanics, including serves, forehands, and backhands, as well as footwork, singles and doubles tactics, and the rules of the game.
category: sports-recreation
subcategory: individual-sports
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/tennis
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# Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport requiring agility, coordination, and strategy. This topic covers stroke mechanics, including serves, forehands, and backhands, as well as footwork, singles and doubles tactics, and the rules of the game.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 4 Websites

## Websites

### 1. r/10s Wiki

The community-maintained wiki for r/10s, the subreddit where recreational players discuss technique and equipment. It collects the recommendations and reference links regulars repeatedly point newcomers toward, so you can skip re-asking the same questions.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.reddit.com/r/10s/wiki/index/

**Tags:** tennis, tennis-technique, tennis-equipment, community-wiki, reddit

### 2. Feel Tennis

Tomaz Mencinger's instructional site for recreational players, with free video lessons and articles on strokes, serve, and match psychology. His approach emphasizes relaxed feel and body awareness over memorizing mechanical positions. Deeper courses are paid.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.feeltennis.net/

**Tags:** tennis, tennis-technique, forehand, serve, video-lessons

### 3. atptour.com

Official site of the ATP Tour, covering men's professional tennis with current rankings, player profiles, match schedules and scores, news, statistics, and tournament information.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://atptour.com

**Tags:** websites, sports-recreation, individual-sports

### 4. usta.com

USTA.org is the official site of the United States Tennis Association, the national governing body for tennis in the U.S. It offers news, programs, and resources for players of all ages and levels—rankings, leagues, coaching tips, instructional content, event and tournament information, and ways to get involved in tennis.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://usta.com

**Tags:** websites, sports-recreation, individual-sports

## Podcasts

### 1. Served with Andy Roddick

**Author:** Served with Andy Roddick

A tennis podcast with a fresh spin hosted by former World No. 1 Andy Roddick with Jon Wertheim and more!
Watch the Served Podcast on YouTube, and follow us on Instagram, X and TikTok.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-us | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.servedpodcast.com

**Tags:** tennis, pro-tennis, atp-tour, sports-podcast, interviews

### 2. The Tennis Takeaway

**Author:** T2B

Tennis commentators Barry Cowan and Barry Millns discuss the main topics of the moment and interview major figures in the sport.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.the2barrys.com/

**Tags:** tennis, pro-tennis, sports-podcast, commentary, interviews

## Books

### 1. The Inner Game of Tennis

**Author:** W. Timothy Gallwey

Tennis coach W. Timothy Gallwey argues that the biggest obstacles to performance are mental: self-doubt and over-instruction. Readers come away with concrete techniques for quieting internal commentary and trusting movement they have already trained.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0330295136?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, sports-recreation, individual-sports

### 2. Winning Ugly

**Author:** Brad Gilbert

Former ATP professional Brad Gilbert breaks down how to beat more talented opponents through tactics, opponent scouting, and mental discipline. Readers finish able to build a point-by-point match plan instead of relying on raw shotmaking.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/067188400X?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, sports-recreation, individual-sports

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