Product Description

Now you can learn from the most famous and successful coach in tennis! Nick Bollettieri has developed and coached ten #1 players in the world (Andre Agassi, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic, Jim Courier, Boris Becker, Martina Hingis, Marcelo Rios, and Monica Seles), as well as a multitude of other world-class players including Nicole Vaidisova, Anna Kournikova, Mary Pierce, Jimmy Arias, Tommy Haas, Max Mirnyi, and Xavier Malisse, to name a few. His teaching techniques and effective coaching methods have formed the foundation for these DVDs, letting you share in his world-renowned knowledge.

This DVD studies the biggest and best serves in today s game and analyzes the common attributes that every player can use to improve. Sonic Serve outlines correct technique for powerful and reliable spin, flat, and kick serves. Drills to develop your serve are presented using Bollettieri s unique coaching style.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18793 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-07-29
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 50 minutes

About the Actor
Nick Bollettieri is the most well-known and successful tennis coach in the world today, and his training program is recognized as one of the best systems for developing top players. He has developed and coached ten #1 players in the world (Andre Agassi, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic, Jim Courier, Boris Becker, Martina Hingis, Marcelo Rios, and Monica Seles), as well as a multitude of other world-class players including Nicole Vaidisova, Anna Kournikova, Mary Pierce, Jimmy Arias, Tommy Haas, Max Mirnyi, and Xavier Malisse, to name a few.

Bollettieri has built one of the best training facilities in the world, the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, which he founded in 1977. Now known as the Bollettieri Sports Academy, the facility covers 158 acres and has become the most successful and diversified multi-sport training complex in the world. The success of his academy can be seen in the success of his students. His training system is recognized worldwide as oneof the best.

Bollettieri started out as a club tennis coach in the 1950s and once worked as a private coach for the Rockefeller family while serving as the director of tennis for all Rockefeller-owned hotels and resorts. He founded his first tennis academy, the Port Washington Tennis Academy on Long Island, New York, in 1969.

In 1999, The United States Tennis Association (USTA) named Nick Bollettieri the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) National Coach of the Year. He is a regular contributor to Tennis magazine. Bollettieri resides in Bradenton, Florida.

About the Director
Human Kinetics is the premier publisher for titles related to Sports and Fitness and leads the world in providing information related to physical activity. That information takes many forms, from consumer books, DVDs, and videos, textbooks and their ancillaries, and journals, to online courses, software and audio-visual products. The information touches the lives of millions of people worldwide who are interested in some form of physical activity, including athletes, coaches, college students and professors, personal trainers, rehabilitation specialists, physical educators, nutritionists, parents, and sedentary people who want to become active.

Customer Reviews

Where is Sonic Serve II, Nick?
The Sonic Serve provides very advanced instruction in minute detail. This DVD analyzes the world's six best serves and finds common fundamentals in each. It analyzes each part of the kinetic chain of movement through high speed video. The serve taught in the tape involves the entire body, the legs, hips, torso, chest, shoulder, arm and wrist. Slow motion video emphasizes 360 degrees of racquet rotation with pronation of the forearm and wrist. If you are looking to utilize your entire body to create sonic booms with your serve, this is the DVD for you.

However, obviously lacking are the all too important features of spin and slice. At the end of the DVD, Bollettieri promises a follow-up session in a "couple of months". The months have turned into years and still no Sonic Serve II. If a kick serve is what you are looking for, send Nick Bollettieri an email and ask where the next installment is.

In spite of the lack of subject matter on slice and kick, the Sonic Serve is great for the player who wants to squeeze a few more miles per hour out of his service motion.