Badminton: Steps to Success (STS (Steps to Success Activity)) - Softcover

Tony A. Grice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736072292 ISBN 13: 9780736072298

Publisher: Human Kinetics(ADVANTAGE) (Consignment), 2007

Synopsis

Players clocking shuttlecocks at speeds of 200 miles per hour, new scoring rules, and nonstop action make badminton one of the fastest racket sports in the world. With Badminton: Steps to Success you will learn the skills and tactics to excel at the highest level.

Through detailed, fully illustrated instruction, you will develop precision, power, and finesse as you use this step-by-step guide to master serves, forehands, backhands, clears, drop shots, smashes, drives, and more.

Badminton: Steps to Success also breaks down common errors players make and provides corrective techniques to pinpoint problems and improve execution. Over 100 drills will further enforce correct technique, with designated drills for tactical practice, conditioning, and teamwork for doubles play.

If you're ready to master today's game, rely on the one resource proven to make a difference. Badminton: Steps to Success――part of the popular Steps to Success Sports Series with more than 1.5 million copies sold――is your ticket to winning play.

About this title

About the Author

Tony Grice, who has been playing and coaching badminton nationally and internationally since 1975, has been ranked as 11th nationwide in men’s doubles and 15th in men’s singles. He has taught and coached the sport at both the high school and college levels.

Tony has been a board member and national team exercise physiologist for the U.S. Badminton Association (USBA). He traveled with the U.S. National Badminton Team to the 1987 World Championships in Beijing as team trainer. Two years later he was manager for the South Team at the 1989 Olympic Sports Festival in Oklahoma City, and he was official umpire at the 1993 Olympic Festival in San Antonio. He holds USBA certification as a Level III national coach and regional umpire.

Tony has taught badminton at Northwestern State University in Louisiana, the University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University, where he served as coordinator of racquet sports. He has also conducted numerous badminton instructional clinics in the United States, Guatemala, and Mexico.

In addition to working with the 1996 Olympic Badminton Team, Tony continues to teach a badminton class each semester at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, where he is a professor in the Physical Education Department and director of the Aerobic-Human Performance Laboratory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics(ADVANTAGE) (Consignment)
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736072292
• ISBN 13: 9780736072298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200