Kelly Gunterman - Tennis Made Easy: Essential Strokes & Strategies for the Modern Game

Tennis Made Easy is published by New Chapter Press (www.NewChapterMedia.com) and distributed by the Independent Publishers Group (www.IPGBook.com).

Kelly Gunterman

ISBN-978-094-2257-717

The cover photo is courtesy of Cynthia Lum.
Internal photo credits are as follows; Page 1 photo courtesy of Kelly Gunterman; Page 4 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 5 photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 6/7 photos courtesy of Kelly Gunterman; Page 8 top left photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke, others courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 9 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 10/11 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 12 top row photos courtesy of Ralf Reinecke, bottom photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 13 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum, except for bottom right photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 14 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum except for top right courtesy of Chris Rogers; Page 16 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 18 photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 19 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 20/21 sequence photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey; Page 22/23 sequence photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey; Page 24 top photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum and bottom photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 25 photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 26 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 27 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 28 photos on top left and top right courtesy of Chris Rogers, photo on bottom right courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 29 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 30 photo courtesy of Chris Rogers; Page 31 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 32 top photo courtesy of Chris Rogers (check) and bottom two photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 33 photo courtesy of Kelly Gunterman. Page 34 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 35 photo courtesy of Chris Rogers; Page 36/37 photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey; Page 38/39 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 40/41 photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey; Page 42 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum. Page 43/44/45 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 46 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum. Page 48/49 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum, Page 50/51 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum. Page 52/53 photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey; Page 54/55 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 56/57 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 59 top photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum, bottom photo courtesy of Kelly Gunterman; Page 60/61 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 62 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 64/65 photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey; Page 66/67 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 68/69 photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey; Page 70/71/72 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 74/75/76/77 photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey; Left photo on page 78 courtesy of Cynthia Lum, other two photos courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 79/81/82/85/86/87/88/89; Bottom left photo on page 90 courtesy of Chris Rogers, others courtesy of Cynthia Lum. Page 91 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 92 photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 93/94 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 95 photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 96/98 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 100/101/102/103 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 104 photo courtesy of Kelly Gunterman; Page 105/106/107/108 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 109 photo courtesy of Kelly Gunterman. Page 110/111/112/113 photos courtesy of Lance Jeffrey. Page 114/116/118/120/121/124 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 125/126/128 photos courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 129 photos courtesy Cynthia Lum; Page 130 photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 131/132 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 134/135 photos courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 136 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 137 photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 138 photo courtesy of Chris Rogers; Page 139 photo courtesy Cynthia Lum; Page 142 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 143 photo courtesy of Ralf Reinecke; Page 145 photo courtesy of Chris Rogers; Page 147/148/149/151 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Left and bottom photos on page 152 courtesy of Chris Rogers, top photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 153 photo courtesy of Chris Rogers; Page 154 photo courtesy of wikicommons.com; Page 156 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Top photo on page 158 courtesy of Chris Rogers; bottom photo and photo on page 159 courtesy of Kelly Gunterman; Page 160 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 161 photo courtesy of TournaGrip; Page 162/163 photo courtesy of Kelly Gunterman; Page 164/165 photos courtesy of Babolat; Page 166 photo courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Top photo on page 167 courtesy of Kelly Gunterman, bottom photo courtesy of TournaGrip; Page 168/170/171 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum; Page 172 photos courtesy of Amelia Island Plantation; Page 174/175 photos courtesy of Cynthia Lum.

New Chapter Press would also like to thank Bill Mountford, Ewing Walker, Kirsten Navin and Manfred Wenas for their help with this project. Thank you to Annie Coghill on behalf of Babolat and Kevin Niksich on behalf of TournaGrip for their special efforts with these photos.

Cover & book design by Kirsten Navin.

Printed in Canada.

For my Mother and late Father,
Joan & Tom Gunterman

ALL TENNIS INSTRUCTION IS BASED ON SOMEONES OPINION. THIS HAPPENS TO BE mine. You may or may not agree with some or all of the instruction written in this book but give it a chance. There are a lot of years of trial and error in these pages and a lot of help from my friends.

I have been very fortunate in my tennis career, having had the opportunity to work with some of the best teachers in the game. I was also very privileged to have had some great coaches -- Frank DeSantis, who got me started in Bremen, Indiana and Dennis Emery, who gave me an opportunity to play for Austin Peay State University. I have learned the foundation of my profession working with them and it has unquestionably helped in developing my teaching philosophies. While running my own tennis school for the past twenty years, I have been fortunate to work with many terrific people. Through them, I have learned a great deal about tennis, teaching and people in general. To all of them, I am grateful.

This book has been written to help the novice and intermediate-level players improve their skills. The instruction is simple and straight forward. I am always trying to remember that less is more and that keeping the game simple is the key. The goal of the game is quite simple; hit the ball over the net and into the court one more time than the other guy. It is an important concept to not over think your approach to improving your tennis. It is, after all, just a game. Everything takes time. As you look to improve your strokes, dont try to bypass the simple fact that learning to do anything well takes some time and considerable effort. This may sound contradictory but it is simple and it takes work to improve. That is where the greatest satisfaction happens.

Most of all, enjoy the process. Learning is pleasure. Win or lose, you can enjoy this great game for a long time. My friend Bernie came to me at the age of 75, eager to learn to play tennis. Now at 91, he is still an active tennis player and a great friend. He is just one example of tennis being a sport for a lifetime. As you learn new parts of the game, it will seem like an onion, as you peel away a layer there will be another and another that will keep your interest for a lifetime of improvement and enjoyment.