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Racquetball: Steps to Success Racquetball: Steps to Success
About the Product
Most sport technique books dwell on teaching players all the skills before letting them play the game. With Racquetball: Steps to Success, students will develop racquetball skills and game strategies by getting into playing situations from the very start!
Written by master teacher and player Stan Kittleson, this beginning-level racquetball book is part of the Steps to Success Activity Series--the most extensively researched and carefully developed set of sport skill instruction books ever published.
What makes this series so unique is the step-by-step progression of skills that are taught in combination. Through this unique progression, students will learn:
• basic individual offensive and defensive racquetball skills,
• important strategies to help them become competitive players,
• how to rate their own progress as they learn the game of racquetball, and
• how to improve their skills.
Each of the 18 steps students will take is an easy transition from the one before. The first steps provide a solid foundation of basic skills and concepts. As students progress, they’ll learn how to make the right moves in game situations. And as they approach the top of the climb to success, they’ll gain confidence in their racquetball ability and experience the satisfaction of becoming an accomplished player. Each step:
• explains why the concept or skill is important,
• identifies the keys to correct technique,
• helps students correct common errors,
• explains how to practice each skill in realistic ways,
• lists specific performance goals for each drill,
• gives students a summary checklist for evaluating proper technique, and
• lets students proceed at their own pace.
As students climb the 18 steps on their way to racquetball success, they’ll benefit from:
• superb illustrations that depict correct body positioning for learning all basic skills in racquetball,
• excellent drills to help quickly master the proper stroke to match various racquetball needs--whether they want to improve their quickness, develop power, practice deception, or just have fun.
• checklists for evaluating proper technique, and
• suggestions for error detection and correction.
Designed to be action-oriented, Racquetball: Steps to Success will help students get started, make steady progress, practice in performance contexts, and correct problems as they develop. The result--successful racquetball players who will enjoy the game for the rest of their lives.
About the Author
Stan Kittleson is an accomplished racquetball player and has been teaching racquetball since 1972. He has been a physical educator in college settings since 1968. He earned his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1973. Dr. Kittleson has served as president of the Illinois Association for Professional Preparation in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). He is currently a professor of physical education at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. When not teaching or playing racquetball, Dr. Kittleson enjoys scuba diving, alpine skiing, and golf.
Table of Contents
The 18 Steps to Racquetball Success
1. The Grips--Forehand, Backhand, Continental
2. Developing Control of the Ball
3. Basic Strokes--Forehand and Backhand
4. Beginner’s Power Serve
5. Strategy Rule #1--Hit It to Their Backhand
6. Lob Serve
7. Power Serve
8. Strategy Rule #2--I Own Center Court
9. Passing Shots
10. Ceiling Shots
11. Strategy Rule #3--Love the Back Wall
12. Kill Shots
13. Strategy Rule #4--Stay Out of the Detour Zone
14. Cut Throat--For Fun and Improvement
15. Z-Serves
16. Strategy Rule #5--"High-High; Low-Low"
17. Z-Shot and Around-the-Wall Shot
18. Strategy Rule #6--Never Change a Winning Game; Always Change a Losing Game
Words of Praise
"Learners can use this great participant book as a primary source or as a teaching guide. It is a self-instructional model. From warming up for success through self-paced learning progressions to rating individuals progress, the author has not forgotten a thing."
Voya
"The advice is sound and arranged in a logical sequence that will not overwhelm neophytes. The 155 illustrations greatly enhance the text."
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