You'll learn specific strategies for improving the mechanics of your game - from stroke production and footwork to equipment selection and mental fitness. You'll benefit from easy-to-find instructional cues that allow you to refer to the book quickly during practice. And you'll learn about some of the game's most often misunderstood facts and most widely held myths.

Written for high school and pre-engineering college students, this book compiles resources, information, and stories of engineers who design new and improved products. Ranging from the design and construction of stadiums and courses to the design and manufacture of sporting equipment and clothes, the book reveals what you need to know to work in this industry, and find a rewarding job as a sports engineer. Explore what types of engineers are involved in extreme sports like skateboarding to the more traditional sports like tennis, and get advice from engineers about how to succeed as a sports engineer.

Describes the art and science of warfare in the twenty-first century including guerrilla warfare and terrorism, biochemical and nuclear weapons, communication and intelligence, and the future of soldiers and battlefields.

Presents a comprehensive study of the technology behind the sport of tennis and contains diagrams and graphs to give a visual understanding of the physics involved in such things as the flight and bounce of the ball.

Top tennis experts contribute to this analysis of optimal techniques for all the essential strokes of the game. 160 photos.

Plagued hackers and experts alike. This informative primer will help turn hours of mindless practice into a focused application of principles affecting the impact, bounce, and flight of the ball.