Dynamite Doubles: Play Winning Tennis Today!

by Helle Sparre Viragh, Jim Shock, sara kurkov (Illustrator)

Dynamite Doubles teaches club and tournament players how to improve their tennis game in an afternoon. The key is a system of play that answers the 4 big questions about doubles tennis: 1) What should I have done? 2) Where should I have been? 3) How could I have gotten that? and 4) Whose was that? Tennis players who immerse themselves in Helle's talent and experience, while making her techniques and tips thier own, will find themselves scoring wins over more powerful, higher-ranked opponents time after time.

144 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

Helle Sparre Viragh was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1956. She began playing tennis at age six and by 18 she won 36 Natinal Championships, including the European Championships for girl's 16's. In 1978 Helle advanced to the round of 32 at Wimbledon and later that year she won the U.S. Clay Court Women's Doubles Championships. Helle married and moved to Northern California where she combined tennis with a successful business career. In 1997, Helle competed for the victorious U.S.Women's 40's team in the World Cup and won the 40's World Doubles Championships. Helle is currently the Head Tennis Pro at Scott Valley Swimming and Tennis Club in Mill Valley, California, ten minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Reviews

[Cosmas Eaglin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good strategy and decision process in covering the middle shots, court coverage responsibility and setting up your partner for kill shots. Directly applicable to and recommended for pickleball as well.

[JP · Rating 4 out of 5]

As tennis books go, this one is very practical, simple to understand and easy to use. I immediately started using the triangles, thinking about space on the court rather than lines. The four zone (defensive, transition, aggressive, and attack) are common sense, but not commonly defined (as angles rather than horizontal lines on the court. The two roles - workhorse and terminator - rock the traditional alignment of players in parallel. But I find the set-up intuitive and it matches the roles of my usual doubles partners. I hope I can get others to try the approach. Regarding the triangles, there are 4. The three furthest are possible targets (for a drive, lob, or drop). Sometimes the closest is also available. A full out attack volley can be in the diamond. During play, the workhorse covers everything and both partners continually reset their 45-degree angles directly facing the ball being hit on the other side.

[Greg Boyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a very good resource for club level tennis player who routinely play doubles. It gives an easy to use system which tells you where to be on the court, where you should hit the ball, player responsibilities, and etc. I'm using to teach my students so they can play better doubles regardless of their playing ability.

[Jenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

loving this book so far. she will be teaching at tennis camp I am going to.