Badminton: Steps to Success (Steps to Success Activity Series)
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by Tony Grice, Human Kinetics
Book Description
Badminton: Steps to Success provides expert instruction and 83 drills to help you learn and master the basic skills. By following the book’s sequential lessons and studying the 112 illustrations, you’ll learn how to perform each skill, analyze performance, and correct errors. The drills come with performance goals, a list of key points to remember when executing each drill, and many include instructions for increasing or decreasing the level of difficulty. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Activity Series, this book will give you the skills and confidence you need to compete and win.
From the Publisher
"Tony has written an excellent step-by-step instructional guide to playing better badminton for players and coaches at any level." Martin R. French Former president, U.S. Badminton Association U.S. Olympic Committee Board of Directors (1988-1992
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. Tony received his BS and MEd degress from Memphis State University and an EdD from Northwestern State University in Louisiana. He resides in Abilene with his wife, Kristen, and in his spare time enjoys playing badminton, tennis, and golf.
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