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The Tom Stow Tennis Teaching System

If you've spent any time around me or WebTennis.net, you've probably heard me mention the name Tom Stow.

Tom taught me how to play the game, but more importantly, Tom taught me how to teach the game.

The electronic reproduction of Tom Stow's book "The Tom Stow Tennis Teaching System and Stroke Developer" which was written in 1948 has been completed. (Talk about a labor of love...whew!)

This book absolutely has it all if you're serious about learning to be a complete all-court player.

If you don't know about Tom Stow, you really should.  Tom helped some of the game's great, and I mean great, players.

Don Budge (1938 Grand Slam winner) isn't a bad place to start.

Before his passing in the early 80s, Tom was still coaching and helping many of us here in northern California. I got very lucky to be included with a group consisting of Steve Stefanki, Doug King, and John Hubbell back in 1979.

I pleaded with Tom to let me in with those guys, and I guess he eventually took pity on me and said OK. Anyone who knew my playing abilities back then knew I couldn't break an egg. I was pathetic to say the least...!

Tom was fortunately not easy on me and didn't let me get away with some of my whinings! He passed away just prior to when I won the 1984 National 35s Hardcourt Doubles championship.

I still wish I could have thanked him for the gift he gave me.

Tom was a tough customer and knew exactly what he wanted you to do with your strokes and style of play. If you stuck with this guy, the chances were very good that you'd be given literally a "game for a lifetime".

Sooooooooo..., an electronic book?  Well, actually the book is in the PDF format.

Yep, instantly downloaded directly to your computer whether you're a PC or Mac user.

You can print it out or just read it directly from your computer. 

In addition to reproducing Tom's text as originally written, I've been able to successfully scan some of the photos and diagrams. 

However, due to the poor scan quality of most of the instructional photos, I've substituted those with current pics of yours truly...! 

Also, originally I thought I would include some of my own video clips, but the file size of the eBook just kept growing and growing to a size that was tough to download.

However, it's on my To Do list to get it videoed into a DVD.

The court dimensions haven't changed, and yeah, the racket technology has, but the basics of challenging your opponents with specific court positioning and associated stroke mechanics are still very much the same.

Claim your copy now of the Tom Stow Teaching System.

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