12 May 2009 @ 6:14 PM 
 

Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert Review

 

“Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert is a book jam packed with tennis tricks, tips and strategies and even though the book was written in the 90s it will never go out of date. Brad Gilbert is the ultimate tennis strategist and he proves it with results.”

Reviewer: Lillian
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Book Reviewed: Winning Ugly By Brad Gilbert

I have heard through the grapevine that all tennis players who train with Nick Bollettieri (world famous coach responsible for helping players make it into the top 10 in the world of tennis, 10 of them to number 1: Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Jim Courier, Martina Hingis, Yelena Jankovic, Marcelo Rios, Monica Seles, Maria Sharapova and Venus and Serena Williams. As well as a other world-class players, including: Tommy Haas, Anna Kournikova, Jimmy Arias and Nicole Vaidisova, to name a few.) Anyway I heard that players and coaches at Nick’s academy must study Winning Ugly as part of their tennis studies. That’s how important this book is to serious tennis players!

winning ugly, brad gilbert

winning ugly, brad gilbert

When it comes you, applying what you learn from this book it’s a matter of discernment on your behalf. There are so so many tips and tricks it can be quite overwhelming, especially if you are an up and coming player.

Brad Gilbert was the coach of Andre Agassi, he played and won against the greats such as Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Stephen Edberg.

I recommend this book to players to who take tennis seriously and enjoy having an advantage over their opponents. I also recommend this book to anyone who wants an insight into life on tour, what it’s like as an up and coming player because Brad’s story reveals a lot about when he played on the professional tour, and he gives very relevant advice.

As well as that, the stuff in Winning Ugly will definitely help you kick butt in club tennis too. I found especially helpful the tips on how to handle psyching,  playing players who cheat, the tips on scouting your opposition, knowing how to choose ends according to the wind and sun, and it’s great fun having strategies about how to play against different types of players like retrievers, serve volleyers, lefties etc.

Winning ugly is jam packed full of stories of matches Brad played against other big guns of the 90s like Boris Becker, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendel, Stefen Edberg and he tells entertaining stories about what it was like being on the other end of the court playing against the two showmen, John McEnroe and Jimmy Conners.

It’s a great read for anyone who has the audacity to believe they can beat anyone if they set their mind to it, because Brad says ‘you can beat anyone, you just need to figure out how’.

winning ugly, brad gilbert

winning ugly, brad gilbert

Click Here To Get Winning Ugly From Amazon

More Winning Ugly Reviews

Another fantastic Strategy Book is Tennis Strategy Encyclopedia which in my opinion is more suitable for anyone at any level (it makes tactics simpler to put into action immediately better than winning ugly) have a look at my review of the  ebook Tennis Strategy Encyclopedia Here



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Posted By: Lillian
Last Edit: 22 Nov 2009 @ 10 23 AM

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  1. Great post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!

  2. Lill says:

    Cool Katty! Do you have any tennis books or dvds you’d like me to review?

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