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 You Can PlayTennis!
 A Parent’s Guide to ExperientialLearning:Tennis and the Game of Life
By James T. McGarry, USPTA 
 
Contents
Introduction
Chapter I: Tennis is a Lifestyle for Life!
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Why Tennis Can Change Your Child’s Life
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What is the Easiest and Most Effective Way to ExperienceTennis?
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Re-creation: A Different Take on a Familiar Word 
Chapter 2: Tennis is
F-U-N!
Introduce the Game to Your Child
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Be
F
 ACILITATIVE: make tennis easy for your child withfun games!
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Make it 
U
SER-FRIENDLY: from couch potato to tennis player in no time!
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Make it 
N
 ATURAL: there’s no one “right” way to swing theracket 
Chapter 3: Sportsmanship
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Sportsmanship and Childhood Memories
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 A Winning Attitude
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Etiquette and the Socialization Process
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Role Models
Chapter 4: Cooperation and Competition
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Cooperative versus Competitive Games
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Cooperative Games
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Competitive Games
Chapter 5: The Game of Life
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The 3 P’s: Preparation, Poise and Persistence
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The Experiential Dynamic
ConclusionAcknowledgements
 
Introduction
I love baseball. I always have. I played it fanatically for 7 years duringmy youth. But, I wasn’t good enough to play high school ball. Oneday, my father came out to watch me play, and once again noticed Iwas warming the bench. He said, “Jimmy, you need to find a sport youcan play for the rest of your life. I played handball as a kid. Why don’tyou try tennis.” So, my sister and I bought two Wilson T-2000’s duringthe first tennis boom in the mid-1970’s, and the rest, as they say, ishistory. I was hooked! Neither of us had any formal instruction, butrealized just how much fun the game is. Just hitting it back and forth,chasing after that fuzzy yellow ball in a rectangle for hours on end,whatever the weather was incredibly fun! What a truly amazing gameand
activity 
tennis is. I’ve met so many great people because of thegame. I played throughout high school and college, stopped play for afew years, then returned to it again, this time as a professional teacherand coach of the game after a career change. It has brought me somuch joy, and I hope I’ve amply expressed that joy to the thousands of students that I’ve worked with worldwide over the last 20 years. I hope
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