The field guide
Table of contents.
Everything there is to know about how tennis actually works — 87 chapters in 5 parts, drawn from motion capture, physics and match data. The physics, the shots, the player, the arena, the record.
You don't play yet — but you're falling for the game.
Start with what the numbers on the scoreboard actually mean, then see the machine underneath every shot — enough to watch a match and know exactly what you're looking at.
New to the game, building it right the first time.
Build your game the way the physics demands — up the kinetic chain, then the forehand, the serve, the footwork and the odds — so nothing you groove now has to be unlearned later.
You already play — now steal what the pros know.
Go straight to the mechanisms the best exploit — contact, spin, serve patterns, the return, the big points and the athlete underneath — the edges you can bolt onto a game you already have.
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The Machine
The physics every shot obeys — the body, the tool, the strike, the flight.
The Body as an Engine
- Motion capture
- Force diagrams
The Tool — Racquet & String
- Cutaway diagrams
- Lab data
Contact — The 4 Milliseconds
- High-speed capture
- Physics sims
Ball Flight & The Bounce
- Physics sims
- Trajectory plots
The Arsenal
Every shot in the game, taken apart to the last lever.
The Groundstrokes
- Motion capture
- Engravings
The Serve
- Motion capture
- Serve maps
The Return of Serve
- Reaction data
- Court maps
Net Play & Touch
- Motion capture
- Court maps
The Player
Movement, tactics, the mind, the body — and how to actually train them.
Movement & Footwork
- Footwork traces
- Court heatmaps
Tactics & Strategy
- Court geometry
- Shot charts
The Mental Game
- Point-by-point data
- Match studies
The Athlete
- Physiology charts
- Training data
The Practice Court
- Session plans
- Drill diagrams
The Arena
The court, the conditions, the formats — the world the game happens in.
Surfaces & Conditions
- Bounce data
- Surface stats
Doubles
- Formation diagrams
- Court maps
The Game Itself
- Rule diagrams
- Score trees
The Record
The data and the history — the proof behind the eye test.
The Numbers — Analytics & Data
- Match data
- Interactive models
The Champions
- Historic data
- Head-to-heads
The Minds — Coaches & Analysts
- Case studies
How Tennis Got Here
- Historic data
- Timelines