Zen Tennis: Playing in the Zone (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512346770)

Dr. Joe Parent is a highly regarded coach of Performance Psychology-in sports, business, and the performing arts as a consultant and executive coach. He has studied, practiced and taught mindful awareness and principles of psychology and communication since the 1970's. Dr. Parent is the best-selling author of ZEN GOLF: Mastering the Mental Game, and several other books, with over a half-million copies in print, digital, and audio formats worldwide. Dr. Parent has spoken at numerous conferences, management retreats and training programs for businesses and associations, and is the teacher for thousands of executives and athletes at all levels. He offers corporate seminars, executive coaching, and mental game lessons in sports at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa resort in Ojai, California, and is available for mental game coaching in business and sports by voice or video calls anywhere in the world. For more information, on-line instruction, and long-distance lessons, go to ZenTennis.net or ZenGolf.com. Bill Scanlon reached a career-high ATP world ranking of #9 and won seven singles titles during a 13 year professional career. He is known for having recorded the only Golden Set (winning a set 6-0 without the loss of a single point) in the history of mens professional tennis. The feat is recorded in the Guiness Book of World Records. He is also known for upsetting top-seeded John McEnroe on his way to the semi-finals of the US Open. Scanlon also reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and the Australian Open. Scanlon owns an investment advisory firm in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, Stephanie. He is the author of "Bad News for McEnroe" and also has formed the Advantage USA Tennis Foundation, which mentors several professional tennis players.