The Purple Guide to Learning Tennis in 10 Days
A 10-day starter plan to hit, rally, and decide if tennis is worth your time — no lessons required yet.
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
Ten days. Zero experience. A real forehand. A clear yes-or-no on whether tennis is for you.
About this book
You don't need to be athletic. You don't need a $200 racket. You don't need to be young. You need a court, a ball, a racket (any racket), and a plan that doesn't assume you know anything. This guide is that plan: ten focused days, one skill at a time, designed for someone trying tennis for the first time as an adult.
Each day gives you a concrete session — what to do, what to expect, and what counts as a win. You'll learn the forehand before the backhand. You'll fix mistakes before they become habits. You'll get honest numbers on what gear costs, what a good court looks like, and how much time you actually need. By day 10, you'll have played a real rally — not a perfect one, but a real one — and you'll know exactly what it would take to keep going.
Reader Reviews
Angela Roberts
★★★★★I've bought two rackets, watched a dozen YouTube videos, and played exactly once — badly. This book made day one feel totally different. It walks you through, like, this is the time of day to go, this is what your palm should feel on the grip, this is what happens when you whiff. The win at the end of day one was small but real: I made contact with nine balls. I almost cried. If you've been scared of looking stupid on a tennis court, this is the shortest path out of that fear.
Ashley Martin
★★★★★Decent book. The day-by-day structure actually works, and I liked that the writer doesn't pretend you'll be rallying by Tuesday. The gear table was useful — I was about to buy a $200 racket and it saved me from that. Knocking off one star because I found the first-day chapter's timeline a little optimistic for someone with zero coordination. My warm-up took longer than the book suggested. But the win at the end? Still happened. Glad I tried it.
Melissa Young
★★★★★I'm a 42-year-old office worker who hasn't run since high school. I was fully prepared for this book to tell me to 'seize the game' or some garbage. Instead I got a realistic plan that understands I have forty minutes, a creaky shoulder, and no idea what a continental grip is. Day one ended with me feeling a real racquet in my hands and the ball hitting the sweet spot four times. Four! That's more than I've done in my life. I'm genuinely excited to read day two.