Serena Williams picked up a tennis raquet for the first time at three years old. She did this not out of childish curiosity or an impish competitive streak, but by design. Before she was even born, her father decided that tennis would be the way up and out for his struggling family. Richard Williams, studied tennis books and videos as if his family's future depended on it. He taught himself the game. He taught his wife, Oracene, as well. Together, they would hit balls until they were good enough to teach their children. Soon Serena and her older sister Venus were practicing several hours a day on the public courts of Compton, California, alongside three older sisters. The older girls would chase balls while the youngest were put through their paces. Before their daily sessions, the sisters would sweep the courts of broken glass and drug paraphernalia. There was grass growing in the cracks of the ashphalt and the chain nets were rusted, but this was the proving ground of two future cham . CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK FOR FREE