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Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction

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Jackie Reardon – Mindset

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/10/04

To review, Jackie Reardon in Mindset compares story thinking to action thinking. Story thinking is about what we expect, what we fear, what we judge, how we can live totally in our heads with thought. Action thinking, a bit like Nike’s “Just Do It” is about being in the preset, about playing freely. And she […]

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Mental Toughness – Maybe?

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/09/01

The following are some of the articles in the “Mental Library” within the ETI Network Continuous Learning – willingness to change Andre Agassi – how I beat Boris Becker The Super Fluid Swing Information and Knowledge The Space Between Stimulus and Response Setting a Trap Growing your “CQ” but only if you are Curious […]

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Using Your Legs on the Serve – does jumping help?

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/08/20

Okay – the game keeps changing. The racquets, the training, the speed of the game, and yes for sure the technique. Once it was common, and even a rule, that the server would have to keep one foot on the ground during the delivery. Then the rule was changed (though I am not sure when […]

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Unscrew the Light Bulb (on the serve)

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/08/12

I learned this method from Don Kerr, former Tulane tennis coach, but interestingly a badminton coach who brought his material to the tennis world. He and I developed the Whistler, a biomechanical teaching aide, which led me to a Masters program at the University of West Florida where I studied motor learning as applied to […]

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A Challenge to Create Sidespin while Rotating the...

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/05/17

This one is harder than it looks – unless it already looks hard to you – if so GOOD!

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The Art of Winning and the Second Shot Pass

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/04/01

There is a connection here. The second shot pass is a basic strategy when your opponent takes the net – for your do want information about their volleying skills This play works best when the volleyer is centered which then reduces the volleyers natural angles. But in the main, this play creates pressure, challenges the […]

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Singles Playbook – Do All Points Have Equal Value ?

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/03/27

Singles You have no on court coach available No doubles partner for support The winning and losing is all on you We know the feeling And more, we have won an occasional match and not known why, but equally we have lost (perhaps more than a few) matches and not known why The factors include […]

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The Serve – Marin Cilic – Tossing into the Swing

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/03/20

Many players change their rhythm between first and second serves. A one-two-three count creates a swish in a particular location and with a recurring tempo. But when introducing the toss, the rhythm may become disrupted. Either the starting tempo becomes too quick, or just the opposite, an overly high toss creates an extra beat when […]

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Roger Serving with a Snap

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/01/29

On Court Exercises The following exercises identify specific elements of the serve. Do not attempt all exercises at once, but rather, start with the first exercise, and take as much time as needed until you feel comfortable, then progress in sequence to the next one and so forth. Snap down Positioned at the service line, […]

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Roger Spinning the Serve

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/01/21

On Court Exercises The exercises identify specific elements of the serve. Do not attempt all exercises at once, but rather, start with the first exercise, and take as much time as needed until you feel comfortable, then progress in sequence to the next one and so forth. Swing Off-Line to Create Sidespin To create sidespin […]

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Roger Serving Effortlessly (E-)

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/01/15

On Court Exercises The exercises identify specific elements of the serve. Do not attempt all exercises at once, but rather, start with the first exercise, and take as much time as needed until you feel comfortable, then progress in sequence to the next one and so forth. Locate the swish point Practicing without the ball, […]

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Serving with Rhythm

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2018/01/07

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Roger Serving on Balance (B)

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2017/12/26

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Type 1 and Type 2 – Overhand Throwing – the Tennis...

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2017/12/16

Todd Ellenbecker, Vice President, Medical Services ATP World Tour, “Tennis teaching professionals can identify players of all ability levels, even high level players, who have less than optimal biomechanics on their serve. Often ……. their throwing mechanics also are less than optimal and have many similar characteristic patterns. Some of the same inherent deficiencies occur in […]

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The Other Side of the Net

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2017/11/08

http://dg2e30wx7kvei.cloudfront.net/eti_network/ETI_TheOtherSideOfTheNet.mp4 Download this Video Some time ago I was in Sacramento watching the Power Shares tour event – Courier, Sampras, McEnroe and Blake. James Blake beat John McEnroe in the finals – Mac having beaten Courier, and Blake easily beat an injured Pete Sampras (who was looking very slow on court compared to the other […]

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Listen to your hits

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2017/08/12

Watching the ball - moving into position - you can always listen to the outcome!

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Discover Your Opponent’s Weakness

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2017/04/04

Running patterns requires knowing your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. Rather than learning as the match progresses – what if there is a way to get that idea much much sooner

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Priming – The Art of Winning

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2017/02/05

Create patterns to discover the opponent’s weakness Always listen for advertisements

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ETI 050 | Multitasking on Court

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2016/10/07

No judgment, one shot at a time, where the “winning takes care of itself.” Well in the 1970’s before we ever knew of multitasking or mindfulness – those concepts were developed in a breakthrough book – The Inner Game of Tennis. Are you mindless or mindfull on court? Want more – check out Mindset by […]

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ETI 049 | Racquet Rebound Potential

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2016/09/08

How tight, or loose should your grip be? Common sense suggests tight. This experiment, done by real “tennis scientists” confounds the issue. Enjoy

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