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Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction

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McEnroe Serving Way off Line

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2023/07/02

Are there takeaways from this delivery that might help you (and I ) ? YES !! Observe his “dual leg drive” up and into the hit – by staying balanced and getting good use from his back foot he maximizes his leg drive Observe his head with reference to something behind him and note how […]

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Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2023/06/29

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Cat and Mouse – the Waiting Game – Training for...

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2023/06/13

Mouse: cornered, no options desperate, will move first Cat: playful quick, waits for the mouse to move then pounces And for sure on court it is fun to be the cat! To play very well, you must hit sound shots and move quickly, and very little else. But … the real time connection between hitting and […]

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Jannik Sinner – sequential stills

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2023/04/28

The stills below are courtesy of my good friend Jim Fawcette – excellent camera man, he loves tennis, and he is my source for footage and so much more Look for his videos @JimFawcette. With apologies I am still processing this video, but for sure Jannik Sinner plays well within the top 10 and has […]

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Quantum Tennis, Coaching and Your Game

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2022/11/30

Quantum from Latin for “how much.” How much effort do you use when driving the forehand or delivering your serve?. Not your technique just how much effort. Some do play effortlessly, they appear fluid, with minimum muscular force they make our difficult game look easy. Others players have trained all the technical elements, but often […]

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Court Sense

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2022/10/24

“Court sense” speaks to your awareness of the court, your awareness of your opponent’s options, and how you might best respond to those same options. Decisions about “what to do” based on your and the opponents court position, and decisions about “where to be” to identify and antcipate their most likely reply. You need to […]

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Footwork Patterns

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2022/09/21

David Bailey the prominent footwork Trainer on Carlos Alcaraz, his court coverage, quickness, speed and so much more, all about the starting move … “I was watching Alcaraz and believe the reason he is so quick and effortless is his use of anticipationary splitting steps……..see photos above This technique helps him keep his momentum and […]

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Learning by Playing the Game

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2022/09/08

Thinking our loud here ……… Likely we have lost tennis games to players who appeared to have inferior technical skills And most have seen a video where an unorthodox left handed player skillfully competes against a well trained player – maybe even the leftie won There may be only two cardinal rules in the game […]

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Hitting the ball or Playing the Game

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2022/08/08

Hitting the Ball – Mechanics, Posture, Balance and Rhythm, Playing the game – only two cardinal rules Put the ball over the net (translated – hit up) Always be ready and positioned for your opponent’s return And as much as this means centering on the opponent angle of play it also means anticipation and the ability […]

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Underspin Backhand

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2022/02/03

A bit of history here, back to my childhood coach Blackie Jones. He specified that all my drop hits to start a rally, or to reply when another court called, “Ball please” be topspin backhands with a full backhand grip. And he told me, most attack the opponent’s backhand, in your case they will be […]

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Simplicity

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2021/10/04

James Clear, “The highest level of mastery is simplicity. Most information is irrelevant and most effort is wasted, but only the expert knows what to ignore.” “Beginner = ignorant simplicity Intermediate = functional complexity Advanced = profound simplicity“ Certainly there is some obvious judgment in the beginner to advanced spectrum above, but for sure we can […]

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Implicit Teaching

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2021/09/09

Implicit Teaching – an Alternative to Explicit Methods From – Tomorrow’s Teaching and Learning By Rick Reis – Stanford University Instead of a detailed explicit description of a tennis skill, the implicit approach uses far less words and encourages exploration and guided discovery to access feel. Educational researchers suggest we have an overemphasis on memorization […]

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The Racquet Drop

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2021/04/13

Often a useful image is to point the butt cap at the ball And when aligned the player simply pulls the racquet into contact This pulling action occurs on the forehand and backhand and sometimes referred to as the “slot” Maybe this would be called leverage On the serve this “drop” occurs from a loose […]

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What’s Up With The Toss?

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2020/11/11

For sure the game has changed, and will keep changing The same goes for the toss Years ago on Tennis Channel there was a clip of a doubles exhibition – with Rod Laver, Arthur Ashe, Bjorn Borg and Ilie Nastase. Just an exhibition, but I remember thinking they all had the same serve – rhythmic, […]

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Second Serve – The Glancing Blow

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2020/09/20

There is a lot here Rod Laver,”You are only as good as your second serve.” Pete Sampras about his 7 Wkmbledon titles, “I had the best second serve in the game.” Whenever possible the first and second serve deliveries should be similar And certainly when watching Federer, the first and second delivery appear remarkably similar […]

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Roger Federer – Sequential Photos

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2020/08/15

The following sequence is excellent – with very basic elements highlighted Within the 7 images please note the following He tosses with his weight on the back foot, his tossing arm is parallel to the baseline His body weight is centered as he extends his tossing arm but his right hip is lower He accelerates up […]

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Early to Step

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2020/07/23

Download this Video The most difficult opponent we face is often the “dreaded pusher” – but in spite of this players consistency, this players movement, and often how “poor we think they look” – often the simplest issue here is that their soft floating moon balls deprive you and I of the rhythm we get […]

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Mixing Things Up – Changing Length Speed and Spin

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2020/07/19

The drop shot Federer disdained the drop shot in his early years. But Roger believes it helped him capture the French Open in 2009 when opponents were often positioned deep to run down his shots At your end, if you are unable to hit through or around your opponent, or you are simply playing one […]

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(Re) Building the Serve

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2020/06/22

Balance Rhythm and Efficiency – your keys to an Effortless Service Delivery The following materials are suitable for juniors and adults The primary target are those who are young and developing service habits, or those who are older and are willing to try something different I will be using Roger Federer and Serena Williams as […]

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Alcaraz Serve Live

Jim McLennan"s Essential Tennis Instruction ·

2020/06/05

Video courtesy Jim Fawcette ©jfawcette The following is research by Jim Fawcette “You had mentioned Ferero’s role in coaching Carlos Alcaraz. Searching, it looks like he came onboard in 2018, after being fired by Zverev. So … were Alcaraz’s strokes pretty much fully baked by then? I remember Fed saying something like “With serving, […]

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