Jim McLennan's Essential Tennis Instruction
Summary: Jim McLennan’s Essential Tennis Instruction is for tennis players of all age and ability, who love the game, and who want to play better. Instructional materials cover strokes, strategy, court position and more. Learn how to get more spin on your forehand, more power on your serve, and more consistency off the ground. Jim has played tennis his entire life. He has studied with some of the game's greatest coaches, he is a featured seminarian at international tennis teacher conferences, the editor of TennisOne.com, and formerly (in the good old days) a nationally ranked player. Experience his lucid, basic, accessible coaching – and your game will be the better for it.
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Podcasts:
Early to Step
Wall to the Ball
ETI 054 | The Role of the Buttcap when Serving
The Other Side of the Net
The Live Arm – Madison Keys and more
Listen to your hits
ETI 053 | Rhythm – as simple as 1-2-3
ETI 052 | Turning Your Forehand into the Serve
ETI 051 | Reality Therapy – Facing the Truth on Court
A racquet hangs from a rope or is balanced on the butt cap A ball machine shoots a ball at the racquet and the rebound velocity is "x" Now the racquet is fastened in a vise so it cannot move. The post ETI 049 | Racquet Rebound Potential – you will be surprised appeared first on Jim McLennan's Essential Tennis Instruction.
Perhaps on court we all think too much, too often, and as often as not this truly intereferes with just playing the ball. 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. The post ETI 050 | Multitasking on Court appeared first on Jim McLennan's Essential Tennis Instruction.
Courtesy Joe Dinoffer of On Court Off Court Balance and rhythm may be the most important, but equally the least trained and understood, key to playing a more natural flowing game of tennis. The post ETI 048 | Swivel Discs appeared first on Jim McLennan's Essential Tennis Instruction.
The common problem I see at the club, as well as on television, is where the server flexes at the waist at the hit - more or less jackknifing to create a little more ball speed. And this action creates both forward and downward forces - and is generally associated with netted serves.
ETI 046 Gravity MotionDownload this podcast – You may need to right-click and select Save Link As to download the file to your computer Agility = moving quickly and easily. We know when we are gliding, we know when we are moving heavily. Equally, when can see on the adjacent court who moves well and who does not. But often more than strength training or explosive movement, the secret can be in a subtle unweighting where the body leads and the feet follow. Sometimes called a drop step, a floating pivot, or a gravity turn – join me for a look into a different world.
Pete Sampras, "I won 7 Wimbledon titles because I had the best second serve in the game." The second serve is about spin that will make the ball curve down as it crosses the net. Yes it may corner the opponent and either swing them wide and out of court, or kick up into their backhand.
