Jim McLennan's Essential Tennis Instruction Jim McLennan | Tennis Instructor
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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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Early to Step
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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Wall to the Ball
Both Roger Federer and Bianca Andreescu square the face to the incoming ball – though still moving forward they have both “aligned the wall to the ball.” Tom Stow often introduced the simplicity of the volley technique by using a stool or chair such that the […]
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The Other Side of the Net
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
Watching the ball - moving into position - you can always listen to the outcome!
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ETI 047 | Will Staying Sideways help you hit up on the serve!
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.
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ETI 046 | Gravity Motion
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.