Jim McLennan's Essential Tennis Instruction

Jim McLennan | Tennis Instructor
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Jim McLennan's Essential Tennis Instruction Podcast

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.

  1. 07/23/2020

    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 […]

  2. 11/08/2018

    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 […]

  3. 11/08/2017

    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 […]

  4. 08/12/2017

    Listen to your hits

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

  5. 08/24/2016

    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. And this action creates both forward and downward forces - and is generally associated with netted serves.

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  6. 06/15/2016

    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.

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  7. 03/08/2016

    ETI 045 | Sidespin Serve

    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.

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  8. 02/03/2016

    ETI 044 l Topspin and the Racquet Drop

    ETI 044 Topspin and the Racquet DropDownload this podcast – You may need to right-click and select Save Link As to download the file to your computer Consider the critical 24 inch hitting zone when creating topspin on a forehand or on a serve – to create this spin the racquet must be swung up from beneath the ball (12 inches) but carry upward after impact (another 12 inches) to create the rolling spin that more and more of us want in our games. But before you hit up on the ball you MUST accelerate from beneath it.  Therein the concept of the “racquet drop.”

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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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  • Creator
    Jim McLennan | Tennis Instructor
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2020
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright © Essential Tennis Instruction LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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