Finally! Someone acknowledging that Djokovic's dominance has come from his improvement in his serve. This interview is a gold mine of tennis/sport information. Thank you for posting this.
His dominance at this years AO (and maybe throughout the year) is due to gamblers paying off other players to lose to him. Unless the ITF, ATP, etc., give us a public record of all top 30 players' internet use and pay phone use all three months prior to the AO, they were likely paid off.
I think Novak is one of the smartest servers. Not a big serve but fast enough and well placed to elicit weak returns. You don't need to hit aces. Simply eliciting weak returns makes holding serve quite easy.
My way of praising: Why is this video free? All these years as a violinist....why haven't my teachers/professors never spoke about movement like this. So glad I am also a Sabalenka fan. Wouldn't have come across this video. I am also a violin teacher. Wow. So much knowledge to absorb here. Thank you so much.
100% agreed! I will actually watch this again and will take notes bc there’s lots of info there - info people usually don’t talk about or just don’t share...
OMFG I'm a trumpet player and while the tennis specifics don't really translate the approach 100% makes sense in that context. Was thinking exactly the same thing
Amazing interview!!!!!!!! I'm 7min in and it's probably the best breakdown or explanation on how a different perspective and the right coaching can MAKE THINGS HAPPEN! "The pressure reveals your preparation". Whoa.
Honestly I appreciate you guys sharing this knowledge with us all - just finished my 2nd watch, and I'm certain I'll be clicking back to reference parts of this for as long as it's publicly available - massive thanks!
Watching this video was like looking into a mirror for me. The only issue is, when you try to convince people that this is what they have to do, and this is how they have go about practicing improving in a way that makes it possible to execute consistently successfully under fatigue and match pressure that you trust with confidence, it can be psychologically confronting when taking a person outside their comfort zone even when it is the best thing for them if their goal is to build a winning tennis game.
very interesting insight .. unreal to think about how fast aryna turned things around to look nearly unbeatable on court rn .. one of the best comebacks in sports i know .. its s talent in itself to learn and produce in such a short time like she did .. i agree if she continues to trust the process and even improove more whos gonna beat her ? excited how the next few month will go and how other players will react to this version of aryna
Everything he said is so so spot on with respect to tennis (and sports in general) and getting better, especially regarding the mental battle of developing reliable quality. Tennis is about so much about repeatability and the percentages. It’s not about hitting crazy winners.
This man really knows his stuff and talks about the game at a deep, deep level. Great video. I always thought technique is everything and pressure exposes your technical weaknesses. This just reinforced that.
Jack - hopefully you know me from John Silk shows... I have watched tennis for a long time, but nothing hit me between the eyes about the game more than this stream! Thanks so much, Jack!
His knowledge and understanding of the sport, and its application in practice, is very impressive. Thank you both for the really interesting and highly informative insight in this interview.
I grew up as a baseball pitcher before switching to tennis. There was a marked difference between how natural the serve felt to me vs how awkward it looked for kids who had never thrown a ball before. Everyone should learn to throw a ball before really tackling the serve.
This is a great topic! Biomechanics are so important in tennis and it is something that should be taught at an early age and at the front of every lesson. I think that a lot of it has to do with having young tennis player play other sports. Especially throwing sports like softball/baseball and multi-directional movement sports like soccer and basketball.
05:20 What does he mean that " her left tossing arm, once she tosses it, is on the wrong side of the head?" Her tossing arm is on the left side of her head (the side closer to the net). That looks correct. It looks similar to Fed's tossing arm position at 6:00. Is he saying that her tossing arm should be more parallel to the baseline rather than towards the net? 🤔
No, he's saying that her left hand was coming down on the left hand side of her head/body, causing the body to rotate away from contact, rather than the hand dropping more directly straight down nearly on the right hand side of the head/middle of the body, so as to allow more Seesaw shoulder over shoulder rotation, as opposed to whipping around right to left with the shoulders .
I have a small question. Obviously, Aryna's internal rotators weren;t weak, but it was just that sh wasn't doing the movement. But is it same to say that strengthening your internal rotators may help in making the forehand movement more natural?
How good would Aryna be if she had coaches that knew what they were doing? 10 singles titles previously based on her old serve before the problems appeared last season.
It wasn't only that: she also suffers from mental breakdowns, no matter what this man says. People DO have mental weaknesses (Depression, Anxiety, High Blood Pressure, some sleep Deprivation, and more). This man is a dunce saying it's not mental.
Would like to get Gavin’s opinion on Zverev’s 2nd serve problems. IMO, it is reaching back too much with the serve arm similar to what we saw when Nishikori was having 2nd serve problems.
Use 2022 and 2024 videos to compare. Before, the right arm stayed down, then went to the side, then back to the trophy pose and the right leg was discoordinated. Now his arm is up immediately, 1 less motion and coordinated with the leg. Efficient and quick, weight transfer is better.
@@bpxl53yewz29he used to have more things online before but he had bad experiences with guys in the industry. Said it on another podcast. But there are a couple other podcasts with Jack when they did Wimbledon predictions. Pretty good. I'd say in between the 3 videos the fundamentals are clear. I can comment on them if you want.
@@bpxl53yewz29there are more podcasts. With John Craig. Other with Tennis Files. Very informative. He is working on a guide to put on his webpage. Said he won't put a date on it as he is busy but will upload it.
Wow, amazing skills. I thought I know biomechanics.. re. @12.03, I think everybody doing this, anybody can point to non vertical example ? Or probably I misunderstood this. Thanks again
👍👍 Could you fix Aryna's grunt-screaming too?: then so many of us would be glad to be her fans. Players have learned to put up with it, but it does hinder the opponent's ability to dial in to the oncoming ball.
@@markuse3472 It was so overpowering, it's now the Rod Laver Aryna. It even silenced Rybakina's coach. Far worse than the atmosphere on the controversial Margaret Court [heterosex] court, or the John Cain siuuuuuuuArena😝
Grunting may be annoying to the casual spectator, but from the player side, it helps with exhaling and releasing tension in the body so that the player can accelerate through impact. I personally don't grunt very loud, but there are times while rallying (lets say cross court fh to fh or bh to bh) when I am in a flow state and I begin to grunt a bit and my shots feel free-er/better. If you don't believe me, give it a shot.
@@tribe_called_oh I doubt you take it as far as keeping screaming while your opponent is about to hit the ball... Why does she deserve all these extra advantages at the expense of the opponent? Maybe it'd help pitchers and bowlers in baseball and cricket if they would let it all out and scream at the batter? Because the Aussies do some v childish sledging already, we should all become so self-centered.
This is why rec players don't get past 3.5. Crappy coaches who don't understand biomechanics all saying the same crap on UA-cam. Find a racketball wall and sort things out. When you pick a coach have him fix just one thing wrong with your game. And repeat. If you don't get better dump the coach. Don't blame yourself if you're trying hard.
Mental issues are what actual science testifies to. This man is halfwitted saying it's not mental: DEPRESSION, SOME SLEEP DEPRIVATION, ANXIETY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, but there are more obvious causes and reasons for mental weaknesses or breakdowns. You idiots.
Did you not see the video? He did talk about the mechanics of the arm and body positions and movement to hit the ball a certain way and maximize high percentage tennis.
novaks dominance at this years AO (and maybe throughout the year) is due to gamblers paying off other players to lose to him. Unless the ITF, ATP, etc., give us a public record of all top 30 players' internet use and pay phone use all three months prior to the AO, they were likely paid off. This man is an obvious fan of his, maybe even added to the paying off other players pool, if he is very rich. Very rich people have millions to throw away to have the white man tie and pass up the Spanish name, Nadal.
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Thanks for hosting. Very interesting. Very timely. Appreciate your letting MacMillan go on uninterrupted and including the useful videos.
I've watch this interview more than 20 times I think. I've taken notes, analysed and meditate upon each points. This guy is gold. I need more.
Finally! Someone acknowledging that Djokovic's dominance has come from his improvement in his serve. This interview is a gold mine of tennis/sport information. Thank you for posting this.
His dominance at this years AO (and maybe throughout the year) is due to gamblers paying off other players to lose to him.
Unless the ITF, ATP, etc., give us a public record of all top 30 players' internet use and pay phone use all three months prior to the AO, they were likely paid off.
Nole´s been serving well for over 10 years, but since 2018 his serve is simply perfect.
I think Novak is one of the smartest servers. Not a big serve but fast enough and well placed to elicit weak returns. You don't need to hit aces. Simply eliciting weak returns makes holding serve quite easy.
My way of praising:
Why is this video free?
All these years as a violinist....why haven't my teachers/professors never spoke about movement like this.
So glad I am also a Sabalenka fan. Wouldn't have come across this video.
I am also a violin teacher.
Wow. So much knowledge to absorb here.
Thank you so much.
100% agreed! I will actually watch this again and will take notes bc there’s lots of info there - info people usually don’t talk about or just don’t share...
OMFG I'm a trumpet player and while the tennis specifics don't really translate the approach 100% makes sense in that context. Was thinking exactly the same thing
The most significant interview I've seen in years.
Well done for just listening and letting this guy spill his craft
Fantastic information from Gavin and an excellently conducted interview from you, Jack. Thank you for sharing this.
Amazing interview!!!!!!!! I'm 7min in and it's probably the best breakdown or explanation on how a different perspective and the right coaching can MAKE THINGS HAPPEN! "The pressure reveals your preparation". Whoa.
Wow! What an instructing video! Mr. McMillan has given us in a few minutes what my coach never told me in 2 years. Thank you so much
Honestly I appreciate you guys sharing this knowledge with us all - just finished my 2nd watch, and I'm certain I'll be clicking back to reference parts of this for as long as it's publicly available - massive thanks!
I would love MacMillian to have a short youtube to describe the biomechanics for a serve or forehand
Watching this video was like looking into a mirror for me.
The only issue is, when you try to convince people that this is what they have to do, and this is how they have go about practicing improving in a way that makes it possible to execute consistently successfully under fatigue and match pressure that you trust with confidence, it can be psychologically confronting when taking a person outside their comfort zone even when it is the best thing for them if their goal is to build a winning tennis game.
very interesting insight .. unreal to think about how fast aryna turned things around to look nearly unbeatable on court rn .. one of the best comebacks in sports i know .. its s talent in itself to learn and produce in such a short time like
she did .. i agree if she continues to trust the process and even improove more whos gonna beat her ? excited how the next few month will go and how other players will react to this version of aryna
What a great interview jack!!!
Thanks Jane, Gavin was great 🙏
Everything he said is so so spot on with respect to tennis (and sports in general) and getting better, especially regarding the mental battle of developing reliable quality. Tennis is about so much about repeatability and the percentages. It’s not about hitting crazy winners.
This man really knows his stuff and talks about the game at a deep, deep level. Great video. I always thought technique is everything and pressure exposes your technical weaknesses. This just reinforced that.
Excellent interview, highly insightful! You're a great podcast host but you listen and let the guest speak. Thank you for this!
Tom Allsopp, at TPA Tennis, talked about Sabalenka's serve action here on You Tube over a year ago. Made perfect sense to me.
Great conversation, thank you for posting.
This was excellent with an excellent guest. Thank-you.
Jack - hopefully you know me from John Silk shows... I have watched tennis for a long time, but nothing hit me between the eyes about the game more than this stream! Thanks so much, Jack!
Cheers Gary, it was a fascinating interview!
What a great interview. One of the more insightful exchanges on tennis I’ve come across in a long while.
He’s droppin some serious gems! Thanks for sharing this interview.
His knowledge and understanding of the sport, and its application in practice, is very impressive. Thank you both for the really interesting and highly informative insight in this interview.
Thanks so much for this. What a game changer
Very interesting interview! Thank you Jack
This guy is so smart and explains so well.
Amen!! Sabalenka is a beautiful beast!!!
Really great information. Brooksby needs to call this guy!
Would love to see a before and after comparison video of aryna's serve with Gavin's commentary on the changes he implemented.
Great insights from Gavin MacMillan - Thanks for posting!
I grew up as a baseball pitcher before switching to tennis. There was a marked difference between how natural the serve felt to me vs how awkward it looked for kids who had never thrown a ball before. Everyone should learn to throw a ball before really tackling the serve.
This is a great topic! Biomechanics are so important in tennis and it is something that should be taught at an early age and at the front of every lesson. I think that a lot of it has to do with having young tennis player play other sports. Especially throwing sports like softball/baseball and multi-directional movement sports like soccer and basketball.
Boy, Gavin really know his stuff here. So much good stuff, so true what he said about Roddick serve.
Great interview! Can Gavin please come to London and fix my whole game?
Great interview mate!
Nice medium resolution view that should be very helpful to players learning the basics of this game.
Great video, thanks!
Great interview! I noticed you have time stamps, I think if you put 0.00 as you first time stamp then the chapters will show up automatically.
Excellent, thank you!
Masterful portrayal of MacMillan by Matt Damon.
😂bro can't unsee it now
Subscribed...good listener
I feel bad for watching this for free. This knowledge is too good.
Wow very insightful
Fantastic Information
Great video. iga swiatek needs a session with Gavin. I think she was let down by her serving in AO2023.
I thought this would have more specifics on proper biomechanics but it was mostly in general terms. Still good insight
Hahhh NOW i know ! Super ! I said she vas going to win the AO and she did .Super happy for her .
05:20
What does he mean that " her left tossing arm, once she tosses it, is on the wrong side of the head?"
Her tossing arm is on the left side of her head (the side closer to the net). That looks correct. It looks similar to Fed's tossing arm position at 6:00. Is he saying that her tossing arm should be more parallel to the baseline rather than towards the net? 🤔
I think Federer's arm is on the right side
ua-cam.com/video/8xbC31AQqSg/v-deo.html
Left arm should be hugging your chest. Many UA-cam tennis coaches are showing this technique these days.
No, he's saying that her left hand was coming down on the left hand side of her head/body, causing the body to rotate away from contact, rather than the hand dropping more directly straight down nearly on the right hand side of the head/middle of the body, so as to allow more Seesaw shoulder over shoulder rotation, as opposed to whipping around right to left with the shoulders .
I have a small question. Obviously, Aryna's internal rotators weren;t weak, but it was just that sh wasn't doing the movement. But is it same to say that strengthening your internal rotators may help in making the forehand movement more natural?
Great content!
I wish I could afford this guy to fix my serve.
Very informative.
thank you
How good would Aryna be if she had coaches that knew what they were doing? 10 singles titles previously based on her old serve before the problems appeared last season.
It wasn't only that: she also suffers from mental breakdowns, no matter what this man says. People DO have mental weaknesses (Depression, Anxiety, High Blood Pressure, some sleep Deprivation, and more). This man is a dunce saying it's not mental.
Would like to get Gavin’s opinion on Zverev’s 2nd serve problems. IMO, it is reaching back too much with the serve arm similar to what we saw when Nishikori was having 2nd serve problems.
Use 2022 and 2024 videos to compare. Before, the right arm stayed down, then went to the side, then back to the trophy pose and the right leg was discoordinated. Now his arm is up immediately, 1 less motion and coordinated with the leg. Efficient and quick, weight transfer is better.
Really good stuff
Anyone find videos of him explaining tennis fundamentals?
I was waiting for that but it never came
@@bpxl53yewz29he used to have more things online before but he had bad experiences with guys in the industry. Said it on another podcast. But there are a couple other podcasts with Jack when they did Wimbledon predictions. Pretty good. I'd say in between the 3 videos the fundamentals are clear. I can comment on them if you want.
@@bpxl53yewz29there are more podcasts. With John Craig. Other with Tennis Files. Very informative. He is working on a guide to put on his webpage. Said he won't put a date on it as he is busy but will upload it.
Excellent ❤
i dont know how i found this - but great interview
Excelent video
This is crazy, y’all just created a beast. Now I’m a real serve bot 🤖
Wow, amazing skills. I thought I know biomechanics.. re. @12.03, I think everybody doing this, anybody can point to non vertical example ? Or probably I misunderstood this. Thanks again
Not a good forehand that is consistently successful under fatigue and match pressure in the modern game.
So good
That vertical Rh is the weakness of Novak's Fh when it goes off... nope, Alcaraz and Fed don't normally get it vertical.
braden talks about a baseball technique
I've seen you commenting on vic Braden videos! I'm a fan as well!
Coco Gauff seriously needs to hire this guy.
Sounds like a lot of players should. He did wonders for Sabalenka's game.
vic braden. the best tennis for the future
You know tennis.
Do Tiafoe!!!
Gavin, would you coach Swiatek?
So smart
What happen with her serve at Indian Wells, that was not mental? Not trolling btw
It is not mental. She still has a lot more work to do.
That looks like the tennis biomechanic trainer
👍👍 Could you fix Aryna's grunt-screaming too?: then so many of us would be glad to be her fans. Players have learned to put up with it, but it does hinder the opponent's ability to dial in to the oncoming ball.
LOL. I love Aryna, but I agree all tennis players need to be put end to their screams.
@@markuse3472 It was so overpowering, it's now the Rod Laver Aryna. It even silenced Rybakina's coach.
Far worse than the atmosphere on the controversial Margaret Court [heterosex] court, or the John Cain siuuuuuuuArena😝
Grunting may be annoying to the casual spectator, but from the player side, it helps with exhaling and releasing tension in the body so that the player can accelerate through impact.
I personally don't grunt very loud, but there are times while rallying (lets say cross court fh to fh or bh to bh) when I am in a flow state and I begin to grunt a bit and my shots feel free-er/better.
If you don't believe me, give it a shot.
@@tribe_called_oh I doubt you take it as far as keeping screaming while your opponent is about to hit the ball... Why does she deserve all these extra advantages at the expense of the opponent?
Maybe it'd help pitchers and bowlers in baseball and cricket if they would let it all out and scream at the batter? Because the Aussies do some v childish sledging already, we should all become so self-centered.
with my 1 subscribed hope will help your channel #511 very informative tips to improved my served ,lol
"A psychologist wouldn't change a thing". I wonder what the psychologist she worked with thinks about that.
part right
This is why rec players don't get past 3.5. Crappy coaches who don't understand biomechanics all saying the same crap on UA-cam. Find a racketball wall and sort things out.
When you pick a coach have him fix just one thing wrong with your game.
And repeat. If you don't get better dump the coach. Don't blame yourself if you're trying hard.
'mental' is the term people use when they don't know what the hell they are talking about lol
Mental issues are what actual science testifies to. This man is halfwitted saying it's not mental: DEPRESSION, SOME SLEEP DEPRIVATION, ANXIETY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, but there are more obvious causes and reasons for mental weaknesses or breakdowns. You idiots.
he is a bit contradictory, which makes him look untrustworthy... but it worked somehow
Provide an ex sole where he is displaying untrustworthy info.
@@SuperTwohands listen better
@@KanatLS yes I did listen but your statement is quite vague. What part exactly does he display untrustworthy info.
Nonsense
Can't watch Sabalenka, makes far too much noise for my liking.
He told us nothing of the actual mechanics!
Did you not see the video? He did talk about the mechanics of the arm and body positions and movement to hit the ball a certain way and maximize high percentage tennis.
5:50
I know what you mean, though. I had to go back to grasp how he was breaking down the mechanics.
He spelled it out and you didn't have the attention span to get it.
@@thediplomat3137 Thanks for your intelligent input.
novaks dominance at this years AO (and maybe throughout the year) is due to gamblers paying off other players to lose to him.
Unless the ITF, ATP, etc., give us a public record of all top 30 players' internet use and pay phone use all three months prior to the AO, they were likely paid off.
This man is an obvious fan of his, maybe even added to the paying off other players pool, if he is very rich. Very rich people have millions to throw away to have the white man tie and pass up the Spanish name, Nadal.
It’s a pity he can’t make her stop screeching spoils the game for everybody else.
Typical over exaggeration of the noise she makes.
@@camera2painting you must be deaf my friend!
@@isitmeoryou2543 pardon?
Improvements?????? she has just made 10 double faults in one single set against Rybakina !!! Jesus!!
He isn’t working with her anymore. Perhaps she has reverted to her previous practice regime.