Interview With Sabalenka’s Technique Coach Gavin MacMillan- How Biomechanics Effect Tennis Players

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• PE

  @PerformancePlusTennis · 2 years ago · pinned

  Time Stamps:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0">0:00</a> Intro<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=22">0:22</a> Gavin MacMillan’s Story<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=158">2:38</a> Sabalenka’s Ball Toss Height<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=277">4:37</a> How Sabalenka Is Improving Her Game Overall<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=383">6:23</a> Sabalenka Forehand Breakdown<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=536">8:56</a> Is Tennis Really All Mental?<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=678">11:18</a> Sabalenka Technique Changes<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=770">12:50</a> Do Pro Players THINK About Pronating?<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=850">14:10</a> Influence of Roddick And Sampras Serve<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=899">14:59</a> Serve Strategy With Sabalenka<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=944">15:44</a> Serve Mechanics With Sabalenka<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=1009">16:49</a> Sabalenka Forehand Mechanics Explained<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=1151">19:11</a> Left Arm Mechanics For Tennis Players<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=1380">23:00</a> Right Arm Tennis Fundamentals<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=1560">26:00</a> Should Players Think About Lag And Snap?<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=1831">30:31</a> Spine Mechanics For Tennis Players<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=1926">32:06</a> Serve Throwing Mechanics For Tennis Players

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• LE

  @lewisatkinson7277 · 1 month ago

  This is heart-warming. I&apos;m mid-forties and in the thick of this internal dialogue. &quot; Do not go gentle into that good light. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.&quot; Dylan Thomas

• DA

  @DarylMiller-g6t · 2 years ago (edited)

  The entire video is enlightening. &nbsp;a true &quot;10 out of 10&quot;. &nbsp;&quot;Left Arm Mechanics&quot; (which you kindly timestamped at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv5PRdQgC0&amp;t=1151">19:11</a> in) is a MUST WATCH. &nbsp;In baseball little league, we Coaches learned to train the pitchers to invert the left hand (non-dominant hand) side with their &quot;glove up&quot; [and, then, during games, with the pitcher on the mound, we would yell, &quot;glove up&quot; as an appropriate, simple trigger to focus the player and cause the proper biomechanics, with that simple command). &nbsp;I didn&apos;t fully understand why &quot;glove up&quot; worked so well, but Sabalenka&apos;s biomechanics specialist (Gavin) now tells us why: it causes the &quot;inversion&quot; &nbsp;(of the shoulder and spine?) and allows for proper torque of the body/spine (well, listen to the video for a more accurate explanation). &nbsp; Turning back to tennis, &nbsp;I&apos;ve always wondered what &quot;trigger&quot; I could yell to my player to lock him/her in on his/her serve, akin to &nbsp;our &quot;glove up&quot; command in little league. Gavin says Novak&apos;s coach is regularly commanding &quot;chin up&quot;, even though that&apos;s not really what it takes. &nbsp;Maybe &quot;chin up&quot; will be my new &quot;glove up&quot;? &nbsp;(although high school parents in our area are apparently not supposed to speak substantively to their players during matches).

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• DI

  @disputeresolver · 2 years ago

  Congrats, on such an interesting discussion. Thanks to you John for reaching out to Gavin. His insights were fascinating and must have felt good, with his technical pillars being consistent with your own. Honestly, it looks like you both were only getting started. That must have been fun.

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• KC

  @KCNwokoye · 11 months ago

  Aryna really helped Gavin&apos;s career. He&apos;s now working with Coco and hopefully she makes the necessary improvements.

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• KE

  @Keroppikun · 2 years ago

  Wow! Someone who knows his stuff, at last. Using physical biomechanics as a base for coaching is a solid foundation. I’ve only seen one other YouTuber make tennis instruction videos with a deep grounding in physical science and I guess he got disillusioned with all the hate mail and lack of understanding and gave up, sadly. Missing you, Vlad!

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• TE

  @tennis47 · 2 years ago

  Awesome interview and great insights!

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• DA

  @davidhale8034 · 2 years ago

  I am loving this interview. So amazingly open, honest, and clear. 👏👏👏

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• JO

  @joseh899 · 2 years ago

  Wow! You hit a GRAND SLAM with this interview &nbsp;coach John! Very informative &nbsp;information &nbsp;that even us club players can incorporate &nbsp;into &nbsp;our games! I&apos;m sure this awesome &nbsp;technique &nbsp;coach has never said the words &quot; PAT THE DOG&quot; &nbsp;analogy &nbsp;for forehand &nbsp;technique. All your &nbsp;subscribers &nbsp;are much appreciative ! 👍👏

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• GR

  @gregoryphillips3969 · 2 years ago

  Brilliant as good as anything ever on YouTube. &nbsp; Required viewing for any tennis player.

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• HO

  @honkeyness9427 · 2 years ago

  How long will we have to wait to get a full technical description with images of the strokes from Gavin? - this verbal stuff is good but I wish there was more.

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• HC

  @hcscuoteguazza · 2 years ago

  Great interview! Love the points that MacMillan makes.

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