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JP McLennan

Total Videos: 139

JP McLennan (ETI - Essential Tennis Instruction) is renowned for exquisite high-definition, high-speed slow-motion video captures of pro tennis players. His video archive provides unparalleled visual precision into racquet path, contact points, kinetic chain sequencing, and dynamic balance.


Video Lessons & Technical Breakdowns

1. John McEnroe - slo mo - the receivers point of view

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2. John McEnroe - serve and volley

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3. Madison3

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4. Balance in the Extreme

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5. Clash of Champions

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6. ETI Underspin Backhand - Mechanics

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7. ETI Underspin Backhand - Rising & Descending Balls

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8. ETI Underspin Backhand Drills - Approach Shot

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9. ETI Underspin Backhand Drills - Drop Hit

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10. ETI Underspin Backhand Slow Motion - Intro

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11. ETI Underspin Backhand Slow Motion - The Drive

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12. ETI Underspin Backhand Slow Motion - The Sting

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13. ETI Underspin Backhand Slow Motion - The Fade

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14. ETI Underspin Backhand Slow Motion - The Floater

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15. ETI Snap

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16. ETI Deconstructing John McEnroe's Sublime Volley

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17. ETI_PrimingtoWin

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18. The First Point and the First Game

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19. Playing a Much Better Opponent

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20. Sparring

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21. The Inner Game of Tennis

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22. Priming to Play a Big Hitter

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23. American Tennis

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24. In Doubles Always Identify the Weak Overhaad

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25. Lob Early and Lob Often

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26. Finesse Returns in the Deuce Court

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27. Momentum

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28. Emotions and Pressure

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29. ETI theroleofthebuttcap

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30. Pick Ups - the vitally important Half Volley (this needs another video as well)

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31. ETI bre

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32. Roger Federer's Backhand Return of Serve

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33. ETI Roger Serving with E-

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34. ETI Roger Serving with a Snap

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35. ETI Roger Spinning the Serve

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36. ETI Roger Serving on "B"

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37. ETI The Role of the Butt Cap - when Serving

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38. Roger Federer's Underspin Backhand

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39. Sloan Stephens - Quick as a Cat with Gravity Motion

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40. Madison Keys - Serving with a Live Arm (ETI)

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41. Knowledge vs Information

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42. Contributions from the incoming ball

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43. Swinging Outside in - or inside out - to drag or pop the racquet head

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44. Rehearsing without the ball - golfers do it all the time

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45. The Superfluid Swing

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46. Roger Federer's Liquid Whip

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47. Absorbing Pace Against a Power Player - or a big server

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48. Lagging or Dragging the Racquet Head - the "Passive Wrist"

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49. The Leading Elbow - when Throwing and Serving!

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50. Commit to the Grip

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51. Three Fingered Grip – Loosen Up like Pancho Gonzalez

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52. Serving with your wrist in a cast - think Pete Sampras

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53. Tennis Serving Mistakes

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54. The Inner Game of Tennis

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55. Tennis Rhythm 1-2-3

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56. Turning your Forehand Into the Serve

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57. Alignment of the Tossing Arm

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58. Reality Therapy

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59. Racquet Rebound Potential

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60. Multitasking on the Court

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61. Swivel Discs – for Balance and Rhythm

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62. Will staying sideways help you hit up on the serve?

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63. Gravity Motion

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64. Tennis Player: Martina Navratilova

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65. The Sidespin Serve

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66. Topspin and the Racquet Drop

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67. Point of Contact Area of Contact

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68. Measure Twice Cut Once

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69. ETI Podcast - Quantum (meaning effortless) Tennis

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70. The Xfactor

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71. Stan Wawrinka - French Open champion

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72. Improvise on the Tennis Court

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73. Dead Hands - The 3 R's of Tennis

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74. The Art of Winning

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75. Tennis - The Floater in Slow Motion

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76. Spin – Changing Two Things at Once

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77. The Dead Spot on the Racquet Face

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78. Introduction to Essential Tennis Instruction (ETI) and Jim McLennan

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79. Creating your own Tennis Report Card

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80. ETI All Court Game - Lesson 1 - Balance

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81. The Opportunity Ball

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82. The Role of your Elbow – Throwing and Serving

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83. Attitude -- the Space between Stimulus and Response

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84. Building Self Confidence

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85. ETI - Tap Tap Tap

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86. Scan and Zoom

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87. BNP - Djokovic, Dolgopolov, and American Tennis

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88. ETI Jim Courier - thoughts on the Modern Game

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89. ETI Pete Sampras on his second serve

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90. ETI John McEnroe and Jim Courier

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91. The First Move

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92. ETI Roy Emerson & Jim McLennan

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93. Forward Spin

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94. Loose Strings -- Very Loose Strings

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95. Drop Shot -- Play the ball North to South

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96. Tennis Split Step -- Be Quick

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97. ETI Chip and Charge Demonstration

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98. ETI Chip and Charge

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99. Chip Block Shot

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100. Tossing Tempo - How to get your serve off to a great start

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101. Tennis Serve - Getting Topspin

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102. Borrowing Pace -- Tennis Ju-jitsu

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103. Relish the Contest

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104. ETI Pancho Segura

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105. ETI Australian Open

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106. Deep and Up the Middle

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107. One Handed Backhand - the 3 keys when playing this shot in tennis

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108. Tennis: Backhand Drop Hit Drill

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109. Power Lines

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110. How to Fire The Extensors when Serving

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111. Hitting The Heavy Ball in Tennis

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112. Moving to the Ball -- Turn and Go

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113. Positioning for the Ball - Moving in Twos - Tennis Tips

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114. Lobbing along the line of your shadow

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115. Alignment -- Swinging Up or Down

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116. Tennis - The Circle of Play

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117. Tossing the Ball into the Service Swing

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118. Tennis - The Active Non Dominant Arm

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119. The Pete Sampras "Signature" Snap

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120. Looking through the Net

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121. Hold your Finish

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122. Waiting and Weighting

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123. Pressuring the opponent's second serve

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124. Top of the Bounce -- Playing from above the net

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125. Balance in the Extreme

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126. The Modern Tennis Game -- Linear vs. Rotational

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127. Corkscrewing -- How to use the Ground

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128. 3 Keys to Winning Tennis

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129. Nike Clash of Champions - Federer, Nadal, Sharipova, Azarenka & McEnroe

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130. The Modern Forehand - The Secret is the Lag

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131. Sam Stosur's Wicked Kick Serve

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132. ETI - Wind Up and Unwinding on the Serve - Just Like Federer

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133. ETI - Serving on Balance

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134. The Side Spin Serve

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135. One Handed or Two Handed Backhand

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136. Pronation on the Tennis Serve - Maybe that's the Problem

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137. Pancho Gonzalez - The Original "Greatest Serve of All Time"

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138. US Open Tennis Serve - All those double faults!

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139. Side Spin Serve - Two Comparative Views

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