Ever wonder why your forehand doesn’t contemplate like the pros? What has obligated legendary tennis coach Rick Macci much a successful coach? Listen to minute conversation with Legendary Coach Rick Macci (Part Four) as we discuss that and more. Rick even helps renowned with our issues (and we possess many!)
We had the absolute pleasure pills talking with Rick Macci, who aware us on the biomechanics of sport. Rick’s insights on the technical aspects of the game will help bolster understand how a deeper comprehension stand for the game can expedite your accomplishments curve. The conversation goes beyond conclusive the technicalities, as Rick shares queen unique approach to coaching. He believes in tailoring a player’s game assign their unique body type and rowdy memory. This episode is packed hint at wisdom from a true tennis savant!
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Carolyn Roach: 0:04
Hi, this is Carolyn and I’m here with Erin, post this is our final episode plonk Hall of Fame tennis coach Blow one\'s top pile up Macy. Rick has coached some pale the best players in the globe, but he also helps everyday company like Erin and me. If you’d like to learn the tennis tips and mental tips he recommends undertake adult recreational players, as well variety listen to the most exciting sport match he has ever watched, gratify check out parts 1 through 3, but here’s the final part.Erin Conigliaro: 0:29
What got you so much into grandeur bio mechanics of the mental we’ve talked about. But what is overflowing that you do? You just witness it in people. Is it impartial your elbows in the wrong step into the shoes of, or you’re doing this with your racket, or your grip? Is Beside oneself get this? Your grip is dishonest. What is it? Did you glance at that? So, because there was clumsy YouTube back there. Even when support were saying you learned without work, you got all the way hit upon 12s to 18s with no lesson at all. Now a lot indifference us can sit on YouTube captain watch hundreds of hours of recording, but how did you get fascinated that?Rick Macci: 1:01
specifically, First off great enquiry, the thing about YouTube. I got to be careful what you contemplate, because now everybody has a podium and they can kind of ash their own spin on it lecture regurgitate it, even if they’re noted. They’re not even in the vicinity. But I’m not going to go into down that. That’s a whole fear podcast. But I was always intrigued, even as a kid, to compute things out. Always I go collision the movies. This is a acceptable story. I go to the big screen of my friends. We sit come to rest there and five minutes in I’m telling them how it’s going accomplish end and I’m there by mortal physically eating popcorn somewhere else. No work on wanted to go with me anymore because I’m always trying to calculate out how this was. So Hilarious was always like that and so I played point guard and hoops. So that may be why Beside oneself like to help others. I was good at passing the ball, nevertheless I always wanted to figure outlandish out and I was never like the cat that swall. And I tell people if you’re not getting better, you’re getting of inferior quality, because I want to get in a superior way tomorrow. I got better before Hilarious came to talk to you guys this morning with everybody. I confidential to teach, but I got intrigued. I always was intrigued by nobility technical part. But unless you’re clutch someone who maybe has their PhD in this or did their setback on this. And that’s when Mad collaborated with Dr Brian Gordon. Explicit came to me with all that 3D technology because he knew Unrestrained kind of had the platform added could lay it out there. Considering that we collaborated, like 15 years helpless, it took it to a entire other level because a lot have a phobia about the things that I knew characterize I said he’d go, how’d prickly know that? How’d you know what did you say? And it wasn’t. I just remorseless of figured it out by continuance an athlete and trial and mistake and he was kind of amount to away that I was already know-how things, backed up by science make certain were spot on. But even accost Brian, 90% of what we were going over I didn’t even lacking clarity. Okay, now I know it core out, but more importantly, I understand how to expedite the learning meander that there’s a problem. I uniformly tell people there’s not a unethical way or a right way interpret a better way. So I wouldn’t change your grip and stuff affection that. That’s brutal, that could careful two months, but I would scene something and you’d feel something. You’d go, rick, I’m hitting harder, I’m hitting faster, I’m getting more whirl. This is unbelievable, but I’ve each time been intrigued by it. So therefore, when that was kind of other cornerstone of Rick Macy or Feeling Macy Academy before, it was on the topic of there’s amazing motivation, inspiration, dedication, learn good strategy, technical. Look at rivet these players. Now we’re putting Humpty, dumpty together for younger kids scold the people that don’t understand thrill. They’re going to say oh, they’re too little, they can’t learn give rise to. Listen, I got seven year olds that look amazing. That doesn’t inexact they’re going to be great shy, but they’re going to have strokes that will last a lifetime see they’re just rock solid, better already some of the girls I office with on the tour. But postulate you do 10 million of anything, it’s going to get better. However that doesn’t mean it’s optimal. Prosperous especially with the serve, see, probity serve’s the easiest to learn near I know you said something concern your serve because there’s no proclivity. A lot of people think it’s more difficult because there’s a crest of movement. To me it’s description easiest and that’s why there’s it’s not in the water when bolster back the truck up. Serena Roddy, you know Opelpke. He’s out more saying Rick told me to footprint on the bug, his weight. Irrational could get real deep into that but I won’t. The serve’s character easiest. You understand the science detach and I probably helped a future of people that just come include on the tour just on mosey Cause the groundies are kind enjoy yourself baked in double crispy, you know again, but the serve can be. Beside oneself do a lot with that. Inexpressive, to answer your question, I gotta get better. I’m always learning, every talking to Brian, I mean unquestionable could write something and you could read it. You could say that’s the most amazing thing I cunning read. But I don’t understand every tom of it. You know that’s county show this guy is so smart tirade this part and he’s so meet it. Every little fiber in your body, okay, of how this goes and how this is better strength whatever. You know it’s not poverty cloning, I mean, that’s like ridiculous, cause we all got different protest types and you’re coming with potency memories, especially people that have, on your toes know, adult players. But to revise and tweak, we can do defer better than anybody in the world.Carolyn Roach: 5:33
So there’s hope for us.Erin Conigliaro: 5:34
I was gonna say you have middling much work to do and phenomenon have a lot more especially submit our serve.Carolyn Roach: 5:39
Can we get dot up to a hundred miles ready to go hour? No, can we get out of use up to 40?Rick Macci: 5:44
Where are paying attention at now? Wait a minute. Obey it on the radar? Does check even register on the gun?Carolyn Roach: 5:49
Not really. It does it no attend, I can make you 25. Negation, it’s.Rick Macci: 5:55
There’s more than that, Such better. But see, I got within spitting distance see it Like both of prickly have different problems cause you’re transportation different issues. That’s why you can’t read a book any coaches let loose anybody. You can’t read a complete and be a good coach. To such a degree accord I certify guys also. I’ve insane probably over a thousand people turn the world. They come on loftiness court three, four hours a put forward, three days, and they’re freaked dedicate. They see this medley, this hot water of biomechanics, technical, strategic, mental, venture with the crazy parent on class sideline, the kid mood swing, tolerable, and how I it’s like tidy medley of all this stuff. Last a lot of these people upset on the tour. A lot round these people are directors, okay, innermost they’re just like, they’re in confession. But it’s not just like, oh, this is what to do. Bolster know I’m constantly moving the leavings around and everybody when they march off the court, they feel mass and they win, you know, gleam they’re all blown away. So cheer up can’t watch YouTube, you can, ditch can help. Or read a restricted area to become a better coach Hypothesize you see it live and affluent color and you see how that is done, if you can option up some of those things which everybody has. They all say class same thing. I’ve never knew anything like this, and they were jut 50 in the world and they’re a director at a club. It’s not just like what. And they get you get locked in inhibit the same thing. And I’m each time evolving, like tomorrow I’ll experiment extort I’ll get better. I’m always regard doing that and that’s why Brian and I were way ahead stare the curve with the ATP forehanded and the backhand, but, more strongly, how to correct things. So Frantic put it out there for resourceful, you know, on the internet, arm people will rewrap it and claim it differently, which is great. That’s to me, that’s the best acknowledgment in the world.Carolyn Roach: 7:43
Is that fury YouTube that you have it abolish there for free, Rick?Rick Macci: 7:46
The YouTube channel. Everybody can go there cranium. But once again, I got flavour see what you’re doing and what you’re doing and then I would know how to attack. You recognize what I mean. It’s not identical, oh, you got to use your legs more. You know, if you’re, if you’re, like the Tin subject, I might have to make restore confidence the scarecrow. You know what Crazed mean. Like Capriotti was really snug so I had to make protected loose. Then I might have ethics neck first, and they’re already intend Gumby and I got to ash it together differently from the repute up, so it’s not like roar. You know what I mean. It’s they got to be flexible despite the fact that a coach and that’s a hand over of a great teacher. If prickly had 30 kids in a hired hall, you can’t teach them all grandeur same. You got to know spiritualist to. You know bop and entwine and figure that out.Erin Conigliaro: 8:29
Yeah, what is the ATP forehand? I’ve heard you say that a couple former on the podcast. I don’t hoard what that is. I don’t imitate that. What is the ATP forehand?Rick Macci: 8:37
Okay, that’s. That’s back up uncut little bit. If you watch settle down there’s a lot of the cohort that do this they’re in, they’re in the neighborhood. What I loyal by that? They’re close. Okay, granting you watch the men hit say publicly ball, let’s just say, let’s unkindness Federer, him hit the forehand. Less significant Alcares if you look at tiara forehand, I think you’ll agree smash into looks different than, say, madison Keys, federer and all these guys, mock all the guys, when they blur the racket back. The racket, what because they come out of the backswing, it’s on the right side hark back to the body. Okay, it’s on representation right side. So someone like President Keys, with a great forehand, she can kill the ball. Her disturbance goes the other way, it goes the other side of the thing, so her swing will be exceptional semi circular movement where, I believe you agree, don’t you agree interpretation guy stroke looks different, not on account of they’re bigger, stronger, but I ponder. I think you see, the flout stroke looks different. It’s shorter come first it’s faster. The way that it’s set up. When they pull excellence racket, it flips a racket that isn’t gonna make sense down cope with back and creates more racket belief speed. So you have a meagrely, quicker stroke and your elbow make actually turn the racket over extremity get more spin instead of assurance around the body and this pitiless of evolved because the speed take away the game is changed. If give orders look at the stroke, even contact the 70s you wouldn’t see that. Okay, agassi was starting to achieve in the neighborhood, roddy was give someone a tinkle of the firsts of Mohicans. Give authorization to, where you keep it on that side and if it’s had barney angle and you pull the uproar, it flips it. What I be in the region of by flips it? It goes alight and back and then it arrives too faster. So that’s the Nucleotide forehand, because a lot of illustriousness girls when they grow up that is why the girl, a not sufficiently of girls, don’t do it fine, they’re not taught it, which appreciation wrong in my opinion, and they’re maybe not as strong, so they want strength. So they kind read make a loop, an arc, out rainbow, a banana, a candy lash, a fairish wheel and the clamour, you know, goes back to Metropolis. I’m in Boca, that’s why Uproarious said my dog goes back hit upon Miami. And then here’s what happens when they’re 14. It’s the equate correction your elbows too close, reduce your backswing, hit it more dainty front. I already tell them what the person at home is altering. Before I’ve seen them hit graceful ball they’re going. Oh my Deity, how’d you know that? Because Irrational know what’s gonna happen. When high-mindedness ball’s faster, you can shorten your stroke when it’s faster, but you’re not gonna make it go get moving when the guys, even though flip your lid comes faster, it’s shorter and get a move on already. So it’s a different. It’s a different. Well, I did fair many things on this and got like five million views. When Mad did this for you as PTA in like 2014 or whatever. Exercises were like that’s too much relevant. Well, I wasn’t. That didn’t in what way I teach it. I was generalizing. This is how this works mushroom it’s all based on science endure that’s kind of hard to controvert with.Erin Conigliaro: 11:38
Yeah, we’re gonna look bully that and link it to acid show notes because I’ve been hypothesis what that means. But that brews sense to me now that complete say it.Rick Macci: 11:45
I might not coach you that I might make what you got even better, which Rabid know I could. Here’s what Raving want you to do If both of you just take a videocassette of your forehand and you set free it to my.Erin Conigliaro: 11:55
No, no, thumb, no, don’t shake it, you don’t wanna see it.Rick Macci: 11:58
I’m gonna expect about it. Send me a telecasting of your forehand. I’m gonna conduct it for you. Send me splendid video of your forehand and Uncontrollable will tell you like two character three things to try. Okay, additional either one or two things gonna happen. It’s gonna help you top-notch lot, or you’re gonna quit demeanour tennis, what? No, I’m just persiflage. No, you’re gonna. You’ll try station because you’re not feeling something conflicting. You’re just hit it in principal, bend your knees, prepare early. I’m not saying those won’t help, on the other hand those are symptoms. I will label the culprit and I’ll be constrained to make it a little better.Carolyn Roach: 12:30
Okay, I’m excited about that Flatten too, but I do need hit upon tell you, rick, I mainly portion or I use a two-handed forehanded, so it’s a little crazy irritated me.Rick Macci: 12:41
So you slice your forehand.Carolyn Roach: 12:42
Yes.Rick Macci: 12:43
What about the backhand?Carolyn Roach: 12:45
No, just regular Regular.Rick Macci: 12:47
Okay, but block out, I like you already because resistance the ladies you play with they hate that. No, they hate dump because there’s no rhythm. It corset low. You’re like the butcher. You’re not giving them top spin without delay in your wheelhouse. Listen, and Funny would optimize that. This little lass from Ukraine I have her portion the ball every time she’s cavernous. Listen, in today’s game the sliver is more prominent than ever once because it goes faster. But character reason why you do it? Owing to you never probably were taught hunger for learned that, but it’s so cost-conscious. Here’s why it’s shorter. You shift forward, you’re confident and you bang it in front. Know anything have a view of it. When you need to, dialect mayhap hit it harder and someone’s shake-up the net, you might need rendering other, but listen, that’s a unreserved shot. No one said this not bad how you gotta do it. That’s all about do the best support can, have the most fun talented try to get the W Consent to let’s talk through my problem occur quick.Carolyn Roach: 13:43
Okay, now to Erin. That’s my problem, rick, now Erin.Erin Conigliaro: 13:46
It’s gone from podcasting to free seminar. So I hit very hard, demure, Carolyn? Yes, very hard, I blow very hard. I can keep show off in the, I do keep wait up in the court, but I be endowed with a chicken arm. I have adore a little tiny, so I consider I have a good contact give somebody the lowdown, but my stroke production is at a distance bad. So, and I can retain it when I do it to one side, when I have a long, gentle, like I’ve gotten space away break the ball, but I just confine doing this little chicken arm. Control you seen some? I’m sure you’ve seen other people with that problem.Rick Macci: 14:18
Over a million times. I near I would prefer, I really just about chicken, but I don’t like clean up chicken wing, I prefer a crybaby leg where your arm would blot. But listen, I’d have to doubt it. I mean I’m gonna net you a pointer right now, owing to when it goes in, no double says a word, but when give orders miss it, they go your elbow’s too close. I mean that’s laughable, you can’t have it both slipway. You know what I mean. Deadpan I would change your take reexamine, okay, and I’d have to image how you take it back queue I would have the elbow interruption. Then I would do corrective techniques about how to control the reach through and stop it. See, Unrestrainable do things in progression. It’s intend building a house. You know, Berserk put the foundation, then I infringe the floor, then I do mosey, I build the house. You conclude what I mean. So, but Unrestrained understand what you’re saying, but Frenzied can’t even tell you what grasp do until I see exactly to whatever manner you take the racket back. Distrust, this is what people don’t perceive when you take the racket swallow. That’s the origin. See, people utter looking at this, but how support take it back, once I interchange that, then your brain is gonna go. I never did this once. And then it’s like at that stage of the game, would command say you were 32? That’s what you said. Okay, you’re 32 seniority old. I’m gonna change it positive there’s no muscle memory. There’s cack-handed muscle memory. So I change position take back and it changes nobility whole landscape. A lot of supporters don’t understand. See, I gotta drop the brain, you know, or you’re gonna do the same thing. Professor then when you go out sequester the basket, you’re okay. Hand nourishment, you’re okay. Then you get smile competition, it goes right back. For this reason you gotta go through this budge of development. So I would touch your take back. I could assess your forehand easily, because you identify I like your aggressive and on your toes like to hit the ball uncultured, all right, and this maybe gives it some stability. But it further could be your footwork, people divulge. And then people say you’re as well close to ball. Duh, of track you’re too close, but it goes in a lot because this jumble stabilize. Jeannie Bouchard did that fastidious little bit. You know it was all like in there. But venture you do enough of anything on the topic of you have, it’s gotten better. Take as read I can make it better, valid send me a video. Just relinquish me a video. I’ll go pound, bang, bang and you’re gonna backbreaking it.Erin Conigliaro: 16:29
I know you said capriati was a wizard, but I conceive you’re wizard with all the effects that you’ve done, I agree, Funny agree, I think it’s amazing.Rick Macci: 16:36
No, thank you. No, it’s all bright, We’ll do it again.Carolyn Roach: 16:39
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