Gavin MacMillan: He Fixed Sabalenka's Serve. Now He's Working With Coco Gauff
About this episode
Gavin MacMillan discusses his work transforming tennis serves and his current collaboration with Coco Gauff.
Gavin MacMillan spent years building athletes nobody expected to make it — boxers, hockey players, tennis pros. Then Aryna Sabalenka hired him, and the tennis world started paying attention. In this episode, Gavin breaks down the serve transformation that took Sabalenka from 6 double faults in a single final to 6 double faults across an entire tournament. He explains why 99% of strength coaches in tennis are operating on the wrong principles — and why bigger, faster, stronger is the biggest lie in the sport. He's now working with Coco Gauff. And he has thoughts. 🎾 WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE → Why conventional weight training is actively hurting tennis players → The Federer "toothpick" principle: how elasticity beats muscle → Sabalenka's serve rebuild — the real story, step by step → What Gavin is working on with Coco Gauff right now → Why you can't think your way through a serve under pressure → The coaching lie: "I played it, so I can teach it" → The broken ATP/WTA system — and why nobody's fixing it → Caro Garcia on what she'd change about her career if she started over → Why tennis is the single hardest sport in the world to succeed in professionally…
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