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Tennis Insider Club with Caro Garcia

Caroline Garcia & Borja Duran

Unfiltered conversations with the world’s best tennis players, on the game, the pressure, and the person behind the rankings.


Hosted by tennis pro Caroline Garcia and Borja Duran. The side of pro tennis you never see on TV.


Including guests like Iga Swiatek, John McEnroe, Naomi Osaka, Taylor Fritz, Jessica Pegula, Nick Kyrgios, Ana Ivanovic, Jannik Sinner's coach, Eva Lys, Bryan Shelton, Justin Henin, Brad Gilbert. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Patrick Mouratoglou, Ons Jabeur or Andrey Rublev.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • 20 episodes
  • Updated Monday

Episodes20

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  • June 29 · 58 min

    Tim Henman: Wimbledon Pressure & Prize Money Debate

    Tim Henman joins Caroline Garcia and Borja Durán to discuss Wimbledon pressure, prize money, family legacy and what success really means. A former World No.4 and four-time Wimbledon semifinalist, Tim opens up about growing up with Wimbledon in his family, carrying British expectations, the debate around Grand Slam prize money, and why tennis needs better communication between players and tournaments. Caroline, Borja and Tim also explore parenting, pressure, respect, success beyond winning, and how the sport can build a healthier future. Follow Tennis Insider Club for unfiltered conversations with the world’s best tennis players, coaches and insiders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • March 23 · 1 hr 43 min

    Gavin MacMillan: He Fixed Sabalenka's Serve. Now He's Working 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 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱ CHAPTERS 01:00 Gavin's background — 7 sports, hockey, losing his mom at 15 02:00 Narcissistic tennis parents & the crystal ball problem 03:30 Why tennis is the hardest sport in the world to succeed in professionally 06:00 Tennis vs the fight business — the only comparable mental challenge 07:30 Inside boxing: weight cuts, Cotto vs Canelo, and the A-side 10:30 Why conventional weight training is destroying tennis players 12:00 Force vs power — the Soviet training science nobody in tennis is using 13:00 Federer's toothpick body vs Nadal — the real difference explained 15:00 The door analogy — why bigger muscles increase injury risk 18:00 Why there's almost no science in tennis coaching 20:00 Gavin's live analysis of Caro Garcia's game 22:00 Caro's shoulder injury & the 22,000 serves per year problem 25:00 The insane tennis calendar — no other professional sport does this 28:00 Instagram fitness coaches on tour & the science nobody uses 29:00 Technical flaws in the modern game — you cannot hide them anymore 32:00 Federer's on-the-run forehand & why Sampras would dominate today 35:00 The skills gap — why top players still can't execute the basics 37:00 Gavin joins Coco Gauff's team — his exact role 39:00 How long does it really take to change technique on a pro player? 42:00 Coco's serve numbers — the before and after 44:00 The Sabalenka serve transformation — the full story 47:00 The reps math — why "5-minute serve fixes" are for functional morons 48:00 What Freddie Roach taught Gavin about great coaching 51:00 One thing in the corner — simplicity under extreme pressure 56:00 The 70% first serve rule that made Sabalenka unbeatable 1:00:00 Advice to young players: what actually builds a career 1:01:00 The 85% rule — why going 100% loses Grand Slams 1:07:00 Women's tennis marketing — why the tour is failing its own players 1:11:00 Identity, mental health & living and dying with every point 1:18:00 The camera on Sabalenka after a loss — the tour's exploitation problem 1:22:00 Federer's parents — what Gavin learned meeting them at the Australian Open 1:24:00 Coco Gauff at 21 — changing her serve the week before the US Open 1:29:00 Caro: "I would have had a better team" — what she'd change about her career 1:31:00 Every athlete falls to their level of preparation — not one rises above it 1:34:00 George St-Pierre, stars aligning, and the luck factor in elite sport 1:37:00 The unlicensed conditioning industry — and why it's getting players hurt 1:40:00 Injury prevention: the right evaluation every player should have but doesn't 1:42:00 The serve biomechanics breakdown — why Rafter's motion damaged him and Federer's didn't 🎾 TENNIS INSIDER CLUB The inside story of professional tennis — hosted by Caroline Garcia (former World No. 4, 2022 WTA Finals Champion) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.