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Tim Mayotte

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For 40 years, Tim Mayotte has been one of tennis’ most curious, passionate, and outspoken personalities.  As a player, he reached the top ten in four separate years, along the way earning 12 ATP singles titles, a silver medal at the ’88 Seoul Olympics, and victories over such greats as Sampras, Agassi, McEnroe, and Connors.

As a coach, while running the USTA’s High-Performance Tennis Center in New York, Tim became convinced that the U.S. must dramatically improve the technical know-how of its coaching education.  Tim continues to push the envelope about what American tennis needs to regain its supremacy.

The Seven Steps of a Great Return
Famous Coaches
The Seven Steps of a Great Return

Vision and Technique The case can be made that the return of serve is the most complicated groundstroke in all of tennis. A major reason for this, of course, is that incoming serves vary greatly. Speeds, spins, lefties, kick serves,...

January 2026

The Unit Turn Revelation
Famous Coaches
The Unit Turn Revelation

The unit turn revelation came watching Novak's backhand return. Two years ago I was watching Novak Djokovic play John Isner at the Miami Open. Isner launched a monster serve flat down the T in the deuce court. Djokovic turned, lunged...

October 2017

The Framework Split / Ready
Famous Coaches
The Framework Split / Ready

Movement and the swing are inseparable parts of all shots. In my first article (Click Here.) I proposed that most educational resources make an unhelpful separation between technique--the swing of the racquet--and movement to the ball. I further proposed that...

July 2017

The Framework: An Introduction
Famous Coaches
The Framework: An Introduction

Great coaching leads to flowing, sublime moments. Where great teaching lives, tennis thrives. Our beautiful sport flourishes where there are great coaches. Learning from a master coach is perhaps the most valuable gift a player and a community of players...

June 2017