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Jermaine Jenkins: Lessons learned from Venus Williams and Naomi Osaka

Jun 07, 202336 minEp. 38
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Episode description

Jermaine Jenkins is our guest for the 38th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Jermaine was an All-American at Clemson University and went on to spend three years as the hitting partner for Venus Williams. He coached Naomi Osaka in 2019 and 2020 and now works as a lead national women's coach for the USTA. He also recently served as a vice captain on the USA BJK Cup team in their win over Austria.

We talk:

1:46 His family's success on the tennis court

3:19 Starting tennis at age 14

4:25 How he got started with Venus

7:55 Learning from Venus

11:12 What he learned from David Witt

13:03 Coaching Naomi Osaka

16:04 Working with top junior players

20:03 Tournament training schedules

22:38 Calming yourself down when you're angry

25:02 Getting ready for big matches

28:00 Best coaching tip he's ever received

31:34 His best advice for the 4.0 player

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