Jermaine Jenkins: Lessons learned from Venus Williams and Naomi Osaka

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 sound effects by https://www.zapsplat.com