about modern tennis international

Meet The Modern Tennis International Team

"The Modern Tennis International Team is high in energy, enthusiasm and passion for Modern Tennis. Having seen Oscar’s Wegner's revolutionary methods produce champions worldwide they then tested the techniques on both themselves and their pupils. The results were staggering as their pupils improved immensely plus Andrew and John had never before felt such a sense of freedom from playing. Subsequently, Modern Tennis International was formed in an attempt to share the inspiration!” .  

John Littleford and Andrew Magrath founded the company and are supported by Helen Littleford and the business team, plus the great man himself – Oscar Wegner.

Personal message from Oscar Wegner 

"I have known John Littleford and Andrew Magrath since 2006. They have both participated and assisted me in my UK delivery of the highest levels of my coaching methodology. I recommend both as the forefront of an English tennis evolution that will take this wonderful country's tennis players to new heights, and I am more than happy to partner with them in this effort."
Oscar Wegner the father of Modern Tennis

Modern Tennis International have the following goals;

	To introduce Modern Tennis to as many people as possible
	To show the World that Modern Tennis is an easy game to learn and play
	To prove that you can learn Tennis in Minutes and that the journey can be fun at every stage whatever level you are
	To confirm that there is a clear, precise and simple modern tennis methodology that will give a player everything they need to succeed whatever their goals
	To illustrate that Modern Tennis does not have to be an expensive game to learn and play

John Littleford & Andrew Magrath

John and Andy have over 40 years of tennis playing and coaching experience between them. Modern Tennis International Ltd was founded by John and Andy with the sole purpose of raising the awareness of the teaching methodology called Modern Tennis.

They found that this method was so effective in the teaching and playing of tennis that the game had become open to nearly everyone because it was so easy to learn now.

Not only that but players with good hand eye coordination were able to accelerate their improvement and gain true confidence within minutes of learning them. This is not so with the traditional methods currently used.

These methods have helped John and Andy to play some of their best tennis too... even at their advanced ages. Miracles do happen!

John Littleford,

Managing Director of Modern Tennis International has played tennis all his life and is passionate about the long term benefits and life improving qualities tennis brings to everyday people. 

He has been Coaching and playing tennis for over 30 years and has had much success at all levels of the game.

He has also played the game to a very high level representing the UK at international level and representing Middlesex and Herts at top County level.

"Nearly all the people you meet in tennis are good people.

They have a set of ethics you only see in sports like golf where they play hard and want to win like hell, but at the end of the day they shake hands amicably and congratulate each other.

Just look at the rivalry of Federer and Nadal... they fight like demons when they play each other but once the match is over they are the best of friends!

I want to give everyone the chance to enjoy this great game and we have found a way where 95% of people can succeed and hit the ball like the Pro's with our methodology!"

Below is a video of what John thinks of the Modern Tennis Methodology

Andy Magrath,

Managing Director of MTI ... is an extra ordinary Coach who has enjoyed massive success using this methodology.

He has over 15 years of experience at all levels of teaching. He is the Chief Tutor on our courses and has designed many of the concepts around this system.

As well as tennis, Andy has played other sports to a high level. He swam to a very high level plus he is a 1st Dan in karate.

He has brought these experiences to tennis coaching, as there are many cross overs between these sports both technically and physically.

"Seeing people's faces when they improve so quickly and are able to play the game well, is a joy to behold. 

Every day I get such great feedback from these amazingly effective methods it truly makes life worth living!"

Below is a Video of Andy's thoughts on this Modern Tennis System

Oscar Wegner 

Oscar Wegner is one of the best known tennis coaches in the world and is the genius creator or Modern Tennis methodology. His methods have transformed the way tennis is taught and played across the world.

Modern Tennis International (MTI) has been developed to bring that methodology to the UK. 

After playing internationally in the 1960s, Oscar embarked on a coaching career and developed a remarkable methodology that makes tennis an easy sport to learn. 

Oscar's coaching concepts have had tremendous impact globally, earning him, from Brad Holbrook, host/producer of the Tennis Television Show in the USA, the designation of "the father of modern tennis". 

Oscar launched his coaching career in 1968, first as an assistant to the incomparable Pancho Segura at the famous Beverly Hills Tennis Club in California, a job that included daily exchanges with former World Champion Pancho Gonzalez. It was there that he made the crucial observation that tennis was being taught one way while the pros played in an entirely different way. 

In 1973 he served in Spain as one of the National coaches for the Spanish Federation’s Tennis School in Barcelona. Spain was then at a crossroads in terms of which direction its tennis instruction should take. Despite opposition from Spanish coaches he achieved astounding results internationally within three months, and Oscar's views in favour of a modern approach to coaching the game prevailed.

To this day the basics he laid out remain the major feature of Spain's international success. 

From 1982 through 1990 Oscar put in place an incredibly successful program in Southeast Brazil. This one program has produced many outstanding players, including Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten - winner of the 1997, 2000 and 2001 French Open and world number 1 in the world in 2000. 

In 1990 he returned to the United States, appearing weekly on a national tennis show. In 1994 he became a tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America and in 1997 ESPN International broadcast his tennis tips to over 150 countries, setting off a coaching revolution around the world. 

From 1991 through 1995 Wegner was featured weekly on the Tennis Television Show, where he exposed the fallacies of conventional tennis teaching and presented his alternative on how to best teach and play the game. Those break-through shows are recorded in the instructional DVDs on offer. 

While watching videos in the early 1990's, a Richard Williams of Los Angeles, California, decided to follow Wegner's teachings for his daughters Venus and Serena. The results were phenomenal, and even without participating in formal competition the two youngsters quickly showed their championship qualities, securing important financial endorsements that facilitated their future careers. Similarly, thousands of miles away in Thailand, Paradorn Srichaphan was coached by his parents using Oscar’s videos. 

The Russian Tennis Federation has also worked with his techniques since 1990 and implemented his coaching methods in their junior programmes: there are now a dozen Russian women ranked in the top one hundred in the world. 

He is presently based in Clearwater, Florida, working on a massive campaign to reform the American conventional tennis teaching system and to take tennis and its popularity in the USA to a brand new level. 

The results of Wegner's system, fully documented and endorsed by top players, teaching pros, tennis directors and officials makes tennis an easy sport to learn at any age. 

Wegner's approach to modern tennis teaching has truly closed the huge gap between the way tennis is conventionally taught and the way the top pros play.