Today you are going to listen to David Sammel. David is a tennis coach, sports consultant and writer. Since 2010, David has been the Head Coach at Team-Bath MCTA and is also the author of the book Locker Room Power: Building an Athlete’s Mind. David has coached players including Liam Broady, Arvind Parmar,Barry Cowan, Wesley Moodie, Martin Lee & Andrew Richardson.

You’ll get to know:

– How to train Locker Room power
– What the difference is between confidence & belief
– How slow is smooth & smooth is fast

Timestamps
01:30 The inferiority complex
05:30 Locker Room Power
08:45 BAD Locker Room Power
11:00 Social media presence
12:00 Developmental Pathways for tennis players
14:15 When to go to college
15:15 Most common misconception trying to go pro
17:15 How to know when you are ready to turn pro
19:15 The story about Vince Spadea
24:35 The perfect set up for tennis
31:30 How Andy wasn’t ready for Jez Green
34:15 The change of training blocks
38:55 The baker
42:00 How to avoid the “Baker effect”
44:15 At all levels it is all about the mind
47:50 Same shit different level
49:55 The definition of Locker Room Power
52:20 Winning matches
55:00 Tennis is a sport of loosing
56:30 Painting the picture for the player
58:00 Find a mentor
59:00 David’s inspirations
1:01:30 Put trust in the journey
1:03:30 Pro Tennis is really starting at 300
1:07:30 The crazier the better
1:08:30 Myth: You can learn to stay in the zone
1:11:00 Myth: Being a perfectionist is good
1:13:45 Tennis has a way of giving back
1:16:00 Tennis is a vehicle to give what you have
1:18:25 Slow is smooth

In this episode you’re going to listen to Takura Happy, Takura was born in Zimbabwe & trained at the ITF Developmental center from the age of 13-17 before eventually going to the states to play Division 1 tennis. After College Takura went on tour with Takanyi Garanganga. Currently Takura is based out of Florida working with various junior players.

You’ll get to know:

– What it’s like growing up playing Tennis in Africa
– Why you shouldn’t say “Watch the ball”
– The importance of consistent commitment

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:
01:30 Growing up as a Tennis player in Africa
03:55 Get comfortable outside the court
06:30 More challenges = stronger mindset
09:15 Mental training for tennis
11:20 Self-assesment
16:35 Tournament scheduling
20:00 An education for life
22:00 Get uncomfortable
23:03 The relationship
26:00 Think like a Champion
28:00 Consistent change
28:30 Don’t look at the ball
30:00 Consistent commitment

In this episode you’re going to listen to Mark Tennant, Mark has been a Coaches educator for as many years as I haved lived. He has worked with the LTA, Tennis Europe & the International Tennis. Mark was further more listed by the New Zealand sports organisation CoachSeek as one of the top 50 most influential coaches in the world.

You’ll get to know:

– How to navigate through the jungle of information
– The importance of mentoring
– The best Tennis Book you have never heard about before

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:
01:30 Have we become too well educated?
04:20 The piano
06:00 How to play the piano
07:50 How being a Tennis Coach has evolved
16:00 The myth of the ATP or the WTA Forehand
18:40 Drill vs Live ball
21:15 Integrity
23:10 Mentoring
30:30 Extremely privileged
31:30 The want of a player & a coach
35:30 Legacy
38:30 Book recommendation
40:30 The most important person
41:30 No purpose
42:34 Coach should work equally hard as the player
47:46 A lot of listening
47:37 Get in contact with Mark

In this episode you’re going to listen to Juan Viloca. Juan was a professional player himself for more than a decade with a career high in singles of #47. After his own career Juan had coaching stints with Flavia Panetta & Svetlana Kuznetsova & helped out Pato with players such as Gilles Mueller & Grigor Dimitrov.

You’ll get to know:

– Pato’s training methods
– What cleaning the games means & how to do it
– How Juan felt a lack of competencies & what he then did

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:30 The Team Juan was a part of
05:30 What we can apply from Pato
11:32 Cleaning the game
12:05 How being tough can help
15:54 The 3 different areas
19:53 Would Pato still do the same?
22:12 Have we as Tennis Coaches become too soft?
26:12 20’s & 21’s
29:00 Lack of competencies
40:30 Communication skills
42:50 The Relation
44:44 Why Mats Wilander os not coaching on the tour
51:03 Top players are extremely intelligent

In this episode you’re going to listen to Oliver Jeunehomme. Olivier has among others worked with the likes of: Sofya Zhuk, Irina Kromacheva & Elina Svitolina & has previously been a part of Justine Henin’s Coaching team along side Carlos Rodriques. Since 2011 Olivier has been the director of the Justine Henin Tennis Academy located close to Bruxelles, Belgium.

You’ll get to know:

– What Olivier learned from working along side Carlos Rodriques

– How adaptability is the most important ability

– What looking for the lead domino means

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:30 Carlos Rodriques
03:15 See the player as a person
04:50 Oliver’s Role at Team Henin
07:00 The difference between working private & for a federation
10:15 What Oliver is looking for in players
12:52 Adaptability
15:30 No Judgments
16:50 The transition
22:00 Autonomy
25:20 Habits on & off the court
28:34 Not emotionally ready
30:00 Emotional intelligens
31:30 The human relation
39:05 The lead domino

In this episode you are going to listen to Milo Quiroz, Milo has previously been a Coach at Claremount Country Club, the Galindo & Saddlebrook Tennis Academies as well as the private coach for American Ernesto Escobedo for 6 years.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– How to become professional on a budget

– How sleep is often overlooked

– What’s it like to coach Mr. Bill Gates for 2 years

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:30 How to become pro without money
09:30 Each of the lessons summarized
09:30 Sleep
13:50 Imagniation
17:30 How to train imagination
20:20 How to train Responsibility
25:30 Starting a tennis academy
28:56 True love for the sport
31:10 Mr. Bill Gates
35:30 The questions that we ask ourselves
37:30 Tennis as medicin
38:30 Discipline & Character
39:30 How to foster discipline
42:20 Compassion
43:15 Erwin Dannverg
45:45 Milo’s Book recommendation
46:45 Alphabet
50:40 Don’t measure talent
55:00 Time management
57:37 Get out of the comfort zone

In this episode you are going to listen to David Wilson, David is a Performance Coach from Ireland and is a Ph.D graduate from Trinity College Dublin, in the field of Education. David has spoken at several conferences, including Tennis Coach Ireland National events as well the Tennis Europe & the ITF Worldwide Conference.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– The marginal gains tennis coaches can adapt from outside of our sport

– The importance of having an emergency plan

– The difference between being a Tennis Expert & being a Great tennis coach

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:30 Emergency plan
03:25 Identify what might go wrong
04:21 Marginal Gains
05:53 The Importance of Stability in teams
07:14 The Transition period
08:30 Pareto’s principle
10:00 Discpline & standards
11:15 Ownership & responsibility
13:10 Tennis Expert vs a Great Coach
13:40 Scope for improvement
14:51 Overcomplicated communication
16:30 Accountability
19:10 The grey area
20:26 The constant questioning of our selves
23:30 Building Relationships
24:25 Getting feedback as a Tennis Coach
26:36 An open mind
29:35 The players perspective
30:00 Watch matches
33:00 David’s Inspirations
39:00 Inefficient coaches education
42:15 Be adventures

In this episode you are going to listen to Diego Moyano, Diego was a professional player himself with a career high of #130 in Singles. He has previously coached players such as Guillermo Coria, Fernando Gonzalez, Paul Capdeville & Carlos Berlocq. In 2010 Diego joined the USTA player development & is currently the Lead National Coach.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– About USTA Player Development

– How they challenge the players & develop responsibility

– How to develop problem solving

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:30 The Development program at USTA
06:20 What the USTA are looking at
09:33 Challenging the players
15:43 You have to earn it
19:40 It’s a marathon
22:30 Responsibility
26:54 Problem solving
31:30 How fast the best players pick up things
33:30 You have to earn it
34:33 Keep moving
42:52 When parents loose the ability to be parents

In this episode you are going to listen to Christian Ruud, Christian was a professional player himself with a career high of #39 in Singles in 1995. He represented Norway in 3 consecutive Olympics, he has been the National Coach of Norway & is currently Coaching at the 104 Tennis Academy in Norway alongside being a dad & a part of the coaching team of his Son, Casper Ruud.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– What the Team around Casper looks like

– The importance of social skills

– The importance of simplicity as a Tennis Coach

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:
01:30 The steps from a player to a Coach
03:45 Blaming the federation
04:36 Seperating from Casper
09:49 What Casper’s team look like
11:15 Video Analysis
14:12 The importance of social skills
15:39 Social media
16:30 Tennis Parents
17:39 The unfairness of who can earn a living playing tennis
19:45 The motivational factor
21:20 Thomas Högstedt
22:51 How the game had changed
24:30 The basics are still the same
25:19 Don’t make it too difficult
26:00 The serve & return

In this episode you’re going to listen to Mehdi Daouki, Mehdi has worked under the guidance of Patrick Mouratoglou for 6 years & has worked with the likes of Sachia Vickery, Aravane Rezai, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Marcos Baghdatis. In 2013 he founded the D-Tennis Academy based out of Marroco with the quest to create a Grand Slam winning African Player

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– How we as coaches always need to remember to inform the parents

– When and how character reveals it self

– What Mehdi believe is the biggest waste of time in the game of tennis

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:
01:30 Patrick Mouratoglou
03:24 If you want to be one of the best
03:57 Jeun-Paul Damit
06:38 If you get results…
07:45 Eplaining to the parents
10:20 Ons Jabeur
12:04 Red flags
12:36 Everything is possible
13:11 Every player can make it on tour
13:48 How character reveals it self
15:56 The peaceful warrior
16:30 Mehdi’s Advice
16:46 An African Player can win a Grand Slam