David Sammel 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 and Andrew Richardson.

You’ll get to know:
– What RIOT is
– The building blocks of trust
– How being mentally strong starts with proper technique

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Timestamps
01:30 Leadership
03:50 RIOT
12:50 The one thing
24:45 Sum up of RIOT
36:20 Building blocks of trust
37:20 Mentally strong starts with good technique
41:30 Round 3

Alon Moritz is what he himself calls a high performance advisor to CEO’s of Tennis & CEO’s of businesses. He has previously been a national coach for Israel & helped players such as Marinko Matosevic & Marcel Granollers develop strategies in life & on the court. Currently Alon is working with Ivan Dodig.

You’ll get to know:
– The steps of creating a Match Strategy
– How & why to train Defined Concentration
– Why Bresnik & Cahill are such good coaches

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Timestamps
01:30 Wimbledon Final: Cilic vs Federer
03:50 Creating a strategy
05:46 Business to tennis
07:20 Developing a match strategy with a tennis player
09:30 Defined Concentration
12:00 Calming yourself down in high pressure situations
14:15 Mikael Tilström & Magnus Norman
15:50 Gunther Bresnik & Darren Cahill
17:40 No model fits all
18:30 If you stop playing you stop tinkering
21:15 Ice baths doesn’t work
22:15 Minimize injuries, optimize power
23:30 Be who you are
24:35 Alon’s Advice

Jo Ward is a former player herself with a career high of #150 WTA. She has been a National Coach for the LTA, traveled on the WTA Tour as a coach & started back in January 2006 a Tennis Academy in the UK called WimX. Currently Jo is writing a workshop for the LTA with the purpose of educating & empowering coaches to better coach girls & women.

You’ll get to know:

– How we don’t realize how little we know about women
– How women are different, but not limited
– How coaches are not to blame, it’s the environment

Timestamps
01:30 The steps from professional to pH.d about female tennis
06:30 Challenges as a coaching team solved among friends
09:05 Facilitating a great coaching environment
11:30 How current Coach Education is based on men
14:15 Practical consequences for coaches
16:55 Biggest myth encountered in coaching female tennis players
19:00 Differences not limitations
21:30 Women’ Tennis Players are not less skillful
22:45 A move towards a more scientific robust & metrics based analysis of tennis
23:30 How Jo tries to get better
24:10 Billie Jean King & Bounce
29:20 Please don’t label anyone a talent
30:35 Why resilience is crucial
32:45 We don’t understand how little we know about women
33:38 The coaches haven’t gotten it wrong it’s the environment
35:10 Only do things that are pragmatic to the match court
37:37 Coach the player, not the model
39:10 Jo’s favourite metrics
44:00 Know yourself & your goals

Sarah Stone is a former player herself with a career high of #600 in singles & #131 in doubles. She has been coaching on the WTA Tour for more than 10 years working with Anastasia Rodinova, Romina Oprandi, Vasillisa Bardina & Samantha Stosur. Currently Sarah is the CEO of the WTCA (Women’s Tennis Coaches Association) & she is coaching American Fed Cup Player Alexa Glatch

You’ll get to know:
– How WTCA can make you a better coach
– How to build trust
– How to handle yourself when coaching relations end

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Timestamps
01:30 The story of WTCA
03:00 The relation to male vs female players
04:22 Creating trust with a player
07:00 How to talk about weight with tennis players
08:30 How WTCA is contributing with education
11:40 How to educate yourself through GPTCA
15:41 How Sarah Stone improves as a tennis coach
17.30 How to leave a coaching relationship
18:45 How to handle yourself as a coach when relations end
20:30 What are the things that you believe that everyone else think is crazy?
21:30 How following online videos is the biggest waste of time
24:00 Being a self-promoter as a tennis coach is not bad
25:00 Why you shouldn’t care about what other’s think about you
26:00 Sarah’s advice to coaches, parents & players

Hugo has been traveling on the professional circuit ever since 1987 and has worked with a multitude of top 100 players including Miriam Oremans, Martin Verkerk, Peter Wessels, Thiemo De Bakker & Raemon Sluiter. From 2003-2006 he was Davis Cup Coach for the Netherlands & worked as the National coach for the Dutch Tennis Federation from 2007-2012. Currently Hugo is a consultant for players, coaches & tennis organisations

You’ll get to know:

– How to prepare a Junior for the Pro Circuit
– How Win/loss ratio affects self-confidence
– Why Coco Vandewedge has a great serve

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Timestamps
01:30 Preparing a junior for the pro circuit
05:20 The developmental plan at KNLTB
07:20 The last 20 % technically
09:20 Late change in technique
11:37 Character & game identity
13:50 Gameidentity
15:50 Preferred win/loss ratio
18:40 Scheduling & confidence
19:45 Main lessons learned on the tour
23:10 The ones that didn’t look good
24:30 Raemon Sluiter
29:00 Peter Wessels
32:00 The serve of American Women
33:55 Why the American women are serving better
34:35 How Hugo gets better
37:30 Hugo’s inspirations
40:00 The plumber with the hammer
41:30 Academy programs like a menu
43:00 Don’t get too fancy
44:30 Has to be the player’s process
46:10 The lifestyle of a player
48:20 Hugo’s advice

Liam Smith has experience from working as the National Head Coach at Tennis Australia as well as various Tennis Academies. He is a former coach of Zarina Diyas & Richard Berankis & was a part of the coaching team bringing back Justine Henin for her comeback in 2010. Currently Liam is coaching moldavian Radu Albot

You’ll get to know:

– How to manage succesfull Junior Players
– How to go about over & under respecting your opponents
– What Liam’s definition of luck is

Timestamps
01:30 Managing the transition from successful junior going into seniors
05:20 Managing the schedule
08:30 Scheduling & self-confidence
09:40 Doing a roadmap
11:00 Over & under respecting opponents
13:15 What’s going on within the score
16:00 Justine Henin & Carlos Rodriques
18:45 Why Carlos Rodriques is a great coach
20:30 Different academies, different strategies
23:00 Patience & process
26:00 What Liam is excited about
28:15 Nextgen
30:55 How Liam gets better
33:10 Liam’s inspirations
37:10 The realities of tennis
39:30 Anything is possible.
41:30 Practicing without a purpose
43:15 How you judge how a player works
44:30 Holistic approach
46:30 Build the person & the player
47:00 Definition of luck

Today you are going to listen to Kris Soutar, Kris has worked as a full time professional for the past 25 years. He has coached everything from Scottish & British National Champions to Tennis Europe, ITF ATP & WTA Ranked Players. He has worked as a consultant in USA, presented at UK national Coaches Conference & won multiple awards for his coaching & furthermore been working with Judy Murray to build bigger & better coaching workforce in Scotland & surrounding areas.

You’ll get to know:

– The difference between a High Performance Coach & being high Performing as a coach
– How to foster smart players who love tennis
– The effectiveness of giving tips

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Timestamps
01:30 Genius game
03:30 Davis Cup
07:52 What makes people tick
09:37 Remote coaching
11:16 What true high performance is
14:13 High performance vs high performing
15:40 Personality test
18:15 Values
20:40 Remote coaching
24:30 Goal setting
29:00 High level without good coaching
32:05 Smart players who love tennis
36:30 It all starts at the match court
41:00 The importance of working with someone
45:30 Needs vs Wants
49:00 Play sight
51:15 Playing always comes first
55:00 Get uncomfortable as a coach
58:20 The people not the tennis
59:30 Ban Coaching for a year
1:03:00 Volunteers managing professionals
1:09:36 Giving tips
1:09:35 + 5 min
1:11:15 Changed my mind about
1:12:16 Givning tips
1:15:15 Working with likeminded people
1:17:16 Start with the competiton program
1:25:00 Get to know more about Kris

Today you are going to listen to Juan Reque, Juan spent 6 years on the Professional Tour as a trainer before joining Maria Sharapova’s Team for a period of 5 years within which she won the French Open. During his work with Sharapova Juan moved from Spain to the states to work with her & has stayed there ever since. He is currently running his own Clinique out of San Diego.

You’ll get to know:

– The difference between junior development in USA & Spain
– What invincible training is & how to do it
– How Maria Sharapova changed her diet

Timestamps
01:30 Spain vs USA
02:40 Team vs individual
05:00 Why team is better
06:41 When the individualistic approach works
08:00 The Spanish system
11:18 Find your training group
18:20 Why SLITES
20:00 Doing injury prevention is not really fun
21:45 What you need to look out for
22:45 Where to start
25:46 Why the top players are staying on top longer
26:25 Nutrition
27:45 From sandwich to full meals
29:45 Traveling the tour
30:06 Working on the Tennis Tour is NOT glamorous
33:40 Get to know more about Juan

Today you are going to listen to Cassiano Costa, Cassiano has a master’s degree in sports injury prevention from the University of Galicia, & has further more done his ph.d Thesis in biomechanics on the Tennis Serve. Before joining IMG Academy, Cassiano was a strength and conditioning coach for a number of professional players on the ATP and WTA Tours, including Gasto Elias, Jamea Jackson, Thomas Bellucci & Vera Zvonareva. Currently Cassiano is working with Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.

You’ll get to know:

– How the hip has become the new tennis elbow
– When to use what type of stance
– How fatigue is a state of mind

Timestamps
01:30 Hips are becoming the new tennis elbow
06:00 Avoiding hip injuries
09:30 The open stance
14:15 What great footwork is
18:00 Brining the outer leg around
20:20 The importance of the hip
22:00 Quantity over quality
27:10 Patience
28:15 Don’t be afraid to ask
30:05 See things in perspective
31:05 Fatigue is a state of mind
32:30 Using soccer drills for tennis players
36:00 Don’t bike & stretch after match
37:10 Proper Cool down
39:00 Mobility vs Flexibility
39:20 Importance of recovery
40:00 Cassiano’s advice

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Today you are going to listen to Michael Joyce, Michael was a professional player himself reaching a career high of #64 in singles. He then went on to coach Maria Sharapova from 2004-2011 in which she won 2 Grand Slam titles & rose to #1 in the world. Since 2011 Michael has worked with Jessica Pegula who rose from #900 to #120 WTA within the first 2 years of their partnership before suffering from a serious injury which she is now trying to get back from.

You’ll get to know:

– About Maria’s Mentality
– The exact winning strategies of Maria
– About the short hop test

Timestamps
01:30 Get the personality
04:10 Cultural differences
07:30 Maria’s mentality
11:30 Confidence
13:00 Looking at the bigger perspective
15:15 The importance of preparation
19:30 Scouting
24:45 Playing up an age group
31:45 Using doubles as practice for singles
36:10 Better people
41:00 The Phil Jackson story
47:30 Rubbing people the right way
49:00 Getting the players to feel good about themselves vs being honest
54:00 The fakeness of the tennis world
56:30 Eye-hand coordination
58:45 Landorph’s short hop test
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