On Episode 337 of The Tennis Files Podcast, you’ll learn how coaches can better work with sports parents with J.P. Nerbun.

J.P. is a leadership coach who co-hosts the Coaching Culture Podcast. He is also the author of The Sports Parent Solution and The Culture System. J.P. founded TOC Culture Consulting, a leading global sports-consulting and leadership coaching business. His mission is to support leaders and their teams to achieve their full potential through 1:1 coaching, consulting, and community.

On the show, you’ll learn how to build partnerships with parents, how to effectively communicate with sports parents, how to engage in hard conversations, the right way to enforce boundaries with parents, and much more!

I hope you enjoy my interview with J.P.! Let us know what you think about this episode in the comments below!

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TFP 337:  How Coaches Can Better Work with Sports Parents with J.P. Nerbun

Mehrban Iranshad from Tennis Files (tennisfiles.com) is committed to helping you improve your tennis game. He will uncover the best strategies, training methods, mental attitudes, and techniques that will enable you to reach your tennis potential. Mehrban will interview the top minds in tennis on The Tennis Files Podcast, including professional and elite tennis players, coaches, trainers, authors, and other tennis experts. Tennis is a demanding and complex sport which requires hard work, consistency, problem solving, and the determination to reach your tennis goals. Mehrban will find the answers to your tennis problems so you can break through your struggles and become a better tennis player.

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[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]

On Episode 354 of The Tennis Files Podcast, you’ll learn how to develop a consistent second serve, how to anticipate where your opponent’s shot is going, my favorite pressure drills, and more on this Q&A edition of the show!

I receive tons of questions from the Tennis Files audience on technique, strategy, fitness, and the mental game. On today’s episode, I’ll answer nine of them based on what I’ve learned from decades of playing and from the top pros and experts I’ve interviewed on my podcast and summits. Big thanks to the Tennis Files community and to everyone who has sent me questions!

I really hope you enjoy the show! If there is a particularly useful piece of advice that you discovered from it, let me know in the comments below.

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TFP 354: Q&A Mailbag — Second Serve Consistency, Doubles Movement, and Pressure Drills – From the 2021 archives

[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]

On Episode 353 of The Tennis Files Podcast, former WTA pro Vania King discusses the ups and downs of a professional tennis career and her latest project Serving Up Hope.

Vania reached career high rankings of #3 in the world in doubles and #50 in the world in singles on the WTA Tour. She also won two Grand Slams, winning the 2010 Wimbledon and US Open Doubles Championships with partner Yaroslava Shvedova. Vania currently works as the Community Development Ambassador for WTA Charities, the philanthropic arm of the WTA, and is a Director At Large on the USTA’s Board of Directors. Vania co-founded Serving Up Hope with former Chilean #1 ranked tennis player Hans Podlipnik to help give more human beings access to health, happiness, and equal opportunity through tennis.

On the show, you’ll learn how to improve your mental health, the most impactful technical changes Vania has made to her game, how to navigate the ups and downs of the pro tour, winning doubles strategies, how to avoid injuries through tennis fitness training, the importance of routines, Vania’s inspiration for co-founding Serving Up Hope and how you can help, and much more!

I hope you enjoy my interview with Vania! Let us know what you think about this episode in the comments below!

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TFP 353: Vania King — Mental Health, Technical Changes, and the Spirit of Giving – From the 2021 archives

[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]

On today’s episode of The Tennis Files Podcast, coach James Ludlow and Mehrban take a deep dive into the toughest shot to master with the greatest rewards: the serve.

James is a Certified Tennis Instructor at Online Tennis Instruction (OTI). In 2021, James attended a tennis clinic with the Head Coach and Founder of OTI, Florian Meier. Since then, he has developed a huge passion for the technical side of tennis and had spent thousands of hours studying and testing what works and what doesn’t when it comes to stroke biomechanics. James analyzes OTI students’ strokes and creates instructional videos for OTI’s Youtube channel.

On the show, you’ll learn how to improve your throwing motion, how to develop a consistent toss, whether to use the platform or pinpoint stance, the key to having a great kick serve, how to avoid over rotation, what part of the serve tennis players struggle with most and how to fix it, and much more!

I hope you enjoy my interview with James! Let us know what you think about this episode in the comments below!

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TFP 352: Serve Technique Masterclass with James Ludlow – From the 2021 archives

After several months of preparation and hard work, I am super excited to announce that Tennis Summit 2024, a free online tennis conference that I am hosting, is now open for registration! 
 
From April 22-27, over 40 world class coaches and experts will reveal proven strategies, techniques, mental and fitness exercises to level up your game. And the most awesome thing of all is you can get your ticket to watch all these online lessons, presentations and live masterclasses for free (for a limited time) at tennisfilessummit.com!

For today’s podcast episode, I put together a preview of three summit sessions: (1) Paul Annacone on maximizing your potential, (2) Louis Cayer on doubles strategy for club level players, and (3) Feisal Hassan on reading the court. 

To watch the full length version of these sessions and all 40+ summit masterclasses, sign up for Tennis Summit 2024 ASAP at tennisfilessummit.com!

I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast, and I look forward to seeing you at Tennis Summit 2024!

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TFP 351: [Tennis Summit 2024 Preview] – Maximizing Your Potential, Doubles Strategy, and Reading the Court with Annacone, Cayer, and Hassan

[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]

On Episode 350 of The Tennis Files Podcast, you’ll learn the 5 keys to mastering an explosive forehand.

On the show, you’ll learn how to execute a proper unit turn, how to uncoil your body efficiently, the most common forehand power killers, how the contact point varies for different grips, drills to develop powerful acceleration, and much more!

I really hope you enjoy this episode! If you found it helpful, let me know in the comments below!

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TFP 337: How Coaches Can Better Work with Sports Parents with J.P. Nerbun

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