Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

#35: Andy Brandi – Developing Good Citizens & Great Champions


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In this episode you are going to listen to Andi Brandy, Andi briefly played on the professional circuit himself before going on the tour as a coach for the WTA top 10 players Kathy Rinaldi & Carlin Basset. He then served as the Executive Director at the Bolletieri Tennis Academy.

He has been the Head Coach at Florida University for 17 straight seasons then had a stint at the Evert Tennis Academy before eventually joining the USTA as a national Coach in 2010.

In this conversation you’ll get to know:

– Why Andy thinks that it is easier to coach female players

– Why Andy thinks that every tennis player could learn a lot from doing martial arts

– How tennis has developed & where he predicts that tennis will go in the future

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps

02:12 (42) University of Florida Head Coach

03:33 Working with professionals
05:23 Why it is easier to coach women players
06:49 Most influential persons for Andi
07:57 Hopman
08:49 Von Horn
10:36 Why Andi always takes the youngest age group at USTA
11:27 Most common adjustments in juniors
12:44 Good citizen & great champions
13:49 How USTA develop character
14:34 Most important tennis player characteristic
15:11Tennis is changing
16:14 How the game has developed the last 12 months
17:16 Where the game is going in the future
17:42 Martial Arts
19:43 What we as coaches tend to forget
21:21 High Intensity
24:46 You need to have a purpose
25:30 Speaking less
26:44 The best thing about being a coach
27:18 What is less/more important for Andy
27:58 Andi’s advice
29:43 Get to know more about Andy

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