Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

#8: Steve Johnson Sr. – USTA High Performance Tennis Coach & father of a Professional Tennis Player

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In this episode you’ll get to know:

How a football is an essential part of learning the serve
Why staying in college was the most difficult thing for Steve Johnson Jr. to do
What being the “Big dog” means & how to do it

Make sure to visit www.sjtennis.com to get to know more about Steve & current coaching opportunities.

Enjoy the show!

01:30 Being a Parent & Coach

4:10 College
5:30 What Steve got out of college
07:15 What it takes to be on the Tour
08:30 How tennis builds character
10:30 How a football teaches the serve
11:30 How Steve Sr’s role changed when Jr was 16
13:30 Peter Smith
17:36 Being a big dog
26:10 Tennis must go in the calendar first
29:30 What do you need to sacrifice as a family
32:15 The importance of loosing
35:30 How to manage the disappointment of losses
39:15 Number 1 skillset for a parent
40:50 Defining roles
42:15 Most valuable lesson learned
44:30 How it is dealig with losses today for Steve Sr
47:40 How things would change if rankings was like in golf
49:10 What Steve believes that everyone else think is crazy
49:45 Quality over quantity
50:45 How hard it is to be on tour
52:45 The reasons of the many routines
56:15 Advice to the coaches

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