Brian Thinks: Ideas from the Court

By Brian Lutz

Short ideas from a lifetime on the racquet court.

I’ve spent more than 38 years around tennis and pickleball—coaching players, watching matches, and noticing the strange little decisions that happen ... more

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January 10, 2020 If You Could Pick One Shot From Roger Federer's Game For Your Game. What Would It Be?
Fantasy Tennis. Install one shot or aspect from Roger Federer's game into your own game.
EPISODE 149
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6min
January 09, 2020 How Your Tennis Rating Can Be a Bad Thing?
Brian explains the purpose of the Tennis Rating Systems and how they can be a negative for your tennis game.
1. Define a Tennis Rating
2. History of Ratings
3. Types of Ratings.
4. Purpose of Ratings
5. Flaws of Tennis Ratings.
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How to Find Your Tennis Rating: TennisRecord.com, Universal Tennis Rating, World Tennis Number (starting in 2020)
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10min
January 08, 2020 How To Handle Your Tennis Partner's Excuses
Brian gives practical advice for the spiraling excuses and negativity from your tennis partner.
SHOW NOTES / EPISODE 147
1. Don't Feed The Beast
2. Acknowledge with Okay
3. Refocus
4. ZipIt.com
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6min
January 07, 2020 What To Do If Your New Year's Resolution Is a Failure?
Eighty percent of people quit their New Year's Resolution by Jan 12th. If you like finishing everything first then maybe you need a new resolution or yours was too easy. Brian gives some helpful advice to challenge yourself while keeping things attainable.
SHOW NOTES / EPISODE 146
1. Take on a smaller goal.
2. Keep going. Forgive yourself if you fail.
3. Get granular within that goal.
4. Focus on the next 5 minutes.
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6min
January 06, 2020 How To Play Tennis With Your Girlfriend
Brian explains the do's and don't's of playing tennis with your girlfriend.
SHOW NOTES / EPISODE 145
3 Scenarios for Playing Tennis With Your Girlfriend
1. You are better than her.
2. You are the same level tennis players.
3. Your Girlfriend is Better Than You
How to understands the social hierarchy in tennis.
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8min
January 05, 2020 Why Is The Sweet Spot So Important in Tennis?
Brian's explains how the ball contact with the strings is so important to your tennis game.
SHOW NOTES / EPISODE 144
Features that Affect The Sweet Spot
1. Racquet Face Size
2. Racquet Weight
3. Racquet Design
4. Racquet Feel
Also check out the related episode #10 on String Tension to learn more about the sweet spot.
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7min
January 04, 2020 When Is The Right Time To Play a Let?
Brian explains how to use a let with in the rules and good etiquette.
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9min
January 03, 2020 What is the Difference Between a TieBreaker and a Super Tiebreaker?
Brian explains the difference between Tiebreakers including: TieBreakers, Super Tiebreakers, Match Tiebreakers and Coman Tiebreakers.
SHOW NOTES / EPISODE 142
1. Tie Breaker Invented
2. Super Tiebreaker aka Match Tiebreaker
3. Coman Tiebreaker
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7min
January 02, 2020 How To Play No Ad Scoring In Tennis
Brian explains the difference in No Ad and Ad Scoring in tennis and why you when No Ad Scoring is used.
SHOW NOTES / EPISODE 141
1. Definition of No Ad Scoring
2. When and Where Is It Used?
3. Why Is It Helpful?
4. ATP Implements No Ad Scoring in Doubles?
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7min
January 01, 2020 Your 2020 Tennis Lesson Model: Perfektion vs Direction
Brian explains the value of direction for your 2020 tennis game.
SHOW NOTES / EPISODE 140
1. Don't be so hard on yourself.
2. Reframe Your Day
3. Each Day You Are Getting Better
4. Give Your Opponent Credit
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6min

FAQs about Brian Thinks: Ideas from the Court:

How many episodes does Brian Thinks: Ideas from the Court have?

The podcast currently has 310 episodes available.