Coach Steve Clark PhD Show

Welcome to the Coach Steve Clark PhD Show. You will enjoy my conversation and insights with Liam Smith, coach of ATP No 10 Gael Monfils, as we talk about all levels of players, parents, coaches of all levels, goals, characteristics of greatness and the many facets of the game

In this podcast I connect with friend, coaching colleagues and one of the most respected college coaches, Matt Anger, UW Head Men's Tennis coach. A Jr. Wimbledon champion, three time NCAA All American at USC, ITA Tennis Hall of Fame and former top 23 ATP player, Matt and I discuss various aspects of tennis from juniors-college-pro but as well as important characteristics plays need to have not just for success in tennis but life as well as lessons learned from coaches and mentors in the process.

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The introduction music is “Let it Rip” by Mike and Bob Bryan band and the narrator is Wayne Bryan. Thanks for your continued support. Special thanks to our sponsors Arrow Concrete and Asphalt Specialties, Inc and Collins Company tennis court products.

Hello everyone, welcome to The Coach Steve Clark PhD Show where the aim is to encourage, inspire and equip coaches, players and parents who in turn inspire and equip others to promote tennis, foster sportsmanship, and develop greater players and people. So thanks for joining me and I hope you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation. I’d like to thank Wayne Bryan for the intro and Mike ’n Bob Bryan for the music. A special thanks to all they do for tennis through the Bryan Bro foundation and more.

Today I have the pleasure of reconnecting with a coaching colleague and friend I have not gotten to chat with in years but have seen him go from successful college coach to tour coach extraordinaire. Brad Stine. We are going to chat about junior-college-and pro tennis, parents of players, coaching at various levels, getting in an inside look at the best. And if you want to improve you should model the best, so today is a great opportunity to listen and learn.

In 1991, after leaving college coaching, Brad coached Jim Courier to a #1 ATP ranking, 2 French and Australian Open titles and 4 Slam finals. He went on to coach other top players like Top 10 Medvedev, Top 5 Kevin Anderson, and numerous others and currently coaches Tommy Paul to new heights including a top 100 for the first time in his career, 3rd rd at the 2020 Australian Open with a 5 set win over Demitrov and a quarters appearance in Acapulco with a win over Zverev.

Hello everyone, this is Steve Clark, and thanks so much for tuning in to the show. I’d like to thank Wayne Bryan for the intro and Mike n Bob Bryan for the music. A special thanks to all they do for tennis through the Bryan Bro foundation and more.

If you are ready to be inspired, challenged, and want to share one of my shows with everyone you know, today is your day. I will do a 1000 pushups if you can listen to this podcast in its entirety and NOT have it affect your appreciation for what you have, your learning something new, or motivate you to greater things. Today my guest, Jason Harnett and I will be discussing wheelchair tennis not only in the US but around the world. Players both young and old, parents, and coaches, will be changed. You will not be the same not because of what Jason has done but because of what the players and leaders in WheelChair tennis are doing and what Jason is sharing today.

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Thanks so much for tuning in to the show. Today, like every day on the show, is special because I get to talk with someone who Anne White, elite pro tennis player, movie producer, etc., has made an impact in the tennis world on many levels: on court, in the media and in education.

Anne and started playing tennis at just five years old and by the time she was nine years old she was #29 in the U.S. in the 12’s. At 14 Anne did not have a coach during the winter and was only able to practice indoors 3 hours a week. Nick Bollettieri watched her play in the National 16’s and offered her a scholarship to train in Florida at what is now the infamous IMG Academy. After two and a half years in Bradenton, FL, she then went on to college at USC where she played #2 as a freshman. Anne finished the year as an undefeated All American and USC won the National Championship. Anne also won 3 USTA gold balls in one day at The U.S. Amateur Clay Courts in Pittsburgh, PA, winning the singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

In 1987, after two years at USC, Anne turned pro and played eight years on the circuit reaching #19 in the world in singles and #9 in the world in doubles. She won one singles title and eight doubles titles with six different partners, including Chris Evert.

Following her WTA career, Anne has been involved in a broad array of endeavors including color commentary for professional tennis tournaments and in addition to her directing tennis at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club she produced a feature documentary about Bollettieri for SHOWTIME, “Love Means Zero“ and co-producing a new online interactive reading platform called REED (Read, Experience, Explore and Dream).

Hear from a former NCAA All American, a top 89 ATP player who had wins over #1 Rafal Nadal and the #1 Bryan Brothers who shares that despite very few believed he was good enough as a young player after years in college believed he could be a great player and belong on tour. You need to listen in and share it with as many younger players as you can.

Thanks so much for tuning in to the show. Today, like every day on the show, is special because I get to talk with a very dear friend and collegiate tennis colleague of mine, John Nelson. I can guarantee you have never heard a podcast like this since both John and I have been involved in martial arts for many years and his recent book Sensei Tennis: Martial Arts (and more) in the Mastery of tennis will guide our conversation. You will not want to miss the unending connections and teaching points whether you are a player, coach or parent and whether you have any experience in the martial arts or not. We will discuss Growth mindset, calm mind, balance, fluid power, confidence under pressure, staying in the present, visualization for correction and execution, anticipation strategy and and more.

The Coach Steve Clark PhD Show

with Allon Khakshouri

Hello everyone, welcome to The Coach Steve Clark PhD Show where the aim is to encourage, inspire and equip coaches, players and parents who in turn inspire and equip others to promote tennis, foster sportsmanship, and develop greater players and people. So thanks for joining me and I hope you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation.

My guest today is Allon Khakshouri, with whom I discuss the mental side of tennis particularly gleaning from his background as an agent of professional tennis players, three of them world #1’s including Novak Djokovic and Marat Safin. Allon is a current member of the ATP council, has written a helpful The Ultimate guide to High Performance and his insights are not just for tennis but business etc. We will be discussing what makes a mentally tough tennis player, how to become a tough competitor (what shapes our practice and how to play like we practice better), what do do after painful losses, how to balance the passion and drive to win and the ability to “not care” so much about the outcome, etc. All these and more are seen from the perspective of what separates great players from good players at the every day level and what separates the better even among great players.

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The introduction music is “Let it Rip” by Mike and Bob Bryan band and the narrator is Wayne Bryan. Thanks for your continued support.

Special thanks to our sponsors Arrow Concrete and Asphalt Specialties, Inc and Collins Company tennis court products. Both fantastic groups of professional people who do their work with integrity and relationship. See my resource page of court equipment and services for more information.

You can reach Allon and read his material at his website Mental Game of Tennis or www.mentalgameoftennis.com

Hello everyone, welcome to The Coach Steve Clark PhD Show where the aim is to encourage, inspire and equip coaches, players and parents who in turn inspire and equip others to promote tennis, foster sportsmanship, and develop greater players and people. So thanks for joining me and I hope you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation.

My guest is Dr. Mark Kovacs, who joints me for a second time, as we discuss general nutrition principles as well as pre, during, post match nutrition and hydration concepts and practical to-do's. Mark is a performance physiologist, researcher, professor, author, speaker and coach with an extensive background training and researching elite athletes. He is known as the go to expert for elite and professional athletes, corporate executives and performance artists looking for science based programming to optimize human performance. He holds a PhD in exercise physiology, and speaks from first hand experience as an All American at Auburn University and NCAA doubles champion. As the CEO of the Kovacs Institute, he oversees the direction, testing protocols and athlete monitoring programs along with his staff. He also consults with various tennis organizations such as the USTA, ITA, ITPA, etc.

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The introduction music is “Let it Rip” by Mike and Bob Bryan band and the narrator is Wayne Bryan. Thanks for your continued support.

Today we are going to focus on leadership. Parents are leaders. Coaches are leaders. And parents, coaches, teachers and others mentor young players in leadership skills. You are either influencing or being influenced. So this will be very practical and encouraging for any of our listeners.

I am honored to have friend who is a leader and change agent in the business and sports world, Todd Gongwer. Todd has over 25 years of leadership and team dynamics expertise through a broad range of business and entrepreneurial endeavors as well as collegiate and professional athletics. His leadership and cultural development principles have been embraced by some of the most successful leaders in business, education, and athletics including the NCAA, NBA, MLB and NFL. Todd’s principles have also been featured by ESPN the Magazine, ESPN.com, Bleacher Report and Forbes.com.