Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

By Adam Blicher, Tennis CoachSports Tennis

Dissecting High Performance In Tennis episodes

February 20, 2018 #67: Mark Leschly – How UTR predicted big things for Hyeon Chung in 2018
Do you ever wonder how you compare to the best players in the world? Well now you can find out – thanks to Universal Tennis Rating – the UTR. Mark Leschly, Universal Tennis CEO is with me to talk about the rating that is unifying tennis worldwide. Mark combines both an in depth knowledge and experience in sports and tennis with nearly 25 years of entrepreneurial management and investment in technology led businesses as a venture capitalist and start up CEO. He is a former ATP ranked player selected to the Danish Davis Cup Team, two time Captain and #1 player for Harvard Men’s Tennis and a member of the USTA Foundation Advisory Board and USTA Player Development Council just to name a few of Mark’s achivements.
You’ll get to know:
– How UTR works
– How UTR predicted Hyeon Chungs big year
– What inefficient practices consists of
Enjoy the show
Timestamps
01:30 The story of UTR
02:10 How does UTR work
03:05 Getting a UTR
06:15 UTR predicting Hyeon Chung’s success
08:00 Pablo Careno Busto
09:10 Breaking down barriers
11:35 Opportunity for change
12:40 Learning to rely on yourself
13:40 Unify tennis.
14:15 No applicability to competition
15:45 Inefficient practice
17:10 Variety in styles
18:15 Get to know more about UTR
21 min
February 11, 2018 #66: Carlos Kirmayr – No Trust, No Opportunity
Today you are going to listen to Carlos Kirmayr. Carlos is a former professional player himself with a career high of #37 in singles and #6 in doubles, ATP. He has coached such renowned players as Gabriella Sabatini, Conchita Martinez, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and has been the Davis Cup Captain of his home country Brazil for several years. Further more Carlos has served at the ATP Board of Directors from 1983-1987 and today spents the majority of his time managing the Kirmayr Tennis Experience which we touch upon during the podcast.
In this episode you’ll learn:
– Why No Trust means No Opportunity
– How and why to accept craziness
– How being a tennis coach is like being a doctor
Enjoy the show!
Timestamps
01:30 Coaching Philosophy
02:25 How you “feel” a player
03:20 Orienters
04:30 No trust, no opportunity
06:15 Thoughts on technique
08:40 Biomechanical principles
10:10 The slice
11:10 Sabatini
13:06 Taking risks
15:00 Learnings from Sabatini
16:30 Sabatinis learnings
17:30 Conchita Martinez
20:05 How to use Squash as conditioning
21:05 Nicolas Pereira
23:05 Kirmayr Tennis Experience
27:00 Brazil as a culture
30:10 Federer and Nadal
33:20 How Carlos gets better
37:15 Patience
38:30 Accepting craziness
41:10 Lack of intensity and focus
43:50 Carlos’ advice
51 min
February 02, 2018 #65: Chris Trieste – Reward and Recognize
Chris Trieste (@CTrieste2), is a veteran educator with extensive experience in coaching, teaching, and educational leadership. He has been the Head Men’s Tennis Coach at Mount Saint Mary College where he was twice named Coach of the Year & the team won its first conference championship in program history. Further more Chris released a book called ”14 great coaches” last year which is also to a great extent the basis of this interview.
In this episode you’ll get to know:
– The lessons of 14 great Coaches
– How to Recognize & Reward
– How to learn from more & less experienced coaches
Enjoy the show!
37 min
October 07, 2017 #64: Allistair McCaw – Championminded
This is a round 2 with Allistair McCaw which many of you have requested. Allistair barely needs another introduction on the podcast, but shortly he is a Sports Performance Specialist with more than 20 years of experience. He has trained a host of world champion athletes including Grand Slam Tennis champions, PGA Golfers and Olympians. Further more Allistair has written the book called “7 keys to being a great coach” and on this very date October the 7th his latest book “Championminded” is published world wide.
In this episode you’ll get to know:
– What Champion Minded means
– How Kevin Anderson changed his self talk
– Why you need to seek out though leaders not cheer leaders
Enjoy the show!
Timestamps
01:30 Championminded
04:00 Communication of the young generation
06:05 Average- vs champion minded
14:40 How Kevin Anderson changed his self-talk
18:20 Confident or cocky?
20:00 How to act on Social Media as a tennis player
22:40 Being comfortable being uncomfortable
24:15 Though leaders not cheerleaders
26:30 Being Championminded is a choice
28 min
September 12, 2017 #63: Dave Miley – The Good, Bad & Ugly of Global Tennis Development
Dave Miley has an incredible amount of experience within high performance in tennis having been the Owner of Record tennis for 10 years before joining the ITF for 24 years where 18 of those were as the Executive Director of Development
You’ll get to know:
– The difference between succesful an unsuccesful associations
– What professional tennis could do better
– Which contries that will rise to the top in the future
Enjoy the show!
Timestamps
01:30 3 biggest wins while serving as technical director
04:12 Why doubles is important
05:30 Why ATP/WTA is not simulating
06:45 How professional tennis could be better
09:23 The Advances Coaches Manual
11:11 What Dave would add/remove from the manual
12:11 The reasoning for Play & Stay
14:06 Greatest challenges as Technical Director
17:18 What Dave would have loved to do
22:02 Most common mistakes of National Associations
26:03 National Associations that got it right
33:45 Concerns regarding GPTCA
38:23 What Dave would like to do going forwards
43:30 How Dave would teach coaches in 3 easy steps
46:53 The countries rising to the top in the future
49:35 The Grand Slam Development Funds
52:15 The importance of the serve
53:50 How Dave gets better
58:15 The books that have inspired Dave
60:30 Your reputation is everything
61:40 Using time effectively
67:00 Dave’s advice
1 hr 14 min
August 31, 2017 #62: Jonny Fraser – The Science of Grunting
Jonny Fraser (@scienceintennis) has a wealth of experience in tennis having been a strength and conditioning coach for more than 7 years working with players from mini tennis to full-time professionals. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and a Master Tennis Performance specialist certified by the iTPA. Further he has partnered with Claudio Pistolesi Enterprise. Academically Jonny holds a MSc in Sports and Exercise Science from Sheffield Hallam University.
You’ll get to know:
– The science behind grunting
– How to implement sports science in tennis
– Why the advice of “be on you toes” boggles his mind
Enjoy the show!
Timestamps
01:30 The Science behind grunting
05:50 Teaching tennis players how to grunt
07:50 Breathing vs noise
08:30 Differences in age groups, genders & levels
11:00 When & how
13:30 Implementing sports science in tennis
26:45 Sleep hygiene
28:10 Wearable technology
29:45 Don’t be afraid to reach out
31:35 Mark Kovacs & Claudio Pistolesi
33:30 Adaptability
34:30 Cleaning helps you form ideas
35:15 You’re never on your toes in tennis
35:45 Stability & mobility
38:05 Recharge your battery
39:30 Race your own race
43 min
August 16, 2017 #61: David Sammel – The Building Blocks of Leadership
David Sammel is a tennis coach, sports consultant and writer. Since 2010, David has been the Head Coach at Team-Bath MCTA and is also the author of the book Locker Room Power: Building an Athlete’s Mind.David has coached players including Liam Broady, Arvind Parmar, Barry Cowan, Wesley Moodie, Martin Lee and Andrew Richardson.
You’ll get to know:
– What RIOT is
– The building blocks of trust
– How being mentally strong starts with proper technique
Enjoy the show!
Timestamps
01:30 Leadership
03:50 RIOT
12:50 The one thing
24:45 Sum up of RIOT
36:20 Building blocks of trust
37:20 Mentally strong starts with good technique
41:30 Round 3
47 min
August 01, 2017 #60: Alon Moritz – Developing a Match Strategy
Alon Moritz is what he himself calls a high performance advisor to CEO’s of Tennis & CEO’s of businesses. He has previously been a national coach for Israel & helped players such as Marinko Matosevic & Marcel Granollers develop strategies in life & on the court. Currently Alon is working with Ivan Dodig.
You’ll get to know:
– The steps of creating a Match Strategy
– How & why to train Defined Concentration
– Why Bresnik & Cahill are such good coaches
Enjoy the show!
Timestamps
01:30 Wimbledon Final: Cilic vs Federer
03:50 Creating a strategy
05:46 Business to tennis
07:20 Developing a match strategy with a tennis player
09:30 Defined Concentration
12:00 Calming yourself down in high pressure situations
14:15 Mikael Tilström & Magnus Norman
15:50 Gunther Bresnik & Darren Cahill
17:40 No model fits all
18:30 If you stop playing you stop tinkering
21:15 Ice baths doesn’t work
22:15 Minimize injuries, optimize power
23:30 Be who you are
24:35 Alon’s Advice
29 min
July 18, 2017 #59: Jo Ward – Women Tennis Players are different, not limited
Jo Ward is a former player herself with a career high of #150 WTA. She has been a National Coach for the LTA, traveled on the WTA Tour as a coach & started back in January 2006 a Tennis Academy in the UK called WimX. Currently Jo is writing a workshop for the LTA with the purpose of educating & empowering coaches to better coach girls & women.
You’ll get to know:
– How we don’t realize how little we know about women
– How women are different, but not limited
– How coaches are not to blame, it’s the environment
Timestamps
01:30 The steps from professional to pH.d about female tennis
06:30 Challenges as a coaching team solved among friends
09:05 Facilitating a great coaching environment
11:30 How current Coach Education is based on men
14:15 Practical consequences for coaches
16:55 Biggest myth encountered in coaching female tennis players
19:00 Differences not limitations
21:30 Women’ Tennis Players are not less skillful
22:45 A move towards a more scientific robust & metrics based analysis of tennis
23:30 How Jo tries to get better
24:10 Billie Jean King & Bounce
29:20 Please don’t label anyone a talent
30:35 Why resilience is crucial
32:45 We don’t understand how little we know about women
33:38 The coaches haven’t gotten it wrong it’s the environment
35:10 Only do things that are pragmatic to the match court
37:37 Coach the player, not the model
39:10 Jo’s favourite metrics
44:00 Know yourself & your goals
49 min
July 04, 2017 #58: Sarah Stone – Creating Trust with a Player
Sarah Stone is a former player herself with a career high of #600 in singles & #131 in doubles. She has been coaching on the WTA Tour for more than 10 years working with Anastasia Rodinova, Romina Oprandi, Vasillisa Bardina & Samantha Stosur. Currently Sarah is the CEO of the WTCA (Women’s Tennis Coaches Association) & she is coaching American Fed Cup Player Alexa Glatch
You’ll get to know:
– How WTCA can make you a better coach
– How to build trust
– How to handle yourself when coaching relations end
Enjoy the show!
Timestamps
01:30 The story of WTCA
03:00 The relation to male vs female players
04:22 Creating trust with a player
07:00 How to talk about weight with tennis players
08:30 How WTCA is contributing with education
11:40 How to educate yourself through GPTCA
15:41 How Sarah Stone improves as a tennis coach
17.30 How to leave a coaching relationship
18:45 How to handle yourself as a coach when relations end
20:30 What are the things that you believe that everyone else think is crazy?
21:30 How following online videos is the biggest waste of time
24:00 Being a self-promoter as a tennis coach is not bad
25:00 Why you shouldn’t care about what other’s think about you
26:00 Sarah’s advice to coaches, parents & players
30 min

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