Episode 26. The Prodigy Maker Show.

A high performance junior development talk show.

On this episode, elite junior coach Chris Lewit discusses talent and how to identify talent in young players.

Chris answers questions from his audience around the world and several leading coaches like UPenn’s David Geatz and top junior coach Francisco Montoya tune in and give a shout out.

Show Notes:

Chris talks about the following on the program:

—What is talent?

—How Chris identifies talent

—What are the most important characteristics of talented players?

—The exercises he uses to judge a player’s talent

—Robert Landsorp’s famous drill to judge talent

—Lansdorp’s views on developing competitiveness

—Can you teach a kid to be more competitive?

—Why Chris looks for “a killer” when evaluating a player

—John Wooden’s views on talent and his Pyramid Of Success

—A mathematical model to describe talent, work ethic, and max achievement in terms of UTR

—The links between hard work, talent, time, and UTR

—What is a player’s Max Lifetime UTR?

—Can hard work overcome a lack of talent?

—The myth that anything is possible with hard work.

—The Talent Code Myth that hard work is the greatest talent

—Toni Nadal’s views on talent and his #1 talent characteristic that he looks for in a player

—Why parents often believe their kid is talented—and are usually wrong

—What makes a talented coach?

—How parents can find and evaluate the ability of a coach and how UTR can help

—Why the greatest coaches develop kids faster

—Why parents should not accept that junior tennis development is a marathon

—Why less talented kids need the most talented coaches

—Reminder of how messed up junior tournament tennis is vis-à-vis it’s blind eye to the rampant cheating going on

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Sammie gets hyper and paced the whole show! Sorry!

Chris’s daughter Sky makes a cameo appearance and shouts observations from another room. Oh dear.

Chris is a little frazzled but ecstatic to have a new baby in the family. Baby Ocean!

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Original Show Link:

https://www.facebook.com/100001145192967/posts/2496613980386751?sfns=mo

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Website: www.chrislewit.com

Blog: www.ProdigyMaker.com

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrislewit

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/chris-lewit-tennis-academy

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YouTube: www.youtube.com/ChrisLewit

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-prodigy-maker-tennis-show/