Just Play

We sit down and discuss the LTA Coach Development's video trying to get more people into coaching, or are they upsetting people in other industries and portraying them in a bad light? We discuss it all!

As we both work in club environments we thought it best on episode 20 to delve into committee's and how important are they, which roles you MUST have but also which ones could you do without?

We discuss how important in this era to play for your country in the Davis Cup / Billie Jean Cup with players deciding to prioritise training blocks and competition over playing for your national team - or is there more to the story?!

A good debate on does competition keep players in sport or does it push them away? What involvement and responsibilities do the player, coach & parent have and is it possible to build resilience in players with it being okay to fail sometimes?

It's a niggly and painful injury we have all had once upon a time in our lives, but does 'Tennis Elbow' get a bad rep? Is it actually caused from tennis and is it avoidable from the start of your tennis journey? We discuss!

The US Open has now hit Quarter Final stage in the singles so time to review it so far and give our predictions for the rest of the draw. We also discuss the controversial Mixed Doubles tournament that took place and did the winners send a message to the tournament on who should have entered? Plus we discuss how our Brits faired in the tournament.

Is going for a 1 - 2 - 1 lesson better for you to improve or should you put yourself in a group environment? We explain the pro's and con's of each to help you make your own decision whilst also letting you know what we prefer teaching.

We go into the world of stringing, how important is it to regularly change your strings or should you just let them break, does weather and court surface make a difference and what are we using? Let us unpack it!

We discuss the ongoing discussion that keeps coming up in the world of tennis in terms of equal pay. Is it fair that men's and ladies get paid the same but play a different format? Does it need to change? Is it the new norm? If we were put in charge would we try and change it and if so, how?

A short pod for us for a change! We speak about how tennis scoring came about and some of the myth's of where it began and would we ever change it to something else?! Or is it perfect!