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We speak about the two weeks at SW19 and the champions in each event, notable matches were obviously the men's and ladies singles, but who in terms of the Brits did well.

In this episode we decide to take a look at all four Grand Slams and compare them, from the unique court surfaces that players play on, to a fans experience around the grounds and what we believe costs are like and how easy is it to access tickets?

Ryan turns 40! Where has that time gone?! Andy decides to interview Ryan unscripted, to find out more about his tennis in those first 40 years, what his best outfit was, best racket, and whether he thinks at 40 he could be his 20 year old self in a tennis match .. surely not!? Listen to find out!

We look back at Day 1 & 2 of the Wimbledon Championships which has produced 10 Brits making it through in singles to the 2nd round for the first time in Wimbledon history. However, lots of big shocks with big names going out, we review all the action so far.

We review the ladies and men's finals at Roland Garros 2025 with big congrats to Gauff and Alcaraz. We begin to look at the grass court season, the first couple of weeks have been completed with Wimbledon on the horizon, who do we think are the strong favourites and are there any dark horses to look out for?!

More of a light hearted pod for Ryan & Andy on this one, they go discuss the recent victory of Rory McIlroy claiming the career slam and what had been the elusive green jacket to his already glistening collection of titles. We discuss how did he do it and our life pressure whether it be on the court, or generally just being competitive in everyday life.

We follow on from the previous pod and talk more about what we believe is required from 11 years onwards. What needs to be the focus for the player, but also factoring life also, family, friends, what sacrifices need to be made to become a National Champion and hopefully m make tennis your future job

We delve into how we would create a champion from the age of three years old to a National Champion. We talk in Part 1 the journey from coming to the club, the importance of player, coach, parent relationships and how much training, competing and nutrition are up to the age of 11 years old. Is quality better than quantity? What are the most important attributes that we look for.

In this podcast we discuss how our coaching journey began, what we were good at and not so good at, what we improved, and has the game evolved in 25 years since we first started?

Another episode with Ryan and Andy, going into detail when they attempted starting on Monday 8th August at 9am and finishing three days later on Thursday 11th August. Hear how they dealt with it all, how they came about the idea and who the eventual winner was whilst raising money for the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust

*Note - current record as of recording is 82 hours set in 2024