A junior did everything right trained through every warning sign and never got to play his own tournament.

Strength and conditioning coach Deshawn Cole breaks down how a forty percent training spike over three weeks turns discipline into the exact thing that sidelines a player, and the one question parents can ask to catch it early.

In the Pathways by Path season finale, former tennis player Sienna Dawes makes the case that competing hard and loving the sport were never opposites what actually separates them is whether the triangle keeps checking, season after season, that it's still the player's choice. She and Evan Rhodes talk about the real difference between a present parent and an over-involved one, and the two concrete checks any family can run starting this week. Listen to the full episode.

This week, sports agent Marcus Bell breaks down the real financial math behind turning pro and why the players who run out of money usually aren't the ones who ran out of talent.

A conversation about budgets, three-year plans, and knowing the number before you spend it. Listen to hear what actually decides whether a career on tour survives.

Every recruiting season, families obsess over a rating and college coach Diane Kowalski says it rarely decides anything. She joins Evan Rhodes to break down what actually earns a roster spot, when families should really start the process, and why the email a coach receives can say more than any number. Listen in.

Tennis is generating more data than ever but data analyst Priya Iyer says most families are drowning in numbers they don't know what to do with.On this episode, Priya explains why a 13-year-old only needs to track three things, not forty and why the real skill in analytics isn't collecting data, it's subtracting it. She and host Evan Rhodes dig into what's actually changed in tennis data, what's still hype, and why the player's feel, the coach's read, and the parent's phone video can tell three different stories if nobody puts them in the same room."The data can describe today. It can't author a childhood."Pathways by Path is a show about the decisions, challenges, and journeys shaping competitive tennis for the player, the parent, and the coach. New episodes every Monday.pathtennis.com

If your junior has beautiful strokes and no idea where to hit them, this one's for you.
70% of points end in the first four shots. Three good patterns beat ten flashy ones coach Henrik Sand on Pathways by Path.

What happens when the sport that defines your entire identity is suddenly taken away? This week, Evan Rhodes sits down with 15-year-old junior player Marco Rivera to talk about the side of injury recovery people usually skip: the emotional toll.After eight months away from tennis due to a stress fracture, Marco opens up about the identity crisis of losing the sport, the weight of navigating conflicting recovery plans, and why the most critical breakthrough in his healing wasn't a physical milestone—it was getting his parents, coach, and physio on the exact same page.

In this episode of PathWays by path, host Evan Rhodes sits down with sports dietitian Lina Kirsch to unpack a critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of junior tennis development: elite nutrition.

If you think the biggest obstacle for young athletes is junk food, think again. Lina introduces the concept of "Invisible Nutrition" the hidden energy deficit caused by under-fueling kids who juggle demanding school days, hours of intense on-court training, and gym sessions.

Most junior players aren't underdeveloped because they're not working hard enough. They're underdeveloped because nobody is managing their load.

Tomás Reyes, a strength and conditioning coach who works exclusively with junior tennis players, breaks down what physical preparation actually looks like at the competitive junior level and why the biggest threat to a player's development isn't lack of training. It's a triangle that isn't talking.

The best coaches aren't trying to be the most important person on the court. They're trying to make themselves unnecessary. Lior Avraham breaks down what real coaching looks like and what happens to a junior player when the triangle around them breaks down