Sebastian Stiefelmeyer grew up in Vienna, Austria. He was ranked as high #67 ITF, and played college tennis at University of Louisville, where he was the outdoor fall national championship and reached the #1 ITA (NCAA) ranking in his senior year.

We talk about his junior development in Austria, including practicing with Dominic Thiem. We also discuss his recruitment to Louisville, and how he became the #1 ranked player in college tennis.

Article mentioned in the podcast:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tennis-phenom-who-chose-to-be-terrible-1467228669?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=5

We discuss Hayley's junior tennis development path, including her time at Smith Stearns Tennis Academy and choosing UNC for her illustrious college tennis career.

We look back at data from the USTA 12U rankings for boys from 2008 - 2011, and see if there are any trends or takeaways from where those players ended up as high school seniors.

Here is the Google Sheet, with the data:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F9H0qXzLNDI7y2cFtAeb5KyUgFXdT3WyCLik5nLgn5s/edit#gid=1126298337

We also referred to an amazing article about the illustrious junior tennis career of Al Parker, The Boy Who Fell To Earth. https://www.slideshare.net/palmerleasing/the-boy-who-fell-to-earth

We review the first 2 rounds of the NCAA tennis tournament, and preview the Round 16 with Chris Halioris of College Tennis Ranks.

We talk with Patrick Kypson of Texas A&M men's tennis (current ITA rank #5) about his junior development and his journey to Texas A&M including winning Kalamazoo twice.

We breakdown the women's and men's brackets for the NCAA Tennis Championships, and discuss Arkansas women not making the tournament.

NOTE: Immediately after we recorded this podcast, we learned that Arkansas fired their women's coach and the challenge to the ITA was filed by Kansas State.

We recap the weekend in Tuscalossa to watch the SEC Men's Tennis Championships. Congratulations to the Mississippi State Bulldogs for winning the title, and special congratulations to Trevor Foshey for clinching the final match in a 3rd set tie-breaker and earning the Tournament MVP award.

As they say, you shouldn't podcast and drive... we got a few details wrong along the way. Please see the write-ups from the schools for clarifications:

http://hailstate.com/news/2018/4/29/mens-tennis-no-9-msu-rallies-to-capture-sec-title-sunday.aspx

https://12thman.com/news/2018/4/29/mens-tennis-texas-am-falls-4-3-in-sec-tournament-final-to-mississippi-state.aspx

We discuss what the Little Mo tournaments are and why they are so beneficial to youth development.

Little Mo:

http://mcbtennis.org

Little Mo opening ceremony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgor3RcRq0

Little Mo movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNiQQCeEhJo

We talk with Chris Halioris of www.collegetennisranks.com about Arkansas going 6-0 vs Tennessee State in one day, as well as previewing the men's Power 5 Conference Championships.

Chris's article on the Arkansas-TSU matches: https://www.collegetennistoday.com/item/1731-the-sub-500-manifesto-what-should-be-done.html

POWER 5 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BRACKETS

ACC (Cary, NC)

http://www.theacc.com/documents/2018/4/22//2018_ACC_Men_s_Tennis_Bracket_FINAL.pdf?id=475

Big 10 (Iowa City, Iowa)

http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/042218aae.html

Big 12 (Austin, TX)

http://www.big12sports.com/pdf9/5472425.pdf

Pac 12 (Ojai, CA)

http://static.pac-12.com.s3.amazonaws.com/sports/tennis/pdf/2018%20Championship/2018_MTENNIS_bracket.pdf

SEC (Tuscaloosa, AL)

http://a.espncdn.com/SEC/media/2018/2018%20M%20Tennis%20Bracket.pdf

We talk with TJ Pura about his junior tennis career, the 50,000 Balls documentary, and choosing the Duke Blue Devils.

TJ provides real practical advice about the things that helped him develop into an elite junior tennis player in America.

You can find the documentary at amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/50-000-Balls-Tennis-Documentary/dp/B00A7IWAFI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1524229886&sr=8-3&keywords=50%2C000+balls