Payers & Players Podcast

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

We discuss our experience with UTR - the good, the bad and the unintended consequences.

www.myutr.com

We are not affiliated with UTR.

We talk with Chris Halioris about his website www.collegetennisranks.com and the state of college tennis. Give Chris a a follow @college10sranks on twitter.

In this episode, we have a wide ranging conversation with Martyn Collins from Northern California. Marty's son is a nearly through his youth tennis journey, and would like to continue playing college tennis. Marty shares his experiences of his son starting in the local park to playing at some of the highest levels in the USTA.

We discuss whether the large number of foreign players is good for college tennis and if it's a problem, what can be done to improve American tennis.

In this episode we discuss developing junior tennis champions with Mario Llano of the Rhode Island Tennis Academy. Mario has developed several players that have won prestigious national and international events. His most popular student is Jared Donaldson (currently #48 ATP).

www.ritennisacademy.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TkaGB4zqDk

Episode 5 - Greg Jacobs - We discuss his sons junior tennis development by Robert and Scott