Robert talks to North Texas Head Coach, Amanda Stone.

https://meangreensports.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/coaches/amanda-stone/787

We discuss the latest updates to USTA junior competition, with a focus on the Southern Section.

http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/

We talk with legendary Georgia Head Coach Manny Diaz about his coaching career, including coaching the great Al Parker and ATP Top 10 John Isner. We also dive into his coaching philosophy, how he has been able to maintain a winning culture for 36 years, recruiting and the outlook for the Bulldogs in 2024.

Dr. Jayanthi leads Emory's Tennis Medicine program, is the Director of Emory Sports Medicine Research and Education, and co-directs Emory’s Youth Sports Medicine program. He is considered one of the country’s leading experts on youth sports health, injuries, and sports training patterns, as well as an international leader in tennis medicine.

He answers our questions about injury prevention, how to modulate tennis training for juniors, nutritional priorities, and fitness training.

ASU Head Coach Matt Hill.

Matt shares his story of surviving cancer while in college, how that changed his career path, and why reviving the Arizona State tennis program has been so special. We also discuss college tennis recruiting, how he prepares for matches, and what we can expect from the Sun Devils in 2024.

Part 1

Andrew Goodwin is the head coach at Georgia Southern. As a junior, he was a top 100 player from Alpharetta, GA and played collegiately at Southern Miss and Alabama. After working at the USTA, he returned to college with assistant coach positions at Michigan, Mississippi State, Charlotte, and Tulsa.

Chris is coming from New Zealand to Tucker Tennis Academy as the new Director of Junior Tennis. We discuss Chris's background and his tennis coaching philosophy.

Michigan State head coach Harry Jadun joins us on the podcast. Harry walked on at Michigan State, and ended his playing career as an All-American! After serving as the MSU assistant coach for 8 years, Harry took over as head coach before the 2022-23 season.

https://msuspartans.com/sports/mens-tennis

We talk about Harry's experiences as a player and coach, and break down why MSU is no longer a dark horse, but is one of the rising teams for the 2023-24 season.

Jadun's Journey:

https://youtu.be/LjzmGZE38mY?si=65fntCf-9E1AQAr8

Marc Lucero has coached Genie Bouchard, Nicole Gibbs, Allie Riske-Armitraj, Shelby Rogers and Steve Johnson, as well as coaching out of the USTA's West Coast facility in Carson, CA.

Mark shares his background and talks about the role of a professional coach. He addresses overcoming vulnerabilities, ball recognition, how he grades success or failure, and how to play defense.

Mark also shares his opinion on coaching on court and ball variation from week to week.

We take a deep look at the Tennis Recruiting Class of 2023 (now entering Freshmen in college). We examine where the players went to college, their TRN and UTR histories, and what trends were identified.