We talk the founder of the Cracked Racquets empire - Dalton Thieneman. Dalton grew up in southern Indiana and won a Kentucky HS team title while at St. Xavier. After college, Dalton saw a need for tennis media coverage below the ATP/WTA levels so started a blog and podcast to highlight those players.

Today Cracked Racquests is changing the tennis media landscape, led by Dalton's vision and hustle.

We get to know the guy behind the Tennis-Point social media. Nate Walroth grew up in Cincinnati and played college tennis at Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY). He turned his love of tennis into a career promoting the game and the Tennis Point brand.

We announce our plans for for Subscribers on Twitter

We catch up with Petros Chyrsochos. Petros has founded a college tennis recruiting agency to help junior players find the right college to pursue their college tennis career.

CONTACT INFO:

Website - elitescholarsagency.com

Twitter - @petroschry

IG - @petros_chr (preferred) or @elitescholarsports

FAST FEED

1 - Will you try Pro Pickleball

I would love to try Pro Pickle-ball and even compete at tournaments. It looks super fun

2 - Favorite Podcast

It would probably be Joe Rogan or Theo Von (this past weekend)

3 - Most used App

Definitely Instagram

4 - Netflix recommendation

A lot, but Night Agent for now

5 - Something you have changed your mind about

I believed pineapple belonged on pizza

6 - Something that you believe to be true, but other people think is crazy

Tennis is top 3 toughest sport in the world

7 - Best advice you ever received

You will die soon, do something about it

8 - If you could coach any current player, who would it be

Definitely Nick Kyrgios, he could win slams

9 - If you had one year of eligibility left, where would you play (excluding Wake Forest)

Definitely Stanford

10 - Last meal before being executed - Putters or Chipotle

That has to be Chipotle. Greatest food franchise in the history of the world bar none

Scott and Robert talk about what they have been up to since the last podcast in 2021, and the plans for the future of the podcast. It's good to be back!

We talk with tennis parent, Steve Miller, whose son (Chad) is a high school senior 5-star who has committed to Northwestern University. Steve shares his thoughts on the parent’s tennis journey and offers advice that can help all tennis parents.

Photo: @OhioTennisZone

Nico Heng is a blue-chip recruit heading to play college tennis at Auburn in the Fall of '22. Originally from Madison, Alabama, Nico has trained for the last 5 years at the Tucker Tennis Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nico tells us how he got into tennis, and how he ended up at Tucker, after spending a year training in Mallorca, Spain.

Nico has won multiple gold balls and had an incredibly successful junior career. Wishing him all the best in college and beyond.

We catch up with TJ Pura - TJ tells us what he's been up to during the COVID-era, we reveiw Tommy Paul's title run at the ATP 250 Stockholm, and of course we hit on some junior tennis developments.

Cooper Williams and Richard Woodruff

Cooper is 16 years old, and currently ranked #131 ITF and #10 TRN.

Richard is the Director at Raw Tennis Performance in Boca Raton, FL. Richard is one of the top tennis fitness coaches in the world, having worked with Coco Gauff, Shelby Rogers, Kevin Anderson and many other top juniors and professionals.

www.rawtennisperformance.com

In Part 2, we take a deeper look at Brian's tennis coaching philosophy, what makes a successful tennis academy, and some observations from what other successful tennis federations are doing.

BIO

Brian was the #1 junior in Southern California before playing college tennis at the University of Illinois. At Illinois, he won the NCAA team championship and doubles title (partnering with current US Open doubles champion) Rajeev Ram. He also achieved being ranked #1 in college tennis. On the pro circuit he was 15 titles, and in World Team Tennis had wins over Pete Sampras and Pat Rafter.

He is currently the Associate Director of HP at Darling Tennis Center, Las Vegas and US Scout for Head tennis.