Episode 42 - Todd Widom and Ronnie Hohmann (2019 Easter Bowl Champion) by Robert and Scott

Episode 42 - Todd Widom and Ronnie Hohmann (2019 Easter Bowl Champion) by Robert Garrett and Scott Colson

USTA Player Development announced that it has hired Andy Gerst as a National Coach, Women’s Tennis. He’ll be based out of the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla., reporting to Head of Women’s Tennis Kathy Rinaldi.

Andy played collegiately at Washington and Cal Poly SLO, and was an assistant coach at Florida St. He was also a play tester at Tennis Warehouse.

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Andy Brandi served as a partner of the Harold Solomon Tennis Institute since 2007 before joining the USTA staff in August 2010. While at USTA he led the Player Development team for 12 & Under Boys. From 2001-06, Brandi was Director of Tennis for IMG and the Evert Tennis Academy. From 1984-2001, he was the head coach of the University of Florida women’s team, where is teams reached the NCAA finals 8 times, winning the championship 3 times. During his career, Brandi has worked with top professionals, including Elena Dementieva, Shahar Peer, Maria Kirilenko, Lisa Raymond, Ryan Sweeting and Jesse Levine. While at the University of Florida, he led the Gators to three NCAA Division I Team titles and coached four NCAA women’s singles champions and four NCAA doubles champions. He is currently the co-Head Coach at LSU with his son Chris.

We discuss his thoughts on junior tennis development, and why he thought it was important to work with the 12 & Under boys at USTA Player Development. We talk about building a strong foundation, while adapting to the playing style of the player, injury prevention, periodization, and focusing on the long-term development of the tennis player.

http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/blogs/andy_brandi/?Year=2017

Andy Brandi served as a partner of the Harold Solomon Tennis Institute since 2007 before joining the USTA staff in August 2010. While at USTA he led the Player Development team for 12 & Under Boys. From 2001-06, Brandi was Director of Tennis for IMG and the Evert Tennis Academy. From 1984-2001, he was the head coach of the University of Florida women’s team, where is teams reached the NCAA finals 8 times, winning the championship 3 times. During his career, Brandi has worked with top professionals, including Elena Dementieva, Shahar Peer, Maria Kirilenko, Lisa Raymond, Ryan Sweeting and Jesse Levine. While at the University of Florida, he led the Gators to three NCAA Division I Team titles and coached four NCAA women’s singles champions and four NCAA doubles champions. He is currently the co-Head Coach at LSU with his son Chris.

We discuss his thoughts on junior tennis development, and why he thought it was important to work with the 12 & Under boys at USTA Player Development. We talk about building a strong foundation, while adapting to the playing style of the player, injury prevention, periodization, and focusing on the long-term development of the tennis player.

http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/blogs/andy_brandi/?Year=2017

Connor Glennon grew up in Loughborough, England. He was one of the top junior players in the U.K. After a successful junior career, where he competed in top international events, including the Orange Bowl, he attended the University of Memphis. As a sophomore, he was the Conference USA Player of the Year, and he left the University of Memphis as the Tigers’ career victories leader. He’s also the only Tiger to ever be named 1st Team All-Conference all four years. Listen here.

After college, Connor competed in some professional tennis events, including the Memphis Open (ATP 250), as well as coaching tennis in the Memphis area. He is currently the co-owner of Barton Sports Construction, a sports resurfacing business in Memphis.

Visit his business at https://www.derrickbarton.com/

We discuss how Petros Chyrsochos developed into an NCAA champion. His coach in Cyprus, Demetrius Herodotou, was instrumental in his development - working with Petros as beginner and taking him to the junior Grand Slams.

Following his junior career, Petros chose to play college tennis at Wake Forest, where he has won national championships both as a singles player and team level.

http://tennisacademy.com.cy/

https://godeacs.com/index.aspx?path=mten

We discuss how Petros Chyrsochos developed into an NCAA champion. His coach in Cyprus, Demetrius Herodotou, was instrumental in his development - working with Petros as beginner and taking him to the junior Grand Slams.

Following his junior career, Petros chose to play college tennis at Wake Forest, where he has won national championships both as a singles player and team level.

http://tennisacademy.com.cy/

https://godeacs.com/index.aspx?path=mten

Episode 36 - Devin Britton - Former NCAA singles champion and Ole Miss Assistant Coach by Robert and Scott