This week on the podcast, I meet the current Lead National Coach with USTA Player Development - Johnny Parkes. In our conversation, Johnny explains why playing a young Nikoloz Basilashvili was a bit of a reality check. We also talk about Johnny’s role in the US setup, and what his biggest challenge was in his early coaching days. Hope you enjoy it Fabio Have you seen the Functional Tennis Saber? Check it out here and don't miss the video of Stan Wawrinka crushing the ball This podcast is sponsored by ASICS. ASICS is a Japanese company founded in 1949 with the purpose of giving more people the opportunity to experience how sport and movement can have a positive impact on mental wellbeing. To learn more about ASICS visit their website here: https://www.asics.com/nl/en-nl/sports/tennis/ Find us on Social Media: Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennis YouTube: Functional Tennis Podcast Twitter: twitter.com/functennis Website: www.FunctionalTennis.com

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Reality check with coach Johnny Parkes

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Today I chat with former pro and entrepreneur Peter Clarke. Peter was a fiery Irish promising tennis who quickly reached an ATP ranking of 229. Retiring quite young today, he got into coaching and soon after set up multiple successful businesses.  He talks about growing up in Australia, his tennis days, some good anecdotes and his most recent project is called Coach Life, an online video platform. He chased down coaches worldwide for the past 12 months who worked with today's top players when they were juniors to learn their coaching methods in those early days. Currently, there are over 350 videos to learn from and I haven't watched them all but those I have, I found exceptional.  On the platform are the junior coaches of Iga Swiatek,  Nick Kyrgios, Tommy Paul, Taylor Fritz, Genie Bouchard, Coco Gauff, Sloane Stephens, Kei Nishikori, Pete Sampras, Francis Tiafoe, Pat Rafter,  Denis Shapovalov and many more.  Each month a new coach will be added to the platform. And it's not all on-court coaching, there is also fitness, nutrition, mental and more. Check it out here with a free 7-day trial. Enjoy Fabio This podcast is sponsored by ASICS. ASICS is a Japanese company founded in 1949 to give more people the opportunity to experience how sports and movement can have a positive impact on mental well-being. To learn more about ASICS visit their website here: https://www.asics.com/nl/en-nl/sports/tennis/ Find us on Social Media: Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennis TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@functionaltennis YouTube: Functional Tennis Podcast 

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Coach Life - Lessons from the junioe coaches of todays top pros

I chatted to Italian coach Andrea Ramundo who I met at the IMG Future Stars Event. Andrea works with promising Italian Juniors, Ilary Pistola, Tommaso Panto and Pietro Marinelli. We discussCoaching JourneyItalian Tennis FederationWhat he learned at the IMG Future Stars EventWorking for free for 1 year with his mentor Jofre PortaMember of Team Asics Academy
Andrea is super nice with some nice insights. Hope you enjoy Fabio This podcast is sponsored by ASICS. ASICS is a Japanese company founded in 1949 to give more people the opportunity to experience how sports and movement can have a positive impact on mental well-being. To learn more about ASICS visit their website here: https://www.asics.com/nl/en-nl/sports/tennis/ Find us on Social Media: Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennis TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@functionaltennis YouTube: Functional Tennis Podcast 

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Coach Andrea Ramundo - Junior Tennis, Italian Tennis Federation and working for your mentor for free

I'm just back from the IMG Future Stars event in Greece where I saw some of the world's best 12 years in action. Last year I did a special episode on 14 things that make these kids special, this year I decided to change it up and better understand the journey these kids are on.  What stood out is how hard it is, you probably already know this but I found it interesting speaking to the parents and coaches about this. I've put together some of my learnings in this rare solo episode. If you are a parent this is an episode for you.  I hope you find it useful. Fabio This podcast is sponsored by ASICS. ASICS is a Japanese company founded in 1949 to give more people the opportunity to experience how sports and movement can have a positive impact on mental well-being. To learn more about ASICS visit their website here: https://www.asics.com/nl/en-nl/sports/tennis/ Find us on Social MediaInstagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennis TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@functionaltennis YouTube: Functional Tennis Podcast 

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Tennis is Hard - High Level Junior Tennis at IMG Future Stars 2024

This week I caught up with Peter Hemanns, the tennis product manager at Asics. Peter tells us aboutHis RoleWhat's new with my favourite shoe the Solution Speed 3If any updates on the Resolution and Court FFDid he know about Dimitrov wearing AsicsTechnology in their clothesThe Asics Paris and London House
If you are a listener to the shoe you know that Asics are our sponsors and it was a great opportunity to learn more about Asics and Peter. I hope you enjoy it Fabio

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Peter Hemanns - Asics Tennis Product Manager

In a few days, I'm off to Greece for the IMG Future Stars which brings together 48 of the World's best boys and girls along with their parents and coaches. I get to spend the week with them observing, learning and interacting with them.  We've many new listeners and this was one of our top episodes into 2023 so I thought this was a timely episode to bring back up. I hope you enjoy it and if you've heard it before it's a good refresher. Fabio This podcast is sponsored by ASICS. ASICS is a Japanese company founded in 1949 to give more people the opportunity to experience how sports and movement can have a positive impact on mental well-being. To learn more about ASICS visit their website here: https://www.asics.com/nl/en-nl/sports/tennis/ Find us on Social Media: Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennis TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@functionaltennis YouTube: Functional Tennis Podcast 

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Reality check with coach Johnny Parkes

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