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Tactical Tennis 49 – When Being Stronger Helps You Win More

Our physical preparation affects the outcome of our matches. However sometimes it's easy to confuse the cause of a loss. Could your endurance issue actually be a strength problem? That's just one aspect of how being stronger helps you win ...

Tactical Tennis #47 – Nick Kyrgios 2018

Mistakes were made. The wrong audio file was uploaded originally. Now that the right one is up, we talk about Nick Kyrgios – one of the if not the most polarizing figure in men’s tennis today. Love him or hate ...

Tactical Tennis #45 – Getting Pumped Up (Or Pumped Down) To Play Your Best

Whether you’re the ice cold Stefan Edberg or red hot Jimmy Connors, you’ve got a state in which you play your best tennis. Today we talk about how to identify that state, and what you can do to achieve it ...

Tactical Tennis #43 – Serving Strategy Continued

In the previous episode we introduced the idea of a cohesive serving strategy. What we didn’t do was talk much about how the ‘second serve’ fits into this picture. So how does it? Listen in and find out!

Tactical Tennis #41 – Diving Deeper Into Patterns

If you’ve listened to the last two podcasts, hopefully you’ve done an accurate evaluation of your own strengths and weaknesses. Then you’ve decided on what philosophy you want to play with. Now what? Patterns! In today’s episode, we talk about ...

Tactical Tennis #39 – How to Evaluate Your Own Game

Tactical Tennis returns to the podcast arena after a tennis-travel-fueled hiatus! In today’s episode, Jacob and Glen talk about why your perception of your own game is probably wrong, and what you can do about it. Tune in and find ...

Tactical Tennis #37 – Player Overview: Grigor Dimitrov

After years of underperforming, Grigor Dimitrov got it together enough to finish the year #3. Was his win at the World Tour Finals mere luck? Is “Baby Fed” finally all grown up? Listen in and find out!

Tactical Tennis #35 – Player Overview: Dominic Thiem 2017

2017 has come to an end, and Dominic Thiem is the #5 ranked player in the world. But what makes him tick? What are his strengths and weaknesses, and what does 2018 hold for him? Listen in and find out!

Tactical Tennis #33 – Why Not To Be On Your Toes

Anyone ever tell you to be on your toes? Want to find out why that’s bad advice (or how you should interpret it instead?). Listen in to today’s podcast to learn some secrets of movement on the tennis court, and ...

Tactical Tennis #31 – Workouts and Conditioning For Tennis Part 1

Training for tennis is tricky! Today we talk about the physical requirements of tennis, and the types of workouts people should be doing to get in shape for the sport. This is part 1, which means there will probably be ...

Tactical Tennis #29 – 2017 US Open Final and Davis Cup

Rafa closes the gap on Federer by taking #16 at the US Open over surprise finalist Kevin Anderson. In today’s episode we spend 20 minutes arguing over why Anderson served so poorly, as well as going into some of the ...

Tactical Tennis #24 – Shapovalov and 2017 Rogers Cup Review

Shapovalov makes waves in Montreal and Zverev the Younger walks away with the title. Federer’s hurt, but how badly? All this and more in this week’s Tactical Tennis Podcast!

Tactical Tennis #26 – Sharapova Wins and Early Round US Open Action

Sharapova makes a statement. Other people play tennis too! Early round US Open Action for 2017 and Tactical Tennis is right here to talk about it.

Tactical Tennis #28 – 2017 US Open Mens Quarters Review and Semis Preview

Federer falls, Kevin Anderson slays the giant Sam Querry, and Carreno Busta takes down Schwartzman. Oh and that Rafael Nadal guy is still hanging around too.

Tactical Tennis #28 – 2017 US Open Men’s Quarters Review and Semis Preview

The Men’s Quarter Finals are done, and there was some great tennis. And then there was the Nadal-Rublev beatdown. In today’s podcast we break down the quarter-final matches as they happened, and then make bold, bold predictions about who will ...

Tactical Tennis #26 – Sharapova Over Halep, and Other Early First Round Action

G’day everyone! Sharapova beat Halep in three sets and we reckon that’s worth talking about regardless of how you feel about Sharapova. In today’s episode we also touched on Cilic’s four set win over Tennys Sandgren, and Jordan Tompson’s five-set ...

Tactical Tennis #24 – Shapovalov and the 2017 Rogers Cup

Shapovalov makes waves in Montreal and Zverev the Younger walks away with the title. Federer’s hurt, but how badly? All this and more in this week’s Tactical Tennis Podcast!

Tactical Tennis #22 – Tomic, Wimbledon 4th Round Preview/Predictions

In today’s episode, Jacob and Glen argue about Tomic, and then also preview/predict the Wimbledon Men’s 4th Round matchups!

Tactical Tennis #20 – La Decima, Grass Court Season and Year End No. 1

G’day everyone. Podcast is back after a little break due to travel and the like. In this episode we talk about Nadal’s epic 10th title at Roland Garros – perhaps the greatest Grand Slam performance in tennis history. There’s talk ...

Tactical Tennis #18 – Djokovic Hires Agassi, No French For Fed And Sharapova

Djokovic makes a surprise announcement that Agassi will be joining his team… sort of. Fed decides not to play Roland Garros, and the French Open denies Sharapova a wildcard while giving one to their own rule-breaker! All this and more ...

Tactical Tennis 16 – Novak Djokovic, Pepe Imaz and High Level Coaching

Welcome to episode #16, where Jacob and Glen try to talk about high level coaching but somehow keep talking about Novak Djokovic instead. And Pepe Imaz, his… spiritual advisor?

Tactical Tennis 14 – The Lost Generation Of Men’s Tennis

Where did the next generation of tennis greats go? Why haven’t they taken over the rankings yet? Why aren’t they winning slams? Who are these old men still dominating the game? Find out in this week’s episode of the Tactical ...

Tactical Tennis #12 – Fedal In Miami and Rowdy Crowds

In today’s episode we take the Miami crowds to task for acting like a bunch of yahoos. But that’s not all of folks. Of course there’s analysis of the Federer-Nadal final. Then we spend a good amount of time answering ...