Tactical Tennis

Today we look at Juan Martin del Potro – one time Slam winner and owner of one of the biggest forehands in the game. After two years rebuilding his ranking from injury, delPo sits on the verge of the top 10. What makes him tick? Where will he finish 2018? All this and more on today’s episode of the Tactical Tennis Podcast!

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!

Professional tennis comes to a close for 2017 (with the exception of Davis Cup). Grigor Dimitrov takes the WTF finals in a fascinating and entertaining match with David Goffin. How did this match play out exactly? In today’s podcast we discuss a few of the tactical intricacies of the final, as well as ramble about some other stuff too.

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 find out why Jacob won’t talk about the ready position.

Most top players have rituals around their tennis – whether it’s Sharapova adjusting her strings before a point, or Nadal lining his waterbottles up just-so before the match. In some cases, the player owns the ritual – it is a conscious thing they do that helps center them to play their best tennis. In other cases, the ritual owns the player – it is a superstitious crutch. In today’s podcast we discuss how to make rituals work for you, and how to use them to play better tennis.

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 a part 2. And maybe even a part 3. Remember the part where training for tennis is tricky?

The top 100 on the ATP tour is getting older, but the top 1000 is not! Why is that? Is it the prize money? Voodoo magic? This is the topic of discussion in today’s Tactical Tennis Podcast!

Note: This discussion was sparked by Matt’s great article on medium.com: https://medium.com/@mathzero/why-are-tennis-players-getting-older-eb2fb5895929

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 background on Davis Cup lineup decisions. All this and more on Tactical Tennis!

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.

Dimitrov won Cincinnati over Kyrgios, something we talk about in today’s episode. Then Andy Murray waited until the draw was out before withdrawing, which kinda ruined the US Open Men’s draw. Way to go Andy. But still we talk about the draw and some of the interesting matchups in the first round.