The 156th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast is a milestone. We have presented a weekly podcast for three years.

We aim to help tennis, and on this podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets ask for financial help.

GreatBase Tennis will continue to provide free educational tennis content. We would like those who find our content beneficial to consider contributing a minimum of $10 on a recurring monthly basis.

Besides starting a financial campaign with this week’s episode, Steve and Ivan discuss several relevant issues that would be of interest to those genuinely concerned about tennis' growth and welfare.

On the 155th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Constantinos Alevizopoulos. The two have never met in person. The young tennis coach from Greece first met Steve by studying a technical training tape and then thoroughly studying the free educational content provided by GreatBase via the Internet.

The bulk of their conversation is about Stefanos Tsitsipas. Constantinos has an experience that so, so few have in tennis. He experienced being around a top-five ATP player during the player's formative years. After all, perhaps only a percent of a percent of a percent climb the ladder of pro tennis to such an elite level. Both Constantinos and Stefanos were taught by Giorgos Fountoukos, who used Vic Braden's educational materials as a resource. 

We are confident that players, parents, coaches, and general tennis enthusiasts will benefit by listening. Words starting with the letter P prevail. Stories of passion, persistency, perseverance, and precision are healthy medicine for those connected to a player with competitive goals.

On the 154th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Greg Patton. Coach Patton is 70 years young and has 50-plus years of experience to share. In a perfect world, Greg's passion and love for tennis is placed in a bottle and everyone drinks the Patton Potion. The liquid is magical and gets everyone fired up about tennis.

The human spirit, altruism, team building, family, top juniors, college tennis, world team tennis, and much, much more are covered. 

Listeners will love to listen to Greg. Tune in, sit back, and enjoy. 

On the 153rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Dave Anderson and Andre Barbosa join Steve Smith. Collectively, the three have over a hundred years of tennis teaching and coaching experience. 

Their conversation covers the gamut; touching upon a wide variety of topics. 

We are confident that our listeners will be able to add at least a few more golden nuggets to their tennis treasure chest by tuning in.

On the 152nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Jim Rogers. The Canadian from Winnipeg, Manitoba has expertise in three sports: hockey, tennis, and golf.

Their discussion covers the benefits of learning on red clay, the golfer's mentality towards technique, accountability in tennis coaching, the differences between European and North American tennis, chirping from the hockey culture, playing club tennis in Germany, and much more.

Steve is excited to bring our listeners Jim's gems. Listen for comments such as: suck it up buttercup, activity does not equal achievement, Junior Wimbledon is a junior tournament, and much more. The stories go back almost forty years when Steve and Jim first met.

On the 151st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Nicole Erickson. She is a Mental Performance Coach and is based at the FM Performance Center in Boynton Beach, Florida. She has worked with numerous players and coaches associated with Steve and the results and, therefore, feedback has been outstanding.

The focus of their conversation is directed toward her new online project, "The Parents Championship Course." 

We would highly recommend parents contact Nicole ([email protected]), register, and complete her course. The course will help parents help their players and themselves. Ideas, thoughts, and concepts are shared that can be and should be difference-makers.

On the 150th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast,  Steve Smith has a conversation with Dave Secker.

The Englishman gives us an update on his team. To make an understatement, the Wolfpack have gained a tremendous amount of respect based on their rapid climb from obscurity to reaching the NCAA team final at the end of the 2023 season.

Dave also shares thoughts on Diana Shnaider, who played for North Carolina State this past year. The nineteen-year-old Russian entered college as the number 3 junior in the world and, as of this writing, is ranked 88 among WTA professionals.

As always, we hope to add golden nuggets to one's tennis treasure chest and strongly believe listening to Dave Secker is a sure way to do so.

On the 149th episode of the GreatBase Tennis Education (GBTE) podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Dave Anderson, a long-time associate, and highly accomplished coach. Steve asks David questions with the purpose of reviewing technical and tactical information. Other pertinent points regarding player development are covered.

Thank you for supporting and sharing GBTE. Our goal is to contribute to the growth and welfare of tennis. Our free educational content includes 15 years of daily Facebook posts, 500+ Instagram clips, 5 free courses, and nearly 150 podcasts. One of the courses, Tennis Intelligence Applied, is 25 hours long. Our web site www.greatbasetennis.com.

On the 148th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith talks with Stuart Van Horn. They talk about the playing and teaching career of Stuart's father, Welby Van Horn. His record as a player and teacher is nothing short of elite.

In his era, Welby played against the best and beat the best. In 1939 at the age of 19, he was the youngest US Open finalist until Pete Sampras broke the record. His playing career was cut short by World War II and an asthmatic condition, yet he played professionally for a decade and was in the top ten in the world numerous times.

Following his playing career, he taught tennis on four courts in San Juan, Puerto Rico and only taught the members' children. In the 1960s, he developed more US junior national champions than the state of Florida. He created his own systematic approach which was primarily based on balance. 

Tennis leaders around the world should embrace Welby's approach to starting beginning players. If so, more entry-level players would stay with tennis, and the game of tennis would enjoy increased participation.

Under the leadership of their head coach, Claremont-Mudd-Scripts's women's tennis team has won the national championship in three of the last four years. Dave Schwarz also led Middlebury College to two national championships. He is the fifth coach in college tennis history to win national titles with both the men's and women's teams. He was the first tennis coach to win national titles at two different schools.

We are confident that our listeners will enjoy Dave's story because he is humble, and honest and had to earn his position the good ole' fashion way. Simply put, as a player and coach, he figured out how to add up his different and diversified experiences to be successful. The interview produced numerous golden nuggets for one's tennis treasure chest.

Our GreatBase Tennis Education (GBTE) offers 15 years of daily Facebook posts, 5 educational courses, 500+ Instagram clips, and nearly 150 podcasts for free. (www.greatbasetennis.com).

David Schwarz's Website: https://www.daveschwarztennis.com/