Craig Shapiro is a bit of a media icon on the tennis scene. He has been around the tour since the 90s, when he travelled as Andre Agassi’s personal racquet tech. Craig runs an excellent podcast where he interviews many professional tennis players. You can subscribe to it on the usual audio platforms. He also runs something he tongue-in-cheek calls an academy, which is more of an intense travel tribute to tennis. The next trip is to the Rome Masters tournament. When we connect, he has just returned to New York from the Sunshine Double, so we talk about his …
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Cameron is an aspiring professional tennis player and YouTuber. He has also built a Notion template for tennis players. We talk about that and more in my podcast with Cameron Price. Besides being an aspiring pro, Cameron is also a tennis coach. After having heart problems in October 2022, he is back to playing tennis, coaching, and competing in tournaments. While away from the sport, he promised himself that when he could play again, he would document his tennis journey and share everything he learned along the way. You can listen to the podcast in audio format on the most …
Here is my podcast with the David Goggins of Tennis, Thomas Alm. Thomas is a Swedish coach with 20 years of experience coaching players on ATP and WTA tours. If you don’t know about David Goggins, he is an ultra-marathon athlete famous for taking on outrageous physical challenges and going through them. His motto is: Stay hard! And it is not a shock that he was once a Navy seal. Thomas Alm was never a Navy seal, but he really focused hard on mental and physical strength in tennis. He wants to see a full commitment from his players and …
Allen is an Australian tennis enthusiast and the creator of the YouTube channel AC Tennis. His channel focuses on in-depth racquet reviews and comparisons. He’s been playing tennis since he was 5 years old and loves all things related to tennis gear. We did not only talk about tennis gear, but loads of other things as well in the podcast. You can listen to it in the embedded player below or on audio platforms like Spotify and Apple. You can also enjoy a video version on our YouTube channel. Time stamps 00:00 Intro00:45 The Happy Slam07:25 Allen’s tennis schedule11:16 How did …
For this podcast with Phil from Tweenerhead, we talk about the problem with tennis balls. Why is the quality fluctuating so much? Philip Fama is a tennis coach, a strong player, and a YouTuber who runs the Tweenerhead brand. You can check out his channel here. You can listen to the podcast we did, which is not only dealing with tennis balls, on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple and also in the embedded player below. There are time stamps so you can jump around to different topics, but we of course appreciate if you listen to the whole thing. The tennis …
It finally happened. After talking about it for quite a while, the Tennis Mentor is on the Tennisnerd Podcast. And he did bring some great insights. In this episode, I’m joined by Ashley Neaves, also known as “The Tennis Mentor.” Ashley is an award-winning coach who works with everyone from kids to recreational to high-level competition players. He creates content on social media and recently released a course with Liam Broady’s coach, David Sammel, called Bulletproof at the Baseline. When you work with your passion… I met Ashley in May last year when we spent a few days in Paris …
In the latest Tennisnerd podcast, we are talking tennis racquets with Beckett from Tenncom. If you are a gearhead you are in for a treat. Beckett Chung is a co-founder of the tennis gear media company Tenncom. He reviews racquets and strings for their YouTube channel and is a knowledgeable and humorous source for finding your optimal racquet setup. The chance is that you are already following his channel. In this podcast, we talk about racquets, racquets, and racquets. And strings, of course. If you are not into gear, it can get a little bit nerdy at times, but if …
Coaching legend Rick Macci is back on the podcast to talk about his recent book. This is Billion Dollar Mind with Rick Macci and Dr Jerath. Dr. Nivedita Uberoi Jerath and Rick Macci joined the Tennisnerd podcast to discuss mental tennis, mental health, motivation, and their new book, Billion Dollar Mind: A Practical Guide to the Game of Life. In this episode, we cover plenty of topics on and off the court related to how you can strengthen your mind. You will find plenty of powerful wisdom nuggets in this one. You can check out my previous podcasts with Rick …
Karue Sell is back on tour and the Tennisnerd podcast. We talked about the pros and cons of life as a professional tennis player and more. This is Karue’s third time on the Tennisnerd podcast. You can check out older episodes on all major audio platforms or on our Podcast page. The podcast is available on all major audio platforms, as well as YouTube. You can find the timestamps below to better navigate the episode or listen to the whole thing in the embedded player below. Karue Sell is back on tour – Timestamps 00:00 Intro01:40 How important is fitness …
On this episode of the Tennisnerd podcast, I talk about Australian Open apparel and more with Eliza Wastcoat. We get into a lot more than Australian Open apparel, you can see an overview of all the topics we discuss in the timestamps section below. This is Eliza’s second time on the podcast. Here is the first. She is a digital strategist who comments on the tennis world on the rapidly growing account @Itselizasworld on Instagram and TikTok. She now also has a YouTube channel called Liza West. Today, we will get into the Australian Open, Australian Open apparel, and the …