He covered tennis for 30 years for the New York Times and has written the bestselling Federer biography called “The Master”. This is my podcast with Christopher Clarey. Podcast with Christopher Clarey This is something a little special for Federer fans. First of all, I want to say that if you haven’t read “The Master”, which is Clarey’s excellent biography about the life and career of Roger Federer, then you should! It’s a bestseller for a reason. Here is a link to The Master. Clarey has unique insight into the life of Federer, after having interviewed him for 20 years …
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In this episode of the Tennisnerd podcast, we discuss our recent trip with Adidas to Paris. And also about Henrik’s recent racquet switch and much more. Henrik’s recent racquet switch Many of you have already seen or heard my previous podcasts with Davis Cup stringer and Swedish Tennis Magazine reporter, Henrik Wallensten. We do a semi-regular segment of the Tennisnerd podcast called “Racquet talk”, which seems quite popular among fellow tennis nerds. You can see some time stamps below and you will be able to watch the video on YouTube or listen to the podcast on your favorite platforms like …
Karue Sell is a former #371 ATP professional and UCLA college tennis standout. He runs My Tennis HQ and coaches Marcos Giron. Here is my podcast with Karue Sell. Podcast with Karue Sell If you watch tennis on YouTube, I’m sure you have come across Karue Sell and My Tennis HQ. On his channel, he regularly shares coaching “NTRP 4.5, now what?” where he coaches fellow YouTuber Winston Du to get to the next level in tennis. I have been a follower of his channel for a while and thought it would be interesting to sit down and talk about …
I have been a fan of Nikola Aracic from Intuitive Tennis for a while, and it was a lot of fun to have him on the podcast. Podcast with Nikola Aracic from Intuitive Tennis Nikola Aracic is a former top 40 NCAA D1 college player and tennis coach with 25 years of experience. He is one of the leading coaches on YouTube and has built a devoted following thanks to his straightforward approach and coaching methods. In this podcast, we talk about everything from how he got started, to racquets and strings, if it’s too late to become a pro, …
Evan Gaudreau is a former D1 college player and coach who has developed a fresh way of looking at tennis. He has been on the podcast before, but now we talk about Coach Evan’s book Shell Game. Coach Evan’s Book (Shell Game) Coach Evan has written multiple of analysis pieces for Tennisnerd and has been on the Tennisnerd podcast several times. I have always enjoyed his unorthodox style of writing about tennis and ultimately analyzing the sport and I think there is a lot to learn from it. His book Shell Game is as different of a book as you …
Podcast with Michelle Heidbrink
Michelle Heidbrink needs no further introduction for most tennis nerds. She is a play-tester, content creator and podcaster for Tennis Warehouse. Podcast with Michelle Heidbrink As with most recent Tennisnerd podcasts, you can also watch this conversation on the Tennisnerd YouTube channel and if you want to support the channel or the work I do, please consider joining Patreon or checking out the Tennisnerd store. I also urge you to check out Michelle’s excellent podcast at Tennis Warehouse, called Talk Tennis. The podcast with Michelle covers a lot of ground, from how she started at Tennis Warehouse, some of her racquet …
The Chris Edwards episode was so popular, so why not invite another play-tester icon? Here is Troy Lara from Tennis Warehouse. Podcast with Troy Lara from Tennis Warehouse Troy Lara has been reviewing gear and working on content for Tennis Warehouse for 16 years. I am sure most people reading this have watched Troy in many TW videos over the years. Many racquet nerds will relate to his preference for heavy player racquets. Customizing, adding a leather grip and so on… If you want to support the podcast, check out our friends at Tennis Warehouse, Tennis Only and Tennis Warehouse …
Henrik is a gear reviewer, Davis Cup stringer, and pizza baker. He writes for the Swedish Tennis Magazine and Tennisnerd. This is my racquet talk with Henrik. Racquet talk with Henrik Henrik has joined the Tennisnerd podcast before and those episodes are always very popular. In this one, he talks about his new racquet of choice, and his recent test of Artengo racquets (if you want to know more about Artengo, check out Nikki’s vlog from the Artengo HQ here), RS Clothes, Pro Staff X, different types of tennis balls and a lot more. If you are a proper gear nerd, …
He has won the USPTA national coach of the year seven times and trained five number-one-ranked players. This is my podcast with Rick Macci. Podcast with Rick Macci I am sure these names ring a bell: Â Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. These are just a few of the tennis starts that Rick Macci has worked with. He is even featured in the movie King Richard, about Richard Williams, the father of the Williams sisters. We sat down over Zoom to talk about Rick’s spectacular coaching career and what’s in store in the future. We …
For this episode of the Tennisnerd podcast, I do an interview with Will Hamilton, one of the co-founders of Fuzzy Yellow Balls. Interview with Will Hamilton Will Hamilton was one of the first tennis content creators on YouTube alongside his Fuzzy Yellow Balls co-founder and has since created and sold loads of instructional tennis content with stars like the Bryan Brothers and Martina Navratilova. This podcast went all over the place, from YouTube CPM levels to why Alcaraz’s drop shot strategy should be copied (according to data). You might have seen Fuzzy Yellow Balls sponsoring some Tennisnerd YouTube videos. I …