Alex Chan is a content creator and community tennis expert with a growing social media following. Here is my podcast with Alex Chan.
You might have seen Alex’s engaging videos on Instagram, where he creates wide-reaching content about tennis. He also worked for 13 years in community engagement for the USTA. Besides that, he has also been a certified PTR Coach since 2010, working with beginners and intermediate players. As far as tennis nerding goes, he has 16 years of stringing experience.
We talk about his involvement in grassroots tennis, how to grow the sport, some challenges tennis are facing, some advice for tennis content creators and much more.
You can use the time stamps below to check out different topics in the podcast. Sadly, the podcasting software malfunctioned during the recording and the second half is a little out of sync and the audio quality is less good.
Listen to my podcast with Alex Chan in the embedded player below. The podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro and Alex’s background in tennis
05:26 Making tennis more accessible
11:23 Working with brands as a content creator
24:15 Watching tennis is connected to the player – Alex and Rafa
31:30 Tennis is doing well
35:58 Racquet talk
44:01 Social media addiction
52:37 Day job and grassroots
59:11 Tips to find more partners to play tennis with
1:03:51 How Alex stands out in the social media world
