Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

In this episode you’re going to listen to Oliver Jeunehomme. Olivier has among others worked with the likes of: Sofya Zhuk, Irina Kromacheva & Elina Svitolina & has previously been a part of Justine Henin’s Coaching team along side Carlos Rodriques. Since 2011 Olivier has been the director of the Justine Henin Tennis Academy located close to Bruxelles, Belgium. You’ll get to know: – What Olivier learned from working along side Carlos Rodriques – How adaptability is the most important ability – What looking for the lead domino means Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 Carlos Rodriques 03:15 See the player as a person 04:50 Oliver’s Role at Team Henin 07:00 The difference between working private & for a federation 10:15 What Oliver is looking for in players 12:52 Adaptability 15:30 No Judgments 16:50 The transition 22:00 Autonomy 25:20 Habits on & off the court 28:34 Not emotionally ready 30:00 Emotional intelligens 31:30 The human relation 39:05 The lead domino

In this episode you are going to listen to Milo Quiroz, Milo has previously been a Coach at Claremount Country Club, the Galindo & Saddlebrook Tennis Academies as well as the private coach for American Ernesto Escobedo for 6 years. In this episode you’ll get to know: – How to become professional on a budget – How sleep is often overlooked – What’s it like to coach Mr. Bill Gates for 2 years Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 How to become pro without money 09:30 Each of the lessons summarized 09:30 Sleep 13:50 Imagniation 17:30 How to train imagination 20:20 How to train Responsibility 25:30 Starting a tennis academy 28:56 True love for the sport 31:10 Mr. Bill Gates 35:30 The questions that we ask ourselves 37:30 Tennis as medicin 38:30 Discipline & Character 39:30 How to foster discipline 42:20 Compassion 43:15 Erwin Dannverg 45:45 Milo’s Book recommendation 46:45 Alphabet 50:40 Don’t measure talent 55:00 Time management 57:37 Get out of the comfort zone

In this episode you are going to listen to David Wilson, David is a Performance Coach from Ireland and is a Ph.D graduate from Trinity College Dublin, in the field of Education. David has spoken at several conferences, including Tennis Coach Ireland National events as well the Tennis Europe & the ITF Worldwide Conference. In this episode you’ll get to know: – The marginal gains tennis coaches can adapt from outside of our sport – The importance of having an emergency plan – The difference between being a Tennis Expert & being a Great tennis coach Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 Emergency plan 03:25 Identify what might go wrong 04:21 Marginal Gains 05:53 The Importance of Stability in teams 07:14 The Transition period 08:30 Pareto’s principle 10:00 Discpline & standards 11:15 Ownership & responsibility 13:10 Tennis Expert vs a Great Coach 13:40 Scope for improvement 14:51 Overcomplicated communication 16:30 Accountability 19:10 The grey area 20:26 The constant questioning of our selves 23:30 Building Relationships 24:25 Getting feedback as a Tennis Coach 26:36 An open mind 29:35 The players perspective 30:00 Watch matches 33:00 David’s Inspirations 39:00 Inefficient coaches education 42:15 Be adventures

In this episode you are going to listen to Diego Moyano, Diego was a professional player himself with a career high of #130 in Singles. He has previously coached players such as Guillermo Coria, Fernando Gonzalez, Paul Capdeville & Carlos Berlocq. In 2010 Diego joined the USTA player development & is currently the Lead National Coach. In this episode you’ll get to know: – About USTA Player Development – How they challenge the players & develop responsibility – How to develop problem solving Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 The Development program at USTA 06:20 What the USTA are looking at 09:33 Challenging the players 15:43 You have to earn it 19:40 It’s a marathon 22:30 Responsibility 26:54 Problem solving 31:30 How fast the best players pick up things 33:30 You have to earn it 34:33 Keep moving 42:52 When parents loose the ability to be parents

In this episode you are going to listen to Christian Ruud, Christian was a professional player himself with a career high of #39 in Singles in 1995. He represented Norway in 3 consecutive Olympics, he has been the National Coach of Norway & is currently Coaching at the 104 Tennis Academy in Norway alongside being a dad & a part of the coaching team of his Son, Casper Ruud. In this episode you’ll get to know: – What the Team around Casper looks like – The importance of social skills – The importance of simplicity as a Tennis Coach Enjoy the show! Timestamps: 01:30 The steps from a player to a Coach 03:45 Blaming the federation 04:36 Seperating from Casper 09:49 What Casper’s team look like 11:15 Video Analysis 14:12 The importance of social skills 15:39 Social media 16:30 Tennis Parents 17:39 The unfairness of who can earn a living playing tennis 19:45 The motivational factor 21:20 Thomas Högstedt 22:51 How the game had changed 24:30 The basics are still the same 25:19 Don’t make it too difficult 26:00 The serve & return

In this episode you’re going to listen to Mehdi Daouki, Mehdi has worked under the guidance of Patrick Mouratoglou for 6 years & has worked with the likes of Sachia Vickery, Aravane Rezai, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Marcos Baghdatis. In 2013 he founded the D-Tennis Academy based out of Marroco with the quest to create a Grand Slam winning African Player In this episode you’ll get to know: – How we as coaches always need to remember to inform the parents – When and how character reveals it self – What Mehdi believe is the biggest waste of time in the game of tennis Enjoy the show! Timestamps: 01:30 Patrick Mouratoglou 03:24 If you want to be one of the best 03:57 Jeun-Paul Damit 06:38 If you get results… 07:45 Eplaining to the parents 10:20 Ons Jabeur 12:04 Red flags 12:36 Everything is possible 13:11 Every player can make it on tour 13:48 How character reveals it self 15:56 The peaceful warrior 16:30 Mehdi’s Advice 16:46 An African Player can win a Grand Slam

In this episode you are going to listen to Edgar Giffenig, Edgar has been a National Coach in Mexico, Germany & the States. In 2013 he published the book “Developing High Performance Tennis Players” & he is currently the partner of the online Tennis Education platform Tennisgate.com. In this episode you’ll get to know: – What stroke flexibility is & how to develop it – How Women oftentimes hit harder than they run – The story of the Magic Wand Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 Lessons from 3 different National Federations 06:59 Biggest takeaway with a small budget 09:11 Capitalizing on great players 12:23 The downside of having large funds 13:43 Stroke flexibility 20:14 Dealing with competitive pressure 22:39 Process vs resultorientation 24:47 How Edgar organized his thoughts 29:42 How women hit faster than they run 33:02 Why Edgar would never go fulltime on tour as a coach 35:10 Teach yourself 37:42 Antroprometric streotypes in tennis 40:32 Every coach is not good for every player 42:01 Why you learn a lot from newly started coaches 43:33 Edgar’s favourite books 45:10 Different players, different approaches 46:10 Why Edgar is NOT huge on statistics 47:32 The truth is always in the middle 51:07 How the culture has changed 53:26 Over organized practice schedules 56:37 It’s all about the player 57:35 The Magic Wand story 58:21 Get to know more about Edgar

In this episode you are going to listen to Frank Giampaolo, Frank founded The Tennis Parents Workshops in 1998, conducting workshops across the United States, Mexico, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Spain. He then instituted The Mental/Emotional Tennis Workshops in the spring of 2002. Frank’s has developed 77 National Champions, hundreds of NCAA athletes, numerous NCAA All-Americans and several professional athletes. Frank is currently the Vice Chair of the USTA/SCTA Coaches Commission. In this episode you’ll get to know: – How it is easy to be a Tennis Coach compared to being a Tennis Parent – The do’s & the don’ts of pre- & post match communication with a tennis player – How do you close the gap between performance in practice & matches, How to deal with slumps & How to deal with gamesmanship Enjoy the show! Timestamps: 01:30 Being a Tennis Parent is tough 03:10 Balancing being a coach & a father 04:21 A game of keep away 06:23 Utilizing multiple Tennis Coaches 07:30 Negative scoring 09:15 Creating a Tennis Family Philosophy 11:23 Fixed mindset vs growth mindset 12:57 Do’s & Don’ts of pre & post match communication 15:48 Practice the way you are expected to compete 17:51 Get out of Perfectionism 19:30 Dealing with Gamesmanship 24:05 Dealing with slumps 26:54 How you can benefit from Charting 28:30 The Spiral 32:13 Parents workshop 36:22 Don’t apply your knowledge right away 38:40 Player profiling 42:08 Hardware & Software 43:57 A recipe of disaster 45:16 What you share is what you learn 46:20 Vic Braden 52:37 The whole entourage on thet same page

In this episode you are going to listen to Marc Sophoulis, Marc has among others coached ATP & WTA players like: Victor Hanescu, Karan Rastogi, Anastasia & Arina Rodionova & Sabine Lisicki. He has conducted a 40 week TV Tennis Series on ESPN Asia & In 2011 he was awarded “Rising Star Coach of the year” in Australia. Currently Marc works at the Melbourne International Tennis School In this episode you’ll get to know: – The philosophy at MITS & the previous ones that failed – The importance of person, athlete & then the Tennis Player – The boundaries you must set to keep respect Enjoy the show! Timestamps: 01:30 Shared characteristics of top players 03:30 Nature vs nurture 05:03 The environment created from the parents 06:18 MITS Philosophy 07:54 What philosophy that didn’t work 09:19 What Marc tells the players he work with 11:18 Why coaches need to be selfless 14:04 Person, athlete, player 15:15 Go outside of your own country as a coach 17:58 The importance of honesty 18:28 Integrity 20:19 A brutal industry 22:46 Boundaries 25:40 Persistence 26:20 Resilience 27:03 Act upon your learnings 29:00 Look outside of tennis 31:30 Biggest lesson from AFL 32:42 Relationships 34:01 24 hour coach 36:20 Practice doesn’t make perfect 37:10 Specificity 38:40 No trust, no development 40:03 Marc’s advice

Today you are going to listen to Stephan Medem, Stepan played professionally himself & reached a career high of #216 in singles & #146 in doubles. He has been coaching several players on the WTA-tour including the following top 50 players Claudia Porwik, Anca Barna, Meike Babel, Laura Gildemeister, Karina Habsudova & Babara Rittner. Further more he has written 2 books, “PlayGirl” & “Ich will nach Wimbledon”. Currently Stephan is the Head Coach of Junior Development at NHTC Nuremberg. In this episode you’ll get to know: – How all of us are born mentally tough – How to reprogramming mental toughness – Which 2 World Number 1’s that Stephan completely misjudged Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 How we are born mentally tough 07:04 The parent’s & Coach’s role 09:23 Reprogramming kids to mental toughness 11:37 Help the kids with a different perspective 18:46 The red flags 20:55 World numner 1’s that Stephan misjudged 27:50 Talk the same language 29:53 Harry Hopmann 35:25 The system in junior tennis 37:47 Thiem & Bresnik 39:45 Tennis Associations 44:18 The importance of patience 47:16 Stephan’s advice