🎾Todd Larkham On Coaching Nick Kyrgios | QualityShot Tennis Podcast #2

What this episode covers

CoachLife gave Faizan a fantastic opportunity to talk to Justin Todd Larkham. Justin was the former coach of Nick Kyrgios up until the age of 19 and currently he is the Head Coach of the Tennis Australia National Tennis Academy. Todd gves some fantastic insight into coaching best practices, scouting and coaching Kyrgios, how slow courts and balls are affecting the current tennis scene and much more! CoachLife is a tennis platform with an array of some of the best tennis coaches of all time! You can get access to extensive coaching lessons through the website. Get 5% off CoachLife when you use the code "ToddQST": https://coachlife.com/index/home ➡️Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHvJsy7PezicDNlLm8Wkmbw/join 💰Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/QualityShot FOLLOW US on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/QualityShot1 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2mLGdHeSZHknZgsBFbHXYU?si=DvUImnKHR0OGUvBGIhkPcw&utm_source=copy-link Discord: https://discord.gg/awB6UdwsR6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qualityshot.f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qualityshot.f/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHvJsy7PezicDNlLm8Wkmbw 00:00 Intro 00:36 Coachlife 02:56 Todd's Philosophy 06:19 Coaching different styles and personality 09:19 Scouting Kyrgios 15:25 Kyrgios' mentality 20:32 Advice in Pressure Points 24:15 Serve and Forehand Importance 29:01 Journey with Kyrgios 33:24 Dealing with players on court 40:07 Coaches he looks up to 42:57 Patrick Moratoglou 45:11 Players and parent coaches 52:07 Tsitsipas' ideal coach? 54:55 Todd's views on ATP and WTA Tour 01:00:37 Why is a slice backhand important? 01:04:25 Dimitrov with Delgado 01:05:32 Players coming to net more and using dropshot 01:06:03 Courts and balls slower now? 01:15:23 Outro #tennis #podcast #kyrgios #qualityshot #atp #wta #tennis2024

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