Episodes
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College Tennis Series: Julian Rousseau-Tuan from The University of Oregon Club Team
Welcome to Episode 4 of the College Tennis Series where have Julian Rousseau-Tuan from the University of Oregon Club Tennis Team. Julian discusses why he chose to play club tennis at OU, instead of going to play on a varsity team at any other school, when he had the UTR to do. Make sure you…
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3 Lessons I Learned Coaching in 2024
In this episode of The Aubone Tennis Podcast, we dive deep into the most powerful lessons learned from a year of coaching elite tennis players. Discover how mental toughness begins with physical toughness, why building true grit requires tough love, and how embracing nerves can unlock peak...
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College Tennis Series: Ethan Green from Denison University
Welcome to Episode 3 of the College Tennis Series where have Ethan Green from Denison University joins us to discuss how he made it to such a high level of tennis, yet started playing at the age of 10! And even though his first Level 1 event wasn't until the 16's, he reached a Division 1 level…
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College Tennis Series: Hunter Robbins from Florida Atlantic University
Welcome to Episode 2 of the College Tennis Series! Are you a junior tennis player dreaming of competing in college? Or a parent navigating the challenging junior tennis journey? Dive into our brand-new podcast series where we interview collegiate tennis players across all divisions to uncover: ✅...
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College Tennis Series: Murphy Cassone from Arizona State University
Welcome to Episode 1 of the College Tennis Series! Are you a junior tennis player dreaming of competing in college? Or a parent navigating the challenging junior tennis journey? Dive into our brand-new podcast series where we interview collegiate tennis players across all divisions to uncover: ✅...
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Sam Jalloh - How Tennis Saved My Life
** Special Guest Episode** Sam Jalloh joins us to discuss his incredible story of how he survived a civil war in Sierra Leone, and chased his dream of becoming a professional tennis player. From defying the odds at birth, he continued to defy the odds by becoming one of Sierra Leone's tennis...
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5 Simple Tips To Be A Great Junior Tennis Parent
Being a junior tennis parent is a tough job. Being a junior tennis parent with a teenage child whose hormones are going all over the place is an even tougher job. You can say the right thing and be wrong. You can do nothing and be wrong. And you can answer their questions and be wrong. It can be…
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How to Deal with Cheating in Junior Tennis
This week I had the honor of joining Lisa Stone on the Parenting Aces podcast to discuss bad line calls in junior tennis. They're are an unfortunate but common occurrence. Whether they were intentional or an honest mistake, dealing with it can be frustrating for players and parents. In this...
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4 Tips to Improve Your Recovery During Tennis Tournaments
Recovery has become one of the hottest topics in junior tennis talk over the last few years. With the implementation of doubles at so many events, kids are finding themselves consistently playing 3-4 matches a day. That’s a lot of tennis for young kids, especially in the summer. Understandably…
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High Performance Tennis is a Movement Sport 1st, Then Technical
At the beginner level, tennis is a very technical sport, but at the high performance level, technicals take a bit of a back seat, and movement leads the way. High performance tennis is considered to be one of the toughest sports in the world, due to the level of physical and mental fitness...
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ATP Pro Martin Damm Jr. Discusses His Junior Tennis Life
As he prepares to play in the French Open, Martin Damm Jr. was kind enough to spend some time discussing: How he got started in tennis His experience playing junior ITF's Being a part of the youngest team ever to win a US Open doubles match Why he turned pro at 15 years old And how he had to...
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Why taking your child to a collegiate or pro event can be a game changer
If you can’t see these things in person, it’s hard to get inspired by them. It’s hard to feel the magic. It’s hard to feel the crowd come alive. It’s a completely different feeling to see a 145mph serve in person come off of Isner’s racquet. To hear the sound of Juan Martin Del Potro’s forehand…
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Pick Your Junior Tennis Poison - High performance or a "nice" experience
What are you willing to tolerate on your high performance junior tennis journey? Some people can't handle the emotional outbursts, bad line calls, frustrating parents, and the overall emotional roller coaster. They want a nice respectful game, with a nice relaxing atmosphere, and if goals aren't...
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A Key Element to Mental Toughness: Routines In-Between Points
A tennis player spends approximately 80% of a match WALKING around. Not running and playing. Walking. Yet we spent 99.99% of our practices working on everything else, and we wonder why most kids struggle to be mentally tough. An argument can be made that the routines in-between points are the…
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The importance of coaches showing up to tournaments, parent education, and creating a team atmosphere in an individual sport with Chris Trizzino.
This is part 2 of a 2-part special guest episode with Christopher Trizzino. In part 1 Chris shared his fearless journey of how he started tennis very late at the age of 13, fell in love with coaching but had no idea how to succeed with it, and now runs one of the best academies in the entire...
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From starting tennis at age 13, to running one of the best academies in the region: Who is Chris Trizzino?
This is part 1 of a 2-part special guest episode with Christopher Trizzino. In part 1 Chris shares his fearless journey of how he started tennis very late at the age of 13, fell in love with coaching but had no idea how to succeed with it, and now runs one of the best academies in the entire...
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How a Parent Should Handle the Time In-Between 2nd & 3rd Sets
One of the least talked about areas parents have to deal with is the time in-between 2nd and 3rd sets. I wonder how many parents were given the heads up that they'd be put in a situation where they'd have to consider putting their coaching hat on. It's an unfair position to be put in. Parents...
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Racquets or string? Polyester for kids & testing racquets: Equipment talk with Philippe Oudshoorn
What's more important to a player, the racquet or the string? Should kids be using polyester strings? What's the best way to test racquets? These are some of the questions we asked racquet specialist, and Head of USA Marketing for Tecnifibre, Philippe Oudshoorn. Philippe is an incredible resource...
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How to become a great tennis player: The difference between a good attitude & a champion's attitude
A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t” - Jack Dempsey It’s a hard thing to explain to someone if they haven’t gone through something incredibly difficult and challenging, and refused to back down. It can also seem like an unfair thing to explain to a young athlete. When talking to a...
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Special Episode: Jonathan Stokke from Baseline Intelligence
We have another special guest episode with Jonathan Stokke (full bio below) from the Baseline Intelligence podcast. If you haven't listened to the Baseline Intelligence podcast, and you're a tennis coach, parent, or player, you need to! Stokke has an incredible wealth of knowledge, from his...
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How important is it to train with a higher level players? The Academy's dilemma.
Answering this question is straight forward, but finding that type of environment is difficult. -There will always be a higher level training group so at some point, a coach has to say no, they can’t move you up. -Does the player show a disciplined effort to train at 100% no matter who they're...
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2023 Review: 3 things I learned & 3 things that stayed the same
One of my favorite things to do at the end of the year is to take some time to reflect. Days can quickly turn into months, and just like that, the year is over. It’s hard to stop, slow down, and evaluate things, yet it’s something I try to do as much as possible. It’s during these moments that we...
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Culture, Character & Discipline First: Windy Hill High Performance Tennis Manager Marcelo Ferreira
This week we have a special episode! It's the first time we have a guest joining us. Marcelo Ferreira, Windy Hill High Performance Tennis Manager joined us to discuss the incredible program he's built in Atlanta, GA. Marcelo discusses how culture, character and discipline come first, and then...
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Redefining What A Weapon In Tennis Is
When we think of the word weapon in tennis, we’ve been trained to think of a powerful weapon. A big forehand. A monster serve. The ability to finish points at the net. Something that can overpower your opponent, and take the racket out of their hand. I’d like to redefine that. Visit...
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My Dream Junior Tennis Training Setup
This podcast crossed my mind as I put myself in the shoes of many parents, and wondered what type of training setup I would look for if my son decided to pursue high performance tennis. I tried to be reasonable. Of course I’d want everything on site right ? Nutritionist. Mental coach. Physical...
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6 Tennis Nutrition Tips
Twice in my life I've made improvements to my nutrition, and they were so impactful that I can never go back to my old ways. The foods and liquids we consume, how we consume them, and when we consume them have a direct affect not only our energy, but our mood. If we have low energy, we’ll be more...
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Tennis Strategy: Be Careful with the Word ALWAYS
There are days where we wake up and for some reason, our favorite forehand is no where to be found. Our fitness levels feel depleted. Our legs feel like cement. And our serve feels like we forgot how to hit it. There’s no real explanation for it. That’s just the way it is. Just like Steph Curry’s…
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5 Ideas to Improve High Performance Junior Tennis in the USA
The hardest part when selecting the 5 things to fix in high performance junior tennis was narrowing it down to just 5! A lot has changed since I started playing junior tennis. Some things for the good, but some things for the worst. Maybe it's just because now I'm a coach that I'm more involved...
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Djokovic/Alcaraz Cincinnati Finals Recap for Juniors
Everybody has moments where they lose focus or get tight. It happened to both players in this match. They’re the #1 and #2 players in the world, yet it still happens to them. But look at how they each handled it in the 2nd and 3rd set! Incredible. A lot to learn for juniors.
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5 Strategies to Beat a Pusher
Ah! The grand ol question I’ve received more times than I care to remember. Not only from juniors, but from adults as well! Players across all levels struggle against pushers. I get it. They’re terribly boring to play against. They give you no rhythm. They make for long and exhausting matches…
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Homeschool Hack for Junior Tennis Players that Go to Regular Schooling
One of the most common questions I get from junior tennis parents is should my child home school? Is it the only way they can develop into a division 1 collegiate athlete? And I get that question not because they’re in love with the idea of homeschooling. It’s because they feel like they’re being...
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Parent Education is More Important in Junior Tennis than in Most Other Sports
This can probably be said for most individual sports as well. Team sports have the advantage of having everything organized for the players. There’s a coach. A season. A set schedule. Set practice times. Uniforms. Etc.. Sure, there’s still a cost to all that, but all the information is put...
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UTR is NOT the Problem
Junior tennis ranking systems for people to be obsessed with have existed for decades. UTR is just another system with its own advantages and disadvantages. What’s changed is how academies, parents, and players have easy access to seeing the “ratings” thus exposing how much they actually look at...
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Stop Looking at the Draw!
Ohhhhh I've been wanting to write this one for a while. Innocent well-intentioned actions can do more harm than we think. We overlook the consequences of actions that WE think don't mean anything. But it's not what we think. It's what is. I've worked with some players and parents who look at the...
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Why Video Analysis is so Important
Tennis is far behind when it comes to using video technology in their coaching methods. All major sports are using them and it's time for tennis to catch up! In this episode I discuss the benefits of using video technology, and how it can help in the development of a player. Click below for the...
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Cheating is Not the Reason You Lost
We have a tendency to spend too much time talking about bad calls after a match. Even if they happened at big moments in the match, how did you lose all the other points? How did you get down 5-4 40-30 match point in the third set anyway? How did you lose a set prior to that? We need to focus on...
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The Difficult Emotional Balance Junior Players Have to Manage
Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.” Simon Sinek When you stop to think about it, it’s incredibly difficult. The balance we ask kids to find, while going through the biggest hormonal change in their life, is tough....
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My Experience Coaching in Israel
Juniors in the United States talk about the pressure to win. The pressure to get their UTR up and get into college division. The pressure to win because success in tennis is unfortunately how they define their self-worth. Can you imagine having to win just so your mandatory military sentence is…
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Learn How to Compete WITH Your Nerves
"Five minutes before entering the central office, I suddenly felt really bad, extremely nervous. I started to cry. I even had to go throw up a bit.” Stan Wawrinka discussing his emotions before walking on the court for the 2016 US Open final. He won the match and the title. “You know, half an…
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5 Most Important Things A Tennis Player Needs to Develop
I prefer to work on a few things at a time for a long time. If a player works on too many things at once, they’ll be mediocre at everything, great at nothing. It’s better to master the most important things first, then start adding in everything else later. 1. Footwork 2. A Weapon 3. 2nd Serve 4....
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Coaching Tennis is Easy. Coaching a Player is Hard
Strictly coaching the tennis aspect of the game can be easy. High percentage is cross court. On the run is open stance. Contact point in front. Follow through. Weight forward. All that and more. Even the non coaches who’ve watched and studied tennis for years as a hobby can point out basic things...
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You Can Lose & Get Better
When people believe their basic qualities can be developed, failures may still hurt, but failures don’t define them. And if abilities can be expanded-if change and growth are possible-then there are still many paths to success.” - Carol Dweck “Mindset” Losing is always going to be painful, even…
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What Are Match Play Skills & How to Develop Them
If you're a competitive tennis player like I was, you need match play skills! And these skills are different than technical skills. They include: - how to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses - how to position yourself - what adjustments to make in your strategy - developing the routines…
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7 Things Your Training Environment Needs
“Does my child need to homeschool to make it to division 1 collegiate tennis?” - Junior Tennis Parent It’s a question parents ask themselves all the time. They hear the stories of players coming out of IMG, Saddlebrook and other academies. They hear the stories of former successful players...
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Appropriate Tournament Scheduling Matters
If someone’s tournament schedule isn’t handled appropriately, they won’t be prepared to play well. And if they don’t know what constitutes an appropriate tournament schedule, they’ll incorrectly have high expectations going into an event. They’ll be all excited as they’re playing their first...