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The Functional Tennis Podcast — 201 episodes

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“I Wasn’t a Great Junior” ATP no.73 Mattia Bellucci

2

What It Takes at U12 Level Now - Sebastian Lavie at IMG Future Stars

3

I Tried Something New… (My First YouTube Video Is Live)

4

Does the Saber Improve Your Tennis? Here’s What the Data Shows

5

Balancing Singles Ambition and Doubles Success with Marc Polmans

6

Why 55% of the Top 100 Use Luxilon with Justin Van Malderen

7

The new ASICS Solution Speed FF4 with Yuhi Tanigaki

8

Quick Update from Functional Tennis

9

Wilson's "Pure Aero" - Racket catchup with The Tennisnerd

10

Jesper De Jong's linear progression continues

11

“Djokovic Match Showed Me the Level” Jaime Faria

12

“Every Tennis Parent’s Journey Is Different” with Garry Cahill

13

Building People, Not Just Players. John Williams, coach of world no.1 Doubles Taylor Townsend

14

Going All In Changed Everything for Wheelchair Champ Charlie Cooper

15

College Champ Starting Her Pro Journey, Dasha Vidmanova Ep260

16

“I Didn’t Think I’d Go Pro” Aleks Kovacevic ATP #77

17

Spotting Tennis’s Next Star with Clinton Coleman from IMG Tennis

18

Luca Van Assche: Building Belief, Beating Pressure, and Loving the Grind

19

Sacrificing Will Pay Off in the End – Liam Broady | Ep. 256

20

Belief Built Through Hard Work with Francisco Comesaña (ATP 70)

21

"It takes a village - The Return of Coach Joe O'Dwyer on the Functional Tennis Podcast

22

Lorenzo Petrucci - Performance trainer of WTA top 20 Liudmila Samsonova

23

From Childhood Friends to Badosa's Coach: Pol Toledo’s Journey

24

Unlocking the Secrets of Spanish Tennis with Chris Lewit

25

Elevate your coaching through effective communication with Adam Blicher

26

Rene Zandbergen - Step into comfort with the New Asics Resolution x

27

"Resilience Is Built Through Personal Experience" Darren Cahill

28

It's all about Swing Speed - new Tecnifibre T-Fight & Nextgen Tennis

29

Jesper De Jong - Closing in on The Top 100

30

Consistency and Passion: Linda Noskova's Winning Mindset

31

"I wasn't that good" ATP #123 Jaime Faria [Ep 244]

32

13 Gifts Ideas for Tennis Players: Functional Tennis Gift Guide

33

What Does It Really Mean to 'Make It' in Tennis? Insights from Kimmer Coppejans

34

Navigating the Tour: Laurent Lokoli on Challenges and Triumphs

35

The Player's Perspective: Jason Jung on Mental Toughness and Career Choices

36

6-Time Grand Slam Title Coach Wim Fissette [ep.239]

37

Lulu Sun - WTA #220 to #40 in 1 year

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[Part 2] Racket of the year breakdown with Jonas Eriksson aka Tennisnerd

39

[Part 1] Racket of the year breakdown with Jonas Eriksson aka Tennisnerd

40

Inside the Mind of Sandra Zaniewska: Coach of WTA Top 20 Marta Kostyuk

41

Doubles strategist Will Boucek

42

Time to go pro for Govind Nanda [Ep.233]

43

The Luxilon Story with Justin Van Malderen

44

Jasmine Paolini throwback chat

45

Conor Niland's The Racket: Realistic Insights and Stories on Becoming a Pro

46

WTA No. 63 Diane Parry

47

Coach Life - Lessons from the junioe coaches of todays top pros

48

Coach Andrea Ramundo - Junior Tennis, Italian Tennis Federation and working for your mentor for free

49

Tennis is Hard - High Level Junior Tennis at IMG Future Stars 2024

50

Peter Hemanns - Asics Tennis Product Manager

51

[Throwback] 14 things I learned watching the worlds best under 12's

52

Dad of Cam Norrie, David Norrie [Ep.223]

53

The Art of Coaching with Brad Stine [Ep.222]

54

Tennis is difficult with Freddie Nielsen and guest host Coach Dave O’Hare

55

Dave O’Hare, ATP Doubles Coach and our new guest host

56

Joel Schwarzler, Current Boys World Number 1 Junior

57

Life as a 15 year old top 10 ITF with Tyra Grant

58

Tennis parenting with the dad of one of the worlds best 12 year olds

59

The EASY decision to play College Tennis with Brandon Holt

60

Former ATP No.32 Pablo Andújar [Ep.215]

61

Important Lessons for Juniors with Pablo Andujar and Kenneth Carlsen [Ep.214]

62

Pere Riba, former ATP #65 on coaching Coco Gauff to the US Open title [Ep. 213]

63

Benefits of college tennis with former NCAA Champ and ATP #63 Bradley Klahn [Ep. 212]

64

Talking ATP Doubles with Rob Morgan, coach of Wimbledon Champion Wesley Koolhof [Ep. 211]

65

Planning for peak performance with Matt Little, Andy Murray's S&C Coach

66

Clive Brunskill, 40 years capturing and getting to know the world's best players

67

Matt Terczynski, Hitting Partner of Hubi Hurkacz [Ep. 208]

68

Kalin Davidov, The Father & Coach of Top Ambidextrous Junior Teo Davidov [Ep. 207]

69

Footwork coach of a 8-14 year old Coco Gauff - Jeff Drock [Ep. 206]

70

Kieron Vorster, The Physical trainer of Dan Evans & Sorana Cirstea [Ep.205]

71

Executing under pressure with Patrick Harding, performance coach of F1 Driver Alex Albon [Ep. 204]

72

Educating tennis parents to optimize for success with Garry Cahill [Ep.203]

73

The gruelling journey to 4 Grand Slam titles - Timea Babos [Ep.202]

74

Craig Boynton, coach of Hubert Hurkacz [Ep.201]

75

[Job Fairy] CONTENT & MARKETING Freelancer needed

76

2002 Aussie Open Champ - Thomas Johansson [Ep.200]

77

Dalibor Sirola, The Physical Trainer of Sascha Zverev [Ep.199]

78

Catchup with the Demon, Alex De Minaur [Ep.198]

79

Umpiring over 5000 matches with Carlos Ramos [Ep.197]

80

Cultivating Successful Athlete Sponsorships with Marina Caiazzo[Ep.196]

81

The stubborn Borna Coric [Ep.195]

82

Aiming for perfection but not expecting it - Belinda Bencic [Ep.194]

83

The need to chill with Alex Molcan [Ep.193]

84

Secrets to returning to the Top 10 with 43 year old Rohan Bopanna [Ep.192]

85

Unleashing Marginal Gains: Asics' Rene Zandbergen on Revolutionizing Djokovic's Tennis Shoes[Ep.191]

86

Balancing parenting & coaching your NEXTGEN child with Cinzia Giovinco [Ep.190]

87

14 things I learned from the worlds best under-12 tennis players [Ep.189]

88

WTA Top 100 to Top 20 journey with Coach Mark Gellard

89

Developing an elite mindset & the dreaded yips with Dr. Amanda Jane Napier Owens

90

Winning Junior Wimbledon and facing pressure with Gianluigi Quinzi

91

Making history and cracking the top 50 with Talon Griekspoor

92

Tennis players vs. Football players and high performance with Andrea Bracaglia

93

Training with Novak Djokovic & going pro with Jakub Menšík

94

What makes a great player with Dr. Dario Novak

95

Testing yourself abroad and the Chinese game with Olivier Grignard

96

Reality check with coach Johnny Parkes

97

Influencing the Irish game with Peter Bothwell

98

Coaching the Williams sisters and the path to greatness with Rick Macci

99

From war to Wimbledon with Ivan Ljubičić

100

Building elite teams with Bill Eckstrom

101

The Tennis Tour Agency and coming back from injury with Matteo Tinelli

102

The Art of coaching with Michael Logarzo

103

ASICS Special in Marbella

104

The Functional Tennis Podcast Trailer

105

Mental training and virtual reality with Sense Arena [Ep.171]

106

University of Memphis Update with Conor Gannon [College Tennis Series 03] Ep.170

107

Racket talk with the Tennis Nerd aka Jonas Eriksson [Ep.169]

108

Former world no.61 and current ITF 35's world champ Fred Gil [Ep.168]

109

Tommy Paul's Physical Trainer - Franco Herrero [Ep.167]

110

4 Excerpts on Federer - [Ep 166]

111

Landing at the University of Memphis [Conor Gannon College Series 02] [Episode 165]

112

Joanne Zuger - Up and Coming Swiss Player [Ep.164]

113

Il Maestro - Riccardo Piatti [Ep.163]

114

Deep look into junior tennis with former ATP No.41 Kenneth Carlsen [Ep.162]

115

Pro tennis player, author and engineer - Fernanda Contreras Gomez [Ep.161]

116

Highs & lows of my 1st ever Wimbledon main draw - Tamara Korpatsch [Ep.160]

117

Freshman Lessons 01 New mini series with Conor Gannon [Ep.159]

118

Transitioning from college tennis stardom to the pro tour with Adam Walton [Ep.158]

119

Long term coach of Cam Norrie - Facundo Lugones [Ep.157]

120

Travel coach to the worlds number 1 doubles team - Dave O'Hare [Ep.156]

121

The Importance of data analytics for tennis players with Shane Liyanage [Ep.155]

122

High levels of fitness doesn't guarantee success - Performance Coach Lapo Becherini [Ep.154]

123

Life on the road with a war back home - Ukrainian Top 40 WTA Anhelina Kalinina [Ep.153]

124

Youngest ever Roland Garros Men's Champion, Michael Chang [Ep.152]

125

Tina Lee - Balancing the parent/coach relationship [Ep.151]

126

Felix Mischker aka Tennis Brothers - Jounrey to 1 ATP Tour Point [Ep.150]

127

Anna Bondar - Breaking the Top 100 [Ep.149]

128

Max Eisenbud - Super-agent & The IMG Future Stars [Ep.148]

129

Claudio Pistolesi - 26 Years coaching with passion and enthusiasm

130

Berrettini "doesnt have the level" Claudio Pistolesi gets told when trying to recruit a US College for a young Matteo Berrettini

131

Eric Hernandez - Strength & Conditioning Coach of Daniil Medvedev since 2014 [Ep.146]

132

"I'm not his friend" S&C Trainer Eric Hernandez on his long term working relationship with Daniil Medvedev [Tie Break 02]

133

Goran Novakovic - Founder of The Ten-Pro Junior Global Tour [Ep.145]

134

Tie-Break 01 - You win or you learn with Ten-Pro Global Tour Founder Goran Novakovic

135

Arthur Fery - Number 1 Ranked US College Tennis Play [Ep.144]

136

Carlos Rodriguez - Former Coach of Justine Henin and Li Na [EP.143]

137

Sven Swinnen - Coach of Dominic Stricker [Ep.142]

138

JY Aubone - Opelka Travel Coach 2017 - 2021 [Ep 141]

139

The Foot Doctor - Tennis Shoes and Foot Injuries

140

Frances Tiafoe - What is your why?

141

Vesa Ponkka from The JTCC - The Non For Profit Tennis Training Center

142

Conor Gannon - US College Tennis Freshman

143

James McCabe - My Tennis Journey

144

Phil, Taylor & Jenny Dent - The Tennis Family

145

Merlin Van De Braam - Head of Coach Development at LTA

146

Kelsey Anderson - Life On Tour As A Spouse

147

Nikolay Davydenko - ATP Finals Champ & Former World #3

148

Sascha Bajin - Coach of Karolina Pliskova

149

Katrina Adams - Former President of USTA

150

Bernard Tomic - Reignited Fire

151

Panna Udvardy - From 350 To Top 100 In A Year

152

Andre Villas-Boas - Inside The Mind Of The Elite

153

Anshuman Vohra - Founder of HALO Hydration

154

Katie Spellman - PR Consultant to Halep & Kvitova

155

Sultan Gangji - Umpiring Wimbledon Finals

156

Robin Montgomery - 2021 US Open Girls Champion

157

Rob Morgan - ATP Doubles Coach

158

Dani Rincon - 2021 US Open Boys Champion

159

Liam Broady - Focusing On The Off-Court

160

Andreas Vinciguerra - Former Top 35

161

Giannis Stergiou - Hitting Partner of Maria Sakkari

162

Diego Moyano - Coach of Kevin Anderson

163

Bastien Fazincani - WTA Tour Coach

164

Tomislav Poljak - Agent & Tournament Director

165

Abigail Johnson - Breaking Into Tennis Commentary

166

Louis Cayer - Unlocking Doubles Success

167

Jack Draper - British Teenager On The Rise

168

Joe O'Dwyer - Tour Coach (Re-run)

169

Janko Tipsarevic - Former Top 10 & Davis Cup Winner (Re-run)

170

Jason Stacy - Fitness Coach of Aryna Sabalenka

171

Alexander Ostrovsky - Academy & Agency Owner

172

Timo Glock - Former F1 Driver

173

Mike Ballardie - CEO of Slinger Bag

174

Larry Jurovich - Building Relationships Through Coaching

175

Nick McCarvel - Inside The Tennis Media World

176

Marcel da Cruz - S&C Coach of Casper Ruud

177

Marco Chiudinelli - Reflecting on a Long Career

178

Garry Cahill - Leadership & Mentoring in Tennis

179

Sharon Fichman & Dylan Moscovitch - Life on Tour as a Couple

180

Emily Appleton - One Step at a Time

181

Casper Ruud - Journey to the Top 20

182

Matt Ebden - A Life on Tour

183

Ron Yu - A-List Stringer & Technician

184

Aidan McHugh - Scotland's Next Gen

185

Martin Rocca - Coach & Tennis Aid Founder

186

James Cluskey - Climbing My Next Mountain

187

David Sammel - Tour Coach & Mentor

188

Tom Gutteridge - Coach of CiCi Bellis

189

Julia Efremova - Raising a Future Star

190

Mirjam Bjorklund - Breaking onto the WTA tour

191

Marian Vajda & Goran Ivanisevic - Celebrating Novak's 311 Weeks as World #1

192

Adam Blicher - Communicating Better as a Tennis Coach

193

Nick Littlehales - World Renowned Sleep Expert

194

James McGee - Tour Life & Beyond

195

Marcus Daniell - Creating Positive Impact In The World

196

Marijn Bal - IMG Tennis Agent

197

Robbie Koenig - "Tennis Nearer the Gods"

198

Alex De Minaur - 'The Demon'

199

Craig O'Shannessy - ATP Strategy Analyst

200

Matwe Middelkoop - Making it on the ATP Tour

201

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