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The Functional Tennis Podcast — 203 episodes

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1

Is College Tennis In Trouble? with ITA CEO Dave Mullins

2

Luciano Darderi on Reaching the ATP Top 20

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

Balancing Singles Ambition and Doubles Success with Marc Polmans

8

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

9

The new ASICS Solution Speed FF4 with Yuhi Tanigaki

10

Quick Update from Functional Tennis

11

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

12

Jesper De Jong's linear progression continues

13

“Djokovic Match Showed Me the Level” Jaime Faria

14

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

15

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

16

Going All In Changed Everything for Wheelchair Champ Charlie Cooper

17

College Champ Starting Her Pro Journey, Dasha Vidmanova Ep260

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

Lorenzo Petrucci - Performance trainer of WTA top 20 Liudmila Samsonova

25

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

26

Unlocking the Secrets of Spanish Tennis with Chris Lewit

27

Elevate your coaching through effective communication with Adam Blicher

28

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

29

"Resilience Is Built Through Personal Experience" Darren Cahill

30

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

31

Jesper De Jong - Closing in on The Top 100

32

Consistency and Passion: Linda Noskova's Winning Mindset

33

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

34

13 Gifts Ideas for Tennis Players: Functional Tennis Gift Guide

35

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

36

Navigating the Tour: Laurent Lokoli on Challenges and Triumphs

37

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

38

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

39

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

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

42

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

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Doubles strategist Will Boucek

44

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

45

The Luxilon Story with Justin Van Malderen

46

Jasmine Paolini throwback chat

47

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

48

WTA No. 63 Diane Parry

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

Peter Hemanns - Asics Tennis Product Manager

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

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

58

Joel Schwarzler, Current Boys World Number 1 Junior

59

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

60

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

61

The EASY decision to play College Tennis with Brandon Holt

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

[Job Fairy] CONTENT & MARKETING Freelancer needed

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

The stubborn Borna Coric [Ep.195]

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

WTA Top 100 to Top 20 journey with Coach Mark Gellard

91

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

92

Winning Junior Wimbledon and facing pressure with Gianluigi Quinzi

93

Making history and cracking the top 50 with Talon Griekspoor

94

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

95

Training with Novak Djokovic & going pro with Jakub Menšík

96

What makes a great player with Dr. Dario Novak

97

Testing yourself abroad and the Chinese game with Olivier Grignard

98

Reality check with coach Johnny Parkes

99

Influencing the Irish game with Peter Bothwell

100

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

101

From war to Wimbledon with Ivan Ljubičić

102

Building elite teams with Bill Eckstrom

103

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

104

The Art of coaching with Michael Logarzo

105

ASICS Special in Marbella

106

The Functional Tennis Podcast Trailer

107

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

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

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

112

4 Excerpts on Federer - [Ep 166]

113

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

114

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

115

Il Maestro - Riccardo Piatti [Ep.163]

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

Claudio Pistolesi - 26 Years coaching with passion and enthusiasm

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

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

141

The Foot Doctor - Tennis Shoes and Foot Injuries

142

Frances Tiafoe - What is your why?

143

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

144

Conor Gannon - US College Tennis Freshman

145

James McCabe - My Tennis Journey

146

Phil, Taylor & Jenny Dent - The Tennis Family

147

Merlin Van De Braam - Head of Coach Development at LTA

148

Kelsey Anderson - Life On Tour As A Spouse

149

Nikolay Davydenko - ATP Finals Champ & Former World #3

150

Sascha Bajin - Coach of Karolina Pliskova

151

Katrina Adams - Former President of USTA

152

Bernard Tomic - Reignited Fire

153

Panna Udvardy - From 350 To Top 100 In A Year

154

Andre Villas-Boas - Inside The Mind Of The Elite

155

Anshuman Vohra - Founder of HALO Hydration

156

Katie Spellman - PR Consultant to Halep & Kvitova

157

Sultan Gangji - Umpiring Wimbledon Finals

158

Robin Montgomery - 2021 US Open Girls Champion

159

Rob Morgan - ATP Doubles Coach

160

Dani Rincon - 2021 US Open Boys Champion

161

Liam Broady - Focusing On The Off-Court

162

Andreas Vinciguerra - Former Top 35

163

Giannis Stergiou - Hitting Partner of Maria Sakkari

164

Diego Moyano - Coach of Kevin Anderson

165

Bastien Fazincani - WTA Tour Coach

166

Tomislav Poljak - Agent & Tournament Director

167

Abigail Johnson - Breaking Into Tennis Commentary

168

Louis Cayer - Unlocking Doubles Success

169

Jack Draper - British Teenager On The Rise

170

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

171

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

172

Jason Stacy - Fitness Coach of Aryna Sabalenka

173

Alexander Ostrovsky - Academy & Agency Owner

174

Timo Glock - Former F1 Driver

175

Mike Ballardie - CEO of Slinger Bag

176

Larry Jurovich - Building Relationships Through Coaching

177

Nick McCarvel - Inside The Tennis Media World

178

Marcel da Cruz - S&C Coach of Casper Ruud

179

Marco Chiudinelli - Reflecting on a Long Career

180

Garry Cahill - Leadership & Mentoring in Tennis

181

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

182

Emily Appleton - One Step at a Time

183

Casper Ruud - Journey to the Top 20

184

Matt Ebden - A Life on Tour

185

Ron Yu - A-List Stringer & Technician

186

Aidan McHugh - Scotland's Next Gen

187

Martin Rocca - Coach & Tennis Aid Founder

188

James Cluskey - Climbing My Next Mountain

189

David Sammel - Tour Coach & Mentor

190

Tom Gutteridge - Coach of CiCi Bellis

191

Julia Efremova - Raising a Future Star

192

Mirjam Bjorklund - Breaking onto the WTA tour

193

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

194

Adam Blicher - Communicating Better as a Tennis Coach

195

Nick Littlehales - World Renowned Sleep Expert

196

James McGee - Tour Life & Beyond

197

Marcus Daniell - Creating Positive Impact In The World

198

Marijn Bal - IMG Tennis Agent

199

Robbie Koenig - "Tennis Nearer the Gods"

200

Alex De Minaur - 'The Demon'

201

Craig O'Shannessy - ATP Strategy Analyst

202

Matwe Middelkoop - Making it on the ATP Tour

203

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