Episodes
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Nikola from Intuitive Tennis is back!
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
One of your favorite podcast guests, Nikola Aracic, from Intuitive Tennis, is back on the pod! This was a marathon one. Sadly, there were some audio/video sync issues, so the video version covers around 50% of the topics discussed here. But the audio should give you PLENTY of interesting topics to dive into. I hope you like it!
Timestamps:
00:00 We are tennis nerds
10:00 Tennis is a confidence game
15:54 Playing an ATP pro as an amateur
19:00 Different levels of tennis
35:00 The excitement and pain of competition
47:28 The battle against yourself
1:25:00 Over-the-top celebrations
1:56:48 Gear-talk
2:32:30 How to get more out of Nikola’s coaching
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Karue Sell, Part 2
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Karue Sell is an ex-pro player who still competes at a high level on the UTR circuit. He is on the Marcos Giron coaching team and runs MyTennisHQ, a popular website and YouTube channel. He has now released a coaching platform with his friend, ex-pro player Klay Thompson called MPROOV. We talked about how YouTubers hurt your tennis, the experience of playing table tennis with Roger Federer, and much more! Video episode on YouTube.
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Podcast with Juan from Restring
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Juan is the co-founder of Restring, a company developing tennis strings with a focus on sustainability, durability and snapback. Their first string, Restring Zero, has garnered lots of praise and we sat down to talk about the journey with Restring, developing strings, being a hitting partner to the pros and much more. As always, video episode on YouTube and more tennis on tennisnerd.net
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Sunday Aug 27, 2023
US Open Predictions with Coach Karl Adrian
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Coach Karl Adrian joins me to go through the US Open draw. "Adri" has been in several Tennisnerd videos, is now on the ATP player Roman Safiullin team, and runs the Tennis Valley Academy in Estepona, Spain. In this episode, we look at the men's and the women's draws and make predictions.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Dylan Gee from Tennis with Dylan
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Dylan Gee is a London-based tennis coach who has built a strong following with the Instagram account @tenniswithdylan. He used to play professional tennis and is now mixing tennis coaching with sports modeling and influencer engagements. We talk about his passion for coaching, meeting Alcaraz, the rise of Chinese tennis, and much more.
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Stringing on tour with Nikki Roenn
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
I sit down with my friend, ex-pro, and stringer, Nikki Roenn. We talk about the conditions for stringers and his recent experiences stringing at tour events.
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Davor Dekaris, Tennis Haus
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Davor Dekaris is a tennis director of Tchefuncta Country Club in Covington, Louisiana. He is an ex-pro player turned tennis coach who has had significant success with his brand Tennis Haus. We talk about everything from professional tennis life, to coaching club players, the state of tennis, and content creation.
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Meike Babel, former top 30 WTA player
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Meike Babel is a former WTA top 30 player who now works as a coach and is building a strong online following. She is refreshingly open and honest, and we had a great conversation, which I hope you all will enjoy! If you do, please subscribe to the podcast.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Grisha Kuklin, Gladiators Tennis
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Grigory "Grisha" Kuklin is an aspiring pro player and content creator with his brand name Gladiators Tennis. He has been a hitting partner to top pros like Medvedev and Rublev and documents his journey on the ITF Tour on his YouTube channel. He is refreshingly honest and energetic, and we had a lot of fun in this hour of conversation.
Monday Jul 24, 2023
When tennis becomes therapy with Sarah Koudouzian
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Sarah Koudouzian is a bestselling author and fitness entrepreneur. She was once a high-ranked aspiring pro, but a nasty injury crushed her tennis dreams, and she had to find herself outside the tennis court. In this podcast, we talk about her journey outside tennis and how she found the sport again when she needed it most.
You can check out her book here: https://amzn.to/3rCh3P7
And her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sarahkoudouzian