Episodes
Sept. 30, 2020
Episode 64: Steve Hewitt - People..People.. People!
Steve Hewitt is the CEO of Gym Shark, a fitness clothing and accessory brand that is currently one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK. A few weeks ago it was valued at $1.3 billion from the humble beginnings of the …
Sept. 26, 2020
Episode 63: Heather Watson - WTA Tour Life
Heather Watson has been one of Great Britain’s most successful female tennis players of the last 30 years. She won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title in 2016, has won 4 WTA titles and has a career high of 38 in the world. Hea…
Sept. 22, 2020
Episode 62: Valorie Kondos Field - Winning doesn’t always equal success
Valorie Kondos Field was Head Gymnastics Coach at UCLA for 29 years. She led them to 7 National Championships and her background wasn’t even in gymnastics. She dramatically changed her philosophies throughout her coaching ca…
Sept. 19, 2020
Episode 61: Emilio Sanchez - Viva España
Emilio Sanchez comes from the famous Sanchez family who have been so influential on Spanish Tennis. A former World number 1 doubles player and number 7 singles player at the same time, he won 5 Grand slam doubles titles and …
Sept. 16, 2020
Episode 60: Lloyd and Anthony Harris - African Champions
We speak to Anthony Harris who is top 100 ATP Player Lloyd Harris’s coach. Anthony also coached Dudi Sela in his formative years aged 11-19. We discuss his Academy and philosophy in South Africa and the journey to creating a…
Sept. 13, 2020
Episode 59: Sam Jalloh - Tennis saved my life
Sam Jalloh was brought up in Sierra Leone in what was a difficult upbringing personally, but also during the civil war which added many complications which included living on the streets, seeing his best friend get shot and …
Sept. 8, 2020
Episode 58: Magnus Tideman - ATP Coach Life
Magnus Tideman is a former top 80 ATP Player who came from an amazing crop of Swedish Players, where his practice partners included Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander and many more. He turned his hand to coaching 29 years ago and has…
Sept. 5, 2020
Episode 57: Mark Jeffery - Between the White Lines
Mark has had tennis running through his life for 60 years. He was in the military, and has worked closely with David Lloyd and Jimmy Connors on previous projects. He´s currently taking on his biggest challenge yet, as he is …
Sept. 2, 2020
Episode 56: Kieron Vorster - Nature or Nurture
Kieron Vorster has been a strength and conditioning coach on the ATP Tour for 25 years. He started his career with Wayne Ferreira before spending many years with Tim Henman. Kieron is currently working with British number 1 …
Aug. 31, 2020
Episode 55: Cameron Norrie - College Stud to Pro Life
Cameron Norrie has an illustrious College career at Texas Christian University before seamlessly moving into the top 100 ATP. Since recording, he has reached a career high of 12, and is the current British number 1. In this …
Aug. 29, 2020
Episode 54: Nick Monroe - No stone unturned
Nick Monroe has been on the ATP Tour for the last 17 years with a career high of 30 ATP doubles. Nick speaks to us from the US Open Bubble as he prepares to play next week. Nick was a top USTA Junior, US College All-American…
Aug. 26, 2020
Episode 53: Nick Morgan - Make better choices more often
Nick Morgan is a former UK University Tennis Champion whilst graduating from Bath University before turning his career to the Sports Science world. This started at Lilleshall home of England Football and took him around many…
Aug. 22, 2020
Episode 52: Jonathan Overend - The voice of tennis 🎾
Jonathan worked for BBC radio for over 25 years and brought the famous moments to life for many of us including his final match for the BBC.. The Men’s Wimbledon 2013 final where Andy Murray overcame 77 years of hurt for Men…
Aug. 20, 2020
Episode 51: Dan Evans & Mark Hilton - US Open Bubble 2020
Dan Evans and Mark Hilton speak to us from New York as they prepare for the US Open 2020. Hear all about the ‘bubble’ at the US Open and how preparation has been going.
Aug. 19, 2020
Episode 50: James Cluskey - Necker Island Networking
James Cluskey was top 150 ATP and represented Ireland in Davis Cup. He has used his tennis as a vehicle to attack the business world. He is Sir Richard Branson’s private’s tennis coach and he has leveraged this and more to m…
Aug. 15, 2020
Episode 49: Bruno Argudo & Juan Beaus - Spanish Tennis vs British Tennis
Bruno and Juan both have extensive experience of being brought up through the ‘Spanish System’ as players and coaches. Yet both have had experience in the British Tennis world as players at Stirling University. Bruno is now …
Aug. 12, 2020
Episode 48: Dan Cox - I’ll be back!
Dan spent many years in the top 5 in the UK and top 250 ATP after a successful junior career including making final of the prestigious Tarbes U14 event. Dan retired aged 26 back in 2016, but as the pandemic has had an effect…
Aug. 8, 2020
Episode 47: Neil Harman - Close Quarters
Neil Harman worked tirelessly for many years for many of the top UK Newspapers in football, and then mainly as a tennis correspondent. An award-winning journalist and author, Neil connected with the top players such as Andy …
Aug. 5, 2020
Episode 46: Barry Fulcher - Progressive minded
Barry Fulcher was an excellent tennis player who has turned his passion to not only coaching, but also to creating a competitive structure in the UK that allows players to compete, learn and earn. This passion has been solel…
Aug. 1, 2020
Episode 45: Michael Joyce - From top ATP player to top WTA Coach
Michael Joyce had a very successful playing career with a career high of 64 ATP. Michael has gone on to coach some of the biggest stars in the women’s game including Victoria Azarenka, Genie Bouchard, Johanna Konta, Timea Ba…
July 30, 2020
Episode 44: Mark Bullock - Tennis is for everyone!
Mark Bullock has dedicated his coaching career to making tennis inclusive to all. He spent many years at ITF working and developing wheelchair tennis globally including its presence at all 4 of the Grand Slams. Over the last…
July 25, 2020
Mike Dickson - Tennis through a ‘media’ lens
Mike Dickson is the UK Daily Mail´s Tennis Correspondent. He has been a sports journalist for more than 35 years, predominantly covering tennis as his major sport during this time. He´s one of the most respected and admired …
July 22, 2020
Episode 42: James McGee - The light side of Vegas!
James McGee is a former Irish Davis Cup Player and number one. Reached the top 150 ATP including qualifying at the 2014 US Open in dramatic circumstances, listen out for that. Shares his insights into the tour, Irish Tennis,…
July 18, 2020
Episode 41: Mental Health Awareness Week - Anthony Ross
Anthony Ross is a world leading Sports Psychologist whose background is in Clinical Psychology. Anthony takes a look at our stories from the week and offers advice, reframes the way that we look at mental health ‘issues’ and…