The Tennis Files Podcast
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Listen to this podcast which provides advice from the top minds in tennis to help you improve your game. Along with Tennis tips, strategies, how-to guides, opinions, news and product review and much more.
The Tennis Files Podcast
21h ago
After several months of preparation and hard work, I am super excited to announce that Tennis Summit 2024, a free online tennis conference that I am hosting, is now open for registration!
From April 22-27, over 40 world class coaches and experts will reveal proven strategies, techniques, mental and fitness exercises to level up your game. And the most awesome thing of all is you can get your ticket to watch all these online lessons, presentations and live masterclasses for free (for a limited time) at tennisfilessummit.com!
For today’s podcast episode, I put together a preview of ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
1w ago
[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]
On Episode 350 of The Tennis Files Podcast, you’ll learn the 5 keys to mastering an explosive forehand.
On the show, you’ll learn how to execute a proper unit turn, how to uncoil your body efficiently, the most common forehand power killers, how the contact point varies for different grips, drills to develop powerful acceleration, and much more!
I really hope you enjoy this episode! If you found it helpful, let me know in the comments below!
And be sure to subscribe to Tennis Files to receive the latest tennis c ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
2w ago
[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]
On Episode 349 of The Tennis Files Podcast, pro tennis coach Claudio Pistolesi reveals his top insights from over four decades of playing and coaching on the ATP/WTA Tour that will help you reach your fullest tennis potential.
Claudio is the Director of the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC) Bolles in Jacksonville, Fl. He ranked as high as #71 on the ATP Tour. He trained and coached many top ATP/WTA Tour pros, including Monica Seles, Robin Soderling, Simone Bollelli, Daniela Hantuchova Takao Suzuki and AI Sugiy ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
1M ago
On Episode 347 of The Tennis Files Podcast, I spoke with Vince Van Patten about the keys to performing at the highest level as a former professional tennis player, actor, and poker player/commentator.
Vince achieved a #26 ATP singles ranking and #24 doubles ranking. He reached the 3rd round of the US Open and Wimbledon in singles, and the Quarterfinals of the French Open in doubles. Vince defeated tennis legend John McEnroe and two other top ten players en route to winning the Seiko World Super Tennis tournament. Vince was also a famous actor and is one of the main commentators for the World ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
1M ago
[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]
On Episode 346 of the podcast, I’ll walk you through my 9 biggest takeaways that I learned from taking a private lesson at the USTA National Campus.
I recently took a trip to Orlando and booked a one-on-one lesson at the USTA National Campus a few days before returning home. This training session was a big eye opener to the areas in my game that could use some work. Right after the lesson, I jotted down my key takeaways from the lesson in the notes app of my iPhone and decided that I would share them with you on t ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
1M ago
[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]
On this episode of the podcast, Meike Babel, former top 30 WTA Pro, reveals her top mental game strategies.
Meike played on the WTA Tour for 10 years and was ranked #27 in singles and #45 in doubles. She is the founder of Meike Babel Coaching, where she focuses on mental skills training and tennis coaching for tennis players of all levels. She was the women's tennis assistant coach at Tulane University and at Vanderbilt University.
On the show, Meike will share how she reached the elite ranks of the WTA tour, her ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
1M ago
[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]
On Episode 344 of The Tennis Files Podcast, I interviewed Lisa Stone, the founder of Parenting Aces, to talk about how to develop successful junior and college tennis players.
Lisa has created one of the most valuable resources for tennis parents and junior players with her Parenting Aces platform. Fortunately for us, she took the initiative to research and find the best information on how to develop junior players after being urged to do so by a fellow tennis parent. Lisa hosts The Parenting Aces Podcast, a ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
2M ago
On Episode 343 of The Tennis Files Podcast, you’ll learn about the ups and down of playing on the ATP tour, match preparation, and technical changes with Ante Pavic.
Ante achieved career high rankings of #132 in singles and #106 in doubles at the highest levels of our sport. He reached the 2nd round of Wimbledon and 1st round main draw at the French Open. Ante won 31 Futures and Challenger titles and he is currently a tennis coach in the Fort Lauderdale/Boca Raton, Florida.
On the show, you’ll learn Ante’s tennis pro journey, his thought process before matches, return strategies, how to hand ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
2M ago
[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]
On Episode 342 of The Tennis Files Podcast, you’ll learn how to level up your serve returns, increase your first serve power, develop a stronger mindset, and more on this Q&A edition of the show!
I went back into the Q&A mailbag and selected seven excellent questions from the Tennis Files community for today's episode. I'll explain how to level up your NTRP rating, critical checkpoints to develop first serve power and second serve consistency, how to return a lefty's slice serve to the ad court in doubles ..read more
The Tennis Files Podcast
2M ago
[From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021]
On Episode 341 of The Tennis Files Podcast, you’ll learn the most important changes I’ve made to how I approach training and thinking about tennis that has transformed my game.
The top pros make tennis look simple, but it is far from an easy game. All of us have gone through struggles and obstacles in tennis and we need to keep figuring out ways on how to improve to reach our potential. Sometimes it can take months or years to make a breakthrough, but we have to trust the process and consistently put in the work ..read more