ParentingAces - The Junior Tennis and College Tennis Podcast
351 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsHost Lisa Stone discusses the various aspects of developing a tennis player from beginner through the juniors to college and beyond. Her weekly guests include experts in coaching, parenting, mental toughness, fitness & nutrition, technology & equipment, and college recruiting. Stone provides invaluable information for parents, players, and coaches.
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The Changing Landscape of Junior Tennis Coaching ft. Aaron Rusnak
April 03, 2024 09:00 - 48 minutesWelcome to Season 13, Episode 13, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa talks with junior developmental coach, Aaron Rusnak, about how coaching has changed since he first started playing the game as a nine-year-old child. Aaron is a highly respected coach and has been teaching tennis for 28 years. He played on the ATP Tour and was nominated in 2021 by Tennis Channel and Top Spin Magazine as a Top 25 Coach in the U.S. Aaron has coa...
Lisa Live from Easter Bowl 2024
March 27, 2024 14:31 - 52 minutesWelcome to Season 13, Episode 12, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, we bring you something a little different! For the past 3 weeks, Lisa has been on site at a variety of junior tournaments. She finishes her stint at the prestigious Easter Bowl in the California Desert. While there, Lisa had the opportunity to record conversations with Colette Lewis of ZooTennis; Boys 12s player, Rex Kulman; Junior Developmental Coach, JY Aubone; an...
Junior Tennis ✅ What’s Next? Episode 5 ft. Jake Beasley
March 20, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutesWelcome to Season 13, Episode 11, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Lisa checks in with former top junior and college player, Jake Beasley. Jake grew up in the Atlanta area, competing locally and sectionally throughout the Southeast. During high school, he and his family decided he could enhance his training and reach his goal of playing high-level college tennis by moving to the Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy in South Fl...
Unraveling the College Admission Process ft. Dr. Pamela Ellis
March 13, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 10 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Dr. Pamela Ellis of Compass College Advisory joins us this week to talk about the intricacies of college admissions and how families can best approach this very important decision. You've heard me speak - a lot! - about letting your child drive the process of their college recruiting. However, as Dr. Ellis reveals, parents play a crucial role in the college admission puzzle as w...
My Conversation with Joel Drucker
March 06, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 9 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, journalist Joel Drucker is back to share his thoughts on all things junior and college tennis. Joel has been around tennis since childhood. He fell in love with the game, growing up within biking distance to courts in his West LA neighborhood. That love of tennis has taken him around the world as a sought-after journalist and thought-leader in our sport. He has watched...
Top Questions to Ask When Choosing a Coach ft. Brian Wilson & John Nallon
February 28, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 8 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this episode, coaches Brian Wilson and John Nallon of the TBarM Racquet Club delve into the questions we need to ask when choosing a coach for our child(ren). We've been getting a lot of questions lately about what to do when a coaching situation goes south, so we figured it was time to revisit this issue of what to look for in a developmental coach. Both Brian and John have e...
Billion Dollar Mind ft. Rick Macci & Dr. Niva
February 21, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 7 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Renowned coach, Rick Macci, is back alongside his former student and current neuromuscular neurologist (more info on that in the pod!), Dr. Nivedita Uberoi Jerath aka Dr. Niva, to discuss their new book, BILLION DOLLAR MIND (https://amzn.to/3tMs021). Last year, you had the opportunity to hear from Rick about his coaching philosophy and approach to junior tennis development (https...
Rally Hopper ft. Ken Bright
February 14, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 6 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. They say necessity is the mother of invention. This week's guest, inventor and CPA Ken Bright, definitely supports that statement! Ken grew up playing competitive tennis alongside other sports. While he was quite the player, even playing on his high school team, he chose another path when it was time for college. However, he always kept playing and competing, growing his love for...
Brand Building to Offset Tennis Costs ft. Anthony & Gwyneth Britton
February 07, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 5 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, we will be looking at one family's solution to the high costs of junior tennis development and competition. When Gwyneth Britton, now 11 years old, was just barely out of diapers, her dad, Anthony, noticed several outstanding qualities in her. She was tenacious. She was competitive. And she loved to ham it up for the camera. After introducing Gwyneth to te...
Funding a Pro Career ft. Jamie Loeb
January 31, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 4 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Former NCAA Women's Singles Champion, Jamie Loeb, joins me this week to discuss her transition from junior tennis to an outstanding career at the University of North Carolina to her current status on the WTA Tour. I first met Jamie and her mom while she was still playing the Junior Slams. Ever since, I have followed her career through college and now on the pro tour. Until recent...
Happy 50th to Tennis:Europe ft. Martin Vinokur & Jessie Young
January 24, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 3 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Martin Vinokur is back, this time with one of his coaches, Jessie Young, to discuss Tennis:Europe, a unique travel-and-tennis opportunity for teenage players. 2024 marks the 50th year of Tennis:Europe, an amazing accomplishment to be sure! Since the inception of ParentingAces in 2011, we have had many of our families participate in the program with the players coming home with ne...
Life Beyond the Pro Tour ft. Danielle Lao
January 17, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 2 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Those of you who have followed college tennis for a while will recognize Danielle Lao as a standout in her four years playing at USC. If you follow the pro tour as well, you will also recognize her from her ten years battling her way to achieve her goal of playing in a Slam. In the past year, though, life has taken a turn for Danielle, finding her in the coaching arena while also...
How to Game the Ratings ft. Robert Gomez & Todd Widom
January 10, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 13 Episode 1 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. We are thrilled to kick off the year with two amazing coaches, Robert Gomez and Todd Widom, helping us understand the role of ratings and rankings in our children's tennis development. Robert Gomez is the Head of the Florida Coaches Commission, a member of the Florida Junior Competitive Counsel, and a USPTA Elite Professional. He has run professional tournaments, traveled the wor...
Match!Tennis App: It's Like They're Reading Our Minds ft. Heath Waters
November 15, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 43 - our final one of the year - of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Heath Waters of Match!Tennis App is back with us to share the latest updates to this game-changing tech! Based on the discussions that happen in our Facebook groups and our one-on-one consults, there are some pain points common to almost all tennis families. And, sadly, these pain points rarely change or get resolved by the governing bodies of our s...
Off-Court Fitness Training ft. Dean Hollingworth
November 08, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 42 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Lisa brings back fitness trainer extraordinaire, Dean Hollingworth, to break down what junior tennis players need to be doing off-court to maximize their fitness level. Dean has more education and experience training tennis players around their fitness than anyone I know. Lucky for us, he's more than willing to share his expertise with the ParentingAces c...
From Russia with Love ft. Egor Shestakov
November 01, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourWelcome to Season 12 Episode 41 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Egor Shestakov, a senior at University of Texas at Tyler who happens to be from Russia, shares his junior and college tennis journey with us, one that I believe you will find to be extremely eye-opening. Egor was coached by his father at the beginning of his junior tennis career until both of them realized their relationship - and Egor's tennis - would be better served by hiring...
My Life on Court ft. Lester Sack
October 25, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutesNOTE: Please pardon the technical issues with the sound. We did our best to capture all of Lester's stories though some of the audio & video glitched along the way. Welcome to Season 12 Episode 40 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week's episode is one that's very special to me as it features my father's college teammate, Lester Sack, who is still competing on the world stage at age 87! Lester Sack didn't really start developing his tenni...
We Need to Fill in the Training Gaps ft. JY Aubone
October 18, 2023 09:00 - 48 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 39 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Coach JY Aubone is back to talk about what he sees as gaps in the training most junior tennis players are receiving. JY works with several junior players, both in person and virtually, and he is noticing definite trends in the people he trains. Not only are they missing the mental toughness and understanding of tactics during competition and pressure situations, but they are als...
What Makes the Ivies Different ft. Traci Green
October 11, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 38 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Coach Traci Green, Head Women's Tennis Coach at Harvard University, joins Lisa to share her tennis journey and what sets the Ivy League tennis programs and academics apart. Traci Green's success as a coach follows a highly successful career as an undergraduate at the University of Florida. She was a member of the Gators' 1998 NCAA championship team and was ranked as high as No. ...
The Latest from SenseArena ft. Yannick Yoshizawa & Matthew Simons
October 04, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 37 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, we check back in with SenseArena to see how this unique virtual reality product has morphed over the past several months. Topics of conversation for this episode include how SenseArena is being used at the college level, how junior players can leverage SenseArena to help them be ready to be recruited and play in college, and why the new ATP partnership is so significa...
Where Are All the Top US Juniors ft. Todd Widom
September 27, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 36 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Coach Todd Widom is back to talk about the success our US pro players are having this year and why we're not seeing more US junior players showing up on top college tennis teams. This episode was recorded toward the end of the 2023 US Open where we saw 2 American women and 1 American man into the singles semifinals which is a big positive for US professio...
How to use Kinesio Tape to Prevent & Treat Injury ft Zach Decker
September 20, 2023 09:00 - 48 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 36 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Lisa is joined by Zach Decker, Chief Marketing Officer of KT Tape. Zach grew up in Boulder, CO with a passion for sports and wellness. He is an avid mountain biker and father of two very active kids. As a result of his interest in physical activity and sports, his role at KT was a no-brainer. In case you're not familiar with the KT brand, it is the leadin...
A New Way to Analyze Matches ft. Daniel McCain & David Howell
September 13, 2023 09:00 - 58 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 34 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Lisa is joined by Daniel McCain and David Howell of 7 Shot Tennis. Former President and Managing Director of Universal Tennis, LLC, Dave Howell was the creative force behind Universal Tennis Ratings (UTR®). Dan McCain is a father, husband, dog lover & tennis coach and analyst. He won gold & silver balls as a junior player before playing the University of...
SwingVision is Changing Junior & College Tennis ft Swupnil Sahai
September 06, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 33 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Swupnil Sahai of Swing Tennis comes back to share some exciting updates to SwingVision and new partnerships on the horizon that could have a very positive effect on junior competition and college matches. NOTE: For our previous podcasts about SwingVision, go to https://parentingaces.com/articles/bringing-ai-to-tennis-with-swupnil-sahai/, https://parenting...
Centenary Tennis: Rising from the Ashes ft. Chris Dudley & David Orr
August 30, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 32 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Lisa chats with the Athletic Director of a small college and the Director of Tennis of its neighboring public tennis facility about what it takes to resurrect a college tennis program that has been defunded and unhomed. David Orr is a former multi-sport athlete who attended Centenary College in Lisa's hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana, on a soccer scholar...
Player to Coach to USTA ft. Amanda Fink
August 23, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 31 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Lisa is joined by Amanda Fink, former top junior and college player and current developmental coach and USTA board member. After growing up in Southern California and becoming the top junior player in her age group in the 16s and 18s, Amanda chose to play her college tennis at USC where she achieved All-American status all four years. Her tennis playing r...
Why Grades Matter ft. Danielle McNamara
August 16, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 30 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Danielle McNamara rejoins Lisa to discuss why grades are important to high schoolers hoping to be recruited to play college tennis. For those of you who have watched/listened to our previous episodes with Danielle (click here, here, and here), you know she's the former Head Coach of the Yale Women's Tennis Team as well as a former college player herself. ...
Building Your Child's Brand ft. Joy Harris
August 09, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 29 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, we take a deep dive into the NCAA's Name Image Likeness (NIL) rule and how tennis families can use it to their advantage throughout the Junior Tennis Journey. Joy Harris is a mom and an entrepreneur. While her two sons followed their dreams in football, she is no stranger to youth sports and the expense involved in helping your child achieve their athleti...
Hard Comes First ft. Rod Ray
August 02, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 28 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, Wofford Men's Tennis Coach, Rod Ray, joins Lisa to share his sports journey with his two sons and why he's found value and joy in the challenges life has thrown at him. He also talks about his recruiting philosophy and what parents and junior players need to know. When he was about 4 or 5 years old, Rod's oldest son, Cole, was diagnosed as being on the au...
Shuffle Up Your Tennis Training ft. Gemma Coles
July 19, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 27 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, we take a look at a new way to help players get in their fitness training on or off the court. Gemma Coles is a former gymnast in the UK who moved into the coaching arena once her competitive years came to a close. She became very interested in learning how young athletes can maximize their performance by increasing their physical strength, flexibility, a...
Flipping Virtual Learning ft. Fabian Spiess
July 12, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 26 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's podcast, we revisit the idea of virtual academic learning and do a deep dive into a program based in the UK called Minerva Virtual Academy. Fabian Spiess grew up in the world of soccer - or as he calls it, football. After realizing his professional career had reached its end, he wanted a way to give back to other young athletes and found his way to Minerva, a uniq...
Using Summer to your best Advantage ft. Todd Widom
July 05, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourWelcome to Season 12 Episode 25 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Todd Widom is back to discuss how junior players can take full advantage of their time away from school to maximize their training. While we realize many junior tennis players are now opting for virtual school, summertime is still a lighter load, academically speaking, and the perfect time to maximize time working on their game both on and off the court. In this episode, Todd ta...
Recruiting & Prepping for National Hardcourts ft. Tanner Stump
June 24, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 24 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Tanner Stump is back this week to discuss his upcoming college showcase and why these showcases are so valuable to college-bound junior players. As you may remember from our previous conversation, Tanner is the former Associate Head Coach of the University of Florida Men's Tennis Team and is now working to help educate and mentor other college coaches. To that end, he has tapped...
She Loves to Serve ft. Violet Clark
June 21, 2023 13:50 - 36 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 23 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week's episode continues our recent theme around Tennis Parenting with guest Violet Clark. Violet is the mother to 3 tennis-playing adult daughters, all of whom started playing the sport at young ages at a local grassroots program in their hometown of Chicago. Each daughter had different levels of commitment to tennis but all pursued their love of the game into college. Whi...
Being the Parent is Tough ft. Hernan Chousa
June 14, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 22 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Argentinian Tennis Parent, Hernan Chousa, is back to discuss his thoughts on being a better sports parent as well as his latest book, PARENTSHIFT. Being a former top junior and professional player himself, Hernan believed he was the best-equipped person to coach his own sons to tennis success. While things started off just fine, there came a point in their journey tha...
The Drive Home ft. Mark & Britt McKinney
June 07, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 21 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. For this week's pod, Lisa chats with sports parents, Mark and Britt McKinney, about their book, THE DRIVE HOME, and some of the things we can do to be better at this Tennis Parent thing. Mark and Britt have a daughter who participated in competitive cheerleading and a son who still competes in competitive junior golf. They began to realize they each had a role to play in their c...
Focus on the Long Game ft. Danielle McNamara & Tanner Stump
May 31, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourWelcome to Season 12 Episode 20 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week's guests are two former Division I college tennis coaches - Danielle McNamara (Yale) and Tanner Stump (University of Florida) who have taken their expertise to the private sector and are now working with players and coaches on an individual level to continue to grow and improve the college tennis landscape. When Danielle reached out to me about tackling the topic of gr...
How Will This Match Impact my UTR ft. Ric Curnow
May 24, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 19 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Australian tennis enthusiast, Ric Curnow, about his solution to players ducking matches because of a potential negative impact on their UTR. Since the dawn of junior tennis ratings and rankings, we've seen players opt out of certain tournaments or matches due to fear of losing to a lower-ranked or lower-rated player. Rather than focusing on the benefit...
Tennibot ft. Haitham Eletrabi
May 17, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 18 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week Lisa chats with Haitham Eletrabi, co-founder and CEO of Tennibot. We all know the pain of picking up tons of balls during a lesson or ball machine session. It takes up time and energy that could be better spent working on your game. Tennibot is a company that builds robotic assistants for sports. It won TechCrunch Disrupt in Berlin 2017, was a finalist in the Silicon V...
What's New with the ITA ft. Dave Mullins
May 10, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 17 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this episode, the ITA's Dave Mullins is back to discuss what's happening in the world of College Tennis and to update us on new and returning initiatives to look forward to. Dave Mullins is the Managing Director of the ITA. As such he works closely with the Tennis For America (TFA) program as well as other areas of the organization and is an incredible resource for us at Pare...
Raising Aces ft. Peter Scales
May 03, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 16 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this episode, Lisa chats again with Coach Peter Scales, creator of the Compete, Learn, Honor approach to junior tennis development and author of the new Raising Aces series on ParentingAces.com. Coach Pete is a highly-respected coach who works with players of all levels with a focus on high-school players and college-bound athletes. He has graciously offered to create a serie...
NIL & Mentoring with CoachU ft. Adrian Levitt & Anders Matta
April 26, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 15 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Stanford Men's Tennis player, Anders Matta, and the creator of CoachU, Adrian Levitt, about leveraging NIL opportunities to help both college and junior players. If you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you know how Lisa feels about the importance of mentors, both for coaches and for parents and players. CoachU is filling a void by creating...
VR Comes to Tennis Training ft. Yannick Yoshizawa & Nick Monroe
April 19, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 14 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week's episode is all about using virtual reality to enhance tennis training and recovery. Yannick Yoshizawa and Nick Monroe are tennis veterans. From playing junior and college tennis to coaching, they have seen the sport change and develop over the years. One thing was missing, though - finding a way to use virtual reality (VR) technology effectively to help tennis athlet...
Junior's Got a Brand New Bag ft. Lavie Sak
April 12, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 13 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Lavie Sak rejoins the podcast to share V2 of the ADV Tennis Bag and ADV Tennis Backpack. Be sure to catch the video version of this one on ParentingAces.com! Making a better mousetrap has always been at the core of entrepreneurship, and Lavie's latest creations are no exception. His team of engineers and designers have reimagined the ordinary tennis bag to create an iteration th...
Universal Tennis's Role in Jr & College Tennis ft. Chase Hodges
April 05, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 12 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Chase Hodges, Vice President at Universal Tennis, joins us this week to discuss his company's role in junior, high school, and college tennis. I highly recommend you watch the video version on ParentingAces.com so you can get a better understanding of how to use Universal Tennis. As the former Men's & Women's Head Coach at NAIA powerhouse, Georgia Gwinnett College, Chase Hodges ...
Don't Rush the Process ft. Amy Bryant
March 29, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 11 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, we are chatting with the former Head Women's Tennis Coach at Emory University, Amy Bryant, who has moved into the executive coaching and recruiting support space with her company, Bryant College Coaching. Amy shares her knowledge and experience regarding college tennis recruiting and its ever-changing landscape, especially now due to the adoption of the World Tennis N...
What's the Difference Between Playing Pros & Coaching Juniors? ft. Todd Widom
March 22, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 10 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Coach Todd Widom is back with us to shed some light on why tour players don't always make the best junior coaches. Many of you have had the good fortune to see former professional tennis players come to your local club or academy or other facility and offer to work with developing juniors. Sometimes they make great coaches right away, using the lessons they've learned throughout...
A New Way to Discourage Cheating ft. Tim Noonan
March 15, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 9 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week we welcome Coach Tim Noonan to discuss his very interesting proposal to discourage cheating in junior tennis. Several years ago, Tim wrote an article (click here to read in full) with some thoughts on why junior players cheat and what we as a sport can do to put a stop to it. I came across Tim's article in an industry newsletter I get each month and immediately reached ...
Is UTR Still All That ft. Chris Lewit
March 08, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 8 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week we return to our recent discussions around UTR, WTN, and what that means for junior tennis and college recruiting with guest Chris Lewit. Chris Lewit is a former number one for Cornell and pro-circuit player. He is a high-performance coach, educator, and the author of two best-selling books: The Secrets of Spanish Tennis (2014) The Tennis Technique Bible Chris has co...
Tennis Europe: A Fantastic Summer Tennis & Travel Experience ft. Martin Vinokur
March 01, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 7 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Our guest this week is Martin Vinokur, creator of Tennis Europe, a fantastic summer tennis-travel experience for players age 13-18 (click the ad on our homepage to go to their website). I first met Martin over a decade ago while at the US Open and learned about Tennis Europe. They offer a unique combination of tennis, travel, tournament match play, and quality coaching. Juniors w...