ParentingAces - The Junior Tennis and College Tennis Podcast
351 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 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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Choosing the "Right" Tournaments in Today's Jr Tennis Landscape ft. Danielle McNamara
February 22, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 6 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Former Head Women's Coach at Yale, Danielle McNamara, returns to dig into choosing the proper tournaments given all the rating/ranking changes. Last week, we spoke with ITA CEO Tim Russell about the ITA's recently-announced partnership with WTN. Many of you are feeling some confusion about how best to position your junior player(s) to find a college tennis playing opportunity - d...
The WTN & College Tennis ft. Tim Russell
February 15, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 5 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Tim Russell joins us to discuss the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) announcement regarding its relationship with the USTA, ITF, and World Tennis Number (WTN). For those of you following the various rating systems over the last several months, you know USTA announced it would be using WTN instead of UTR moving forward. We all wondered how this would play out ...
But Do You LIKE Like Tennis? ft. JY Aubone
February 08, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 4 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Our returning guest this week is Coach JY Aubone who takes a deep dive into the difference between "liking" and "loving" tennis and what that can mean for overall junior development. Those of you who are long-time listeners of our podcast are very familiar with JY and his no-nonsense approach to helping junior players reach their full potential. Whether it's through his virtual c...
It's a Journey ft. Rick Macci
February 01, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 3 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Our guest this week is Coach Rick Macci who you may know from KING RICHARD as the coach of Venus and Serena Williams. Rick is a Hall of Fame coach who has been working with tennis athletes since he was 22 years old. Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova, Sofia Kenin - these are just a few of the players who have worked with Rick over the years. A self-taught player himself, Rick has deve...
Talent ID Isn't All That ft. Todd Widom
January 25, 2023 02:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 12 Episode 2 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Coach Todd Widom is back with us discussing the limitations of talent identification in young athletes. Governing bodies in junior tennis have traditionally relied on talent ID to determine where to allocate their financial and coaching resources. Players as young as 8 years old would get "tapped" by the organization based on guesses made about their future size, commitment to th...
The Psychology of Tennis Parenting ft. Frank Giampaolo
January 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hourWelcome to the premiere episode of Season 12 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. We are so excited to bring back coach and tennis parenting author, Frank Giampaolo, to discuss his latest book and his thoughts on how we as parents can help our children have a more positive experience as they go on their Junior Tennis Journey. Frank has been coaching for over 30 years in Southern California and around the world and has worked with top juniors who ...
Improving the Small Margins ft. Peter Scales
November 10, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 37, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This is our final episode of Season 11 and what better way to close out the year than by taking a deep dive into the mental side of junior tennis development with Dr. Peter Scales! Coach Pete Scales, Ph.D. is an internationally known developmental psychologist and expert in positive youth development, a U.S. Professional Tennis Association-certified tennis teaching pro, long-t...
Indoor v Outdoor Junior Development ft. Todd Widom
October 25, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 36, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Todd Widom is back to discuss the challenges of developing junior players indoors versus outdoors. As you're well aware, there are many paths to success for junior tennis players. Some players grow up in sunny, warm climates where they can train outdoors year 'round. However, there are just as many who grow up in variable climates where indoor tennis is the norm for...
One Family, Two Kids, Different Pathways ft. Hugo Aguirre
October 18, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 34, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Fellow Tennis Parent, Hugo Aguirre. When you have multiple children playing the same sport, oftentimes you can simply repeat the developmental process with each child. Tennis, however, is different. What works for one child won't necessarily work for the next one, even if they are siblings. Hugo Aguirre found that out first hand. His older child, a d...
Strength & Conditioning ft. James Shapiro
October 11, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 34, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, we focus on off-court strength and conditioning with certified coach James Shapiro. James grew up playing junior tennis then moved into the coaching realm. He realized there was a missing piece when it came to the off-court training for young players - there were fitness coaches out there but very few who knew the ins and outs specific to tennis training. James cont...
Tourney Selection Based on Goals ft. Heath Waters of Match Tennis App
October 04, 2022 09:00 - 48 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 33, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa checks back in with Coach Heath Waters of Match Tennis App about their latest feature upgrades. We all know how challenging it can be to figure out which tournaments your child should be playing. USTA? Universal Tennis? ITF? Pro Circuit? Adult Open? There are so many options and not a lot of guidance of what to play when. Match Tennis App to the rescue! They ha...
Bucking the Jr Coaching Trend ft. JY Aubone & Todd Widom
September 27, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 32, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa has as her guests two coaches who are going against the grain in terms of their approaches to junior tennis development. Todd Widom and JY Aubone grew up training with "old school" coaches who used "old school" methods. Since it served them both so well in terms of their own tennis goals and successes, they both now tap into the knowledge gained from their chil...
Junior Tennis ✅ What’s Next? Episode 4 ft. Allie McCray
August 16, 2022 09:00 - 55 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 31, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa continues her look at life after junior tennis with current college player, Allie McCray. Allie grew up in Marietta, Georgia, the same Atlanta suburb as Lisa's family. Even more coincidentally, Allie trained as a junior player at the same facility where Lisa's son trained for a period of time. As she was entering the recruiting process, Allie was determined to ...
Follow Up to Why DI Is Majority International ft. Todd Widom
August 09, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 30, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week's episode is a follow-up to our recent podcast with Coach Todd Widom discussing the prevalence of international players in Division I tennis. In the previous episode, Todd and Lisa talked about some of the factors contributing to DI college coaches recruiting a majority of their rosters from outside the US. That conversation sparked a lot of comments on the Parentin...
Exploring College Tennis Beyond DI ft. Chance Joost
August 03, 2022 15:05 - 50 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 29, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with NAIA Men's and Women's Tennis Coach, Chance Joost. You recently heard Lisa and Todd Widom discuss the prevalence of international players in Division I tennis and some ideas to increase the chances for American players to be recruited successfully. But, there's more to college tennis than Division I, and Chance Joost is a clear example of looking bey...
How to Grow Tennis While Supporting Academics ft. Ryan Redondo
July 28, 2022 15:52 - 38 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 28, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Ryan Redondo, former top junior and college player, coach, and now Grower of Tennis in his home community of San Diego, California. Lisa and Ryan first met when Ryan recruited Lisa's son to play college tennis for him at University of the Pacific in Northern California. A few years afterward, Ryan left college coaching to return to San Diego to run B...
Why International Players Make Up Majority of DI Tennis ft. Todd Widom
July 19, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourWelcome to Season 11, Episode 27, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Coach Todd Widom joins Lisa to discuss what American junior tennis players need to do to become competitive in the eyes of Division I college coaches. The conversation has been going on for years now - why are there so many international players on US college tennis teams and why aren't college coaches recruiting closer to home? Of course, there are man...
4 the Love of the Game ft. Shelia Townsend
July 12, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 26, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa talks with Shelia Townsend, former junior and college player, current coach and Tennis Parent, and the creator of 4 the Love. The mission of 4 the Love is to develop the skills of its clients to the status they strive to achieve - whether it be high school, collegiate or professional. They believe in a holistic approach to coaching and instruction ...
Getting Creative to Grow Tennis ft. Erik Kortland
July 05, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 25, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Erik Kortland, former college and professional player and current coach and business person, about his latest venture, RKT Group, Inc. After his playing career, Erik started at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles as Head of Elite Player and Academy Development, where he was responsible for developing a Top-10 national player in every age group of...
Dealing with Food Allergies On & Off Court ft. Lianne Mandelbaum
June 28, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 24, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa talks with fellow tennis parent, Lianne Mandelbaum, about keeping our players who have food allergies safe on and off the court. Lianne's son, Josh, has a severe allergy to peanuts which she has taught him to manage well over the years. However, when Josh had to get on an airplane to travel to a tournament, all bets were off - the airline staff and fellow passe...
Junior Tennis ✅ What’s Next? Episode 3 ft. Morgan Stone
June 16, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 23, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa's son, Morgan Stone, rejoins the podcast to discuss his life after tennis. The last time we checked in with Morgan, he was working in tech sales in the California Bay area. He had graduated from San Jose State by way of Santa Clara University and Boise State University with a major in Business and a focus on Marketing. He was also producing house music with the...
Reimagining Tennis Essentials ft. Lavie Sak
June 07, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 22, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa talks with Lavie Sak, a coach who recognized a need for an update to the commonly-used tennis gear currently on the market then started a business to solve for that need. ADV Tennis products have been created by designers and engineers who play, coach, and know tennis. In addition to getting feedback from pro level players and coaches across the gl...
Old School v New School Coaching ft. Todd Widom
May 31, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 21, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Coach Todd Widom is back for this episode to discuss Old School (or, as he calls it, Proper School) coaching versus New School coaching. Then the conversation segues into how best to utilize the information provided by ratings and rankings. This is a good one! Todd grew up being coached by the ultimate Proper School coach, Pierre Arnold. Todd has incorporated the lessons he le...
What's New with SwingVision ft. George Opelka
May 17, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 20, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa talks with George Opelka, Tennis Parent to ATP professional, Reilly Opelka, and the Head of Pro Player Relations and Head of Community (Southeast) for SwingVision. For those of you who might be new to our podcast, you may not have heard of SwingVision. However, if you are the parent or coach of a junior or college player, you absolutely need to kno...
Junior Players & the Southern California Pro Circuit ft. Chris Boyer
May 10, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 19, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa talks with Chris Boyer, a fellow Tennis Parent and a founding committee member for the new Southern California Pro Circuit. Per a press release Lisa received: The SoCal Pro Circuit is a transitional tour designed to create a path to the pro ranks for up-and-coming professional, college, and high-level junior players (with all main draw and qualifyi...
Managing Mind & Body Throughout a Tournament ft. JY Aubone
May 03, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 18, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Coach JY Aubone is back to discuss how junior players and their parents and coaches can best manage both the mental and physical challenges during the course of tournament competition. Both JY and Lisa have been asked numerous times about the best way for a junior player to manage themselves throughout a tournament. Whether it's the warm up, cool down, hydration, meals, sleep,...
A Deep Dive into ParentingAces ft. Lisa Stone
April 26, 2022 09:00 - 23 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 17, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, we've got something a little different on tap. ParentingAces creator and founder, Lisa Stone, does a deep dive into the ParentingAces platform, including ParentingAces.com and its social media channels. Learn how best to use the website, Facebook page and groups, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube offerings to help you have a more positive experience throughout the Jun...
What Should Parents Look For in a Short-Term Camp or Training Experience ft. Todd Widom
April 19, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 16, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with coach Todd Widom about how parents should go about selecting a short-term training or camp experience for their junior players. The topic of summer camps and Spring Break training opps comes up pretty regularly in the ParentingAces community. There are so many options out there - most of which are pretty pricey - and choosing the right coach and faci...
Finding My Own Identity ft. Brett Connors
April 12, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 15, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Brett Connors, current producer at the Tennis Channel and son of World Number 1, Jimmy Connors, and his wife, model Patti McGuire. Growing up as the child of world-famous parents can be a pressure cooker. You're always being held up in the world's eye to the uber-high standards set by your parents. In Brett Connors's case, he definitely faced some of...
Building Great Competitors ft. Jonathan Stokke
April 05, 2022 09:00 - 45 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 14, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, the topic is developing great competitors as opposed to simply great ball strikers. Coach Jonathan Stokke, a former college coach and current junior developmental coach, shares his strategies with the ParentingAces audience. Jonathan grew up playing tennis and went on to have a great college career at Duke University. Prior to working at Duke, Stokke served as an as...
Why Youth Sports Need Reforming ft. Nick Buonocore
March 29, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 13 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa chats with the founder of the Reformed Sports Project, Nick Buonocore. As a former top youth and collegiate baseball player himself, and now as a youth coach and father, Nick Buonocore well knows and understands the challenges facing youth sports development in the current climate. He's seen the good side and the bad of both coaches and parents whic...
What's the Difference Between College Exposure Camp & College Showcase ft Ryan Carney
March 22, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 12, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Ryan Carney, current head men's and women's coach at Missouri Valley College and director of Collegiate Exposure Camps. Coach Ryan Carney is entering his 19th season as a college head coach. As the Camp Director of Collegiate Exposure Camps, Coach Carney strives to put together an outstanding group of college coaches to run the camps. As a long time ...
What Parents Need to Know: The Difference in Coaching Juniors & Coaching Collegians ft. Marcelo Ferreira
March 15, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 11, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Marcelo Ferreira, a former college coach (Texas Tech, Pepperdine) who is now running his own junior tennis development program in the Atlanta area. After graduating from Georgia College & State University in 2006, Marcelo remained in Milledgeville, Ga. for a year to serve as the assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s tennis programs at his al...
Surviving the Second Tier ft. Katie Lever
March 08, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 10, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa talks with Katie Lever, a former Division I athlete and newly-published author, about her college athletic experience. Katie is currently working toward her Ph. D at the University of Texas at Austin in Rhetoric and Language with experience in quantitative and qualitative research, academic presentations, teaching, journalism, market research, and college athle...
What Does it Take to Win a Junior Slam ft. Todd Widom
March 01, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 9, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa talks with Coach Todd Widom about what it takes for a junior player to win the biggest events on the world stage. It's great to finally get Todd back on the pod! Bruno Kuzuhara, an American who trains in Florida, was the 2022 Australian Open Boys Singles Champion. What did it take for him to reach that level? What sets him apart from other American juniors? Coac...
MatchTennis: The Must-Have App for Tennis Parents ft. Heath Waters
February 22, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 8, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa checks back in with the founder of Match Tennis App, Heath Waters, to discuss the newest amazing updates to this must-have app for tennis parents. We highly encourage you to watch the video version of this episode on ParentingAces.com or our YouTube channel so you can see Heath walk you through the new features of Match Tennis App. To watch our previous podcasts...
College Tennis on TennisONE ft. Randy Master
February 17, 2022 22:08 - 32 minutesWelcome to this Bonus Episode of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. Lisa chats with Randy Master of the TennisONE app about their coverage of college tennis, specifically USTA College Match Days, during the 2022 season. Randy has an extensive history in tennis, starting as an accomplished junior player, playing college tennis at VCU, then moving into college and private coaching. Eventually, Randy made his way into the business side of the sport, ...
Talking High School Tennis ft. Kyle Williams & Tom Traub
February 15, 2022 15:19 - 36 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 7, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with two high school tennis coaches from North Carolina: Kyle Williams and Tom Traub. If you've been following ParentingAces for any amount of time, you know Lisa is a huge proponent of junior players getting involved with their high school teams. Having the opportunity to play for something bigger than yourself is an invaluable experience for all players,...
Junior Needs a New Bag! ft. Jack Oswald
February 08, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 6, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with former touring pro, Jack Oswald, about his venture into entrepreneurship with Cancha Racquet Bag. After nearly a decade of traveling the world on the men’s pro tennis circuit, Jack Oswald grew tired of experiencing the downfalls of traditional tennis bags: broken zips, loose stitching, uncomfortable straps and a ‘one-size fits all’ mentality that let ...
How Can We Attract - and Retain - More Children to Tennis ft. Danielle McNamara
February 01, 2022 10:00 - 46 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 5, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week, Lisa chats with Danielle McNamara, former Head Women's Tennis Coach at Yale and current ITA Director of Coach Education, about what it's going to take to attract and retain more children to our sport. Danielle McNamara was the women’s tennis head coach at Yale from 2006-14, and 2016-21. She was also the head coach at Texas from 2014-15. She guided Yale to four NCAA T...
Helping Your Child Become Tournament Tough ft. Carlos & Josh Goffi
January 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hourWelcome to Season 11, Episode 4, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week we discuss helping your child become self-reliant which leads to becoming a better competitor with coaching experts Carlos and Josh Goffi. Carlos and Josh are a father-son duo who, between them, have played and coached tennis at very high levels. Carlos was John McEnroe's developmental coach starting around age 14 and also coached John and his brother Patrick on the A...
The 2022 Progress Tour ft. Barry Fulcher
January 18, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 3, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week we revisit the Progress Tour with its creator, Barry Fulcher. To listen to our previous podcast with Barry, click here. Barry Fulcher grew up in a Tennis Family. His parents and his siblings were avid players, so it was only fitting that Barry start honing his racquet and court skills as a toddler in the UK. His love of the game and of competition led him to a very su...
Focus on the Process, Not the Results ft. JY Aubone
January 11, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 2, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This week we bring back coach JY Aubone to talk about why junior tennis player and their parents need to keep their eye on the process and not get sidelined by focusing only on results. To listen to our previous podcast with JY, click here. JY believes players can only be as good as their environment allows them to be, and too many players are being failed by the structure thei...
Fitness & Movement Training Step by Step ft. Dean Hollingworth
January 04, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutesWelcome to Season 11, Episode 1, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. We are thrilled you decided to join us for another year! It seems only fitting to kick off the year with another brilliant conversation with tennis fitness specialist, Dean Hollingworth, who was our most-downloaded podcast guest during Season 10. Dean is back this season to give you some very practical and actionable exercises to help your junior player(s) prepare for on-court ...
What Am I When I Am No Longer an Athlete ft. Rishav Khanal
November 23, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutesWelcome to Season 10, Episode 48, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. This is our final podcast of Season 10 - we hope you've enjoyed all our guests this year and will join us again in January 2022 for the kickoff of Season 11! Lisa's guest this week is Rishav Khanal, a best-selling author and founder of Compound Career. He helps college students and recent graduates develop the career readiness skills to break into competitive job and internshi...
Building Resiliency Around Body Image in Junior Athletes ft. Dr. Michelle Cleere
November 16, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutesWelcome to Season 10, Episode 47, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week’s episode, Lisa talks with Dr. Michelle Cleere (click here to watch/listen to our previous podcast with Dr. Cleere) about a sensitive topic: body image and body shaming in young athletes. Several weeks ago, Lisa received a DM from a parent concerned about comments her 11-year-old daughter was getting about her height. Specifically, the little girl would hear paren...
Trust is the Glue ft. Daniel Yoo
November 09, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutesWelcome to Season 10, Episode 46, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa talks with former ATP professional player and current ATP/Junior coach, Daniel Yoo, about how he uses his tour experience to help today's players reach their potential. Daniel Yoo is a South Korean tennis player who made his way to the US to train and eventually coach. Yoo reached a career high ATP singles ranking of 326 and a career high ATP doubl...
The Importance of Speed & Agility Training ft. Gary Cablayan & Susan Nardi
November 02, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutesWelcome to Season 10, Episode 45, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa chats with speed and agility coach, Gary Cablayan, and tennis coach, Susan Nardi, about the importance of training the whole athlete first. If you've been listening to our podcast for a while, you know Lisa is a big fan of developing the athlete first, the tennis player next. Both Gary and Susan talk about why that philosophy of youth sports develo...
Another [Coaching] Perspective ft. Tom Downs
October 26, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutesWelcome to Season 10, Episode 44, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa chats with Coach Tom Downs who has recently relocated from Florida to the Dallas (TX) area and works with both junior and professional players alike. Tom's philosophy on Junior Tennis Development, based on his own life growing up playing tennis in Australia, is unique and refreshing. Tom ran his own coaching business in South Florida and was Direct...
How Does a Junior Player Go from Good to OMG! ft. Todd Widom
October 19, 2021 09:00 - 56 minutesWelcome to Season 10, Episode 43, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, we follow up on our recent podcast with Orlando and Zander Bravo (click here to watch/listen) and talk with Zander's coach, Todd Widom, about how Zander made such huge strides in such a short period of time. If you're a regular of our podcast, by now you have a pretty clear understanding of Coach Todd Widom's philosophy on coaching and developing junior...