Payers & Players Podcast

Beau is currently the travelling coach for Brandon Nakashima. Beau played college tennis at Nebraska (Big 10 Doubles Champion) and played 4 year on the Futures/Challenger circuit. Before joining Brandon's team, Beau was a High Performance coach at the Brymer-Lewis Tennis Academy in Southern California. Beau is passionate about maximizing tennis performance thru the use of video analysis, match charting and strategic practice organization.

Alex was the #1 rated recruit by Tennis Recruiting Net his junior & senior years of high school. We discuss his junior tennis development from growing up in South Florida to choosing to attend TCU, where he was an All-American and Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year. He is currently competing on the pro tour. https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-rybakov/rg42/overview

Jack Newman is the founder of the Austin Tennis Academy, one of the top tennis academies in the United States. Jack tells the story of ATA and what has made their program so successful.

We talk to Peyton Stearns about her junior tennis development. She grew up in Cincinnati, OH and has played all the junior Grand Slam events. We talk about her training with Todd Widom, her experiences at the junior slams and how she trained for the different surfaces. We also talk about her future plans, including her college plans.

TJ Pura played college tennis at Duke. He was a nationally ranked junior player who was featured in the awesome tennis movie 50,000 balls. In 2018 he coached and mentored Tommy Paul, who went on to reach a career high of 79. We talk with TJ about his time coaching Tommy, and what he's doing today. His tennis background helped him successfully land his dream job working in the renewable energies corporate finance industry. TJ offers a lot of wisdom to players and parents alike,

Episode 49 is with Tommy Paul. Tommy is an American Professional tennis player. Tommy reached a career high ATP ranking of #79 in 2019. We caught up with Tommy at the Knoxville Challenger for a quick conversation. We talked about his tennis development in Greeneville, NC, Coach Brandi's favorite punishment, how he was able to go from losing in Qualifying to winning the Charlottesville Challenger in 2018, and why sliding may or may not be bad footwork.

Payers and Players Podcast Episode 48 - Sean Drake from Racquetfit

Kevin is the coach of Caty and John McNally, and has coached several women on the WTA tour as well working with National level junior players. In this episode we discuss what fundamentals junior players should be focused and we explore the lessons Kevin has learned from 25+ of coaching. https://payersandplayers.com/2019/10/08/episode-47-kevin-oneill/

We bring back Petros to review the NCAA tennis championships, his experience playing World Team Tennis, get his thoughts on how tennis can attract new fans, and his plans for the future.

Ronnie Schneider was the #1 recruit in his class, he won Kalamazoo 3 times (16s Singles & Doubles and 18s Doubles), was an All-American at UNC, reached a career high ATP rank of 406, and is currently the volunteer assistant at Indiana University, where he is getting his MBA. In part 2 of our conversation, we talk about his experiences of playing at the US Open, he offers advice to both parents and players for how to get the most out of a tournament, his thoughts on how tennis can be a viable profession, and recruiting pitch to players to come to IU.

In part 1 of our wide-ranging conversation with Ronnie Schneider about his junior career, including winning Kalamazoo 3 times (16s Singles, 16s Doubles, and 18s Doubles)and playing in the US Open (both junior and Main Draw doubles). Ronnie was the #1 recruit in his class in each of his 4 years of high school, and was an All-American at the University of North Carolina. He reached a career high ATP ranking of #406. He is currently pursuing his Master's degree at the University of Indiana, and is serving as the volunteer assistant coach of the men's tennis team. This podcast is sponsored by the Smashpoint App - the leading match tracking app. You can find it in the App Store for iPhones. www.Smashpoint.pro Enter promo code: Podcast for a 20% discount on their "pro" products.

We talk with Heath Waters, Sr. about his philosophy on junior tennis development. Heath Waters is one of only a handful of coaches in the world to be a current ATP and WTA registered coach on the men’s and women’s professional tennis tour. Heath’s professional players have had wins over many top world ranked tour players such as the likes of Andy Murray, Fernando Gonzalez, James Blake, Ivo Karlovic, Sam Querrey, Juan Ignacio Chela, and more. Heath is the founder of the Alliance for Coaching Excellence (ACE) Player Development System™ and runs the Homeschool program at the Manor. Heath’s professional players have won more than 40 professional titles on tour and his junior students have won more than 30 gold balls. Heath and his wife, current professional tour player, Lindsay Lee-Waters own and operate a popular tennis instructional website www.virtualtennisacademy.com. Heath’s desire is to enhance tennis player development throughout the world through a pragmatic and scientific based approach. This podcast i

USTA Player Development announced that it has hired Andy Gerst as a National Coach, Women’s Tennis. He’ll be based out of the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla., reporting to Head of Women’s Tennis Kathy Rinaldi. Andy played collegiately at Washington and Cal Poly SLO, and was an assistant coach at Florida St. He was also a play tester at Tennis Warehouse. This podcast is sponsored by the Smashpoint App - the leading match tracking app. You can find it in the App Store for iPhones. www.Smashpoint.pro Enter promo code: Podcast for a 20% discount on their "pro" products.

Episode 40 - Paul Timmons - @PaulT_Tennis - ITF changes and Tennis betting by Robert and Scott

Andy Brandi served as a partner of the Harold Solomon Tennis Institute since 2007 before joining the USTA staff in August 2010. While at USTA he led the Player Development team for 12 & Under Boys. From 2001-06, Brandi was Director of Tennis for IMG and the Evert Tennis Academy. From 1984-2001, he was the head coach of the University of Florida women’s team, where is teams reached the NCAA finals 8 times, winning the championship 3 times. During his career, Brandi has worked with top professionals, including Elena Dementieva, Shahar Peer, Maria Kirilenko, Lisa Raymond, Ryan Sweeting and Jesse Levine. While at the University of Florida, he led the Gators to three NCAA Division I Team titles and coached four NCAA women’s singles champions and four NCAA doubles champions. He is currently the co-Head Coach at LSU with his son Chris. We discuss his thoughts on junior tennis development, and why he thought it was important to work with the 12 & Under boys at USTA Player Development. We talk about buil

Connor Glennon grew up in Loughborough, England. He was one of the top junior players in the U.K. After a successful junior career, where he competed in top international events, including the Orange Bowl, he attended the University of Memphis. As a sophomore, he was the Conference USA Player of the Year, and he left the University of Memphis as the Tigers’ career victories leader. He’s also the only Tiger to ever be named 1st Team All-Conference all four years. Listen here. After college, Connor competed in some professional tennis events, including the Memphis Open (ATP 250), as well as coaching tennis in the Memphis area. He is currently the co-owner of Barton Sports Construction, a sports resurfacing business in Memphis. Visit his business at https://www.derrickbarton.com/

We discuss how Petros Chyrsochos developed into an NCAA champion. His coach in Cyprus, Demetrius Herodotou, was instrumental in his development - working with Petros as beginner and taking him to the junior Grand Slams. Following his junior career, Petros chose to play college tennis at Wake Forest, where he has won national championships both as a singles player and team level. http://tennisacademy.com.cy/ https://godeacs.com/index.aspx?path=mten

Episode 36 - Devin Britton - Former NCAA singles champion and Ole Miss Assistant Coach by Robert and Scott

Parker Wynn is a junior on the Texas Tech men's tennis team. He transferred to Texas Tech after 2 successful seasons at the University of Louisville, where he twice made All-ACC 3rd team and qualified for the NCAA doubles championships. We talk to Parker about his junior tennis development in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and how he finished his high school career with a ranking inside the top 10 (Tennis Recruiting). https://payersandplayers.com/2019/02/11/parker-wynn-texas-tech-mens-tennis-episode-35/ https://texastech.com/news/2019/2/12/mens-tennis-wynn-garners-big-12-player-of-the-week-selection.aspx https://tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp?sessionid=29637C0403F0C39A

In this episode we talk with Tony Bresky, the head coach at Wake Forest – the defending NCAA National Champions. Coach Bresky shares his thoughts on college tennis recruiting, how important culture is to building a championship team, his outlook for the 2019 season, and how thankful he is for leaving his career in Finance behind.