ParentingAces - The Junior Tennis and College Tennis Podcast

Welcome 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 qua...

Welcome 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....

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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 bag...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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'...

Welcome 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 an...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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 y...

Welcome 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 a...

Welcome 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 h...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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 Aus...

Welcome 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...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 42, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the  Tennis Channel Podcast Network . In this week's episode, Lisa chats with University of Georgia Senior, Trent Bryde, about the recent Supreme Court ruling around Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) and how Trent is maximizing the opportunity to help Junior Tennis Players through his TennisMentors program. I've known Tren...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 41, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the  Tennis Channel Podcast Network . In this week's episode, we'll be revisiting the Apeak App for training mental skills in tennis players. To watch/listen to our previous podcast with Apeak founder Brian Park, click here . I highly encourage you to watch the video version of this week's episode so you can see Apea...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 40, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the  Tennis Channel Podcast Network . In this week's episode, we will be discussing mental health as it relates to Junior Tennis. Specifically, we will hear from the person behind the Matt Stevenson Junior Tennis Tournament Series , Gary Poon, as he shares Matt's tragic story and how he and others have turned it into...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 39, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the  Tennis Channel Podcast Network . This week's episode features Alex Gruskin, the man behind Cracked Racquets, and a fellow Tennis Channel Podcaster. Alex and Lisa discuss a variety of topics around junior, college, and pro tennis, including how Cracked Racquets is changing the landscape around how tennis is cover...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 38, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the  Tennis Channel Podcast Network . This week, Lisa chats with Father-Son duo, Orlando and Alexander Bravo. Orlando grew up in Puerto Rico where he was first introduced to tennis. As his game developed and he maximized his competitive opportunities in and around his island home, Orlando realized he needed a more vi...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 37 of the ParentingAces Podcast, proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network ! In this week's episode, you get an inside look at what it means to coach a top professional player at one of the world's biggest tournaments. Jean-Yves Aubone, better known as JY, grew up in a Tennis Family. Both his parents were professional players, so it was inevitable that he wou...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 36, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network . In this week's episode, we check back in with SwingTennis , the official partner of US College Tennis as well as 3 of the 4 Grand Slam nations! We last spoke with Swupnil Sahai back in November 2019 ( click here to listen to that episode) and can't wait to share with you all the n...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 35, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network . This week's podcast is the second in a series we're exploring here at ParentingAces, one that came at the suggestion of my son, Morgan. There are many pathways in Junior Tennis but maybe even more once that journey is complete. Professional tennis, college tennis, club tennis, and...