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I interviewed Nicole Melichar last summer, so this is her second appearance on the show. In this episode, I catch Nicole from Melbourne, a few weeks before the Australian Open. She is in quarantine and is only allowed to leave her room for five hours per day. Last summer when I spoke to her she was number 19 in the world, now she is all the way up to number 11. We talk about how quarantine is goin...

This is a strategy episode for league or tournament doubles players who struggle to make adjustments during a match. If you've ever been down in a match, knowing something needs to change, but not sure how to dig yourself out of the hole you're in, this is for you. Learn how to create a winning gameplan for a specific opponent. Find out how to seek out the weaknesses of the other team, n...

This is a strategy episode for league or tournament doubles players who struggle to make adjustments during a match. If you’ve ever been down in a match, knowing something needs to change, but not sure how to dig yourself out of the hole you’re in, this is for you. Learn how to create a winning gameplan for a specific opponent. Find out how to seek out the weaknesses of the other team, no matter y...

 In this episode, Will talks with Gigi Fernandez, one of the greatest doubles players of all time. Gigi won 17 major doubles titles on the professional tour and two Olympic Gold Medals. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2010. Today, she specializes in teaching club and recreational adult doubles players. This is a really rare opportunity where you get someone from the...

In this episode I talk with Joel Drucker who has covered tennis for over 30 years and had his work featured on HBO, CBS, The Tennis Channel, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Forbes, the LA Times, and many more. We discuss his article, which has five great ideas on how pro doubles players can grow the game of doubles and how doubles strategy has changed over the years. He shares some great...

In this episode, Will chats with ATP doubles player Nick Monroe.  Nick turned pro in 2004 and has since won four doubles titles. He reached a career-high ranking of number thirty in the world, and in 2020 he reached the quarter-finals of the French Open.  We talk about World Team Tennis, his new role at the Tennis Channel, how he adjusts his strategy when playing with different doubles partners, a...

Will chats with former ATP doubles player, Eric Butorac who has ATP 18 doubles titles, reached a career-high of #17 in the world, and played Division III tennis. During the conversation, they discuss Eric's Ted Talk where he shares his story about making it from D3 to the ATP tour.  You'll learn a lot about the process of improving that Eric used and advice that you can implement into yo...

Find out why you should be trying to get to the net in the first place, and the different goals we should have once we are at the net: how you should be thinking about moving on the court and the point at that position.  Learn when you should come forward, how to poach, and how to move at the net.  **Doubles Strategy Course** This video course will teach you the best doubles tactics for serving, r...

We cover the jobs of the returner and the returners' partner, and how to return against different teams who serve and stay back, serve and volley, players who poach a lot or use I-formation. **Doubles Strategy Course** This video course will teach you the best doubles tactics for serving, returning, rallying, and approaching so that you’ll have a winning plan for every point. 25 Winning Doubl...

Today we are going to talk about serve strategy for doubles .  This is part two of our four-part series about doubles strategy.   We cover the different roles of each player on the serve team and how they work together as a team, including communication and signalling.  This includes talking about the deuce court and ad court specifically, and how they are different, especially if you are playing...

 This is the first episode in a four-part series on doubles strategy . In this episode, I discuss the foundations and fundamentals that you need to know to become a good doubles player . I also teach you how to be mentally tougher on the doubles court , including how to deal with anger and how we should be viewing each point. You'll also learn what you should do between points to improve your...

Jeff is the coach of the #1 men’s doubles team in the world, Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal. Jeff is a former ATP player has won multiple doubles titles. He has coached on the pro tour since 2013 and helped Farah and Cabal win the 2019 Wimbledon and US Open . The interview with Jeff below dives deep into what it takes to develop a great doubles team. Tennis players and coaches at all levels...

Nicole won the Wimbledon 2018 mixed doubles title. She also was a finalist in women’s doubles that same year. Nicole has been ranked as high as #12 in the world and is currently the #19 ranked WTA doubles player. She has one title so far in 2020.  **Doubles Strategy Course** This video course will teach you the best doubles tactics for serving, returning, rallying, and approaching so that you’ll h...

Craig is the strategy analyst for Wimbledon, the ATP Tour, and the New York Times. He has also been the strategy coach for Novak Djokovic and currently works with 4 players inside the top 100 including world #8 Matteo Berrettini. **Doubles Strategy Course** This video course will teach you the best doubles tactics for serving, returning, rallying, and approaching so that you’ll have a winning plan...

Gaby is a two-time mixed doubles grand slam champion (Australian Open ’18 & French Open ’17), Wimbledon finalist in 2019, and current world #7 ranked WTA doubles player. She was also an Olympic athlete in the 2016 Rio Games for Canada. **Doubles Strategy Course** This video course will teach you the best doubles tactics for serving, returning, rallying, and approaching so that you’ll have a wi...