The GreatBase Tennis Podcast

In this episode, tennis coaches Steve Smith and Andy Fitzell discuss various topics including: What tennis people work for Too much selling Tennis problems Solutions Marketing Having a BS detector A Hypothetical meeting of tennis people who have lived the GreatBase Tennis curriculum Tennis Science vs Art Resources - Tennis teachers and coaches of the past Reinventing the wheel U.S. tennis is broke...

In this episode, Andy Fitzell & Steve Smith interview David Anderson, who leads a staff of twenty-plus coaches at Club Corp's flagship facility (Brookhaven Country Club) in Dallas. He has spent more than twenty-five years and has developed close to five-hundred college tennis players, if not more. Their success is an untold and unheard story in American tennis. Topics include: Brookhaven...

In this episode, Steve Smith and Andy Fitzell discuss coach legendary Jim Verdieck. -Introduction to coach Verdieck - Stories - Craft - Competition - Conditioning - Plus much more!

In this episode, Andy Fitzell and Steve Smith answer questions from viewers. Topics include: - Advice to the USTA - Why pros don't go to the net - Book recommendations - Coachability - Role of the tennis parent - Balancing technique and fast-paced drills - Tournament/Match Play - Pros and technique - Paralysis by analysis

In this episode, Steve Smith and Andy Fitzell talk about tennis math. The episode is broken down into five "S" categories: S elf-Management, S trokes, S trategy, S tatistics, and S core. 

In this episode, Steve Smith and Andy Fitzell discuss player development.  Topics include: Begin with the end in mind Teaching vs unteaching Learn to play vs play to learn Band-aid vs surgery Becoming an athlete Understanding success & achievement Teaching character Service-based vs education-based training Francis Tiafoe, Sofia Kenin, Making changes + Much, much more

Episode #1 is an introduction to GreatBase Tennis; the significance of the name and it's logo are covered. Andy Fitzell and Steve Smith also touch upon the history of GreatBase Tennis and reference the curriculum's key contributors.