The Racquet Athlete Podcast

Duncan Stahl Current World Ranking : 9 (Sept 2020)  Best World Ranking: 7 (Aug 2017)  Sponsor: Karakal  Winner of Team World Championships with Great Britain in Germany, 2019 Winner of 12x titles on FIR World Tour (2014 – 2019) 40+ World Champion 2018 3x Winner of the British Racketlon Championships: 2013, 2015, 2016 2x Runner up of British Racketlon Championships: 2014 & 2019 W...

Simon Hartley is a globally respected sport psychology consultant and performance coach. For over 20 years, Simon has worked with gold medallists, world record holders, world champions, top five world-ranked professional athletes, Team GB Olympians and championship winning teams. Since 2011, Simon has published eight books, including Peak Performance Every Time and Stronger Together; How Great Tea...

Garry was previously High-Performance Director for Tennis Ireland for thirteen years from 2006-2019, during this time he was instrumental in the development of Ireland’s  National Tennis Centre. He captained successful campaigns as Irish Davis Cup Captain from 2001-2005 and Irish Federation Captain from 1997-2001. Garry has the unique experience of personally coaching numerous athletes from t...

Piëdro Schweertman was born 5 sept 1983 in The Netherlands. From the age of 4 until14 he did martial arts Judo and Jiu jitsu competitively. At the age of 14 he wanted something else and because of his father playing squash he started playing too. 4 x National Champion of the Netherlands 2017-2018-2019-2020, European Masters Champion 35+ 2019, Winner of 13 international PSA tournaments, Highest PSA...

Haley’s formative years on court took place at the Heights Casino in Brooklyn where she was coached by an exceptional group of former professionals including Julian Wellings, Fiona Geaves and Linda Elriani. ​ During her junior career she reached a highest national ranking of #1 U19, was consistently ranked top three in her age group, and was a three time National Finalist.  She represented th...

This episode is from a raw and very honest perspective on nutrition

Dr Gary Mendoza talks all things nutrition and blends it with specifics for racquet athletes.

Mindfulness and yoga teaching with sport psychology thrown in to the mix.

The all round effect:Squash and tennisStrength potentialCapacity and game movementsLearning process of Strength and Conditioning for the racquet athleteTravelling as an athlete Racquet sports common injuriesACL injury model Buy in from athletesCluster sets on squats and how it can be used Athletes experience with coaches choices

Being in the present moment for sport and life.

Mike has worked with athletes in just about every sport imaginable from the Olympic /Professional Ranks thru Youth levels of sports. Mike has taught at four Universities and completed research at the United States Olympic Training Centre. He speaks about Mental Toughness Training, Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, and the use of Imagery during training. He teaches you why you need to train ment...

David Charlton helps ambitious athletes achieve their goals faster by improving their levels of Mental Toughness.  He also supports coaches, parents, teams, clubs and organisations, from grassroots to Elite Professional Level to achieve their aims.

Nick talked about his principles with athletes, we also discussed which racquet sports he found challenging to coach. Also what areas racquet sports athletes can improve on in physical aspects and how travelling can effect performance. Finally we spoke about common injuries in athletes.

This episode has us chatting back and forth. We were chatting specific strength and conditioning aspects, research in racquet sports and how the f1 cars data is key to success which correlates to finding racquet sports data.

This episode is all things sports nutrition. Jeff has experience with tennis and triathlon athletes. He is also conducting interesting research with his PHD.

This time we have Chris Simpson on the show. He is based in the Angus county in Scotland. He has over 13 years strength and conditioning experience training various athletes from different sports. He has lectured on sport and fitness aspects for a number of years.

This episode Danny talks about his principles in strength and conditioning relating his concepts to many sports. Danny has worked with many athletes including potential Olympians. We spoke about how to motivate athletes, find a good communication style to connect with athletes and build rapport. Danny knows how to get the best out of his athletes. He also talks about his motivations to be in the i...

This podcast is an introduction about the podcast and what will be involved in the podcast. An introduction about myself and who the podcast is for. I also state what to expect in the future podcast episodes.