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Control the Controllables

Dan Kiernan, Director of SotoTennis Academy in Spain has created a podcast to entertain, educate and energise the tennis community. Hear Dan pick the brains of professional tennis players, coaches, parents, and others involved in High Performance Tennis.

Health & Fitness Sports Tennis
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
69 minutes
Episodes
291
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Episode 71: Sergiy Stahkovsky - No holds barred

Episode 71: Sergiy Stahkovsky - No holds barred

Sergiy Stahkovsky is a Ukranian pro tennis player who has been ranked as high as 31 ATP.

Sergiy jumped onto our screens in 2013, when he became the lowest ranked player to beat Roger Federer at a Gra…

01:46:56  |   Sat 24 Oct 2020
Episode 70: Simon Jones - British Tennis through many lenses

Episode 70: Simon Jones - British Tennis through many lenses

Simon Jones worked for the LTA in many different capacities for 31 years before turning his hand to other sports over the last couple of years. We explore the similarities and differences between spo…
01:22:26  |   Wed 21 Oct 2020
Episode 69: Nick Lester - The voice behind your screens

Episode 69: Nick Lester - The voice behind your screens

Nick Lester is the epitome of what we want from our Tennis Academy. Someone who has truly used his passion for tennis as a vehicle through his life, as a player, as a coach and over the last 15 years…

01:12:01  |   Sat 17 Oct 2020
Episode 68 : Kyle Spencer - US College Life

Episode 68 : Kyle Spencer - US College Life

Kyle Spencer is a former GB number 1 doubles player and represented GB at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He is the current Head Men’s Coach at North Carolina State University and has experienced US Colleg…

02:26:57  |   Wed 14 Oct 2020
Episode 67: Leon Smith - The History Maker!

Episode 67: Leon Smith - The History Maker!

What a story! Leon went from decent junior player to coaching one of the best juniors in the world, Sir Andy Murray. He was catapulted to GB Davis Cup Captain over 10 years ago where he´s guided the …

01:35:01  |   Sat 10 Oct 2020
Episode 66: Kris Soutar - Mr.Tennis

Episode 66: Kris Soutar - Mr.Tennis

Kris has dedicated his life to tennis in one form or another. From coaching International Players to coaching parents how to coach, he has worked across the spectrum, but always to a very high level.…

01:37:23  |   Wed 07 Oct 2020
Episode 65: Simon Dickson - Red Devil to SW19

Episode 65: Simon Dickson - Red Devil to SW19

Simon Dickson was one of the best junior players in the world with wins over Roger Federer and Leyton Hewitt to name a couple as he grew up. 

He combined this with playing football for Manchester Uni…

01:07:20  |   Sun 04 Oct 2020
Episode 64: Steve Hewitt - People..People.. People!

Episode 64: Steve Hewitt - People..People.. People!

Steve Hewitt is the CEO of Gym Shark, a fitness clothing and accessory brand that is currently one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK. A few weeks ago it was valued at $1.3 billion from the …

00:49:05  |   Wed 30 Sep 2020
Episode 63: Heather Watson - WTA Tour Life

Episode 63: Heather Watson - WTA Tour Life

Heather Watson has been one of Great Britain’s most successful female tennis players of the last 30 years. She won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title in 2016, has won 4 WTA titles and has a career hig…

00:51:07  |   Sat 26 Sep 2020
Episode 62: Valorie Kondos Field - Winning doesn’t always equal success

Episode 62: Valorie Kondos Field - Winning doesn’t always equal success

Valorie Kondos Field was Head Gymnastics Coach at UCLA for 29 years. She led them to 7 National Championships and her background wasn’t even in gymnastics. She dramatically changed her philosophies t…

01:15:52  |   Tue 22 Sep 2020
Episode 61: Emilio Sanchez - Viva España

Episode 61: Emilio Sanchez - Viva España

Emilio Sanchez comes from the famous Sanchez family who have been so influential on Spanish Tennis. A former World number 1 doubles player and number 7 singles player at the same time, he won 5 Grand…

01:21:23  |   Sat 19 Sep 2020
Episode 60: Lloyd and Anthony Harris - African Champions

Episode 60: Lloyd and Anthony Harris - African Champions

We speak to Anthony Harris who is top 100 ATP Player Lloyd Harris’s coach. 

Anthony also coached Dudi Sela in his formative years aged 11-19. We discuss his Academy and philosophy in South Africa and…

00:51:03  |   Wed 16 Sep 2020
Episode 59: Sam Jalloh - Tennis saved my life

Episode 59: Sam Jalloh - Tennis saved my life

Sam Jalloh was brought up in Sierra Leone in what was a difficult upbringing personally, but also during the civil war which added many complications which included living on the streets, seeing his …

01:30:51  |   Sun 13 Sep 2020
Episode 58: Magnus Tideman - ATP Coach Life

Episode 58: Magnus Tideman - ATP Coach Life

Magnus Tideman is a former top 80 ATP Player who came from an amazing crop of Swedish Players, where his practice partners included Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander and many more. 

He turned his hand to coa…

01:04:38  |   Tue 08 Sep 2020
Episode 57: Mark Jeffery - Between the White Lines

Episode 57: Mark Jeffery - Between the White Lines

Mark has had tennis running through his life for 60 years. He was in the military, and has worked closely with David Lloyd and Jimmy Connors on previous projects. He´s currently taking on his biggest…

00:39:35  |   Sat 05 Sep 2020
Episode 56: Kieron Vorster - Nature or Nurture

Episode 56: Kieron Vorster - Nature or Nurture

Kieron Vorster has been a strength and conditioning coach on the ATP Tour for 25 years. He started his career with Wayne Ferreira before spending many years with Tim Henman. 

Kieron is currently work…

01:00:45  |   Wed 02 Sep 2020
Episode 55: Cameron Norrie - College Stud to Pro Life

Episode 55: Cameron Norrie - College Stud to Pro Life

Cameron Norrie has an illustrious College career at Texas Christian University before seamlessly moving into the top 100 ATP.

Since recording, he has reached a career high of 12, and is the current B…

00:42:43  |   Mon 31 Aug 2020
Episode 54: Nick Monroe - No stone unturned

Episode 54: Nick Monroe - No stone unturned

Nick Monroe has been on the ATP Tour for the last 17 years with a career high of 30 ATP doubles. Nick speaks to us from the US Open Bubble as he prepares to play next week. Nick was a top USTA Junior…
00:49:19  |   Sat 29 Aug 2020
Episode 53: Nick Morgan - Make better choices more often

Episode 53: Nick Morgan - Make better choices more often

Nick Morgan is a former UK University Tennis Champion whilst graduating from Bath University before turning his career to the Sports Science world. This started at Lilleshall home of England Football…
01:32:32  |   Wed 26 Aug 2020
Episode 52: Jonathan Overend - The voice of tennis 🎾

Episode 52: Jonathan Overend - The voice of tennis 🎾

Jonathan worked for BBC radio for over 25 years and brought the famous moments to life for many of us including his final match for the BBC.. The Men’s Wimbledon 2013 final where Andy Murray overcame…
01:20:23  |   Sat 22 Aug 2020
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