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.

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Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 69 minutes
Episodes: 291
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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Episode 31: Barry Cowan - You’ll never walk alone!

Former GB Davis Cup Player Barry Cowan discusses his tennis journey which took him from Liverpool to taking Pete Sampras to 5 tough sets at Wimbledon. Since then he moved onto the other side of the c…

01:29:01 | Wed 01 Jul 2020

Episode 30: Peter Bothwell - Realities of the Futures Tour

Irish Davis Cup Player Peter Bothwell has recently retired from the ATP/ITF Tour after 6 years of professional tennis. We dig into why Pete has made that decision at the age of 24 and the realities o…

01:13:33 | Sat 27 Jun 2020

Episode 29: James Trotman - Born to Coach!

James Trotman was a top 10 player in Europe from an early age, before winning multiple Junior Grand Slams. He was then struck down with a career ending illness. Not a one to dwell, he put his passion…

01:17:40 | Wed 24 Jun 2020

Episode 28: Aisam Qureshi - Humanity first.. Tennis second!

Aisam Qureshi is a tennis player from Pakistan who has made the top 10 ATP Doubles and two Grand Slam finals.

He is Pakistan´s most successful singles and doubles player and at age 41, he is still go…

01:15:25 | Sat 20 Jun 2020

Episode 27: Judy Murray - Super Mum!

Judy Murray is a Scottish tennis coach and the Mum of global superstars Jamie and Andy Murray.

A former player, she became Scottish National Coach in 1995. She was the GB Fed Cup Captain between 2011…

01:25:27 | Wed 17 Jun 2020

Episode 26: Dan Evans - Skills pay the bills!

Dan Evans talks to Control the Controllables about his incredible journey which has taken him inside the top 100 ATP on 3 occasions.

The British number 1 discusses how he overcame injuries and a drug…

01:18:55 | Mon 15 Jun 2020

Episode 25: John Millman - The journey man.. or is he?

John Millman has been ranked as high as 33 in the world. He has beaten Roger Federer to progress to 2018 US Open Quarter-final. We delve into his tennis journey and into his strong intelligent opinio…

01:31:18 | Sat 13 Jun 2020

Episode 24: Sarah Borwell - The US College Guru!

Sarah Borwell went from a nervous young girl who didn’t want to compete to the top 200 WTA singles and 65 in the world in doubles.

Listen to why, how and what she is now doing helping 100´s of young…

01:17:20 | Wed 10 Jun 2020

Episode 23: Craig O’Shannessy - Money ball of tennis!

Craig O´Shannessy is recognised as a world leader in data analysis and is changing the landscape of how coaches view data within tennis.

He spent 3 years working with Novak Djokovic and is the strate…

01:14:09 | Sat 06 Jun 2020

Episode 22: Dan Kiernan: Control the Controllables

Dan moves to the other side of the microphone, as he chats with Graeme Foreman. Dan discusses the influence of his north east upbringing and how this led to his Control the Controllables philosophy o…

00:42:06 | Thu 04 Jun 2020

Episode 21: Ian Barclay - Not in the net!

‘Barkers’ as Ian is known in the tennis world talks us through how he got into tennis, to the amazing journey of taking Pat Cash from aged 11 to Wimbledon Champion. Ian discusses his time in the UK i…

01:20:23 | Wed 03 Jun 2020

Episode 20: Paul Jubb - NCAA Champ

Paul Jubb was dealt an extremely difficult start to life, as he lost both parents at an early age. This wasn’t going to stop him achieve what he wants in a sport that he loves. In 2019, Paul won the …

00:49:07 | Sat 30 May 2020

Episode 19: Conor Niland - The luck of the Irish

Ireland’s Davis Cup Captain and ATP 129 at his best, Conor talks through his journey from Edgbaston to Limerick to Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York playing against Novak Djokovic. We also dig into the d…

01:19:03 | Wed 27 May 2020

Episode 18: Calvin Betton: Train with purpose

Calvin Betton has been a tennis coach for 20 years working at all levels. He has developed a passion for purposeful practice and skill acquisition and we attack both subjects with live examples from …

00:57:42 | Sun 24 May 2020

Episode 17: Euan McGinn- GB University Tennis

Euan has been head coach at Stirling University after years at US College as a player and also on the lower levels of the Pro Tour. His passion has helped bring GB Universities to the conversation of…

01:06:39 | Sun 24 May 2020

Episode 16: Emily Webley-Smith - The Comeback Queen.

Emily Webley-Smith has been competing on the ITF/WTA tour for the past 18 years.

She has reached a career high of 240 in singles and 113 in doubles. Emily has overcome 7 major injuries during her car…

01:20:38 | Wed 20 May 2020

Episode 15: Will Herbert - Tour Physio

Will Herbert is currently Kyle Edmund’s physio and has previously worked with Alexander and Misha Zverev, Ana Ivanovic to name a few.

He was a top UK Junior player funded through the LTA system, and…

01:15:30 | Tue 19 May 2020

Episode 14: John Hicks- A British Coaching Legend

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