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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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Piotr Sierzputowski – The Modern Day Coach

Piotr Sierzputowski – The Modern Day Coach

In today´s episode we speak to Piotr Sierzputowski, the former coach of top 5 WTA player Iga Swiatek.

Piotr was Iga´s coach from age 15 to 20, guiding her from top junior to a career high of 4 in the …

00:44:59  |   Tue 22 Feb 2022
Dan Smethurst - ATP Player to WTA Coach

Dan Smethurst - ATP Player to WTA Coach

Dan Smethurst is a British tennis coach and former player who most recently worked with top WTA player Johanna Konta. 

A talented youngster, Dan was world junior number 29 before playing on the ITF an…

01:34:26  |   Tue 15 Feb 2022
Mardy Fish on Living with Anxiety

Mardy Fish on Living with Anxiety

It´s our 150th episode of Control the Controllables!

And for a special episode, we have a special guest as we speak to former US number 1 and current Davis Cup Captain Mardy Fish.


Mardy won 14 singles …

01:27:52  |   Tue 08 Feb 2022
Australian Open 2022 Review

Australian Open 2022 Review

We won´t be forgetting the 2022 Australian Open for a while!

It´s been one for the history books, with Rafael Nadal winning his 21st Grand Slam thanks to an epic five-set victory over Daniil Medvedev.…

01:35:43  |   Mon 31 Jan 2022
Stanford Evans Boster - One voice, two weapons!

Stanford Evans Boster - One voice, two weapons!

Stanford Evans Boster is a South African who has made USA his home, and American Tennis is lucky to have him.

He is the current coach to Junior World Number 4, Victor Lilov who made the final of the B…

01:38:19  |   Tue 25 Jan 2022
Australian Open 2022 Preview

Australian Open 2022 Preview

With the first Grand Slam of 2022 underway, we´ve brought our panel of former pros back together to preview the Australian Open. 

What a few weeks it’s been, tennis has been global news with the Novak…

01:30:05  |   Mon 17 Jan 2022
2021 Highlights!

2021 Highlights!

In today´s episode, Dan sits down with Vicki to chat through their favourite moments and key learnings from 2021 on Control the Controllables.

Listen to some of the most inspirational stories from thi…

01:17:49  |   Wed 29 Dec 2021
Sonay Kartal - Focusing on her own path

Sonay Kartal - Focusing on her own path

In this week´s episode we get to know up-and-coming British player Sonay Kartal.

Sonay, 20, has had an impressive 2021. After coming back from injury earlier in the year, she won the UK Pro League Mas…

01:29:52  |   Tue 14 Dec 2021
Rohan Bopanna - First-time Grand Slam Champion at 37

Rohan Bopanna - First-time Grand Slam Champion at 37

Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna has achieved so much in his playing career. A Grand Slam champion, he has also reached multiple Grand Slam finals, and reached number 3 in the world in doubles.

On t…

01:15:25  |   Tue 07 Dec 2021
Keith Reynolds - Are we selling the game of tennis the right way?

Keith Reynolds - Are we selling the game of tennis the right way?

Keith Reynolds is a tennis coach who has experienced the sport at all levels. 

He is the co-owner and founder of The Watchorn Tennis Club in Derbyshire which has produced 29 National Champions. He´s a…

01:31:11  |   Tue 30 Nov 2021
Francesca Jones - Northern Grit

Francesca Jones - Northern Grit

Francesca Jones is a British tennis player who is currently ranked 153 in the world.

Originally from Bradford, the 21-year-old moved to Spain at age 10 to train at the Sanchez Casal Tennis Academy. Sh…

00:51:27  |   Tue 16 Nov 2021
Lucie Ahl - No Challenge Too Big

Lucie Ahl - No Challenge Too Big

Lucie Ahl is a former British number 1 and WTA 161 singles player. She competed numerous times at Grand Slams and has a 100% record at the Fed Cup representing Great Britain.

Life after playing tennis…

01:37:33  |   Tue 09 Nov 2021
Rajeev Ram - Multiple Grand Slam Champion

Rajeev Ram - Multiple Grand Slam Champion

Rajeev Ram is a multiple Grand Slam Champion and the current World number 4 mens doubles player.

The 37-year-old American has won the Australian Open mixed doubles twice with Barbora Krejčíková. He´s …

00:58:53  |   Tue 02 Nov 2021
Jimmy Arias - The forehand that changed tennis

Jimmy Arias - The forehand that changed tennis

Jimmy Arias is a former world number 5.

At the age of 15, he became the youngest person to achieve a world ranking, and went onto win 5 ATP singles titles and the 1981 French Open Mixed Doubles.


During…

01:07:29  |   Tue 26 Oct 2021
Fernando Segal - Tennis is for Life

Fernando Segal - Tennis is for Life

Fernando Segal is a world-leading coach, tennis development expert and an influential figure in the tennis world.

From Argentina, Fernando has more than 40 years experience in coaching. During that ti…

01:00:06  |   Tue 19 Oct 2021
Ben Haran - Find Your Mentor

Ben Haran - Find Your Mentor

Ben Haran is one of the leading tennis coaches in Great Britain.

He is the Head Coach at Reeds Tennis Academy in Surrey, where for the past 17 years he´s guided dozens of young players to national and…

01:16:54  |   Tue 12 Oct 2021
Matt Little - Andy Murray´s S&C Coach

Matt Little - Andy Murray´s S&C Coach

Matt Little is one of the world´s most renowned S&C Coaches.

He´s worked with Andy Murray for the past 14 years, through the highs and lows of 3 Grand Slam titles, 2 Olympic gold medals, a Davis Cup w…

01:37:24  |   Tue 05 Oct 2021
Ryan Jones - What it Takes

Ryan Jones - What it Takes

Ryan Jones is a British Coach who has been working on the ATP/ITF tour for the past 10 years.

Ryan has taken Borna Coric and Kyle Edmund into the ATP top 100 and is well on the way to the same result …

01:28:38  |   Tue 28 Sep 2021
Alastair Filmer - Developing a US Open Champion

Alastair Filmer - Developing a US Open Champion

Up until the 2021 US Open, Alastair Filmer was known as one of Great Britain´s leading performance coaches. 

He´s now more commonly referred to as Emma Raducanu´s former coach. The 18-year-old has bee…

01:17:31  |   Tue 21 Sep 2021
Alexa Guarachi - High Standards, Low Expectations

Alexa Guarachi - High Standards, Low Expectations

In this bonus episode, we speak to Alexa Guarachi who is currently World Number 12 in Womens´doubles.

Alexa has just reached the Semi-Final of the Women´s Doubles at the US Open with partner Desirae K…

01:12:33  |   Mon 20 Sep 2021
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