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It's a niggly and painful injury we have all had once upon a time in our lives, but does 'Tennis Elbow' get a bad rep? Is it actually caused from tennis and is it avoidable from the start of your ten…

The US Open has now hit Quarter Final stage in the singles so time to review it so far and give our predictions for the rest of the draw. We also discuss the controversial Mixed Doubles tournament th…

Is going for a 1 - 2 - 1 lesson better for you to improve or should you put yourself in a group environment? We explain the pro's and con's of each to help you make your own decision whilst also lett…

We go into the world of stringing, how important is it to regularly change your strings or should you just let them break, does weather and court surface make a difference and what are we using? Let …

We discuss the ongoing discussion that keeps coming up in the world of tennis in terms of equal pay. Is it fair that men's and ladies get paid the same but play a different format? Does it need to ch…

A short pod for us for a change! We speak about how tennis scoring came about and some of the myth's of where it began and would we ever change it to something else?! Or is it perfect!

We speak about the two weeks at SW19 and the champions in each event, notable matches were obviously the men's and ladies singles, but who in terms of the Brits did well.

In this episode we decide to take a look at all four Grand Slams and compare them, from the unique court surfaces that players play on, to a fans experience around the grounds and what we believe cos…

Ryan turns 40! Where has that time gone?! Andy decides to interview Ryan unscripted, to find out more about his tennis in those first 40 years, what his best outfit was, best racket, and whether he t…

We look back at Day 1 & 2 of the Wimbledon Championships which has produced 10 Brits making it through in singles to the 2nd round for the first time in Wimbledon history. However, lots of big shocks…

We review the ladies and men's finals at Roland Garros 2025 with big congrats to Gauff and Alcaraz. We begin to look at the grass court season, the first couple of weeks have been completed with Wimb…

More of a light hearted pod for Ryan & Andy on this one, they go discuss the recent victory of Rory McIlroy claiming the career slam and what had been the elusive green jacket to his already glisteni…

We follow on from the previous pod and talk more about what we believe is required from 11 years onwards. What needs to be the focus for the player, but also factoring life also, family, friends, wha…

We delve into how we would create a champion from the age of three years old to a National Champion. We talk in Part 1 the journey from coming to the club, the importance of player, coach, parent rel…

In this podcast we discuss how our coaching journey began, what we were good at and not so good at, what we improved, and has the game evolved in 25 years since we first started?

Episode 1 and the start of our podcast journey! Get to know Ryan & Andy's journey, from how they began in tennis with parents to how they became tennis coaches.