Episode 42: James McGee - The light side of Vegas!
July 22, 2020
James McGee is a former Irish Davis Cup Player and number one. He reached the top 150 ATP including qualifying at the 2014 US Open in dramatic circumstances, listen out for that. James shares his insights into the tour, Iris…
Episode 41: Mental Health Awareness Week - Anthony Ross
July 18, 2020
Anthony Ross is a world leading Sports Psychologist whose background is in Clinical Psychology. Anthony takes a look at our stories from the week and offers advice, reframes the way that we look at mental health ‘issues’ and…
Episode 40: Mental Health Awareness Week - Matt Hingley
July 17, 2020
In todays episode of our Mental Health Awareness week we speak to Matt Hingley. Matt has competed on and off on the ITF futures tour for the last 7-8 years whilst juggling a tennis coaching career to fund this. Does he do ei…
Episode 39: Mental Health Awareness Week - Joe Dixon
July 16, 2020
In today´s episode of our Mental Health Awareness Week we speak to tennis coach Joe Dixon. Joe was a coach at SotoTennis Academy for 6 years and continues to work at an International Player level in the UK. He has experience…
Episode 38: Mental Health Awareness Week - Liam Broady
July 15, 2020
In todays episode of our Mental Health Awareness Week, we speak to GB tennis player Liam Broady. Liam discusses the mental health battles he has experienced over the past few years and how he has worked through and built him…
Episode 37: Mental Health Awareness Week - Fran Lewis
July 14, 2020
In today´s episide of our Mental Health Awareness week we speak to British coach Fran Lewis. Fran is a top coach in Wales working with International Juniors. She discusses the potential challenges for coaches working with yo…
Episode 36: Mental Health Awareness Week - Noah Rubin
July 13, 2020
In the third episode of our Mental Health Awareness week, we speak to American tennis player Noah Rubin. Noah has been as high as 125 ATP and is a former Junior Wimbledon Champion. He is also a former USTA junior national ch…
Episode 35 - Mental Health Awareness Week Introduction
July 12, 2020
Dan introduces the fantastic guests that we have throughout the week with 1 podcast being released each day to help bring awareness to a subject that isn’t talked about enough, yet is in all of our daily lives. Dan also expl…
Episode 34: Paul Casey - Bleed Green
July 11, 2020
Former Irish National Coach Paul Casey talks from the heart about his ideas on how Irish Tennis can and should develop, from his experiences as a player and as a coach for 40+ years. Paul talks to Control the Controllables a…
Episode 33: Donald Young - Young superstar to seasoned veteran!
July 8, 2020
Donald Young has been on our screens since 2005 when he was World Junior Number 1 aged 15. The American broke into the top 100 ATP at 18-years-old and has a career high of 38. Donald won 3 Grand Slams as a junior and reached…
Episode 32: Martin Lee - Management of disappointment
July 4, 2020
Martin Lee is one of a very select few British Male Players to reach the ‘Holy Grail’ of Top 100 ATP. Was it an easy journey there? Find out more....
Episode 31: Barry Cowan - You’ll never walk alone!
July 1, 2020
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 Barry has moved onto the other side of the camera as a Sky Spo…
Episode 30: Peter Bothwell - Realities of the Futures Tour
June 27, 2020
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 of the futures tour and in…
Episode 29: James Trotman - Born to Coach!
June 24, 2020
James Trotman was a top 10 player in Europe from an early age who went onto win multiple Junior Grand Slams. He was then struck down with a career-ending illness. Not one to dwell, he put his passion into his coaching and ha…
Episode 28: Aisam Qureshi - Humanity first.. Tennis second!
June 20, 2020
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 going strong. Aisam has use…
Episode 27: Judy Murray - Super Mum!
June 17, 2020
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 2011-2016, and in 2017 was aw…
Episode 26: Dan Evans - Skills pay the bills!
June 15, 2020
GB tennis player 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 ban, an…
Episode 25: John Millman - The journey man.. or is he?
June 13, 2020
John Millman has been ranked as high as 33 in the world. In 2018 he beat Roger Federer to progress to the US Open Quarter-final. We delve into his tennis journey and into his strong intelligent opinions on the direction of t…
Episode 24: Sarah Borwell - The US College Guru!
June 10, 2020
GB´s 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 to help 100´s of young players realise the…
Episode 23: Craig O’Shannessy - Money ball of tennis!
June 6, 2020
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 strategy analyst for the ATP To…
Episode 22: Dan Kiernan: Control the Controllables
June 4, 2020
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 out at SotoTennis Academy …
Episode 21: Ian Barclay - Not in the net!
June 3, 2020
Ian Barclay or ‘Barkers’ as he is known in the tennis world, talks us through his incredible coaching career. From how he got into tennis in Australia, to the amazing journey of taking Pat Cash from aged 11 to Wimbledon Cham…
Episode 20: Paul Jubb - NCAA Champ
May 30, 2020
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 achieving what he wants in a sport that he loves. In 2019, Paul won the Division 1 NCAA Tennis C…
Episode 19: Conor Niland - The luck of the Irish
May 27, 2020
Ireland’s Davis Cup Captain and ATP 129 at his best, Conor Niland talks through his journey from Edgbaston to Limerick, on to Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York playing against Novak Djokovic. We also dig into the details aroun…