Episodes
Nov. 14, 2020
Episode 77: Dave Sammel - Mindset College
Dave Sammel was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has spent the past 30 years as a coach in the UK working with some of the best players in GB. He is currently Liam Broady´s coach. Dave has strong views and c…
Nov. 11, 2020
Episode 76: Fabio Molle - Functional Tennis
Fabio Mole set up Functional Tennis in 2016 and it’s now one of the biggest online tennis platforms out there. Fabio talks through his journey from the astro courts in Ireland to his fast food business, to selling Christmas …
Nov. 7, 2020
Episode 75: Colin Beecher - ‘Beech’
We have a special guest for our special 75th episode. Colin Beecher has lived and breathed British Tennis for 40 years as a player and then a coach to pretty much every British Player, man or woman over the years. He is the …
Nov. 4, 2020
Episode 74: Stephen Huss - Wimbledon Champ
Stephen Huss partnered Wesley Moodie to win the Men’s Doubles Championship at Wimbledon in 2005. The pair came through qualifying, beating the 1st 2nd and 3rd seeds en route. Stephen reached a career high of 21 in the world …
Oct. 31, 2020
Episode 73: Katie Swan - Young experience
GB tennis player Katie Swan has been on our screens for many years. As a 15-year-old she made the final of the Junior Australian Girls event, before reaching a career high of 163 in the world in 2018. In June 2021 Katie qual…
Oct. 28, 2020
Episode 72: Dominik Koepfer - The Outlier
This week we speak to top 100 ATP player Dominik Koepfer. Koepfer sits as the current 65th best male tennis player in the world, yet he only played 1-2 times a week before he was 16 years old. From Germany, Koepfer played US…
Oct. 24, 2020
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 Grand Slam. He knocked the d…
Oct. 21, 2020
Episode 70: Simon Jones - British Tennis through many lenses
GB tennis coach Simon Jones worked for the LTA in many different capacities for 31 years, before turning his hand to other sports. In this episode we explore the similarities and differences between sports, and his opinions …
Oct. 17, 2020
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 as a tennis commentator …
Oct. 14, 2020
Episode 68 : Kyle Spencer - US College Life
Kyle Spencer is the current Head Men’s Coach at North Carolina State University. He is a former GB number 1 doubles player and represented GB at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Kyle has experienced US College in all positions as a…
Oct. 10, 2020
Episode 67: Leon Smith - The History Maker!
What a story! Leon Smith 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 in 2010 and guided the team to glory on the court as the 20…
Oct. 7, 2020
Episode 66: Kris Soutar - Mr. Tennis
Kris Soutar 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. Kris was part of …
Oct. 4, 2020
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 United Juniors when he was yo…
Sept. 30, 2020
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. In 2021 it was valued at $1.3 billion, after starting in the home of its founder…
Sept. 26, 2020
Episode 63: Heather Watson - WTA Tour Life
Heather Watson has been one of Great Britain’s most successful female tennis players of the past 30 years. A Grand Slam Champion, Heather won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title in 2016, and has won 4 WTA titles and has a care…
Sept. 22, 2020
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 despite having no experience in gymnastics. Valorie dramatically changed her philosophies throughout her coaching …
Sept. 19, 2020
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 slam doubles titles and …
Sept. 16, 2020
Episode 60: Lloyd and Anthony Harris - African Champions
In today´s episode of Control the Controllables, 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 philoso…
Sept. 13, 2020
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 best friend get shot and …
Sept. 8, 2020
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 coaching 29 years ago and has…
Sept. 5, 2020
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 challenge yet, as he is …
Sept. 2, 2020
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 working with British number 1 …
Aug. 31, 2020
Episode 55: Cameron Norrie - College Stud to Pro Life
Cameron Norrie had an illustrious College career at Texas Christian University before seamlessly moving into the top 100 ATP. Since recording this, he has reached a career high of 12, and is the current British number 1. In …
Aug. 29, 2020
Episode 54: Nick Monroe - No stone unturned
Nick Monroe has been on the ATP Tour for the past 17 years with a career high of 30 ATP doubles. Nick speaks to us from the US Open Bubble as he prepares to play the event. Nick was a top USTA Junior, US College All-American…