The GreatBase Tennis Podcast

Do's and Don'ts for Administrators

01 May 2024

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On the 194th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets talk tennis with Dave Anderson. Dave, a frequent guest, is a vetera...

US Tennis & Beyond

24 Apr 2024

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On the 193rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets interview Javier Palenque. Their guest has an unstoppable passion f...

USTA Player Development

17 Apr 2024

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On the 192nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith, Ivan Ozerets and Dave Anderson address the USTA Player Development (USTA PD) progra...

Not Just Another Intern

10 Apr 2024

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On the 191st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Lawrence Hyde. The Englishman recently spent 350-plus hours ...

32 Tennis Thoughts

03 Apr 2024

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On the 190th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Ilja Semjonovs. The theme of the session was based on the ti...

Andy Durham Interview

27 Mar 2024

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On the 189th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ilja Semjonovs interview Andy Durham.Andy has a lifetime of diversified experien...

Mark Bey Interview

20 Mar 2024

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On the 188th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Lawrence Hyde talk tennis and life with Mark Bey. The discussion starts with Mar...

Do's and Don'ts for Tennis Players

13 Mar 2024

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On the 187th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Dave Anderson shares Do's and Don'ts for Players. Dave previously shared a similar li...

Tribute to Andy Brandi

06 Mar 2024

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Tribute to Andy Brandi1952-2024Our condolences to Andy's wife, Nancy, and their son, Chris. Our thoughts also go out to their family members and ...

Lisa Pugliese Lacroix Interview

28 Feb 2024

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On the 185th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets have a conversation with Lisa Pugliese LaCroix. To make an understa...

Luis Perez Interview

21 Feb 2024

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On the 184th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets have a conversation with Luis Perez. Their guest is a tennis teachi...

Random Rap

14 Feb 2024

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On the 183rd episode, a young Ivan Ozerets, an old Andres Barbosa, and a real old Steve Smith are a dollar late and a day short. The threesome randoml...

Sophia Patel Interview

07 Feb 2024

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University of North Carolina2023 NCAA Women's Tennis ChampionshipThe Power SuggestionOn the 182nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve ...

The New Kid - Alex Michelsen

31 Jan 2024

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On the 181st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets talk tennis. Their topic centers around Alex Michelsen, the young p...

Rachel Rohrabacher's Story

24 Jan 2024

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Great person, great family, great competitor. On the 180th episode of the GreatBase Tennis, Steve Smith's guest is Rachel Rohrabacher. She talks...

John Valenti's Story

17 Jan 2024

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On the 179th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with John Valenti.To make an understatement, John Valenti has a s...

Cristobal Valverde Interview

10 Jan 2024

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On the 178th episode, Steve Smith has a tennis conversation with Cris Valverde. Steve's guest is a veteran tennis teaching professional who resid...

Czech Tennis

03 Jan 2024

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On the 177th episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBTE) podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Tomas Placatka. Steve's guest was born in Prague...

Domantas Sadauskas Interview

27 Dec 2023

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On the 176th episode of GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a tennis conversation with Domantas Sadauskas. Domi recently joined Steve to be trai...

Do's & Don'ts For Tennis Coaches

20 Dec 2023

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On the 175th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Dave Anderson presents the Do's and Don'ts for Tennis Coaches. Anderson, who literally...

Our Mission

13 Dec 2023

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On the 174th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith, Ivan Ozerets, and Dave Anderson review a document pertaining to GBTE (GreatBase Ten...

A Conversation w/ Sujay Lama

06 Dec 2023

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On the 173rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Sujay Lama. Steve's guest was formally educated in his ...

A Conversation w/ Mark Hamlin

29 Nov 2023

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On the 172nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Mark Hamlin. The two are just a few months shy of having kno...

Joel Drucker Interview

22 Nov 2023

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On the 171st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith talks tennis with Joel Drucker. To make an understatement, Steve's guest knows ...

Field Trip

15 Nov 2023

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On the 170th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Alex Terzic talk tennis. Along with a few others, Steve and Alex recently spent ...

The Big Three

08 Nov 2023

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On the 169th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets talk tennis with Nick Nemerof. He is the Director of Operations for...

Do's & Don'ts For Tennis Parents

01 Nov 2023

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On the 168th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Alex Terzic assist Dave Anderson. Anderson, a frequent guest on our podcast, pre...

Alex Terzic Interview

25 Oct 2023

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On the 167th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Alex Terzic. The native of Belgrade, Serbia talks about the conditions in...

Raven Klaasen Returns

18 Oct 2023

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Raven Klaasen returns as a guest on the 166th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast. Steve Smith congratulates the 40-year-old on his career and dis...

Two Old Coaches

11 Oct 2023

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On the 165th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast two senior citizens, Steve Smith and Mark Costello, have a conversation. They have known each oth...

Vince Lombardi

04 Oct 2023

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On the 164th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and fellow teaching pro, Ethan Matthews, discuss one of the most revered coaches in ...

Paul Wardlaw Interview

27 Sep 2023

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On the 163rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Paul Wardlaw. Paul is a veteran college coach with over 35 years of diver...

Anderson's Answers

20 Sep 2023

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On the 162nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Dave Anderson. Coach Anderson has been associated with Steve...

The Trophy is Enough

13 Sep 2023

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On the 161st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith & Ivan Ozerets cover fundraising, their recent broadcasting of the US Open singl...

College Coach Advises College Freshman

06 Sep 2023

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On the 160th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith chats with Dave Secker and Spencer Johnson.Dave is the associate head women’s tenn...

Jensen Rideout Interview

30 Aug 2023

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On the 159th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Jensen Rideout. Jensen is a twenty-one-year-old tennis teach...

A Conversation w/ Dave Watts

23 Aug 2023

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On the 158th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Dave Watts and Steve Smith exchange questions.Dave and his family live in San Antonio. He is the...

A Conversation w/ Andy Fitzell

16 Aug 2023

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On the 157th episode of the GreatBase Tennis Education (GBTE) podcast, Steve Smith has a long, long conversation with Andy Fitzell. The two have worke...

Asking For Your Support

09 Aug 2023

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The 156th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast is a milestone. We have presented a weekly podcast for three years.We aim to help tennis, and on thi...

Constantinos Alevizopoulos Interview

02 Aug 2023

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On the 155th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Constantinos Alevizopoulos. The two have never met in person. The young t...

Gregg Patton Interview

26 Jul 2023

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On the 154th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Greg Patton. Coach Patton is 70 years young and has 50-plus years of expe...

Running the Gamut w/ Dave Anderson & Andres Barbosa

19 Jul 2023

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On the 153rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Dave Anderson and Andre Barbosa join Steve Smith. Collectively, the three have over a hundred ye...

Jim Rogers Interview

12 Jul 2023

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On the 152nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Jim Rogers. The Canadian from Winnipeg, Manitoba has experti...

Nicole Erickson Interview Pt. 2

05 Jul 2023

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On the 151st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Nicole Erickson. She is a Mental Performance Coach and is based at the FM...

Dave Secker Interview

28 Jun 2023

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On the 150th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast,  Steve Smith has a conversation with Dave Secker.The Englishman gives us an update on his team....

Reviewing Basics w/ Dave Anderson

21 Jun 2023

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On the 149th episode of the GreatBase Tennis Education (GBTE) podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Dave Anderson, a long-time associate, and h...

Stuart Van Horn Interview

14 Jun 2023

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On the 148th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith talks with Stuart Van Horn. They talk about the playing and teaching career of Stuar...

David Schwarz Interview

07 Jun 2023

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Under the leadership of their head coach, Claremont-Mudd-Scripts's women's tennis team has won the national championship in three of the las...

This and That w/ Andres Barbosa

31 May 2023

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On the 146th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Andres Barbosa talk tennis. Andres is a veteran tennis coach who lives and works...

Addressing Criticism w/ Dave Anderson

24 May 2023

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On the 145th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Dave Anderson have a conversation pertaining to the outsider's criticism of...

Sparring w/ Andres Barbosa

17 May 2023

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On the 144th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Andres Barbosa discuss their thoughts on the role of the sparring partner. Like ...

Ricardo Acioly Interview

10 May 2023

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On the 143rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Ricardo Acioly. To make an understatement, Ricardo's background is t...

Growing the Game w/ Stephen Baccari

03 May 2023

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On the 142nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT) podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Stephen Baccari. Our guest is highly educated; having ...

Steven Robertson Interview

26 Apr 2023

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On the 141st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Andres Barbosa have a conversation with Steve Robertson. Their guest is a South ...

Lenny Schloss Interview

19 Apr 2023

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On the 140th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Lenny Schloss.  Mr. Schloss is the founder and president of...

A Little Bit of Everything

12 Apr 2023

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On the 139th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Andres Barbosa. They discussed the Pickle Ball Slam with Aga...

Ry Tarpley Interview

05 Apr 2023

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On the 138th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Ry Tarpley.  Steve feels strongly that Ry's story is inspirational ...

Rocky, Reinforcing Basics, and Recovery

28 Mar 2023

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On the 137th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Andres Barbosa, discuss a fictional friend, Rocky Balboa, who has inspired peopl...

A Review of the Strokes

22 Mar 2023

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On the 136th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Ivan Ozerets reviews the strokes that were covered in previous episodes of the podcast. Short cl...

A Review of the Eight Pillars

15 Mar 2023

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On the 135th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Ivan Ozerets reviews the eight pillars of the GreatBase. Short clips are shown from previous pod...

Steve Campbell Interview

08 Mar 2023

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On the 134th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith (SS) has a conversation with Steve Campbell (SC). SS & SC studied tennis togethe...

Jacob Hansen Interview

01 Mar 2023

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On the 133rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith's guest is Jacob Hansen. The two tennis teaching professionals discuss the life...

Andres Quijada Interview

22 Feb 2023

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On the 132nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Andres Quijada. The Venezuelan is the director of the high-p...

Australian Open Men's Final Review

15 Feb 2023

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On the 131st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Andres Barbosa discuss the 2023 Australian Open men's final. Perhaps Novak ...

Ilja Semjonovs Interview

08 Feb 2023

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On the 130th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Ilja Semjonovs. Steve compliments his guest by calling him a...

Casey Curtis Interview

01 Feb 2023

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On the 129th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a tennis conversation with Casey Curtis. Coach Curtis is a veteran tennis coach;...

Bud Schultz Interview

25 Jan 2023

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On the 128th episode of the GreatBase podcast, Steve Smith interviews Bud Schultz. The session covers a tennis story that must be heard.Bud, who never...

Johann Frühling Interview - Fitness

18 Jan 2023

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On the 127th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith's guest is Johann Frühling, who plans on making fitness and wellness his life&...

Ram Vuppaladadiyam Interview

11 Jan 2023

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On the 126th episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast, Steve Smith interviews Ram Vuppaladadiyam. Ram is better known in our circles as Rammie-baby or ...

Andrew Rueb Interview

04 Jan 2023

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On the 125th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Andrew Rueb, the head men's tennis coach at Harvard University. We a...

The Gift of Tennis

28 Dec 2022

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On the 124th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith wishes the listeners all the best for the new year. He also reviews the history and ...

Cole Reeves and Gino Octa Interview

21 Dec 2022

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On the 123rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Cole Reeves and Gino Octa. The two tennis teaching professio...

Julian Krinsky Interview

14 Dec 2022

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On the 122nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith had a conversation with Julian Krinsky and his wife, Tina. Starting in the late 70&...

Ty Tucker Interview

07 Dec 2022

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On the 121st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Ty Tucker. Ty is the head men's tennis coach at Ohio State and also ...

Brian Clark Interview

30 Nov 2022

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Interview with Brian ClarkOn the 120th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Brian Clark. Brian certainly has many stories a...

Group Dynamics with Richard Hernandez

23 Nov 2022

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Group DynamicsIn the 119th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with his long time associate, Richard Hernandez. Th...

A Rainy Day Review

16 Nov 2022

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A Rainy Day ReviewOn the 118th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith reviews routines for goal-oriented players to consider doing every...

Nick White Interview

09 Nov 2022

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Nick WhiteOn the 117th episode to the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Nick White. Nick was recently appointed as the Hea...

Michael Carter Interview

02 Nov 2022

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 Interview with Mike CarterOn the 116th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Mike Carter.  Mike spent five y...

George Goldhoff Interview

26 Oct 2022

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An Interview with George GoldhoffOn the 115th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with George Goldhoff. Steve&apos...

Caleb Hyatt Interview

19 Oct 2022

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On the 114th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Caleb Hyatt. Steve's guest has worked as a junior, high...

Jim Klein Interview

12 Oct 2022

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On the 113th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Jim Klein. He is the Director of Tennis of the Doylestown Te...

Nicole Erickson Interview

05 Oct 2022

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On the 112th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Nicole Erickson. She is the Mental Performance Coach for the...

Roger Federer

28 Sep 2022

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Roger Federer RetiresOn the 111th episode of the GreatBaseTennis podcast, Steve Smith and Andres Barbosa discuss Roger Federer's remarkable tenni...

John Posey Interview

21 Sep 2022

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On the 110th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with John Posey.Posey was the kid that every tennis program needs...

Patrick Geoffrion-Amorim Interview

14 Sep 2022

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On the 109th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has an in-depth conversation with Patrick Geoffrion-Amorim. Steve's guest, Patr...

Austin Krajicek Interview

07 Sep 2022

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On the 108th episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT) podcast, Steve Smith and Austin Krajicek have a tennis conversation. The two have known each other ...

Henry Park Interview

31 Aug 2022

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On the 107th episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT) podcast, Steve Smith interviews Henry Park.Henry discovered our free educational content by surfing...

Dave Secker Interview Pt.2 - NC State Women's Assistant Coach

24 Aug 2022

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On the 106th episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT) podcast, Steve Smith talks tennis with Dave Secker.Dave Secker and his boss, head coach Simon Earns...

Ed Weiss Interview

17 Aug 2022

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 On the 105th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Ed Weiss.To make an understatement, Ed is a passionate and dedicated st...

Phil Ritchie Interview

10 Aug 2022

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On the 104th episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT), Steve Smith interviews Phil Ritchie. Phil,  a triplet from New Jersey, earned his stripes comple...

Lorenzo Panariti Interview

03 Aug 2022

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On the 103rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT) podcast, Steve Smith interviews Lorenzo Panariti.Lorenzo grew up playing junior tennis in Italy and...

Andres Barbosa Interview

27 Jul 2022

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On the 102nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT) podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Andres Barbosa.Andres is a veteran tennis coach who re...

Tennis Basics with Mat Cloer

20 Jul 2022

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On the hundred and first podcast of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT) podcast, Mat Cloer is interviewed. Being #101, the theme of the conversation between Ma...

Jeremy Wurtzman Interview

13 Jul 2022

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On the 100th episode of the GreatBase Tennis (GBT) podcast, Steve Smith interviews Jeremy Wurtzman. The two have known each other for 30 years, so the...

Routines

06 Jul 2022

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On the 99th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Malhar Patel address a topic that made Wayne Gretzky, Wayne Gretzky. We realize t...

Situational Tennis Training

29 Jun 2022

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On the 98th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith covers a requested topic: Situational Training. Steve is assisted by Malhar Patel, a ...

Assessments

22 Jun 2022

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On the 97th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith is joined by Malhar Patel. Malhar, a student-assistant and goal-oriented player, kee...

Being Competitive

15 Jun 2022

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On the 96th episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast, Steve Smith and Roberto Calla have a conversation on the task of being competitive. One's tr...

Alex Slezak Interview

08 Jun 2022

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On the 95th episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast, Steve Smith and Karla Navarro Wojick interview Alex Slezak. Their guest is a physical education t...