Interviews

          Welcome, Neil Alvarez, as the first coach to be interviewed by sportsprosconnect.com in 2018.  Firstly, could you please introduce yourself and your background? Thank you Mark, for receiving me here. My name is Neil Alvarez i am the discoverer and developer of Alvarez Fear & Recoil Test Trainer R90-17. I […]

  Good morning Bill, please tell us a little about yourself and your background as a top level tennis coach. Well coming up on 30 years now coaching and teaching tennis world wide.   I have been fortunate enough to play, coach, teach and speak in over 20 countries world wide during this time with players […]

  Mental Preparation in Sporting Athletes: Firstly, I think there is a lot of misconceptions and a lack of understanding from players, parents and some coaches of what mental preparation actually is for athletes in general… Mental preparation is not:    PSYCHOANALYSIS OR PSYCHIATRY… So, what is Mental Preparation? Mental preparation centres on the learning […]

                                              Good morning Vivien Juhaszova, its good to have you here today… Firstly could you tell us a little about yourself? Hello, I am 23 years old and a tennis player from Slovakia.  Currently I am […]

          Good morning Michele, its fantastic to have you here today…  Firstly, could you tell us a little about yourself and what you do Michele? I am the Global Education Director for Cardio Tennis, I am also the co-founder of the program and have been leading the charge since its inception […]

              Good morning Natalie Pennicotte-Collier.  It is a pleasure to interview you today!  Firstly, could you just introduce yourself for our readers? Hello, sure I am a Talent MindCoach with my own practice in London & Kent, but also supporting Athletes globally by Skype. I am a Team GB clinical […]

                                                          Morning Diana Marcinkevica, please tell us a little about yourself, and an interesting fact about yourself. I grew up in Latvia, but last couple of years I was […]

                      Its a great pleasure to welcome Lisa Stone today.  Lisa is the founder of radio podcast ParentingAces – the Junior Tennis and College Tennis Podcast, where she discusses all different aspects of being the parent of a tennis player.  Can you just take a little […]

Ladies and gents, we have an extremely important guest here today.  Let me introduce you to Brian Boland. Brian, is without doubt one of the most successful University Tennis Coaches of all time working for the University of Virginia, and he has recently accepted a position working for the USTA as Head of Mens Tennis….  […]

     Good morning, Harsh Mankad, its good to have you here!  Could you just start by telling us a little about yourself and your career to date in tennis? I come from a family of athletes and this provided me the opportunity to pursue my passion for being a top-class tennis player. I played […]

                   Congratulations Susan Nardi on your promotion to ‘Director of Tennis’ for East Lake Woodlands Country Club!  How did you hear about the opening and how did you come to apply? I heard about the position at East Lake Woodlands Country Club from a friend of mine at a […]

    Good afternoon Marcin Bieniek, its a pleasure to have you here today.  Firstly, please tell us a little about yourself an your tennis career to date. I am a tennis coach from Poland. I started coaching at the age of 18 and I fell in love with this profession from the beginning. As a […]

      1.  Good morning and welcome Alexa Glatch.  Nice to have you here Alexa…  Firstly I just have to ask, how are you set for 2017? Hey Mark, nice to hear from you. Things are looking good, my hip was not quite ready for Australia so I had to give it a miss […]

      1. Good afternoon Sophia and thank you for agreeing to speak to me today…  Firstly, please tell us a little about yourself i.e. highest rankings, current rankings, where you are from etc… Thank you for the questions. My highest ranking for the moment was 186 in singles and 130 doubles. Now my […]

            1.  First of all, welcome today.  We are here with Karolina Berankova, junior WTA tennis player.  Hi Karolina, could you please tell us a little about yourself, age, where you are from, current junior ranking   etc? Hello. I am glad that I can be here. I am 16 […]

                 Hi Markus, please give details of your tennis career and what you are currently doing in tennis? Before we begin let me apologize by saying I’m not a short answer kinda guy, lol. So that being said: I started in Florida where I grew up as a fairly […]

                 For those that do not know you Rob, please confirm what you do in the tennis world? I am the head coach of Sandycove Tennis & Squash Club, Dublin, Ireland and run my own website www.robcherrytennis.com to provide fellow coaches with free drills / fun games for […]

  Hi Craig, thank you for agreeing to answer a few questions for me.  Firstly, you played on the tour as a pro back in the 1970’s, what was it like and who did you enjoy playing with or against? Firstly, thank you to Mark Wylam and sportsprosconnect.com for allowing me the opportunity to be […]

  sportsprosconnect.com meets Pippa Lane owner of Stars & Stripes Tennis recruiting for US colleges: Hi Pippa, for the sake of our readers, please introduce yourself and tell us what it is you do for a living? Pippa Lane, Founder of Stars and Stripes Tennis Recruitment, Kent County Cup Captain Girls 18s and previously 14s. […]

sportsprosconnect.com talks to Kelly Miller, Tennis Coach and Social Media Expert: Good morning Kelly, first of all would you tell us who you are and what you do as a living alongside tennis coaching? I have specialised in performance programs for about 7 years now and along side coaching I am a brand ambassador for Protime […]