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Hello! This is our first blog article in almost 2 years and have plans to re-ignite our blog by interviewing some of our members about various topics within the tennis and padel industry.  If you are a member of the SportsProsConnect platform, please reach out to me with a topic you would like to discuss: […]

One of the benefits of running a global directory of tennis coaches and academies is that there are so many different countries participating in tennis and therefore so many great minds of the game from different parts of the world!!  Today, we will be interviewing Philippe Matta about Tennis in Lebanon… Good morning Philippe, its […]

                     The Importance of Structured Warm Ups and Cool Downs in Tennis for Everyone! Tennis is a sport which when played at any level places massive demands on the body and in players of any level can expose them to overuse injuries and the creation of […]

Vertical throwing to develop the serve:  If you get your kids throwing overarm to practise serving, you might find these pictures of the developmental stages of the throw interesting. (I’d love to tell you where I got them from, and I’d like to give the author credit, but I honestly can’t remember) The problem is […]

        I flew to New York with 3 major goals in mind.  The first goal was definitely achievable, the second goal possible, and the third – well optimistic is one word that describes it well.  Nothing tried, nothing gained…  You have to speculate to accumulate, I was telling myself.  At the end […]

Good morning Yves Latreille, thank you very much for your piece on mental preparation last week.  This is just to follow up on this and is a series of questions that has been collated from the viewers…  Firstly, how important do you feel that mental preparation is for a beginner, league player and then for […]

       Good morning Viktoriya Lushkova, firstly, could you please tell us a little about yourself and your background as a tennis player. I was born in Ukraine, neither of my parents ever played tennis so I’m the first family member to ever play. I have played tennis for over 15 years. I first […]

  A True story by Herold Super. Living in the so called ‘ Gold Coast Area’ at the Lake of Zürich, Switzerland – we say ‘Oligarch County’-Surrounded by at least 35.000 Millionaires….. On a sunny day, the very pretty moms drive their Range Rovers…Pretty daughters their Mini Coopers and dad in his Ferrari, Lamborghini or […]

          Good morning Jon McLamb.  Could you give the viewers a brief synopsis of your history in tennis? I played junior tennis in North Carolina and college tennis at East Carolina University. Following college, I taught tennis at Forsyth Country Club in Winston-Salem, NC and Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas, […]

        Wimbledon Women’s Singles: Top picks Serena Williams pulled off a remarkable feat earlier this year when she won the Australian Open despite being eight months pregnant. She is now in her final trimester as Wimbledon approaches, and she will have to be content with cheering on 37-year-old sister Venus from the […]

  Mark Tenant – Director Inspire2Coach writes for the sportsprosconnect.com blog for the first time.  I am sure you will find this piece interesting and informative and we look forward to hearing from him again in the not so distant future. Developing the Serve:  Changing the Culture Let’s start with two questions: 1. Which do […]

Owner of sportsprosconnect.com Mark Wylam was interviewed on Action Now Radio.  Click here to listen to what he has to say about Social Tennis.