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        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 […]

                                              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 […]

  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 […]

      Good morning ladies and gents!  I sit here typing my second review of Roland Garros watching the first Semi Final of the men’s contest with Andy Murray just having won the first set tiebreak against Stan Wawrinka.  Stan hasnt lost a set in this Championship before now and really hasnt played badly […]

           Well, what a first few days it has been at Roland Garros.  I am not there but I have managed to watch a fair bit and I have seen the reviews that the media and others have written all over Social Media…  So, lets start with the ladies…  There have […]

          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 […]

           I am the MD for sportsprosconnect.com, and a couple of weeks ago I wrote an article on the history of sportsprosconnect.com.  Today, I am going to talk through the importance of tennis coaches being profiled online.  This is one of sportsprosconnect.com’s main products and it should benefit all tennis coaches […]

                                                          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 […]

            sportsprosconnect.com was founded in 1999 by Ralph Wylam and was taken over in March 2016 by myself, Mark Wylam – Ralph’s son.  The website was primarily launched in 2003 as a base to sell Ralph’s book Revolutionise Your Social Tennis Tournaments which was first published in 1994 and is […]

                      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 […]

    I sincerely believe that many tennis academies have fantastic websites. There are so many academies out there it is hard to choose where you send your son / daughter if they are exceptional players. You need to think of what direction they may want to take i.e. should they aim to become a […]

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 […]

      As Managing director for sportsprosconnect.com I am delighted to announce that we have partnered with the Padel Federation of Ireland. Discussions have been taking place for several months but an agreement was made earlier this week. There are several ways that we are looking to help each other out however the main […]

      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 […]

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