Anish talked about losing in the finals of the Cooney
Bob told Anish he is not quite as good as he thinks he is
Anish disagreed
Tournaments should be a thing of the past
Walls are too low
Tennis is EASY!
Applying advanced decision-making to tennis
We covered:
--The episode with (the other) Bob
--How ASP is doing at 5.0
--Playing in FL on clay, in heat + humidity
--The fallacy of no man's land
--Timing as a weapon in 9.0 vs 10.0
--VR tennis update
Derek rejoins as guest host, we interview Bob and hear about:
--Bob's path to winning many gold balls
--"The Bob that I am"
--Being at the top of your game at 75
We're back recording, and this week talked about:
Anish's 5.0 progress
Bob's theory of tennis relativity
Unforced errors -- what is that really, why should we even care?
Will the serve be a disadvantage in the future? Is it now?
What's happening in VR tennis
How a shorter backswing generates more racquet head speed
How an opposing team used this podcast to win a match against me!
B.O.B. played an epic 5-setter while in the waiting area of Bubba Gump Shrimp.
He also talked about his experience with the yips, and why Hannah (mixed partner) is always right.
In this episode we have Eric Carlson on the show, a local teaching pro and disciple of B.O.B.! Before that we get an update on Anish's experiment with playing tennis in real life as if it were just a video game.
ASP and B.O.B. get into the Inner Game, a favorite book of both of theirs, and an update on Anish's adventure in technique upgrades!
We interviewed Derek about his run as #1 nationally in 4.5 for 2+ years.
Anish learned that he needs to develop new technique after this 40's tourney in Palm Desert.
Bob questioned how he was planning to actually make that change.
We went deep on when and where technique really matters in tennis, and how best to incorporate it.
(btw the audio got slightly delayed in a couple of places making us sound like we talk over each other...pardon the bad effect!)
Bob Bateman joins us and offers a theory on the Big 3...and that maybe it was more that everyone else was small!
What did dartfish and hand feeding have to do with it?
Hear Bob's hot take first on this pod!
In this episode we go deep with Brad on the topic of being a tennis parent.
Brad has studied this topic extensively, has put his learnings to work, and shares the results with us!
Brad tells his story of epic pettiness
We discuss "How To Decide" by Annie Duke, and how that made a profound impact on my tennis game
Brad breaks down his view on the Djokovic loss
In this episode:
--Why we love tennis
--Tennis as a "solo endeavor", and how that relates to carrying the pressure of leading an organization
--Are tennis players petty, or is everyone, + the most petty thing Anish ever did on the court