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The GreatBase Tennis Podcast is a weekly audio show presented by Steve Smith and associates. Information, ideas, and insights are provided to help those connected to the game of tennis.</p>
On the 168th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Alex Terzic assist Dave Anderson. Anderson, a frequent guest on our podcast, presents a list of 10 do's and 10 don'ts for tennis parents.
David, a longtime associate of Steve Smith, has had a long and successful career developing tennis players. He and his staff have produced over 500 college players.
For an upcoming episode, David will prepare a list of do's and don'ts for tennis teachers and coaches.
We are confident that our listeners will find some golden nuggets for their tennis treasure chest in this episode.
For the betterment of tennis, thank you.
On the 167th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith interviews Alex Terzic. The native of Belgrade, Serbia talks about the conditions in his homeland during the Bosnian war; the place where his passion for tennis began. He and his family immigrated to Canada when he was a young teenager. He continued to play tennis on a limited basis. His priorities were learning a new language, completing school, and helping his family make a new way in a new country.
He completed a college degree in marketing and eventually started a career in sales, where he progressed from knocking on one door to the next. Steve and Alex talk about the importance of acquiring salesmanship skills.
Alex currently lives with his Russian wife, Inna, in Toronto. His desire to have a life in tennis never left him. He shares the steps he has taken to become a tennis teaching professional and the circumstances that led him to customize a five-week internship under Steve's tutelage.
By listening one will be inspired and informed.
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 discusses the options he can explore now that he has retired from the tour.
By listening to Raven, one will discover that the role of a tennis educator is quite apparent. To make an understatement, tennis would greatly benefit from his input.
On the 165th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast two senior citizens, Steve Smith and Mark Costello, have a conversation. They have known each other since 1964, so theoretically, they should have some wisdom.
When asked, the old tennis coach and the old hockey coach agreed that their chat might be best to hit the editing floor. However, the producer of the GreatBase Tennis podcast (Ivan Ozerets) insisted that worthwhile and meaningful points were made.
On the 164th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and fellow teaching pro, Ethan Mathews, discuss one of the most revered coaches in all of sport. Ethan is a diehard Green Packer fan and Steve grew up in the '60s when Vince Lombardi's 'Be Brilliant with Basics' approach ruled professional football.
Steve and Ethan review the why's and how's to Mr. Lombardi's success. Their conversation will appeal to anyone who thinks a teacher and a coach should go beyond their sport and address values and principles for building character and life skills.
Some say that the Lombardi way is wrong for today's society, others say what is wrong with society today is we have forgotten the Lombardi way. Listen in and decide for yourself.
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 diversified experience. His teams have won three national titles and produced numerous All-Americans.
The author (Tennis Pressure) is best known for his work called Wardlaw Directionals. His contributions to tennis as an educator have helped literally thousands of players, parents, teachers, and coaches.
By listening to our podcast, one will quickly realize that Coach Wardlaw is a deep thinker and a premier student with an all-encompassing base of knowledge for tennis that far exceeds just the concept of directionals. The wisdom he shares is golden; it should be written down and thoroughly studied.
On the 162nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith has a conversation with Dave Anderson. Coach Anderson has been associated with Steve since 1985. He is the director of player development and pro-education at the Brookhaven facility in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Dave has become a regular guest on our podcast because of his ability to bring clarity to key points pertaining to tennis education. The purpose of each podcast is to share information, ideas, and insights that will help everyone connect to the great game of tennis.
Thanks for listening and thanks for telling tennis people about our free educational content (www.greatbasetennis.com).
On the 161st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith & Ivan Ozerets cover fundraising, their recent broadcasting of the US Open singles finals, simple stats pertaining to the singles finals, and a general review of ten chapters of core subjects for player and coach development.
Additionally, Steve makes brief comments about the type of daily text and e-mail messages he receives. One message for parents and coaches connected to little kid tennis, the trophy is enough. Point being, too much attention creates problems. Steve expounds upon other typical mistakes made when trying to take a tennis player down the road of becoming a competitive player. Ivan, also, shares key points that are worthy of being written down and shared.
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 tennis coach at North Carolina State and Spencer is a UCLA-bound tennis player.
A highlight of the podcast is the advice the college coach gives the incoming freshman. Of course, there are other nuggets for tennis enthusiasts to add to their tennis treasure chest.
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 teacher from Salt Lake, Utah.
Steve stated that posting Jensen's podcast during the US Open is appropriate and significant. Steve's point is simple, American tennis needs more upcoming young tennis teachers with Jensen's values, knowledge, and communication skills. US tennis needs young coaches teaching young students with integrity and competency.
As an added bonus, Jensen sings America's national anthem at the end of the podcast. Wow!
Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
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Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
