Episode 75: Colin Beecher - ‘Beech’
Nov. 7, 2020
A special guest for a special 75th episode. Colin Beecher have lived and breathed British Tennis for 40 years as a player and then a coach to pretty much every British Player Men and Women over the years. He is the current c…
Episode 74: Stephen Huss - Wimbledon Champ
Nov. 4, 2020
Stephen Huss partnered Wesley Moodie to win the Men’s Doubles Championship at Wimbledon in 2005, coming through qualifying and beating the 1,2,3 seeds on route. He shares this experience and the journey that took him from an…
Episode 73: Katie Swan - Young experience
Oct. 31, 2020
GB tennis player Katie Swan has been on our screens for many years. As a 15-year-old she made the final of the Junior Australian Girls event, before reaching a career high of 163 in the world in 2018. In June 2021 Katie qual…
Episode 72: Dominik Koepfer - The Outlier
Oct. 28, 2020
This week we speak to top 100 ATP player Dominik Koepfer. Koepfer sits as the current 65th best male tennis player in the world, yet he only played 1-2 times a week before he was 16 years old. From Germany, Koepfer played US…
Episode 71: Sergiy Stahkovsky - No holds barred
Oct. 24, 2020
Sergiy Stahkovsky has been ranked as high as 33 ATP. He jumped to our screens beating Roger Federer on Centre Court Wimbledon 2013. He has been a member of the ATP Player Council and has been outspoken on many controversial …
Episode 70: Simon Jones - British Tennis through many lenses
Oct. 21, 2020
GB tennis coach Simon Jones worked for the LTA in many different capacities for 31 years, before turning his hand to other sports. In this episode we explore the similarities and differences between sports, and his opinions …
Episode 69: Nick Lester - The voice behind your screens
Oct. 17, 2020
Nick Lester is the epitome of what we want from our Tennis Academy. Someone who has truly used his passion for tennis as a vehicle through his life, as a player, as a coach and over the last 15 years as a tennis commentator …
Episode 68 : Kyle Spencer - US College Life
Oct. 14, 2020
Kyle Spencer is the current Head Men’s Coach at North Carolina State University. He is a former GB number 1 doubles player and represented GB at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Kyle has experienced US College in all positions as a…
Episode 67: Leon Smith - The History Maker!
Oct. 10, 2020
What a story! Leon Smith went from decent junior player to coaching one of the best juniors in the world, Sir Andy Murray. He was catapulted to GB Davis Cup Captain in 2010 and guided the team to glory on the court as the 20…
Episode 66: Kris Soutar - Mr. Tennis
Oct. 7, 2020
Kris Soutar has dedicated his life to tennis in one form or another. From coaching International Players to coaching parents how to coach, he has worked across the spectrum, but always to a very high level. Kris was part of …
Episode 65: Simon Dickson - Red Devil to SW19
Oct. 4, 2020
Simon Dickson was one of the best junior players in the world with wins over Roger Federer and Leyton Hewitt to name a couple as he grew up. He combined this with playing football for Manchester United Juniors when he was yo…
Episode 64: Steve Hewitt - People..People.. People!
Sept. 30, 2020
Steve Hewitt is the CEO of Gym Shark, a fitness clothing and accessory brand that is currently one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK. In 2021 it was valued at $1.3 billion, after starting in the home of its founder…
Episode 63: Heather Watson - WTA Tour Life
Sept. 26, 2020
Heather Watson has been one of Great Britain’s most successful female tennis players of the past 30 years. A Grand Slam Champion, Heather won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title in 2016, and has won 4 WTA titles and has a care…
Episode 62: Valorie Kondos Field - Winning doesn’t always equal success
Sept. 22, 2020
Valorie Kondos Field was Head Gymnastics Coach at UCLA for 29 years. She led them to 7 National Championships despite having no experience in gymnastics. Valorie dramatically changed her philosophies throughout her coaching …
Episode 61: Emilio Sanchez - Viva España
Sept. 19, 2020
Emilio Sanchez comes from the famous Sanchez family who have been so influential on Spanish Tennis. A former World number 1 doubles player and number 7 singles player at the same time, he won 5 Grand slam doubles titles and …
Episode 60: Lloyd and Anthony Harris - African Champions
Sept. 16, 2020
In today´s episode of Control the Controllables, we speak to Anthony Harris who is top 100 ATP Player Lloyd Harris’s coach. Anthony also coached Dudi Sela in his formative years aged 11-19. We discuss his Academy and philoso…
Episode 59: Sam Jalloh - Tennis saved my life
Sept. 13, 2020
Sam Jalloh was brought up in Sierra Leone in what was a difficult upbringing personally, but also during the civil war which added many complications which included living on the streets, seeing his best friend get shot and …
Episode 58: Magnus Tideman - ATP Coach Life
Sept. 8, 2020
Magnus Tideman is a former top 80 ATP Player who came from an amazing crop of Swedish Players, where his practice partners included Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander and many more. He turned his hand to coaching 29 years ago and has…
Episode 57: Mark Jeffery - Between the White Lines
Sept. 5, 2020
Mark has had tennis running through his life for 60 years. He was in the military, and has worked closely with David Lloyd and Jimmy Connors on previous projects. He´s currently taking on his biggest challenge yet, as he is …
Episode 56: Kieron Vorster - Nature or Nurture
Sept. 2, 2020
Kieron Vorster has been a strength and conditioning coach on the ATP Tour for 25 years. He started his career with Wayne Ferreira before spending many years with Tim Henman. Kieron is currently working with British number 1 …
Episode 55: Cameron Norrie - College Stud to Pro Life
Aug. 31, 2020
Cameron Norrie has an illustrious College career at TCU before seamlessly moving into the top 100 ATP where his career high to date has been 40. Cameron speaks to us from the US Open bubble where we discuss positive COVID te…
Episode 54: Nick Monroe - No stone unturned
Aug. 29, 2020
Nick Monroe has been on the ATP Tour for the past 17 years with a career high of 30 ATP doubles. Nick speaks to us from the US Open Bubble as he prepares to play the event. Nick was a top USTA Junior, US College All-American…
Episode 53: Nick Morgan - Make better choices more often
Aug. 26, 2020
Nick Morgan is a former UK University Tennis Champion whilst graduating from Bath University before turning his career to the Sports Science world. This started at Lilleshall, the home of England Football and took him around…
Episode 52: Jonathan Overend - The voice of tennis 🎾
Aug. 22, 2020
Jonathan worked for BBC radio for over 25 years and brought the famous moments to life for many of us including his final match for the BBC.. The Men’s Wimbledon 2013 final where Andy Murray overcame 77 years of hurt for Men…