Emma Doyle joins us for the 63rd episode of Baseline Intelligence. Emma is a speaker, coach, trainer, and author of the book "What Makes a Great Coach".

We talk:

1:51 What makes a great coach

9:19 Empowering your player to make decisions

13:46 What makes a great question

17:28 Five gaming principles

21:25 Being a good listener

28:50 Why the coach/player relationship matters

33:22 Best advice for the 4.0 player

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Jeff Greenwald joins us for the 62nd episode of Baseline Intelligence. Jeff is one of the premiere sports psychologists and wrote the award winning book "The Best Tennis of Your Life".

We talk:

2:16 Why people get nervous

5:57 Framing "not missing" in a positive way

7:05 Step 1 to handling nerves

8:59 How expectations affect nerves

15:50 The stats he wished he knew when he was a player

18:34 Permission slips

20:33 Taking your practice game to the match court

29:10 Building confidence

30:36 Best advice for the 4.0 player

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Scott Fawcett is our guest for the 61st episode of Baseline Intelligence. Scott founded the golf analytics platform DECADE Golf, and has helped players win NCAA Championships and PGA Tour events.

We talk:

1:35 Who is Scott Fawcett?

3:49 Tiger 5 statistics

10:47 Managing expectations

15:24 Solving problems

26:45 Four pennies drill

29:12 Shot patterns

41:02 Optimal strategy

We talk:

1:33 Analyzing Krueger vs. Badosa

6:04 Adapting to different court conditions

14:32 Why depth is important for your rally ball

18:45 Maria Sharapova at the French Open

24:04 When you should change directions and go down the line

30:54 Taking your practice game to the match court

34:42 Best advice for the 4.0 player

Gaby Dabrowski is our guest for the 59th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Gaby is the 2023 US Open Women's Doubles Champion and has been ranked as high as 4th in the WTA rankings. She also won the 2017 French Open and the 2018 Australian Open in Mixed Doubles.

We talk:

1:35 Mixed vs. women's doubles

2:42 Returning a faster serve

4:10 Where to stand on a kick serve

5:00 Lobbing

6:24 Return targets

8:08 Players with weaker backhand volleys

10:12 Getting comfortable at the net

13:53 When to close the net

16:08 The close-lag structure

17:20 How to hit a better overhead

18:54 Communicating with your partner

21:28 Don't be a dickhead

25:10 What she wishes she knew at the beginning of her career

27:27 Best coaching advice she's ever received

29:02 What amateurs don't know about pro doubles

31:32 Best advice for the 4.0 player

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Dan Kiernan is our guest for the 58th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Dan hosts the popular podcast "Control the Controllables" and currently works with the reigning US Open doubles champions Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.

We talk:

2:15 Lightning in a bottle with a doubles team

6:40 Learn how to communicate as a doubles partner

9:55 Creating stress for your opponents

14:07 What to do when you don't serve well

16:33 The extended warmup

19:33 Technique vs. tactics

23:08 The daily bill

26:03 Most transformational podcast idea

31:29 Rules of the US Open champions

32:51 Advice for the 4.0 doubles player

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Jay Berger joins us for the 57th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Jay was ranked as high as 7th on the ATP tour and won 3 singles titles throughout his career. He was the head men's tennis coach at the University of Miami, was the head of men's tennis at the USTA Player Development, and currently coaches Reilly O'Pelka.

We talk:

2:05 Playing with intensity

6:36 Pillars of his success

9:48 Hitting without a coach

11:45 Watch more tennis

16:01 Learning from Jose Higueras

18:34 Developing good habits on the court

23:35 Best drills to improve consistency from the baseline

26:22 Similarities between the 3.5 player and professionals

29:13 Timing your poach

31:46 Best advice for the 4.0 player

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Louis Cayer is our guest for the 56th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Louis is the premiere doubles coach in all of tennis. He's a lead coach for the LTA and has helped several players to world #1 in the ATP doubles rankings including Jamie Murray, Neal Skupski and Joel Salisbury.

We talk:

1:48 Informing, forming and transforming

5:00 Louis' values and beliefs

10:52 What the world number ones have in common

13:24 Joe Salisbury's climb to ATP #1

17:38 Playing the net when you're on defense

20:49 Winning on defense

23:30 What he's learned now that he didn't when he was younger

26:42 Working with players who resist coaching

29:21 Finding a good match with your doubles partner

31:33 Best advice for the 4.0 player

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On our first bonus episode we discuss second set letdowns and what we can do to get off to quicker starts in the second set.

We talk:

1:31 What is a second set let down?

2:51 The unique scoring system in tennis

5:39 Three ways to get off to quicker starts

7:40 Jessica Pegula on getting off to quick starts and closing out matches

12:50 Bathroom breaks

16:40 Tactics your opponent might use to bring your energy down

Jessica Pegula joins us for the beginning of the 2024 season of Baseline Intelligence. Jess had another incredible season, winning the Montreal WTA 1000 and the Korea Open, and finished top 5 in both singles and doubles on the WTA tour.

We talk:

1:25 Playing in difficult conditions

2:22 Playing downwind

5:23 Beating four straight top 10 players

6:39 Describing her rally ball

9:25 How fast she tries to hit her average rally ball

12:25 Finding your rally ball

14:58 Swing thoughts on her backhand

16:51 Backhands down the line

18:58 How she aims her groundstrokes

20:20 How she improved her serve in 2023

22:24 2024 Goals

23:18 Staying calm on the court

24:05 Turning points in her career

26:44 Best advice for the 4.0 player

We had a lot of great technical tips this year and today I'm sharing a few of my favorites.

1:12 Andy Fitzell on the time it takes to change

2:53 Andy Fitzell on hitting pure topspin

4:29 Steve Johnson on his forehand

5:52 Shelby Rogers on her backhand

6:58 Brad Stine on the backhand slice

9:03 Joel Myers on serve