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Ryan Trickey & Andy Aitken

Just two tennis coaches talking all things tennis!

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51 episodes

  1. Interview With a Club Chairman! 25:41
  2. Is Club Tennis Too Intimidating for Beginners? 26:59
  3. Why Do People Leave a Tennis Club? 19:16
  4. Why Join a Club? 20:34
  5. We're BACK!! Refreshed and Bigger and Better! 7:16
  6. Happy Birthday to Us! We Turn 1 - Time to Review our First Year! 18:06
  7. Could We Be Pro? (If We Were Good Enough of Course!) 20:29
  8. Our First Interview! - Paul Marchant 22:50
  9. Resilience - Does it Build a Stronger Mental Game? 29:42
  10. Does Practice Make Perfect? Or More Permanent? 32:43
  11. LTA Tournaments - The Pro's and Con's of Them, Can We do Better? 30:54
  12. What Do U.K Outdoor Clubs Need More / Less Of? 29:14
  13. Raducanu to Uniqlo - A Big Move in the World of Sponsorships! 15:41
  14. We Pick From The Pro Tour (Past & Present) Who We Resemble Most on Court! 19:16
  15. How Easy is it to Get Grand Slam Tickets? Are They Over Priced or Fairly Priced? 27:32
  16. Are Other Nations Getting it Right? Is there a Secret Formula to Producing the World's Best? 27:42
  17. Aussie Open Quarter Finals Time - Now It Gets Serious! 22:39
  18. We're Back! We Look Back at The Unique Tennis Events Recently (1 Point Slam & Battle of the Sexes) 17:29
  19. Happy Christmas! Hear our 2026 Predictions for the Grand Slams, Who Will Get it Spot On? 15:28
  20. Individual Lessons - How do we Try and Get Players to Improve in Areas they Need to Rather than What They Want to 18:41
  21. Social Media - How Important is it For Us? 17:13
  22. Mental Health For Coaches in Winter - The Struggles We Have but How We Overcome Them! 24:10
  23. Evolving the Empire - Is it Good to Expand? Or Just Improve What You Have? 31:13
  24. Terms and Conditions & Policies - Does Tennis Coaching Really Need Them? And if so Why? 28:21
  25. Padel - Fad or Future? 28:08
  26. The Triangle - Parent, Player & Coach, How Important Really is it? 24:42
  27. We Try and Create a WORLDWIDE Coaching Qualification Structure! 23:34
  28. Is Tennis Coaching Good Value for Money? Or is it Elitest? 19:59
  29. How Do You Know Which Team You Should Play In? 27:29
  30. Am I Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced? How do you Rate Yourself? 18:35
  31. Enticing You to Become a Tennis Coach? We Breakdown the LTA's Promo Video and Our Thoughts on it 19:56
  32. Talking about Club Committee's - What Roles are Important and Which Ones Would we Get Rid Of! 29:07
  33. Representing Your Country - How Important is it in Tennis? We are Available and Ready to Play! 24:05
  34. Quitting Never Wins & Winners Never Quit 36:23
  35. Tennis Elbow - Is it really avoidable and How can you ACTUALLY prevent it 17:06
  36. US Open - How have the Brits done, The Mixed Doubles - Success of Failure? Our Predictions for the Singles! 19:43
  37. Private Lessons vs Group Coaching - What's better? 24:57
  38. Strings - How Important is the Science of It? Let us tell you! 22:31
  39. Equality - Prize Money, Formats, is it fair for Men's and Ladies, We Discuss! 35:07
  40. Ever wondered where Tennis Game Scoring Originated from? We L'oeuf it! 12:40
  41. Wimbledon Round Up - Better late than never!! 19:45
  42. Which is the best Grand Slam? From Court Surface, to Fan Experience, we digest it all! 37:13
  43. Ryan turns 40! Time to Interview him and find out a bit more about it! 35:54
  44. Wimbey Round Up - Round 1 Big Shocks! 22:41
  45. Talking the Finals of the French Open, and turning to the Grass - Who we think will win SW19 2025? 22:33
  46. Masterful McIlroy - How did he deal with the pressure?! Would we do any better?! 31:06
  47. 3 Years Old to National Champion! How we would do it! (Part 2) 35:51
  48. 3 Years Old to National Champion! How we would do it! (Part 1) 34:42
  49. Has our coaching changed over the last 25 years? How we started and how we coach now! 37:10
  50. Attempting a Guinness World Record - Nutrition, Sleep deprivation, Who Won & Playing Dragons?! 34:35