On the 206th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets host Matt Knoll. Matt built a championship culture at Baylor University that was highlighted by winning the 2004 NCAA team championship.

Listeners will discover his formula for success. Common sense, grit, and hard work ruled the day. Every parent, player and coach will benefit from the pearls of wisdom and golden nuggets he shares.

Today Matt helps student-athletes with college placement. Get in contact by visiting https://www.americancollegeplacement.com/contact.

On that 205th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Dave Anderson joins Steve Smith and Ivan Ozererts to talk tennis. They shared thoughts that mostly pertained to the 2024 Wimbledon.

Dave has been based at the Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas for more than 30 years. To make an understatement, Dave and his staff have made a major impact on the lives of hundreds and hundreds of tennis players.

We would like to thank Dave for being a regular guest on our podcast. Our supporters have expressed that they have thoroughly enjoyed listening to Dave.

On the 204th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast Cris Valverde, a teaching pro from Portland, Oregon, asks Steve Smith questions. Cris recently spent a week with Steve at the Wintergreen Resort in Wintergreen, Virginia. He traveled across the US with his two sons for an immersion camp.

To make an understatement, Cris's passion for our sport is second to none. Cris's dedication to improving his craft is truly inspirational. Cris has completed an in-depth study of our curriculum and asked Steve to discuss a wide range of topics.

On the 203rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith, Ivan Ozerets and Andres Barbosa talk about tennis from the service line in. The whys and why-nots of going forward in singles and doubles are discussed.

The statement that one only goes to the net to pick up balls and shake hands used to only apply to little kids at the grass root level. Now the statement applies to all levels of play.

The disappearance of wooden racquets, the players not wearing spikes on the grass at Wimbledon, and the two-handed backhand becoming commonplace are dated factors. The new theme of "serve plus one" is instant coffee, a much faster approach than trying to learn to play a complete all-court game.

As always, we hope our listeners acquire a higher level of understanding of the complexities of tennis by tuning in. We also hope our listeners will find a way to encourage fellow tennis enthusiasts to not fall victim to net phobia.

Sir Hamlin is our guest on episode 202.

Our podcast's fact checker, Andres Barbosa, and several others requested another opportunity to listen to Mark Hamlin. Great choice!

Steve Smith and Mark have known each other for 60 years this year. Mark, 71, worked directly with Vic Braden and has spent the last 45 years applying fact-based instruction to literally hundreds and hundreds of recreational players. Along the way, the American has also developed national junior champions in Germany.

By listening one will discover that fundamentals stand the test of time and most definitely apply to the best players in the world today. Time after time, Mark hits the mark. No pun intended.

Tribute to Jim Poling
1949-2024

Our condolences to Jim's wife, Marianne, and their children, Matthew, Lilian, and Karl. Our thoughts also go out to their family members and their close friends.

On the 201st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith discusses his connection with Jim.

On the 200th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith talks with Adam Borr. Steve's guest has a lifetime in tennis. His family built an indoor tennis club when he was just 5 years old. He played junior, high school, and college tennis. The family of his first wife also owned a tennis club. Along with his wife, he raised three daughters. One child became a nationally-ranked junior and played for a Power Five conference.

To make an understatement, Adam has been surrounded by all facets of tennis throughout his life but he has always been an on-court guy. His pied piper personality makes him a natural for leading a large department for the main Center Court tennis facility in Chatham, New Jersey. He has over 300 Orange Ball students and over 30 years of experience.

Our chat with Adam will have our listeners laughing and learning. Thank you, Adam. You have definitely delivered golden nuggets for one to add to their tennis treasure chest.

On the 199th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ivan Ozerets have a tennis conversation with Miron Mann. He had a successful career as both a junior and college tennis player. He also has had a great deal of success as a coach. Miron currently leads one of the best junior development programs in Canada.

Steve and Miron collectively have 80 years of diversified experience with learning, teaching and coaching tennis. Although, the highlight of this episode is listening to Ivan. He has "lived" our free educational content for the last 18 months.

By listening to Ivan one should be inspired to become a student of the game. One definition for teaching is "information" transfer" and Ivan's comments from observing two college matches are beyond insightful.