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Randall is a former player, a coach, and now an author of this book, The Inner Way of Tess.

Those of you who've been following the podcast may remember my episode with Hannah last year when we were discussing college tennis.

He brings 26 years of coaching experience to us and the things he has seen, the changes he's seen and the ways he's adapted his recruiting and coaching over that time period are really stuff that we can all learn from.

Daren Hornig — founder and CEO of CourtsApp, and owner of the Port Washington Tennis Academy (now John McEnroe Tennis Academy) — joins Lisa Stone to introduce CourtsApp: a single-interface app for discovering and booking racket sport courts across the US and Canada.

Greg Gilbert — Atlanta-area tennis parent and father of Ariana Gilbert, a senior committed to Florida State University on a full scholarship — joins Lisa Stone for a Season 15 episode tracing the full junior tennis development arc through the father's eyes.

Todd Widom — Florida-based high-performance junior coach and former ATP touring professional — joins Lisa Stone for an unplanned bonus episode prompted by Widom's social media commentary on the Easter Bowl's mid-tournament format change.

Todd Widom — Florida-based high-performance junior coach and former ATP touring professional — joins Lisa Stone for an unplanned bonus episode prompted by Widom's social media commentary on the Easter Bowl's mid-tournament format change.

Recently published — full transcript and analysis pending. Listen via the audio link.

Sports psychologist Josh Burger joins Lisa Stone to discuss the mental and emotional side of junior tennis, with a strong focus on what parents can do to manage their own emotions and behavior while supporting their child's development.

Daren Hornig — founder and CEO of CourtsApp, and owner of the Port Washington Tennis Academy (now John McEnroe Tennis Academy, Port Washington) — joins Lisa Stone for a Season 15 episode introducing CourtsApp: an app for discovering and booking racket sport courts across the US and Canada.

Steve Bellamy, creator of the Tennis Channel and live ball, discusses his newest racket sport invention, Tipty -- a short-court, foam-ball sport designed to re-engage the estimated 25 million lapsed tennis players sitting on the sidelines.

Recently published — full transcript and analysis pending. Listen via the audio link.

Greg Gilbert — Atlanta-area tennis parent, long-time ParentingAces community member, and father of Ariana Gilbert — joins Lisa Stone for a Season 15 episode tracing a full junior tennis development journey through the father's eyes.

Josh Burger — sports psychologist, former Division III player at Clark University (Massachusetts), former D1 assistant coach at Sacred Heart University, and founder of Tiebreaker Psychology (launched 2019) — joins Lisa Stone for a Season 15 episode centered on the emotional side of junior tennis for both athletes and p

Three UK-based tennis professionals -- Dr.

Jeremy Saline, a former Division I baseball player and father of four, shares the story behind On The Rise Tennis (ontherisetennis.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit he founded to help offset the financial burden of competitive junior tennis and build a team environment for young players ages 10-18. The organization provides

Lynn and Michael Arage, parents of 8-year-old Olivia from Las Vegas, share their daughter's journey from hitting balloons during COVID lockdown to winning the Little Mo International Slam trophy in December 2025.

Tony Minnis, former LSU women's tennis head coach (21 years) and member of a multigenerational tennis family, discusses his transition from on-court coaching to mental performance work with athletes across multiple sports.

Reese Brantmeier, the 2025 NCAA singles champion from the University of North Carolina, shares her unconventional path from a small rural town in Wisconsin where no one in her family played tennis.

Peter Clark, founder of Coach Life, discusses his platform that provides video instruction from the junior coaches of top professional players (Alcaraz, Sinner, Draper, Fritz, etc.), now encompassing 34 coaches and 630+ videos. He announces the launch of Coach Life Academy in Fort Lauderdale with Diego Moiano as techni

John Davey, CEO and founder of Fast Track Tennis, introduces a patented hardware/software system that enables players to practice tennis at home or in any flat space (garage, driveway, gym, cafeteria).

Shaquana Miller, founder of Next Play Athletics Consulting and current assistant athletic director in Anderson, South Carolina, breaks down the critical academic and compliance steps that student-athletes must complete to be eligible for college athletics.

Martin Vinokur (founder, 52nd year) and Michael LeVan (seven-year veteran coach) discuss Tennis Europe, a summer travel program that takes American juniors ages 13-18 to compete in European tournaments.

In this solo season 15 premiere, Parenting Aces host Lisa Stone reflects on her own tennis parenting journey -- from her son's first love of college tennis at a University of Georgia summer camp at age 9, through the challenging recruiting process, a difficult freshman year at the wrong school, a successful transfer an

Season 14 finale featuring Duey Evans, a veteran coach and key INTENNSE collaborator, who introduces his framework "communoplasticity" -- the idea that coaches (senders) must rewire how they deliver information to match what each individual receiver can absorb.

Sports psychologist Jeff Greenwald discusses his new book "The Mental Edge for Young Athletes" with a specific focus on the parent section.

Ben Shapiro of Atlas Tennis describes his company's international travel-and-tennis program for junior players ages 13-18.

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Current tour player and coach Veronika Miroshnichenko shares her journey from growing up in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, to training in South Florida at age 14, earning an NCAA All-American career at Loyola Marymount University (6 years, bachelor's and master's degrees), returning to the pro tour (reaching WTA 280 singles / 20

LA-based coach and entrepreneur Sky Kim shares his journey from South Korea to the IMG Academy (then Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy) on scholarship, reaching top-3 nationally in the 14s, battling three and a half years of injuries (two knee surgeries, two rotator cuff tears, labrum tear) that derailed his pro career,

Kyle LaCroix, an RSPA Master Professional and founder of SETS (Specialized Educational Tennis Solutions), joins Lisa Stone for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of tennis coaching in America.

Sam Parfitt, CEO of the True Athlete Project, discusses his journey from top UK junior player and college tennis at UT-Chattanooga to founding an organization that integrates mindfulness, mentoring, and social impact into athlete development.

Quinn Borchard, head professional at Sunset Hills Country Club in Southern California and father/coach to James (age 12, current national #1 in 12-and-under) and Bo (age 9), shares the intimate realities of being a parent-coach.

Michael Joyce (former world #62, coached Maria Sharapova for 8 years and Jessica Pagula for 8 years) and Todd Widom (South Florida high-performance coach, multi-time ParentingAces guest) deliver a masterclass on what separates true high-performance development from the shortcuts and point-chasing that plague American j

The final installment of ParentingAces' three-part 2025 US Open Juniors series features interviews with parents of top junior competitors.

Part two of ParentingAces' 2025 US Open Juniors series features interviews with the finalists and champions across all four draws.

Lisa Stone interviews four players from the 2025 US Open Juniors: Ronit Karki (boys, Wimbledon finalist, committed to Stanford), Taya Froden (girls, SoCal, Wimbledon doubles finalist), Andy Johnson (boys, wild card, made quarterfinals as last American junior in singles), and Christina Panakova (girls, made third round

Lisa Stone interviews Jack Newman, CEO of Austin Tennis Academy (ATA) for 22 years, about his decision to take alternate-list player Declan to Kalamazoo (the biggest junior tournament in the US).

Lisa Stone interviews Dr.

Lisa Stone interviews Hannah Keeling, head men's and women's tennis coach at Georgia Gwinnett College (NAIA), about the opportunities NAIA provides for student-athletes beyond Division I.

Lisa Stone interviews 16-year-old Sadira Ouyang and her parents at the USTA Billie Jean King Girls National Hardcourt 16s/18s at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.

Lisa Stone interviews Eyal Yurconi (father/coach, former Israeli top junior, D1 college player) and his 12-year-old son Ethan about their junior tennis journey.

South Florida coaching duo Pierre Arnold (41 years of coaching experience, including a recent stint as volunteer assistant at Brown University) and Todd Widom (Pierre's former student, now coaching partner) deliver a blunt assessment of training gaps in American junior tennis.

SwingVision CEO Swupnil Sahai returns to ParentingAces to detail three major developments: the new Coach Reviews marketplace (in-app video annotation and remote coaching), the path to ITF silver certification for electronic line calling (ELC), and a motorized SwingStick for automated court detection.

Recorded at the INTENNSE Arena in Atlanta, Jordan Cox shares his full tennis journey: starting at age 8, training at Bollettieri/IMG Academy from age 14 to 21 alongside players like Kei Nishikori and Jesse Levine, reaching the junior Wimbledon final in 2009, pursuing a pro career (peaking around world #450), experienci

Mark Carruthers, a New Zealand-born coach based in Austria, tells the story of discovering and developing Lily Tagger, the 2025 Roland Garros junior girls champion, from age 9.

Recorded at the INTENNSE Arena during opening weekend, this panel discussion features Georgia Tech head coach Rodney Harmon and University of Georgia head coach Drake Bernstein, moderated by Lisa Stone with JY Aubone asking questions.

Recorded on location at the INTENNSE Arena in Atlanta during qualifying rounds ahead of opening weekend, JY Aubone (INTENNSE Player Relations) walks Lisa Stone through every dimension of the league: format, rules, team structure, fan experience, player welfare, venue design, medical partnerships, and the long-term juni

Adam Blicher, a Danish tennis coach, podcaster (since 2015), and author of the book "Winning Words," joins Lisa Stone to discuss the critical -- and often overlooked -- role of communication and pedagogy in tennis coaching.

Coach Luca Appino, an Italian tennis coach and talent scout with a storied career that includes signing Kim Clijsters (age 13), Rafael Nadal (age 11), Andy Roddick, Dinara Safina, and Caroline Wozniacki to Babolat, joins Lisa Stone to discuss his Tennis Talents methodology.