The Archive · Voices
20 voices who shaped the conversation.
Lisa has interviewed nearly five hundred guests across fourteen years. These are the ones who recur — the coaches, parents, researchers, and players whose appearances most shaped how families think about junior tennis. Click any name to read what they said, what they're saying now, and where they are today.
A
2 voices
PA
Pierre Arnold
Brown University head coach for forty-one years. Todd Widom's mentor and one of the most-cited voices in the development crowd. The 2025 episode where he and Widom diagnosed the foundation crisis in American junior tennis has become one of the archive's most-shared.
Developmental coach · D1
3 Episodes
JA
JY Aubone
The simplest, most reliable diagnostic in the archive. Watch what your child does when no one is asking them to do anything. The answer decides whether the next ten years make sense.
Developmental coach
8 Episodes
B
2 voices
NB
Nick Buonocore
Founder of the Reform Sports Project and the conscience of the youth-sports reform conversation in the archive. The voice families come back to when they realize they need permission to say no to one more academy hour.
Author · Reformer
2 Episodes
JB
Josh Burger
A parent at the fence isn't a spectator. They're an input the player is reading every six seconds. Whether they want to be or not.
Sports performance
3 Episodes
E
2 voices
PE
Dr. Pamela Ellis
Admissions consultant and one of the clearest voices in the archive on the second half of the recruiting equation — the one most families don't realize they need until they're already behind.
Admissions consultant
3 Episodes
DE
Duey Evans
Thirty-plus years coaching juniors in Austin. The voice in the archive that has done the most to reframe coaching as a communication problem rather than a technical one — and whose three-year minimum has become a small movement.
Coach · Educator
2 Episodes
M
4 voices
RM
Rick Macci
"Most parents see what's on the surface. Experienced coaches see what's under the hood." The gap between those two views is the whole game.
Hall of Fame coach
4 Episodes
MK
Mark & Britt McKinney
The single most repeated rule in the archive. Twenty minutes after a match is the worst time and place for a tennis conversation — the parent's emotion, the kid's emotion, the small enclosed space, the captive audience.
Tennis parents
2 Episodes
DM
Danielle McNamara
College coach who has done the most in the archive to debunk the "grades don't matter for athletes" myth — and explain the recruiting communication that actually works from the coach's side of the inbox.
College coach
3 Episodes
DM
Dave Mullins
ITA. The voice in the archive translating House settlement, transfer portal, and roster cap chaos for families — and the one most often quoted on what's actually decided in Washington versus what's still in play.
ITA · Governance
2 Episodes
S
4 voices
SS
Swupnil Sahai
Founder of SwingVision and SwingTennis. The voice in the archive most associated with the introduction of electronic line calling into junior tennis — five hundred USTA matches piloted and counting.
Founder · Technology
4 Episodes
PS
Peter Scales
"You either win or you learn." The reframe that families tell Lisa changed how their kid talks about tournament results within weeks of hearing it.
Author · Researcher
2 Episodes
LS
Lisa Stone
The opening question Lisa returns to more than any other. It's what changes the conversation from a tactical interview into a personal one — usually within two minutes.
Host · Founder
4 Episodes
TS
Tanner Stump
The voice in the archive on showcase tournaments and the recruiting events where college coaches actually find players. The honest counterweight to families who think tournaments alone are enough.
Recruiting · Showcases
2 Episodes
W
2 voices
HW
Heath Waters
Founder of Match Tennis App. The archive's clearest voice on tournament selection — the families who chase points versus the families who choose with intent — and the designer of the tools the latter increasingly use.
Founder · Technology
3 Episodes
TW
Todd Widom
Most American academies start with revenue and design programs around enrollment volume. Todd's frame is the opposite — build a coaching standard, then size the program around how many kids you can keep that standard for.
Developmental coach
13 Episodes
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