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By Val Febbo with Marc Sophoulis

The 2020 French Open was fairly bizarre in many ways, for starters players wore leggings and long sleeves due to freezing weather, it was in September/October and...

By Joel Fruci with Marc Sophoulis

Day one of the French Open main draw has come and gone, but that’s all the time it took for the tournament’s unique conditions and fresh balls to become...

By Val Febbo with Marc Sophoulis

It happens often in tennis, player A beats player B one week, and then a week later they have to do battle once more, and sure enough a lot of the time the result...

By Marc Sophoulis

So this week's question is "has my vision, my motivation changed in my coaching career and my coaching journey?"

Absolutely. You know, there's no doubt when I first started...

Marc Sophoulis

Thanks for joining us once again here on Crunching the Numbers. You have Marc Sophoulis and Shane Liyanage from Data Driven Sports Analytics. Shane, thank you once again for joining...

By Marc Sophoulis

So, you have made the decision to become a career coach working in ‘High Performance’ sport?

The definition of 'High Performance' is usually referred to as the level of...

Marc Sophoulis

Welcome to another episode of Crunching the Numbers with Marc Sophoulis and Shane Liyanage from Data Driven Sports Analytics. Shane, thank you so much for joining us...

By George Vogiatzis

We have all heard the glory stories. It goes something like this:

“Child picks up racquet at three, shows talent, dedicates everyday to working on their craft, tennis is...

Thanks Mario for your question around the biggest mistakes I've made as a coach. I feel like I've made a lot and probably that's why I've gotten to the place in my coaching that I'm at. I feel like...

By Marc Sophoulis

Motor skills are used every day throughout our lives. They help us move and do everything from lifting heavy items to typing on a keyboard. Motor skills and motor control begin...

By Val Febbo

Mindfulness is becoming a more prevalent notion everyday, with more people adopting meditation as a pass time throughout what has been a dismal year on a global scale.

Tennis coach and...

One of the common conversations I have with my athletes is around the lead up to their match, so here I'm going to talk specifically about the lead up to the match on the day of the match. 

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