In this episodeOn the 236th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Doug Cash is interviewed by Steve Smith, Dave Anderson, and Ivan Ozerets. Wow! In regard to this episode, "wow" stands for "words of wisdom." Doug Cash is 75 years young. He is known as one of the...
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EPISODE 235 – AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2025 RELFECTIONS
In this episodeOn the 235th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith, Ivan Ozerets, Andy Fitzell, and Dave Anderson reflect upon the 2025 Australian Open. A wide range of topics were touched upon. GreatBase Tennis Education (GBTE) shares free educational...
EPISODE 234 – STATISTICAL TENNIS INSIGHTS
On the 234th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Dave Secker talk tennis with Mat Cloer. Mat holds a senior position with the USTA’s Player Development Department. Their conversation is centered around tennis analytics.
The saga of the GreatBase Tennis Education (GBTE) continues. Our non-profit organization shares free educational tennis content. 225+ podcasts, 5 educational courses, 15+ years of daily Facebook posts, 1000+ Instagram posts and much, much more.
EPISODE 233 – ACADEMIES
In the 233rd episode of the GreatBase Tennis Education (GBTE) podcast, Steve Smith, Dave Anderson, Dave Secker, and Ivan Ozerets share their thoughts regarding tennis academies. Their conversation covers a wide spectrum of points and should serve the purpose of helping to educate the tennis consumer.
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EPISODE 232 – CHUCK KRIESE “BACK TO THE FUTURE”
In this episodeThe 232nd episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast is based on a question Steve Smith asked Dave Anderson. Steve asked David, "What should be a theme to help US tennis?" David answered, "Back to the future." In basing a podcast episode on Dave's answer,...
EPISODE 231 – MENTORING
In this episodeOn the 231st episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith and Ilja Semjonovs re-visit thoughts and principles shared by the late Don Meyer. Mr. Meyer was a basketball coach who touched the lives of thousands of people. His contributions should...
EPISODE 230 – MENTORING
In this episodeOn the 230th episode of the GreatBase Tennis Education (GBTE) podcast, Steve Smith, Ilja Semjonovs, Richard Hernandez, and Dave Anderson discuss mentoring and its significance. Listeners are assured of a few laughs and a few nuggets for their tennis...
EPISODE 229 – NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
On the 229th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve Smith, Ivan Ozerets, Andy Fitzell, and Dave Anderson discuss the ins and outs of making resolutions for the new year. As always, we hope our listeners find value in listening and occasionally can chuckle at our attempt at humor.
We wish everyone all the best for 2025.
Happy New Year
EPISODE 228 – PETER KOBELT
In this episodeMerry Christmas On the 228th episode of the GreatBase Tennis podcast, Steve, Ivan, and Andy interview Peter Kobelt. To make an understatement, Peter's journey in tennis is remarkable. As a first-year student at Ohio State University (OSU), Peter...
EPISODE 227 – TENNIS BOOKS
In this episodeOn the 227th episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast, Steve Smith and Andy Fitzell talk about some tennis books from the GreatBase Tennis library. The GreatBase Tennis library now includes all the tennis books from Vic Braden’s library. Overall, the...
