Joel Myers: Fundamentals you can learn from watching pro tennis

Baseline Intelligence with Jonathan Stokke

Nov 28, 2022•37 min•Ep. 24

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Episode description

Joel Myers is our guest for the 24th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Joel was a 3x All-American for Point Loma Nazarene University and was the 2010 national player of the year. He is currently a USPTA elite professional teaching out of San Diego and his educational instagram page has well over 100,000 followers.

We talk:

1:36 His tennis background

3:32 When he knew he wanted to be a coach

4:46 Coaching influences

7:08 How to know if you're getting good information

10:23 Learning discipline at an early age

14:14 Learning from pro tennis

15:32 Fundamental laws of topspin

19:01 Serving fundamentals

19:54 Where he likes his toss

22:59 Returning deep through the middle

29:54 Non-negotiable rules for practice

30:40 Best advice for the 3.0/4.0 player

31:49 Biggest pet peeve

32:42 Who would win a match between us

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