Brian Lutz Podcast

What are the advantages on playing on a tennis team in an individual sport like tennis?

1) Coaching

2) Comraderie

3) Affordability

4) Competition

Brian gets feedback from Pickleball Forum readers who chime in on all things Pickleball. Including why recreational players avoid the backhand groundstroke by running around and predominantly playing their forehand groundstroke in pick up games.   

Inspirational tennis stories with students of tennis coach, Brian Lutz in Miami, FL

Jet Ski rescue highlights the early rounds of the 2022 Mexican Open in Acapulco.

With ATP events in Doha, Qatar. Brian reviews second round action and helps with a pronunciation guide to Qatar.

Brian highlights the spirit of competition via two very different yet similar individual sports over Super Bowl weekend.

Did former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores sabotage his future with his mindset during his job search for an NFL head coaching job?

The battle of the Sacha's in France gave a surprise ending and some draw dropping shot making.  Alex Bublik vs Alex Zverev.  Is Juan Martin Del Potro about to call it a career? Find your aha moment...

Daniil Medvedev feels the pain after Rafael Nadal wins his record leading 21st Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia.

Ash Barty brings home the long awaited Grand Slam title in her home country of Australia and Danielle Collins steals the show with her runner up acceptance speech in Melbourne.

Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev have the tennis world buzzing before their clash in the Australian Open Men's Final.  

Is Felix Auger Aliassime the next big thing?  He and Daniil Medvedev go the distance in Australia in the Quarterfinals of the 2022 Australian Open Men's Singles draw.

Rafael Nadal survives conspiracy theories and five sets to advance into the semi finals of the 2022 Australian Open.

Fans making political statements at Australian Open have their tee-shirts removed over the Peng Shuai controversy.  Is the Chinese government forcing the hand of Tennis Australia? 

Brian digs into early first round action from down under and new technology seeks out how to filter the erroneous balls from your tennis game.

The 2022 Australian Open TV Schedule and a Brian pays tribute at the end of the podcast to Martin Luther King.

Novak Djokovic laser focus on over coming administrative "snafus" at the Australian border may leave an imprint on his brand he may never recover from.

Will the Australian minister for visa affairs revoke the world #1 tennis players visa? How will Australians react if he is aloud to play?

Brian and his student Lindsay talk live on court during his tennis clinic about removing expectation and the fear of outcome to accelerate her learning curve and make the learning process much less stressful and more fun.

Novak gets released from detention over a technicality.  Will he able able to stay in Australia to play the tournament as the State of Victoria makes its case to help control covid-19?

Does Novak have enough resources to find the political flaws in Australia's covid policies to gain access across the border to play in the 2022 Australian Open?

How to tell if you are being sold fast food or filet mignon at your tennis lesson.

Daily Tennis Tip 

Season 2 / Ep 2

Brian breaks down a conversation with the "know it all student" that doesn't want to run for the ball.

1. Problem: I know I can't do it. So I'm not going to try.

2. Solution: Let's see how far away you are from not doing it.

3. Problem: Why are you here?  (Hint: No wrong answer)

4. Answer: I want to improve.

5. Solution:  We need a bench mark.  Let's play to 11 with one goal.

6. Summary: Would you rather be right or good?

Brian Lutz commentary on Novak Djokovic being held in isolation in by Australian border, the art of Public Relations and is the Djokovic brand harmed for good?

Two plus two equals Five?  When to let your tennis student self discover their own way to reaching the next level..

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 276

1. Who's Paying?

2. Who's Coaching?

3. Leadership and Collaboration

4. Process

5. Value Driven

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Brian dives into teaching tennis when you take away auditory learning.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 275

1.  When Is Talking Too Much?

2. Let Players Fail

3. Paradigm Shift

4. Remove The Ball With Shadow Swings.

5.  Just Play. No Feedback

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Tennis players tips for optimizing your time on the practice court in sweltering Summer conditions.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 274

1. Nutrition

2. Hydration

3. Discipline

4. Attire

5. Redundancy

6. Mandatory Breaks

7.  Skin protection

8.  Equipment Maintenance.

9.  Effect on Tennis Balls

10. Fitness

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Technically speaking hitting forehands and backhands have a different approach. In this episode Brian dives into the difference between forehand and aesthetically pleasing one handed backhand.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 273

1. The Federer Effect

2. The Grip Change

3. The Physics 

4. Physical

5. Contact Point

6. The Finish

SHOW NOTES:

Tennis is full of hierarchy.  The sport has rankings for every category including gender, age, country, region, state and locally.  We have two sets of player rating systems and a third on the way.  In this podcast episode Brian explains the trap of comparison when it comes to improving your tennis game.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 272

1.  The Mindset For Improvement

2. The Real Reward For Improvement

3. Ranking for Long Term

4.  Use Everyday Comparisons For Yourself

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Practice makes perfect. But quality sessions with high volume of shot making is an even better a better way to improve you tennis game..

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 271

1.  How Many Balls Do You Hit In A One Hour Session?

2. Warm Up

3. Practice Session vs Matches

4. Cool Down

5.  The Higher The Level The Higher The Volume

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

After 33 years of teaching tennis Brian has seen it all including someone taking a private tennis lesson on their cell phone.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 270

1. Proof that Multi Tasking Is Hard To Do

2. Groove and Move

3. Muting Is Essential.

4.  Mostly forehands.

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

One of the most under utilized ways to teach tennis is from feel also known as kinesthetic learning.  Today's lesson talks about how to feel your way through the technical flaws in your swing.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 269

1. Define Kinesthetic Learning

2. How To Refine Technical Flaws Via Doing

3. Non Dominant Hand Technique

4. Minimal Feedback Loop

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

The path to success comes in stages to reach your goals.  The key to growing and maximizing your learning curve is to set milestones. Brian explains the value of these milestones with your day to day practice plan.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 268

1. What is a Milestone?

2. Check the Box 

3. Next Stage

4. Stack and Repeat

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Brian gives some practice tips and working on your net play for singles players and doubles players.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 267

1.  Define Volley

2. Definition of Rally

3. Types of Volleyers: 

a.  Apprehensive

b.  Adequate but needs improving

c.  Confident Volleyers

Which one are you?

Brian breaks down the characteristics of each of these volleying stages.

4.  Practice Routines with a focus on investment.

Show Notes:  

Brian builds mindset thru intention to help tennis players find confidence on the tennis court.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 266

1.  Self Discovery.

2. How To Get Into the Mindset

3.  Practicing with Intention

4.  Play Like Your Practice

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Postmodern philosophy believes there is no truth only infinite interpretation.  With this perspective in mind is there a right way to play tennis? Brian explores this topic to help you improve your own tennis game.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 265

1. What is right way for you?

2. Lessons vs Self Taught?

3. Efficiency vs Inefficiency

4. Shot Tolerance

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Process vs Outcome.  Brian's explains the value of not overloading yourself with information to maximize your results in the long term.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 264

1.  Process vs Outcome

2. Practice Habits

3. Progressions

4. Level of Play

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Technical analysis is the most sought after advice students seek from their tennis professional.  Brian breaks down his process when developing the ball striking skill of recreational tennis players.

DAILY TENNIS TIP  / EPISODE 263

1.  WARM UP

2. BE AUTHENTIC

3. DON"T OVER HIT

4. HOW TO SET UP YOUR CAMERA

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

The first step to transforming your tennis game is shifting how you approach each shot you take.  This Core System below is the key to your tennis future of your tennis game with the end goal of making your game soar.  Without it the struggle for consistency will continue

DAILY TENNIS TIP  / EPISODE 262

1.  Contact Point

2. Adjustment Steps

3. Spacing

4. Ball Flight

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Brian measures his student's CO2 intake to establish a fitness bench mark for his Backhand City monthly membership.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 261

1.  How good can you be?

2. World Class Fitness?

3. Cardio and Tennis

4.  Starting Points

SHOW NOTES:

How Long Will It Take You To Get Good At Tennis?

Brian helps your decipher the world of internet tennis lessons on YouTube.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 260

1.  It's not targeting you. 

2. Camry vs Formula One

3. Perspective of the Blogosphere

4.  The language barrier of English

5.  Systems Are The Key

SHOW NOTES:

What happens if you serve up a stray tennis ball from another court in your tennis match? Does the point count? The answer is: it depends.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 259

1.  The Serve Is Responsible For Choosing the Right Tennis Balls

2. How Many Balls Are Perfect for a Tennis Match?

3.  How to Distinguish Your Tennis Balls from a Neighboring Court.

4.  What happens if you play a point with the wrong ball?

5.  When can you play a let with a defective ball?

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PERFORMANCE = KNOWLEDGE + PRACTICE PLAN

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Try the Membership from Backhand City for $35/ month where playing tennis and improving your tennis just got a lot easier. 

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 258

Benefits to Membership with Backhand City

• Best Places to Play Tennis
• Practice Partner Set Up
• Game Transformation: Brian’s Core Knowledge System
• Professional On Court Coaching Evaluation
• Individual Success Path Design
• Organized Social Play to Meet New Friends
• Competitive Play / LiveBall Discounts
• Fitness Benchmark / Beep Test
• Discounted In Person Tennis Programs

Brian dives deep into the mental side of tennis as a distraction during a Pandemic.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 257

1.  Vitamin D 

2. Risk Reward

3. Responsibility

4. Appreciation

5. Mental Health