The GreatBase Tennis Podcast

Steve Smith, Dave Anderson, and Pol Otin O’Callaghan talk with Conor Casey, the Canadian tennis coach, comedy writer, and content creator behind the viral tennis skits. Conor explains how his uncle Leif Shiras and a first sketch about post-match excuses got him started, why Rosemary the ladies league player is his favorite character, and how he balances comedy with real coaching. He also tells the story of Vince Vaughn calming his nerves on a sitcom set. The conversation then moves to Conor’s...

Steve Smith, Dave Anderson, and Pol Otin O’Callaghan talk doubles with Will Boucek, the founder of Tennis Tribe and host of The Doubles Only Tennis Podcast. They start with the ATP’s planned cuts to doubles draws and prize money, the new US Open mixed doubles format, and the British doubles system Louis Cayer built. Will also explains why junior and college players struggle at the net. Will then goes through the doubles game itself: owning the middle, knowing your roles, forcing errors inste...

Steve Smith, Dave Anderson, and Pol Otin O’Callaghan welcome Joel Myers, the Australian tennis director at Coronado Tennis Center and an Instagram coach with over 100,000 followers. Joel tells his story: growing up on welfare with a single mom, moving from Sydney to Melbourne Park, a head pro who took him under his wing, an Aussie football injury, and a move to San Diego with one suitcase. He also talks about Pat Cash, the Nakashima and Svajda families, and his meeting with Aryna Sabalenka’s ...

Steve Smith, Dave Anderson, and Pol O’Callaghan keep things loose on episode 323, with Steve working through a stack of random notes from a weekend at the Battle of Boca. He took a van of Ave Maria players there, including a young player from Madagascar. The group also takes up the future of pro doubles, with Steve and Dave arguing that doubles players should break away and run their own circuit while keeping a place in the majors. From the tournament, Steve pulls out lessons on backboard wor...

Steve Smith and Richard Hernandez welcome former NHL player Dominic Moore to episode 322 of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast for a deep conversation about family, resilience, and the path that took three brothers from a Toronto cul-de-sac to Harvard. Dominic traces his hockey and tennis upbringing alongside brothers Mark and Steve, the adversity his family has weathered, and the role his parents’ sacrifice and structure played in shaping all three into elite athletes and students. The conversatio...