The Tweener

Send a text Coaches use short, memorable phrases to teach their best lessons. Yann and Michael discuss their best and the best from around the world, from many sports. Also: what do you get tennis players as gifts? And: Big time controversy in sportsmanship over flag-planting in college.

Send a text Loree Stringer, ATP and ITF manager, joins the pod to discuss tennis parenting, travels in Europe and Africa, Tristan's Stringer's rising career, and invaluable tips

Send a text Yann and Michael debate whether any youngster can make the pros without starting tennis at a young age and achieving Pre-Puberty Mastery. Also: Buy or Sell? Nadal staying retired, the brand of ball mattering, Eagles and Commanders, and which major would you rather win?

Send a text Yann and Michael discuss their most HATED and beloved tennis personalities, the travel team life as a parent, and a mailbag of questions from listeners.

Send a text Angel Vazquez Rojas joins the podcast. He's the tournament director of the Team USA Tryouts, a sectional and national qualifying event to send two American juniors to Paris for the Open du Stade Francais. Yann and Michael also tackle: Should coaching be allowed at tournaments? How do you deal with cheating players?