AJ and Craig (The “Boys” from At The Net, Craig Bell, and AJ Chabria) produce Podcasts on Facebook and Instagram.

Will Boucek’s Doubles Only Podcast can be heard on the Apple Podcasts platform.

• No. 301 Q&A: Choosing Return Sides, When to Change Strategies, Studying Opponents, & More (21 min)

• No. 302 6 Poaching Mistakes: Nearly Everyone Makes At Least Two! (23 min)

• No. 303 JJ Tracy: The Asian Swing, His New Partnership, & Lessons Learned Early in His Career (26 min)

The Tennis Pros of San Diego Unmatched Podcast can be heard on the Spotify platform.

• Charlie Pasarell: Creating the BNP Tournament and His Book, Serving First (53 min)

• The Mental Game of Tennis: Performance and Resilience with Dr. Robert (Bob) Nideffer (47 min)

• Dick Gould: Stanford Hall of Fame men’s tennis coach talks about leadership, the state of college tennis and so much more (50 min)

GoTennis podcasts can be heard on the Apple Podcasts platform.

• Bocce, Budgets, and the Business of Member Experience. With Tom and Katie Ruth. (46 min)

• Tennis Tip: Practice More Tiebreakers to Win More Tiebreakers. With Coach Rob Carver. (2 min)

• The GoPadel! Episode: The 300 Million People the Racket Sports Industry is Ignoring. With Marcos Del Pilar. (51 min)

Power Players Podcast can be heard on the Spotify platform.

• New podcasts coming soon.
  

Racquet Fuel Podcast is part of the UF Institute for Coaching Excellence and can be heard on all major podcast platforms.

• A Look Back: Building a Sustainable Tennis Business - Lessons from Australia’s Victorian Tennis Academy with Tina Keown and Jack Glennane (33min)

Full Court Tennis Advantage Podcasts can be heard on Spotify.

• Zverev told Alcaraz His Secret at the Laver Cup - One Point at a Time - The Life Lesson Behind the Greatest Tennis Players of All Time
  (10 min)

• Shelton Zverev and Michelsen at the US Open - How Champions Think When They Win and How They Think When They Fail (15 min)

• Sinner Ended His Season and Alcaraz Won Tokyo After Four and a Half Months Out - The Injury Lesson Most Coaches Never Teach
  (7 min)

• Zverev Lost to Davidovich Fokina in Shanghai - Why House Monery Makes Anyone Dangerous (22 min)

Ian Rapport’s Racket Sports Weekly can be seen on Spotify.

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Lisa Stone’s ParentingAces Podcast is a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network.

• The Truth About International Players in College Tennis ft. Eric Dobsha (55 min)

• How to Build Competitive Kids Without Breaking Them ft Barry Buss & David Fish (57 min)

• Why Junior Tennis Needs a Data Backbone ft Dave Mowrey & George Opelka (46 min)

• How to Raise a Better Adult Without Losing Your Mind Over Tennis ft JY Aubone (41 min)

It’s here: Inside DUPR Pickleball, the official podcast of DUPR, 
hosted by Anita Marks and Sonny Tannan on the YouTube platform

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Tennis coach and author Long Arnold is hosting The Invisible Scoreboard Podcast on the Spotify platform.

Long Arnold has produced 37 episodes since March 25, 2026.

BoardRoom Magazine Co-Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Heather Arias de Cordoba is hosting the Leadership Lens Podcast on the Apple platform.

• Rachel Leatherwood: Why Membership Is About Belonging, Not Transactions (29 min)

• Jarrett Chirico: Leadership, Taking Risks and the Power of Belonging
  (32 min)

• Lori LeBard: Leading With Heart: Building Culture, Trust and Belonging (37 min)
  

CourtSide Conversations: Marketing Playbooks from Growing Clubs

Watch Time: 16 mins
Ashley Owens and Ben Virdee-Chapman, VP of Marketing at CourtReserve, break down what's actually working in racquet club marketing right now, including how clubs use Public Booking with the Reserve with Google integration and the CourtReserve Network to turn discovery into confirmed bookings.

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Get More Out of Your Club Reporting Dashboard: What’s New in CourtReserve Pulse

Watch Time: 29 mins

Discover the latest updates to CourtReserve Pulse and learn how to turn your club's numbers into clearer, faster decisions.

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CourtReserve Workshop Webinar: Financials 101

Watch Time: 51 mins

Learn the basics of how financials operate with CourtReserve. Main highlights include how money moves through the platform — fees, payments, revenue categories, the core reports, and the Pulse dashboard — so users can keep clean books and know which report answers which question.

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What’s New in CourtReserve Oct 2026

Watch Time: 60 mins

Catch up on all of the new features and functionality in the CourtReserve platform!

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The Future of How Players and Clubs Connect with CourtReserve Network™

Watch Time: 40 mins

Players are changing how they find places to play. Join us for a look at CourtReserve Network™ and how it helps nearby players discover your club, courts, and activities.

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CourtSide Conversations: Build the Next Gen of Directors & Instructors

Watch Time: 29 mins

Ashley Owens sits down with Jorge Capestany, Manager of the DeWitt Tennis Center at Hope College and founder of its Racquet Sports Management program, to talk about what clubs should look for when hiring young coaches and how pros grow from player to coach to director.

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Best Practices for Setting Up Contract Time

Watch Time: 29 mins

Learn best practices for setting up and managing contract court time in CourtReserve, including recurring reservations, billing, exception dates, member balances, and renewals.

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October 8, 2026
Technology in Racket Sports: What Works, What Doesn't, and What's Next

Every club is being sold software. Not every club knows which ones are worth it — or why the ones they already have are underperforming.

This session cuts through the noise.

David Pyrzenski, founder of CourtMatch.ai, has spent years watching racket sports facilities adopt technology that promised to solve their problems and deliver results that fell short of the pitch. He has also seen the tools that actually move the needle — the ones members love, use consistently, and talk about.
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October 14, 2026
West Coast Webinar — From Tennis Pro to Director: What It Actually Takes to Lead a Racket Sports Program

Juan Garcia walked through what actually separates a teaching pro from a head pro from a director of racket sports, and the honest answer is that they are different jobs, not the same job with a bigger title. Being a strong teacher does not automatically make someone a strong head pro, and being a strong head pro does not automatically make someone ready to run a program. Director of racket sports now functions close to a VP or even CEO level role inside a club, with budgets, staffing, and strategy rather than just lessons on the court.
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October 21
West Coast Webinar — Building a Racket Sports Budget That Actually Works: 2026 Online Forum (Chat & Chew)

Every fall, racket sports directors face the same conversation. Someone hands them a spreadsheet and asks them to justify every line item, or asks them to build one from scratch with no template and no benchmark.

This Chat & Chew is for the professionals who have been through that meeting and want to walk into next year's version better prepared. Join us for an open, practical conversation about building a racket sports departmental budget that reflects the real costs of running a program, communicates value to ownership and leadership, and holds up under scrutiny.

HOST AND SPECIAL GUEST

• Host: Coach Ben Hestley

• Special Guest Presenter: Scott Gates, Director of Racquet Sports, Ansley Golf Club

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AI Video Trends in the U.S. Market

Watch Time: 41mins

The webinar, hosted by Scott and Vikram from Pictory, focused on AI video creation trends in the United States, based on data from 1.5 million videos created on their platform. Vikram presented insights showing that AI video has moved from experimentation to mainstream business use, with adoption varying by role, asset, and geography. Key findings included Monday being the most popular day for video creation, businesses leading adoption, and different states showing varied preferences for features like avatars and music. The demo of Pictory showcased its capabilities in generating scripts, visuals, and videos from various inputs. Attendees participated in polls about their AI video usage and preferences, with AI-generated visuals being the most valued feature. The session concluded with a Q&A addressing topics like script editing, video ownership, and the use of custom images.

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Author: Abdul Sillah
Passion in Sports: Why Discipline, Practice, Recovery and Patience Matter

Author: SportsEdTV
What Is the Toughest Sport? We Ranked 118 of Them

Author: Mark Jeffery
There Is No “Clutch Gene”: What Tennis Research Says About Performing Under Pressure

Briefing No. 37 - October 1, 2026

• Roger Federer Put $50M Into A Swiss Running Shoe Company. His Stake Is Now Worth $500M+

• While The Picklr Stumbles, Dill Dinkers Just Hit 32 Clubs In 15 States

• Premier Padel Is Selling Live Betting On 2,400 Matches A Year

• Coco Gauff Is Now A Team Owner, And She's Suiting Up For Her Own Club In December

• MLP Needs A New Commissioner. Here Are 10 People Who Could Get The Job.

• Lacoste Is Coming For Padel With Two Rackets And A Full Collection

• What We Learned At Our First Pickle Money Ball Event

• Alcaraz, Zverev And Fritz Traded Their Kits For Brunello Cucinelli At The Laver Cup

• Emerging Is Live: The Real Lessons Behind The Racquet Sports Boom

Briefing No. 38 - October 8, 2026

• Messi, Ronaldo And Alcaraz Are Obsessed. Now Padel Is One Step Closer To The Olympics

• A Popular N.J. Pickleball Club Just Shut Its Brand New 18-Court Indoor Facility

• Why Are Pickleball Clubs Closing: The Brutal Math

• Florida's Biggest Indoor Pickleball And Padel Club Opens In Boca Next Month

• Playtomic Just Bought A Gym Software Company. Padel Isn't The Whole Plan Anymore

• The WTA Just Closed The Pay Gap At Its Biggest Events. It's Also Projecting A $23M Loss

• Jack Nicklaus Could Lead An $80M Crandon Park Overhaul, With 8 Padel And 8 Pickleball Courts

• Padel Is Coming To American College Campuses, And Bela Is Leading The Charge

• There Are 4,000 Private Clubs In The U.S., But Only 1% Have Padel

• Ex-Tennis Pros Aren't Dabbling In Pickleball Anymore, They're Beating The Best

Briefing No. 39 - October 15, 2026

• The Picklr Files For Chapter 11 With 70+ Clubs Still Open

• Operators Say Indoor Pickleball Isn’t Broken. The Way Clubs Get Built Is.

• CourtsApp Wants To Be The Expedia Of Racket Sports, And It Just Mapped 67,000 Places To Play

• Cliff Drysdale Is Retiring The “Tennis” From Its Brand

• Padel Just Made It Into An Arizona School’s After School Lineup

• Pickle Money Ball Is Putting $1M+ On The Line For Amateurs In Vegas

• The Brand Behind Padel’s No. 1 Player Says Its Pickleball Paddles Cut Vibration 35%

• Bela And Wilson Just Launched America’s First National College Padel League

• Serena Williams Gets Her Second Barbie Of The Year, And This One’s For The Trophy Case

Briefing No. 40 - October 22, 2026

• Padel Just Passed 40 Million Players And $9.6 Billion In GDP

• The ATP Is Putting $350 Million Behind A New Tour Structure

• Pickleball Clubs Are Struggling, And The Chains Keep Opening Them Anyway

• Two Childhood Friends Built A Pro Paddle Brand On Pace For $31M In Year One

• D.C. Is Getting Its First Dedicated Padel Club, In Anacostia

• Alcaraz Has To Choose: Appearance Fees Or The ATP’s Bonus Pool

• What Do Tennis Stars Actually Pay Their Coaches?

• Aston Martin Is The First F1 Team To Get Into Padel

• St. Regis Is Putting A Padel Court Behind Its $3M Fort Lauderdale Condos

• Opening A Padel Club? Get The Marketing Right Before Day One

Briefing No. 41 - October 29, 2026

• Padel Goes To College With 20+ Schools And A $20K Prize Pool

• MGM Is Putting The Pro Padel League On The Las Vegas Strip

• Zero States Have Made Pickleball An Official High School Sport. A New Group Wants All 50

• CityPickle Is Bringing 25 Courts And 100,000 Square Feet To Boca Raton

• Novak Djokovic Is Now A Private Equity Advisor

• Zane Navratil Is Getting His Own Show On Beyond The Bounce

• This Racket Club Power Couple Got Married On A Pickleball Court

• The Next Billionaire Superyacht Comes With A Pickleball Court

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Thursday briefing for the racket sports industry

• U.S. Padel Buildout Accelerates

• Padel Spreads, Clubs Hybridize

• High School Pickleball Organizes

• Club Experience Drives Belonging

• Retention Joins Growth Agenda

• Pro Growth Outruns Pro Economics

• UK Padel Bubble Warning

• Kelowna Tennis Partner Terminated

• Waters Claims 200th Gold

• Country Club Padel Lane Opens

• First National Padel Month

• Qiddiya Tennis Centre Resurfaces

• The Picklr Files Chapter 11

• ATP Targets $350M Player Pay

• US Padel Crosses 1,100 Courts

• USTA Courts Certified Coaches

• CourtsApp Scales Booking Marketplace

• College Padel League Launches

• Padel Reaches 40 Million Players

• Pickleball Chains Expand Amid Distress

• Indoor Pickleball's Lease Model On Trial

• ATP's $350M Pay Plan Takes Shape

• Padel's Coaching Gap, Quantified

• College Padel Goes National

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