Tennis Culture

Presented by Nelson Parker and Reza Tompsett of Get Set Tennis. Tennis Culture talks about more than what just happens on the court. With a combined 35 years in the tennis coaching world Nelson and Reza talk about the culture of the sport, coaching advice, issues in the game at all levels and have a few laughs along the way.

MARTIN LANDALUCE - ATP Pro Player 01/03/2025

MARTIN LANDALUCE - ATP Pro Player Was great sitting down with Spannish rising star Martin about his upcoming season and his goals and dreams for the future. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/34706085

CHRIS EUBANKS - ATP Pro Player 01/01/2025

CHRIS EUBANKS - ATP Pro Player Chris Eubanks sits down with us to talk about his life on tour. Chris shares great stories about breaking into the top 100, college tennis and his other talent as a tennis commentator. Hands down one of the nicest humans we have had ton the podcast. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/34678945

JOAO FONSECA - ATP Professional 12/28/2024

JOAO FONSECA - ATP Professional Fresh off his ATP Next Generation title, Joao drops by to talk about growing up in Brazil, goals and dreams for 2025 and what keeps him humble as he rises through the rankings. One of the nicest blokes we have evrr met Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/34637100

2025 Tennis Predictions 12/18/2024

2025 Tennis Predictions Who will win the first Grand Slam of the season? Who will have a breakthrough year? Who will cause controversy off court? We make our predictions for the 2025 tennis season. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/34500390

2024 Year in review ATP & WTA 12/11/2024

2024 Year in review ATP & WTA What a year. New Grand Slam champions, records broken, drug scandals and plently of new faces. Enjoy our 2024 wrap up episode /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/34390750

Swiatek Drug Scandal 12/04/2024

Swiatek Drug Scandal Former world number one Iga Swiatek has been banned for a positive drug test. This comes only months after Sinner was also found guilty. What needs to change in the sport? We also take time to talk about Novak's new coach.... Sir Andy Murray Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/34282255

Farewell Nadal 11/28/2024

Farewell Nadal This year sees the amazing career of Rafa Nadal come to an end. We break down his best achievements, our favourite moments and everything we will miss about the King of Clay Thank you Rafa /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/34191065

WTA Finals & John Wertheim Controversy 11/14/2024

WTA Finals & John Wertheim Controversy Coco Gauff is our WTA finals Champion, Sabalenka is the end or year number one and commentator John Werthiem causes serious controversy at this years event. /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/33927042

The Six Kings Slam... Hit or miss? 10/31/2024

The Six Kings Slam... Hit or miss? This year Saudi Arabia hosted the very first "Six Kings Slam" the question is was the lucrative tennis exibition a success or a flop? /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/33702522

Tennis Commentators 10/15/2024

Tennis Commentators When you think of tennis commentators, who is the first voice that comes to mind? We discuss of favourite and least favourtie commentators in the game of tennis and what skills are required to be great behind the mic. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/33464282

Is tennis in a good place? 09/17/2024

Is tennis in a good place? Tennis is played and enjoyed at all levels, ecreational, professional and coaching. But is tennis thriving at these levels in terms of culture. Where do you see the sport sitting in 2024? /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/33088702

Excuses Makers 09/04/2024

Excuses Makers Since Nadal and Federer are no longer the leading men in tennis we have seen a lot more top players start to use excuses after a loss. Alcaraz, Rune, Sinner even Novak have been guilty of explaining why they played so bad rather than compliment their opponents in recent months. Could this be the new trend? Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/32894092

US OPEN 2024 PREVIEW 08/26/2024

US OPEN 2024 PREVIEW The final Grand Slam of the year is upon us and its time to make our predictions for who will take the title in New York. We also talk about the controversy sourounding Jannik Sinner. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/32741472

2024 Paris Olympics 08/06/2024

2024 Paris Olympics Being an Olympian is one of the highest honours an athlete can accomplish and this year at the Paris Olympic Games, the tennis was on fire. /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/32457177

How to beat a Moonballer/Pusher 07/31/2024

How to beat a Moonballer/Pusher Have you ever played that person who gets every ball back with zero pace and frusterates the life out of us? Well we have and this is our tips on how to beat these players so you never have to cry yourself to sleep again. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/32360157

100 EPISODE SPECIAL 07/23/2024

100 EPISODE SPECIAL This marks 100 episodes of the Tennis Culture Podcast. We take a look back at our favorite moments over the years, create our dream guest list and set goals for what we want the podcast to be in the future. Thank you all of rbeing part of the ride so far Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/32256097

WIMBLEDON WRAP-UP 07/16/2024

WIMBLEDON WRAP-UP Catch up with all the news and results from this years Wimbledon Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/32159907

WIMBLEDON PREVIEW 06/30/2024

WIMBLEDON PREVIEW Will Alcaraz go back to back? Will Iga get her first Wimbledon crown? Will Nelson and Reza make any correct predictions for this years Wimbledon title? Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/31944917

Guest: Mitch Joyce (International Coach) 06/23/2024

Guest: Mitch Joyce (International Coach) Micth Joyce is an International tennis coach from New Mexico and co-founder of Rock Bottom Cup. Today he talks with the boys about what he sees in the coaching space today inparticular the culture of the game. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/31851422

FRENCH OPEN - Wrap Up 06/12/2024

FRENCH OPEN - Wrap Up Well the clay court season did not diaspoint and the boys are here to break down everything that happened at Roland Garros in 2024. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/31714532

FRENCH OPEN 2024 PREVIEW 05/26/2024

FRENCH OPEN 2024 PREVIEW The second Grand Slam of the year is hear and we breakdown our throughts and predictions for the 2024 Roland Garros title. NOTE: sadly our episode audio was cut short, however we hope you still enjoy the episode /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/31468397

GUEST: Hugo Straver - Founder of "Tennis The World" 05/16/2024

GUEST: Hugo Straver - Founder of "Tennis The World" Hugo Straver is a tennis enthusiast from the Netherlands. He fell in love with the sport so much that he created a "tennis The World" a social media platform for tennis fans. Hugo travels all around the world linking up with tennis players and coaches from all walks of life and today he landed in our backyard. Enjoy the chat /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/31334962

Is Nadal Back? 05/02/2024

Is Nadal Back? It's great to see Rafa back on clay but is he back in contention to start winnning titles? /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/31086463

Clay Season & Racquet Bracket 04/23/2024

Clay Season & Racquet Bracket The Clay season is here and the boys give their thoughts and predictions on what is to come. Rez and nelson also introduce a new segment to the show called"Racquet Bracket" with the theme of movie characters Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/30948193

Tennis Hall of Fame 04/16/2024

Tennis Hall of Fame What is the Tennis Hall of Fame? What do you need to do to be inducted? And what does it mean to the players? Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/30844843

Tennis Recovery 04/03/2024

Tennis Recovery What is the best form or recovery for tennis? We chat about our experience as players and coaches surrounding recovery in the game of tennis. We also do a short re-cap of Miami 1000 Masters event Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/30659793

Music and Indian Wells 03/21/2024

Music and Indian Wells Indian Wells has come to an end as we inch closer to clay court season. The boys also discuss if tennis players need entry music and Nelson struggles in the commentator challenge. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/30477038

Positive Coaching VS Negative Coaching 03/15/2024

Positive Coaching VS Negative Coaching Positive vs negative, good vs bad, rewards vs punishments... What is the perfect way to coach students? What gets the best results? What makes a better person? the boys discuss all things coaching methods on this episode of Tennis Culture Enjouy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/30385953

Tennis Disqualifications 03/05/2024

Tennis Disqualifications What really justifies a DQ in Tennis? We look over the most memorable DQs in tennis and we may just have a solution to solve them all. Enjoy /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/30245518

Death of the one-handed backhand 02/20/2024

Death of the one-handed backhand This month will mark the first time in over 50 years that the ATP top ten will not feature a one-handed backhander. What does this mean for the game moving forward? We also chat about playing your friends in competition. Is it eaier or harder to play your mates? /episode/index/show/tennisculture/id/30030928

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