Explore every episode of the podcast For The Love Of The Game
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep 15: Ned Cooney Update, Team Tennis | 25 Aug 2023 | 02:06:27 | |
Anish talked about losing in the finals of the Cooney Bob told Anish he is not quite as good as he thinks he is Anish disagreed | |||
| Ep 14: Tournaments are relics | 04 Aug 2023 | 01:42:40 | |
Tournaments should be a thing of the past Walls are too low Tennis is EASY! Applying advanced decision-making to tennis | |||
| Ep 13: My bro got me on clay, timing as deadly weapon, no man's land is BS | 20 Jul 2023 | 01:28:29 | |
We covered: --The episode with (the other) Bob --How ASP is doing at 5.0 --Playing in FL on clay, in heat + humidity --The fallacy of no man's land --Timing as a weapon in 9.0 vs 10.0 --VR tennis update | |||
| Ep 12: Interviewing Bob Litwin | 30 Jun 2023 | 01:19:24 | |
Derek rejoins as guest host, we interview Bob and hear about: --Bob's path to winning many gold balls --"The Bob that I am" --Being at the top of your game at 75 | |||
| Ep 11: VR, serves going extinct, and tennis relativity | 23 Jun 2023 | 02:04:14 | |
We're back recording, and this week talked about: Anish's 5.0 progress Bob's theory of tennis relativity Unforced errors -- what is that really, why should we even care? Will the serve be a disadvantage in the future? Is it now? What's happening in VR tennis How a shorter backswing generates more racquet head speed | |||
| Episode 10: This podcast beat me in a tournament! | 12 Jun 2023 | 01:37:16 | |
How an opposing team used this podcast to win a match against me! | |||
| Ep 9: Yips, Coin Flips, and "Hannah Is Right!" | 25 May 2023 | 01:23:50 | |
B.O.B. played an epic 5-setter while in the waiting area of Bubba Gump Shrimp. He also talked about his experience with the yips, and why Hannah (mixed partner) is always right. | |||
| Ep 8: Playing IRL like a video game, Eric Carlson's undefeated whiz kid | 15 May 2023 | 01:18:30 | |
In this episode we have Eric Carlson on the show, a local teaching pro and disciple of B.O.B.! Before that we get an update on Anish's experiment with playing tennis in real life as if it were just a video game. | |||
| Episode 7: Inner Game and an Update on Anish's Technique Experiment | 01 May 2023 | 01:24:54 | |
ASP and B.O.B. get into the Inner Game, a favorite book of both of theirs, and an update on Anish's adventure in technique upgrades! | |||
| Episode 6: Derek Since, a.k.a. "4.5 Fed" | 12 Apr 2023 | 01:48:39 | |
We interviewed Derek about his run as #1 nationally in 4.5 for 2+ years. | |||
| Episode 5: Low-altitude, how to really "use the legs", and getting volleyball players to win at tennis | 25 Feb 2023 | 01:40:48 | |
Anish learned that he needs to develop new technique after this 40's tourney in Palm Desert. Â Bob questioned how he was planning to actually make that change. We went deep on when and where technique really matters in tennis, and how best to incorporate it. (btw the audio got slightly delayed in a couple of places making us sound like we talk over each other...pardon the bad effect!) | |||
| Episode 4 -- B.O.B.'s Hot take on why the big 3 were so big | 22 Oct 2022 | 01:01:36 | |
Bob Bateman joins us and offers a theory on the Big 3...and that maybe it was more that everyone else was small! What did dartfish and hand feeding have to do with it? Hear Bob's hot take first on this pod! | |||
| Episode 3: Raising a Tennis Player | 09 Dec 2021 | 01:04:31 | |
In this episode we go deep with Brad on the topic of being a tennis parent. Brad has studied this topic extensively, has put his learnings to work, and shares the results with us! | |||
| Episode 2: Pettiness, Decision-making, and Djoker | 07 Oct 2021 | 00:52:51 | |
Brad tells his story of epic pettiness We discuss "How To Decide" by Annie Duke, and how that made a profound impact on my tennis game Brad breaks down his view on the Djokovic loss | |||
| Episode 1: Talking on to the team, solo-preneurs, grinding it out | 25 May 2021 | 00:35:54 | |
In this episode: --Why we love tennis --Tennis as a "solo endeavor", and how that relates to carrying the pressure of leading an organization --Are tennis players petty, or is everyone, + the most petty thing Anish ever did on the court | |||