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Mehrban Iranshad from Tennis Files (tennisfiles.com) is committed to helping you improve your tennis game. He will uncover the best strategies, training methods, mental attitudes, and techniques that will enable you to reach your tennis potential. Mehrban will interview the top minds in tennis on The Tennis Files Podcast, including professional and elite tennis players, coaches, trainers, authors, and other tennis experts. Tennis is a demanding and complex sport which requires hard work, consistency, problem solving, and the determination to reach your tennis goals. Mehrban will find the answers to your tennis problems so you can break through your struggles and become a better tennis player.

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Mehrban Iranshad from Tennis Files (tennisfiles.com) is committed to helping you improve your tennis game. He will uncover the best strategies, training methods, mental attitudes, and techniques that will enable you to reach your tennis potential. Mehrban will interview the top minds in tennis on The Tennis Files Podcast, including professional and elite tennis players, coaches, trainers, authors, and other tennis experts. Tennis is a demanding and complex sport which requires hard work, consistency, problem solving, and the determination to reach your tennis goals. Mehrban will find the answers to your tennis problems so you can break through your struggles and become a better tennis player.

    TFP 304: How to Maximize Your Tennis Potential + Q&A with Paul Annacone

    TFP 304: How to Maximize Your Tennis Potential + Q&A with Paul Annacone

    On Episode 304 of The Tennis Files Podcast, coach Paul Annacone reveals his top secrets to getting the most out of your game and answers questions from the audience.

    Paul is a former professional tennis player and one of the world’s leading coaches and commentators. During his 14 years on tour as a player, Annacone won three ATP titles and reached a career high ranking of No. 12 in singles. He won the 1985 Australian Open doubles title and finished his career with 14 doubles titles. Annacone has worked with some of the most accomplished players ever to pick up a racket, including Federer, Sampras, Henman, and Sloane Stephens. He currently coaches ATP top 15 Taylor Fritz.

    I hope you enjoy my interview with Paul! Let us know what you think about the episode in the comments below!

    And be sure to subscribe to Tennis Files to receive the latest tennis content to improve your game straight to your inbox!

    Coaching for Life - Paul’s Book!
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    • 53 min
    TFP 303: How to Achieve Optimal Performance and Decrease Stress with Jeff Salzenstein

    TFP 303: How to Achieve Optimal Performance and Decrease Stress with Jeff Salzenstein

    On Episode 303 of The Tennis Files Podcast, coach Jeff Salzenstein will reveal how to achieve optimal performance and decrease stress.

    Jeff broke the top 100 in the world for the first time at the age of 30 (reached #100 in singles) and #69 in doubles on the ATP Tour and is the founder of Tennis Evolution. Jeff is also a USTA High-Performance Coach, USPTA Elite Professional, and highly sought-after mental performance coach. He has recently made a transition to keynote speaking and corporate coaching.

    On the show you’ll learn the biggest detractors to optimal performance, a simple routine to help with optimal performance, where stress comes from and why do some people deal with it better than others, how to turn stress into a positive attitude, and much more!

    I hope you enjoy my interview with Jeff! Let us know what you think about the episode in the comments below!

    And be sure to subscribe to Tennis Files to receive the latest tennis content to improve your game straight to your inbox!

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    • 1 hr 12 min
    TFP 302: The Most Important Tennis Fitness Training Principles Q&A with Dr. Mark Kovacs

    TFP 302: The Most Important Tennis Fitness Training Principles Q&A with Dr. Mark Kovacs

    On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Kovacs answers questions on the most important tennis fitness concepts that every competitive adult player should put into practice. He covers strength training, endurance, mobility, recovery, and much more to help you gain the edge and outlast your opponents!  

    Dr. Kovacs is a performance physiologist, researcher, professor, author, speaker and coach with an extensive background training and researching elite athletes. He has trained many top professional tennis players, including John Isner, Sloane Stephens, Sam Querrey, Donald Young, and Melanie Oudin on peak performance. Dr. Kovacs founded the Kovacs Institute and the International Tennis Performance Association (iTPA).

    On the show, you’ll learn how we should adjust our training when we have physical limitations, how to modify fitness drills for senior players, the best recovery methods, how to develop power that transfers to your tennis game, and much more!

    I hope you enjoy my interview with Mark! Let us know what you think about the episode in the comments below!

    And be sure to subscribe to Tennis Files to receive the latest tennis content to improve your game straight to your inbox!

    Kovacs Institute
    International Tennis Performance Association
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    • 53 min
    TFP 301: How to Master Your Mindset and Excel Under Pressure

    TFP 301: How to Master Your Mindset and Excel Under Pressure

    On Episode 301 of The Tennis Files Podcast, you'll learn how to master your mindset and excel under pressure.

    On the show, you’ll learn the need to have a growth mindset, the two of the biggest detractors to optimal performance, how to set intentions and how to prioritize them, how to train with pressure games, how to practice your decision making on the court, and much more!

    I really hope you enjoy this episode! Let us know what you think about the episode in the comments below!

    Join Summit Waitlist for when I open it back up, I’ll email you. Go to tennisfilessummit.com/waitlist!

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    • 33 min
    TFP 300: Celebrating 300 Episodes of The Tennis Files Podcast!

    TFP 300: Celebrating 300 Episodes of The Tennis Files Podcast!

    Today's episode is a very special one! We are celebrating 300 episodes of The Tennis Files Podcast by featuring clips from 10 of the most downloaded interviews and discussions over the years on the show! 

    Here's the list of tennis experts, coaches, and players you'll hear from in this special 300th episode of The Tennis Files Podcast:


    Claudio Pistolesi (TFP 208)

    James Ludlow (TFP 210)

    Steve Smith (TFP 214)

    Dean Hollingworth (TFP 218)

    Karue Sell (TFP 223)

    Dr. Mark Kovacs (TFP 235)

    Brad Gilbert (TFP 270)

    Peter Freeman (TFP 271)

    Nick Saviano (TFP 280)

    Jonathan Stokke (TFP 282)


    I really hope you enjoy this 300th celebratory podcast episode that we put together for you!  

    It’s nearly three hours long, so if you don’t listen to the whole thing in one sitting I won’t blame you 🙂

    Let me know what you think about it in the comments below! 

    Thanks for all your support! :O)
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    • 2 hr 59 min
    TFP 299: Winning Gold Balls on the Senior Tour with Brent Abel - From the 2020 archives

    TFP 299: Winning Gold Balls on the Senior Tour with Brent Abel - From the 2020 archives

    On today’s episode of The Tennis Files Podcast, I spoke with elite coach from Web Tennis, Brent Abel, about winning gold balls on the senior tour.

    Brent has won 14 USTA National Gold Balls. He was also the 70s age group Captain of the 2018 and 2019 USA Senior World Cup Teams. Brent founded Web Tennis, and his youtube channel has gotten over 11 million views and has helped many thousands of tennis players improve their games all around the world. Brent has been featured on my Tennis Summits as well to share his wisdom about the game with our massive audience.

    On the show, you’ll learn how senior players can thrive in tournaments and prolong their careers, Brent's favorite singles and doubles match strategies, playing tournaments all around the world, Brent's unforgettable experiences winning gold balls (a LOT of them!), and much more!

    I hope you enjoy my interview with Brent! Let us know what you think about the episode in the comments below!

    And be sure to subscribe to Tennis Files to receive the latest tennis content to improve your game straight to your inbox!

    Web Tennis
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    • 1 hr 14 min

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136 Ratings

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Best Tennis Podcast

So pro, best guests, most usable information for your game and Mehrban is funny too!

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