Tennis Insider Club with Caro Garcia

Amazing hosts, learning so much about the tour and the players!

As a tennis fan I love the variety of podcasts that are available. This one I especially like for getting to know players and coaches on a deeper and more personal level. Caroline and her husband, Borja, have a natural, easy way of interviewing their guests. The conversations flow very naturally. I’m often surprised how open guests have been in sharing their on-court and off-court lives with us. This is very special. I would also love to hear from some of the tennis chair umpires. They have a such a unique lifestyle and role in tennis. It would be fun and insightful to hear some of their stories. Thank you so much Caroline and Borja. Fun fact - we once sat in the bleachers right beside your dad during one of your matches in Cincinnati.

Great podcasts, great guests, very cute couple. Carol is wonderful! Duran is a great guy. I have one very minor criticism for him. He needs to improve his podcast interview technique. He asks good questions, but he has a tendency to re-word the guest’s answers and ask them to confirm his interpretation of the answer and topic. That’s fine communication in a private conversation or in a classroom. But it not good form as an interviewer. It causes him to talk too much (we want to hear the guest) and reinterpret his guest’s answer. He does this far more often with female guests. Let the guest answer and have the final word on each question, even if you wish to say more. Save your reflections for after the interview.

The roster of guest is so incredible and I’m learning so much from them, generally, you can hear the guests very well, but I can barely hear either of the hosts, Caroline in particular often seems to be sitting across the room and asking her questions from afar.