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Dr. Mike Kernodle is Coach Chuck Kriese's guest on 'American Tennis' February 4, 2014. Dr. Kernodle is a widely recognized expert in many fields that include Kinesiology, Sports Psychology, Motor Learning and Motor Development. He is also a former Collegiate Coach of Championship teams and now serves on multiple professional boards that influence the child-athlete. Mike speaks out plainly and quite bluntly about the changes that are taking place in college, professional and in many teaching practices of our US system. He believes that we have left many of the basic principles that had been fundamental practices in prior years. The dumbing down of teaching and coaching in our culture have lead to many very poor results and a great void in our educational tennis culture that may not be easy to return to. A very entertaining interview from one of the country's most knowledgeable educators.

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January 29, 2014 American Tennis with chuck kriese interviews Veteran Coach Mike Napoli; Mike is currently the coach at Ave Maria College, but has worked in every aspect of coaching over the past 40 years. Mike gives a very in-depth account of the Junior college tennis team situation in Northern California. In the 1970s and 80s, northern Cal. was the hub of tennis activity and great Junior college teams. There were 70 excellent teams that fostered training and a great tennis learning environment for many years. Today, only 33 teams are left, and are almost entirely made up of international players. Mike talks about the dismantling of one of the most fertile training grounds for American Tennis development being dismantled over the past 20 years. These opportunities no longer exist for our US players and he speaks passionately about the down-swing in American tennis as having much to do with the overload of foreign recruitment to our colleges. This very passionate interview gives great insight.

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American Tennis with Chuck Kriese and Ashley Hobson on January 22, 2014. Ashley Hobson has coached in nearly every arena as he has coached top 100 players on the WTA and ATP tour. He has been the National Coach for Hong Kong. HE has traveled throughout the world and mentored young people in over 50 countries. This native of South Africa was a coaching student of Dennis Vandermeer and Peter Burwash during his apprentice years. He is able to share some of his best coaching advice and some of his best ideas in this interview with Coach Chuck Kriese. All young coaches and aspiring players can be inspired and learn a tremendous amount from this top teacher of the game.

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Coach Chuck Kriese interviews Randy Bloemendaal and Coach Josh Goffi. Bloemendaal is the coach at Indiana University and Goffi is Southeast Conference Coach of the year from the University of South Carolina. The topic is College Tennis and the abbreviated Scoring system that has been introduced by the ITA for play this winter indoor season. It is a very controversial topic as the scoring system was pushed through by the board of directors against the vote of coaches and without any polling of players in college tennis. This show will give the listener insight to the differences of opinion between 'Education vs. Entertainment' goals and objectives of college tennis today. Tune in every week on Wednesdays at Noon on the UR10s network.

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American Tennis with Chuck Kriese hosts Dick Stockton in a special show in Support of 'Wounded Warrior' Tennis. Dick has spent the last year in promoting and carrying out camps and training for our US Armed forces 'Wounded Warrior' and their families on military bases around the country. The program is growing quickly and needs the support of tennis enthusiasts from around our country. Dick and his wife have been the primary drivers of this movement to give back to our brave veterans through the vehicle of tennis. Join this wonderful show and learn much more about the work that Dick and his family do to support our country's bravest.

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The Fundamentals of Coaching Tennis Champions are explored as Coach Richard Reyes explains the old fashioned way to bring young and talented players along through 'tough love' training. This is about 'meat and potatoes' in the world of USA tennis. Reyes talks about some of his players journeys through hardship and successes and how a coach should treat both in order to get best results out of his players.. This is a great show for both parents and coaches to listen to. It reinforces fundamentals of teaching that all know in their hearts, but which we don't often see these days of commercial tennis and surface coaching.