Peter Smith is our guest for the seventh episode of Baseline Intelligence. Peter coached Division I men's tennis for over 30 years, winning 5 NCAA championships, 2 National coach the year awards, and took four different schools into the top 25. He also spent time coaching top American professionals Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey.
We talk:
3:25 Why his teams won so many NCAA championships
6:00 How the love of his players improved performance
8:37 Loving the big moments
10:00 The difference between good and great
12:00 Common "walls" players put up
17:05 His coaching philosophy
19:00 Coaching a college match
24:48 Top thing he looked for in a recruit
28:27 Top thing a 3.5 player can do to improve
29:51 How easy it was to coaching against me
32:10 A legendary coaching story
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