Taking a Closer Look at the State of Junior Tennis ft Joel Drucker

About this episode

Lisa Stone interviews Joel Drucker about the current state of junior tennis coaching and competition.

Welcome to Season 15 Episode 21 of the ParentingAces Podcast! In this episode, one of the world's leading tennis writers, Joel Drucker, joins me to discuss what's new in the world of junior tennis coaching, instruction, and competition. Over the last 40 years, Joel's stories have been published in a wide range of media outlets including Tennis.com, Tennis Channel, HBO, CBS, the New York Times, and many more. He's also the Historian-At-Large for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Joel is now the Executive Editor of the leading-edge online instructional publication, TennisPlayer.net which focuses extensively on providing content aimed directly at junior tennis players and their parents. Joel has generously offered a 30% discount on the first year of TennisPlayer.net to the ParentingAces community. Simply go to https://www.tennisplayer.net/register/annual/ and use code parentingaces30 when you register. If you're interested in reaching out to Joel, you can find him on Instagram at https://instagram.com/joeldrucker2022 . As always, I am available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Stone

Guest: Joel Drucker

Topics covered

• junior tennis
• tennis coaching
• tennis competition
• instructional content
• college recruiting

Keywords

• junior tennis
• tennis coaching
• competition
• TennisPlayer.net
• college recruiting

Sponsors

TennisPlayer.net

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TennisPlayer.net, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Tennis.com, Tennis Channel, HBO, CBS, New York Times

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