The International Player Dilemma ft Mikkel Bjerk-Andresen

About this episode

This episode explores the increasing number of international players in Division I college tennis with insights from Mikkel Bjerk-Andresen.

Welcome to Season 15 Episode 19 of the ParentingAces Podcast! This week, we dive into the player data of Division I college tennis with a former DI golf (yes, golf!) coach from Norway, Mikkel Bjerk-Andresen. A few weeks ago, Coach Todd Widom texted me an article he had read showing the increasing number of international players on Division I college tennis teams. Given that this has been a recurring topic of conversation since ParentingAces began back in 2011, I sought out the author of the article to dig deeper into what inspired him to do this research and why a Norwegian golf coach was interested in US college tennis data. What I found was extremely eye-opening and pertinent to junior tennis coaches, parents, and players who aspire to play college tennis. To read Mikkel's article, go to https://racquetmag.beehiiv.com/p/the-disappearing-american-college-tennis-player . To follow his continuing research on Instagram, follow him at https://instagram.com/mikkelgolf . You can also reach him via email at mikkelgolfllc@gmail.com . Here is another pertinent article from Coach Susan Nardi: https://racketbusiness.com/p/in-the-trenches-the-snowball-is-now-an-avalanche . As always, I am…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Stone

Guest: Mikkel Bjerk-Andresen

Topics covered

• international players
• college tennis
• junior tennis
• recruiting process
• player data

Keywords

• college tennis
• international players
• junior tennis
• recruiting
• player data

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ParentingAces, Racquet Magazine, Racket Business

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