The Madagascar Connection

About this episode

The episode discusses a new partnership between the GreatBase Tennis Podcast and the Malagasy Tennis Federation, highlighting the connections that led to this collaboration.

Steve Smith and Dave Anderson dedicate the latest episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast to an exciting new chapter for the organization, a formal partnership with the Malagasy Tennis Federation in Madagascar. Steve walks through the backstory of how the partnership came together, tracing the connections between former University of Texas player Nomena and the GreatBase network that quietly shaped some of her tennis education years ago. The conversation touches on what it takes for a federat...

People in this episode

Host: Steve Smith

Guest: Dave Anderson

Topics covered

• partnership
• tennis education
• Malagasy Tennis Federation
• GreatBase network
• Nomena

Keywords

• tennis
• partnership
• Malagasy Tennis Federation
• Nomena
• GreatBase
• education
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Malagasy Tennis Federation, University of Texas

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