Wayne Bryan's Wake Up Call

About this episode

The episode discusses Wayne Bryan's impactful open letter to the USTA and its relevance to current tennis development issues.

Steve Smith and Dave Anderson dedicate the latest episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast to a deep dive into Wayne Bryan's now-famous open letter to the USTA, a document that was written over a decade ago but reads as urgently relevant today. Dave reads the letter in full while the two hosts pause to reflect on each point, drawing on their own decades of experience in the trenches of American tennis development. The letter pulls no punches, taking aim at the under-10 mandate, the glut of for...

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Smith, Dave Anderson

Topics covered

• Wayne Bryan
• USTA
• tennis development
• open letter
• American tennis

Keywords

• Wayne Bryan
• USTA
• tennis
• open letter
• development
• under-10 mandate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USTA

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