#58: Sarah Stone – Creating Trust with a Player

Sarah Stone is a former player herself with a career high of #600 in singles & #131 in doubles. She has been coaching on the WTA Tour for more than 10 years working with Anastasia Rodinova, Romina Oprandi, Vasillisa Bardina & Samantha Stosur. Currently Sarah is the CEO of the WTCA (Women’s Tennis Coaches Association) & she is coaching American Fed Cup Player Alexa Glatch You’ll get to know: – How WTCA can make you a better coach – How to build trust – How to handle yourself when coaching relations end Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 The story of WTCA 03:00 The relation to male vs female players 04:22 Creating trust with a player 07:00 How to talk about weight with tennis players 08:30 How WTCA is contributing with education 11:40 How to educate yourself through GPTCA 15:41 How Sarah Stone improves as a tennis coach 17.30 How to leave a coaching relationship 18:45 How to handle yourself as a coach when relations end 20:30 What are the things that you believe that everyone else think is crazy? 21:30 How following online videos is the biggest waste of time 24:00 Being a self-promoter as a tennis coach is not bad 25:00 Why you shouldn’t care about what other’s think about you 26:00 Sarah’s advice to coaches, parents & players