#59: Jo Ward – Women Tennis Players are different, not limited

Jo Ward is a former player herself with a career high of #150 WTA. She has been a National Coach for the LTA, traveled on the WTA Tour as a coach & started back in January 2006 a Tennis Academy in the UK called WimX. Currently Jo is writing a workshop for the LTA with the purpose of educating & empowering coaches to better coach girls & women. You’ll get to know: – How we don’t realize how little we know about women – How women are different, but not limited – How coaches are not to blame, it’s the environment Timestamps 01:30 The steps from professional to pH.d about female tennis 06:30 Challenges as a coaching team solved among friends 09:05 Facilitating a great coaching environment 11:30 How current Coach Education is based on men 14:15 Practical consequences for coaches 16:55 Biggest myth encountered in coaching female tennis players 19:00 Differences not limitations 21:30 Women’ Tennis Players are not less skillful 22:45 A move towards a more scientific robust & metrics based analysis of tennis 23:30 How Jo tries to get better 24:10 Billie Jean King & Bounce 29:20 Please don’t label anyone a talent 30:35 Why resilience is crucial 32:45 We don’t understand how little we know about women 33:38 The coaches haven’t gotten it wrong it’s the environment 35:10 Only do things that are pragmatic to the match court 37:37 Coach the player, not the model 39:10 Jo’s favourite metrics 44:00 Know yourself & your goals