About this episode
Do you ever wonder how you compare to the best players in the world? Well now you can find out – thanks to Universal Tennis Rating – the UTR. Mark Leschly, Universal Tennis CEO is with me to talk about the rating that is unifying tennis worldwide. Mark combines both an in depth knowledge and experience in sports and tennis with nearly 25 years of entrepreneurial management and investment in technology led businesses as a venture capitalist and start up CEO. He is a former ATP ranked player selected to the Danish Davis Cup Team, two time Captain and #1 player for Harvard Men’s Tennis and a member of the USTA Foundation Advisory Board and USTA Player Development Council just to name a few of Mark’s achivements. You’ll get to know: – How UTR works – How UTR predicted Hyeon Chungs big year – What inefficient practices consists of Enjoy the show Timestamps 01:30 The story of UTR 02:10 How does UTR work 03:05 Getting a UTR 06:15 UTR predicting Hyeon Chung’s success 08:00 Pablo Careno Busto 09:10 Breaking down barriers 11:35 Opportunity for change 12:40 Learning to rely on yourself 13:40 Unify tennis. 14:15 No applicability to competition 15:45 Inefficient practice 17:10 Variety in styles 18:15 Get to know more about UTR