About this episode
Stanford Evans Boster is a South African who has made USA his home, and American Tennis is lucky to have him. He is the current coach to Junior World Number 4, Victor Lilov who made the final of the Boys Singles at Junior Wimbledon 2021. Stanford is no stranger to working with World Class Juniors. He coached Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish in their formative Junior days and was working for the USTA at the time when Taylor Fritz, Reilly Opelka, Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Noah Rubin, Stefan Kozlov and co were coming through. So developing world class juniors into pros is in his blood. In today´s episode, Stanford tells his journey from the South African who entered America with $250 in his pocket, to the coach who was developing a future world number 1 and multiple Grand Slam winner. Episode highlights include:- His non-negotiables to be a top pro player. Why developing a top 100 ATP player ´ísn´t difficult´. Stories from Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish´s junior days. Why he was fired from the Evert Tennis Academy, and the player they told him to take with him! What one thing he sees parents getting wrong. An episode full of rich learnings and insightful, fun stories! Links & Resources DM us on Instagram Control the Controllables website Email Control the Controllables SotoTennis Academy website Full shownotes are available here. We´ve been Nominated! We are very excited to have been shortlisted for ´Best Tennis Podcast of the Year´ by the Sports Podcast Awards, powered by Sport Industry 🎧🏆 We are up against some fierce competition, so if you listen to and enjoy our podcast, your help would be massively appreciated 😊 It takes just a couple of minutes to register here and vote for Control the Controllables! It is also a great chance to discover some other brilliant sport podcasts! Thank you 🙏