About this episode
Peter Smith is our guest for the seventh episode of Baseline Intelligence. Peter coached Division I men's tennis for over 30 years, winning 5 NCAA championships, 2 National coach the year awards, and took four different schools into the top 25. He also spent time coaching top American professionals Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey. We talk: 3:25 Why his teams won so many NCAA championships 6:00 How the love of his players improved performance 8:37 Loving the big moments 10:00 The difference between good and great 12:00 Common "walls" players put up 17:05 His coaching philosophy 19:00 Coaching a college match 24:48 Top thing he looked for in a recruit 28:27 Top thing a 3.5 player can do to improve 29:51 How easy it was to coaching against me 32:10 A legendary coaching story ** Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com