Joel Myers: Fundamentals you can learn from watching pro tennis

Joel Myers is our guest for the 24th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Joel was a 3x All-American for Point Loma Nazarene University and was the 2010 national player of the year. He is currently a USPTA elite professional teaching out of San Diego and his educational instagram page has well over 100,000 followers. We talk: 1:36 His tennis background 3:32 When he knew he wanted to be a coach 4:46 Coaching influences 7:08 How to know if you're getting good information 10:23 Learning discipline at an early age 14:14 Learning from pro tennis 15:32 Fundamental laws of topspin 19:01 Serving fundamentals 19:54 Where he likes his toss 22:59 Returning deep through the middle 29:54 Non-negotiable rules for practice 30:40 Best advice for the 3.0/4.0 player 31:49 Biggest pet peeve 32:42 Who would win a match between us **sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com