PathWays by Path

Camille Rourke runs a junior tennis academy, and she's found families rarely leave over results, they leave the moment they can't see what's next. She breaks down the season-mapping conversation that changed her...

A chair umpire spends fourteen years watching more than the score. Els Verhoeven breaks down the three things she catches from the chair contradictory instructions between parent and coach, the serve clock, and where a...

Most junior tennis players train endurance and technique almost none train real strength. Strength and conditioning coach Dean Okafor shares the three lessons he learned the hard way, including the twenty-minute habit...

Talia Novak stopped competing at 27. Today, at 38, she coaches her ten-year-old son and she's the first to admit she's repeated old patterns without meaning to. She explains how she draws the line between coach and...

A junior's forehand doesn't change on five hours of sleep her decisions do. Sports sleep specialist Naomi Voss explains why reaction time and shot selection break down before physical performance ever does, why seven to...

A junior did everything right trained through every warning sign and never got to play his own tournament. Strength and conditioning coach Deshawn Cole breaks down how a forty percent training spike over three weeks...

In the Pathways by Path season finale, former tennis player Sienna Dawes makes the case that competing hard and loving the sport were never opposites what actually separates them is whether the triangle keeps checking...

This week, sports agent Marcus Bell breaks down the real financial math behind turning pro and why the players who run out of money usually aren't the ones who ran out of talent. A conversation about budgets, three-year...

Every recruiting season, families obsess over a rating and college coach Diane Kowalski says it rarely decides anything. She joins Evan Rhodes to break down what actually earns a roster spot, when families should really...

Tennis is generating more data than ever but data analyst Priya Iyer says most families are drowning in numbers they don't know what to do with.On this episode, Priya explains why a 13-year-old only needs to track three...

If your junior has beautiful strokes and no idea where to hit them, this one's for you. 70% of points end in the first four shots. Three good patterns beat ten flashy ones coach Henrik Sand on Pathways by Path.

What happens when the sport that defines your entire identity is suddenly taken away? This week, Evan Rhodes sits down with 15-year-old junior player Marco Rivera to talk about the side of injury recovery people usually...

In this episode of PathWays by path , host Evan Rhodes sits down with sports dietitian Lina Kirsch to unpack a critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of junior tennis development: elite nutrition. If you think the...

Most junior players aren't underdeveloped because they're not working hard enough. They're underdeveloped because nobody is managing their load. Tomás Reyes, a strength and conditioning coach who works exclusively with...

<p>The best coaches aren't trying to be the most important person on the court. They're trying to make themselves unnecessary. Lior Avraham breaks down what real coaching looks like and what happens to a junior player...