Rally Points Podcast

Bud Schultz, one of New England's greatest tennis players, is sharing his thoughts and stories on the life as a professional player, the state of tennis today and lots more. Bud got as high as 39 in the world, ran the prestigious Longwood Cricket Club, was the coach of the Boston Lobsters and was at the helm of many successful projects, Tenacity being one of them. 

Karl Gregor is TUFTS Men's Tennis Coach. He is also assisting with the coaching of Danielle Collins. Karl is taking a deep dive into the recruiting process, tactics and challenges of coaching, today's college tennis landscape and more.

We are joined by two of the best, Dennis Baden and Seth Ferracane. Both great players in their own right, they are giving us their perspective on the tennis world, Australian Open, parenting in tennis and more.

Francisco Montoya is a well-established High-Performance & Top Tier USTA Coach, the founder of Montoya Academy and a great guy overall. He's giving us a close look at his views and philosophy on coaching and training young athletes.

We're back at it with Kev Colozzi, Larry Lebatique and Sean McAndrews. We're going over current and past tournaments, happenings in the tennis world, year-end championships and more. In the last 35 minutes we're going over tactical and technical suggestions that we hope could be helpful. 

Our good friend Jason Ronan is joining us in this one in a fun talk on professional tennis, the state of the tennis industry, paddle, pickleball and more. Jay is one of the top Racquet Sports Professionals in our area, in charge of the Recreation Program at the at the Black Rock Country Club.

Suzanne Sweeney, Holistic Lifestyle Coach, is joining us on this one. Suzanne shares her knowledge & experience in nutrition, hydration, breathing and a lot more things related to health, as well as going over on how they can be applied to tennis and general exercise. Rachele Joseph is also with us, adding her perspective to the conversation.

We are joined this week by Andy McLlarky, Pt. Andy is the owner of Soul PT in Beverly, MA. Andy goes over the prevention and rehab of common tennis injuries, strengthening and stretching of key areas, as well as providing useful tools for maintaining a healthy body.

A nice way to end the year, by having a great conversation with Mike and " Big Bear" Barry!  We touch up on the need of a good mindset while competing, reading and influencing opponents, juniors and a lot more.Happy New Year all!

We enjoyed doing the first Bass River focused podcast, going over our Adult and Junior Program, Competitive Team Programs, Ladies Teams ranking updates and records, Pro Shop & everything else Bass River has to offer!

Coaching legend Ed LeDuc is joining us. Currently in his 50th year at Bass River Tennis Club, Ed continues to teach at the highest levels, delivering impressive results and inspiring all of us. We go over some of the concepts he developed over the years, evolution of tennis, love of the game and much more. Enjoy!

Mike Dolph, Larry Lebatique, Kev Colozzi and Rares Petritoi We are back at it, going over a bunch of fun topics. Rules, scoring, out of ordinary doubles formations, volleying in doubles at the highest level, the concept of weight of grand slam winners and more. A bit of everything in this one!

We continue our talk on coaching, current players, the concept of greatest ever, and more. Lots of fun having Brian Leahy joining us!

Continuing our talk with Brian, we dive into stages of learning, teaching for different levels, 2023 US open, differences in racquet sports and more. Enjoy!

We are joined by Brian Leahy. Brian is the head pro at the Cohasset Club and a good friend of Bass River. We had a great time covering a lot of topics in this first part. Teaching and coaching in tennis, fun court games, and much more.Enjoy!

Summer mode podcast! Before we get to the tennis, we talk bands, venues, comedy and whatever else comes up. On the tennis side, we go over current tourneys, having fun teaching juniors, getting over a bad mental state during a match, changing tactics and more.Enjoy!

We had a fun time talking Wimbledon results and professional tennis and on the technical part, we brushed over "Serve and Volley", Serving tips and a few other topics.Kevin Colozzi, Larry Lebatique, Sean McAndrews and Rares Petritoi

Mike LaPierre is joining us in this one!In the first half of the podcast the talk is leading us on various directions on the current and former professional players.The second half is focused on doubles strategy, tips on reading your opponents, returning  and the need on conditioning for junior players.Enjoy!

We only hit a few of the planned tennis topics on this, as the conversation naturally shifted to more personal stuff. Fun one for us for sure!

Great talk on coaching strategies, current tennis events and more

A fun conversation on coaching, playing, other sports and much more

We enjoyed talking French Open wrap up, serve and volley play, junior and adult development and much more. Enjoy!