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Interview with Mitch Bridge, owner and head tennis coach of Southern California Tennis Academy — 2 Comments

  1. Very inspirational interview, Mitch. Even though you say you are very selective when it comes to your students, I wonder if you struggle with young players in terms of work habits, intensity levels and all the other distractions and temptations of modern teenage life in SoCal. I wonder this, and then I see someone like Steve Johnson – who gives me hope that our culture and parenting and coaching has not been permanently derailed.

  2. Desire, focus, intensity are all factors that I struggle with in day-to-day coaching. There are many other choices kids can make with their time, and it takes a major goal for most kids to have a razor-sharp focus. That goal is usually pro tennis for the younger players and top college for the older players. There is also on a smaller scale a struggle with the kid who wants it so badly that he has a hard time performing. I try to work on whatever the player is missing on a daily basis whether that is focus, speed, offense, calmness, or many other possibilities.