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by Lisa Stone
Host Lisa Stone discusses the various aspects of developing a tennis player from beginner through the juniors to college and beyond. Her weekly guests include experts in coaching, parenting, mental toughness, fitness & nutrition, technology & equipment, and college recruiting. Stone provides invaluable information for parents, players, and coaches.
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- Yesterday55 min
The Truth About International Players in College Tennis ft. Eric Dobsha
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 40 of the ParentingAces Podcast!Most families misunderstand what college tennis actually demands, and that misunderstanding can cost a player the right opportunity. Eric Dobsha pulls back the curtain on the reality of high-level Division I tennis, why international recruiting is not a new problem, and how parents can make smarter college choices for their children.Eric is the owner of Dobsha Tennis, a private academy in Tampa, Florida, known for developing junior players into college-ready competitors. His background as a player, coach, and academy owner gives him a rare, no-nonsense perspective on what junior tennis families need to know before they chase the dream.From growing up in Titusville, Florida, and hitting against a fence to playing for the Florida Gators, Eric shares the path that shaped his coaching philosophy and the mindset that defines true high performance. He explains why intent matters as much as UTR, why some players thrive in elite environments while others need a different fit, and how the best junior players are often the ones willing to do the work no one else wants to do.In this episode, you’ll discover:Why college tennis has always been globalWhat it really takes to compete at a powerhouse programHow training, conditioning, travel, and missed classes affect the college experienceWhy the “best” school is not always the best fitHow smaller programs can offer bigger roles, better development, and a stronger college experienceTennis Parent TakeawaysLook beyond rankings and UTR when evaluating a college opportunity.Assess whether your child is prepared for the physical and mental demands of college tennis.Focus on fit, playing opportunities, coaching, academics, and overall quality of life—not just the school’s reputation.Understand that development can happen at smaller programs, not only at nationally recognized powerhouses.Help your player build the work ethic and consistency required to succeed beyond junior tennis.Prepare for the culture shock that can come with transitioning from junior competition to a college team environment.Eric also breaks down the culture shock many juniors face when they arrive on campus, including the physical grind, mental pressure, and gap between junior tennis effort and college tennis expectations. If your family is weighing college recruiting, wondering about Division I tennis, or trying to understand what high performance really means, this conversation is essential listening.Learn more about Eric and his academy at https://www.dobshatennis.com/. Also, be sure to follow them on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ericdobshatennis/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TeamDobsha/.As always, Lisa is available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/.If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo’d merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
- 1 weeks ago50 min
How Great Tennis Coaches Build Leaders, Not Robots ft Adriana Dinu
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 39 of the ParentingAces Podcast! Tennis should build confident kids, not exhausted robots. Adriana Dino shares the coaching philosophy that helps young players grow into thinkers, leaders, and lifelong fans of the game—while showing parents exactly when to step back and when to lean in.Born and raised in Romania, Adriana started with a wooden racket, a straight-talking father, and a coach who changed her life. After playing, studying physical education, and coaching for nearly 20 years in the United States, she brings a rare perspective to the parent-coach-player triangle that drives junior tennis.Tennis Parent TakeawaysSupport your child with unconditional love rather than constant technical instruction.Learn to recognize when encouragement has become pressure.Gradually transfer responsibility for preparation, performance, and problem-solving to your child.Help your player develop routines for resetting after mistakes and bad line calls.Focus on resilience, confidence, and personal growth—not only wins and rankings.Accept that high-performance tennis may not be the right path for every talented player.Keep your child’s love of tennis at the center of the experience.Lisa and Adriana also break down the mental side of junior competition, including what to do after a bad call, how to reset between points, and why tournaments are one of the best classrooms for resilience. Adriana’s approach is simple but powerful: coach the person first, develop the player second, and keep the love for tennis intact for life.She also shares the unforgettable influence of playing Monica Niculescu as a 14-year-old in Bucharest, and why exposure to higher-level tennis can shape a junior’s mindset long before they’re ready for the professional circuit.This episode is essential listening for tennis parents, junior players, and coaches who want more than wins—they want growth, confidence, and a healthier relationship with the sport. Adriana is based in the DC area and coaches players from beginner to advanced, with a focus on bringing out the best in each athlete as a human being first. Connect with Coach AdrianaTo get more information on Coach Adriana, visit her website at www.adrianadinutennisacademy.com. You can email her directly at tenniswithadriana@gmail.com. Be sure to follow her on Facebook and Instagram. Connect with LisaAs always, Lisa is available for one-to-one consultations to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through the ParentingAces shop.If you’re so inclined, please share this—and all our episodes—with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app.Be sure to check out our logoed merchandise, as well as our à la carte personal consultations, in our online shop.CreditsIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
- 2 weeks ago56 min
The Hidden Difference Between Tournament Points and Real Development ft Jennifer Faulkner
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 38 of the ParentingAces Podcast!What if the biggest mistake in college tennis recruiting is treating tournament results like player development? Lisa Stone and tennis parent Jennifer Faulkner unpack the hard lesson every tennis family needs to hear: UTR, rankings, and constant travel are not the same thing as real growth. Jennifer shares the full arc of her family’s tennis journey, from her daughter Melanie’s gymnastics recruiting experience to her son TJ’s path from a late-start tennis player to freshman engineering major and team member at Rose-Hulman. Along the way, she reveals what happened when they lived far from strong tennis training in Austin, Texas, why they were on the road three to four weekends a month, and how they learned the difference between staying busy and actually getting better.You’ll discover:Why a higher tournament load did not always move TJ’s UTR the way they expectedHow video, match play days, and academy changes helped them see development more clearlyWhy engineering schools changed the entire recruiting searchWhat Jennifer wishes she had asked coaches before committingHow the “student-athlete” reality can look very different from the recruiting pitchJennifer also explains the thinking behind TennisCourtGuide, the app she built to help families find college tennis programs that fit both academic priorities and athletic goals. Instead of forcing families to start with brand-name schools, TennisCourtGuide uses a smarter, wider funnel approach so parents and athletes can compare options based on the balance that matters most to them.This conversation is especially valuable if your player is entering high school, you’re trying to make sense of UTR and recruiting timelines, or you’re wondering whether your child’s development plan is actually moving the needle. If you want a clearer, calmer way to approach college tennis, this episode delivers practical guidance, hard-earned perspective, and a powerful reminder that the right fit is about far more than tennis alone.If you'd like more information on TennisCourtGuide, you can email them at courtguide.app@gmail.com or:https://www.tenniscourtguide.com/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tenniscourtguide.app&pcampaignid=web_sharehttps://www.instagram.com/courtguide?stkn=YzhvMTN3em4wcHU%3D&utm_source=qrhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1D7o23T6np/?mibextid=wwXIfrAs always, Lisa is available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/.If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo’d merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
- 3 weeks ago32 min
The Power of Doing Difficult Things ft Levi Hecht
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 37 of the ParentingAces Podcast!What can stepping into the unknown teach you about life beyond tennis? Lisa Stone and Levi Hecht talk about the courage to do difficult, scary things when you cannot predict the outcome - because the biggest opportunities often begin outside your comfort zone.Drawing on Levi’s experiences in Brazil and Argentina, the conversation looks beyond competition and technique to a mindset that applies everywhere: taking a chance, embracing uncertainty, and trusting that an unfamiliar path can lead somewhere meaningful. Whether the result is a breakthrough in tennis or a completely different kind of growth, the willingness to begin matters.Levi shares the lesson he wants to carry into the rest of his life, while Lisa helps connect that insight to the choices athletes and anyone facing a new challenge must make. It is a candid glimpse at how travel, uncertainty, and difficult decisions can shape more than performance.Key Takeaways for Parents:Waiting for certainty protects you from immediate discomfort but also removes many paths to unexpected upside.The lasting lesson from an experience is often not the specific outcome, but the behavior that made the outcome possible.If you would like to get more information on Levi's South American training, you can contact his coach, Todd Widom, at todd@twtennis.com.As always, Lisa is available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/.If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo’d merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
- 4 weeks ago34 min
Why Tennis Parents Should Stop Rescuing Kids From Losing ft Cassandra Toroian
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 36 of the ParentingAces Podcast! Former top junior and Division I tennis player Cassandra Torian joins Lisa Stone to discuss how tennis shaped her resilience, independence, and entrepreneurial mindset. Cassandra also shares the stories behind Ruley AI, a rules-reference tool for racket sports and youth sports, and Volleybird, a subscription box featuring gear and products for tennis, pickleball, paddle, and other sports.Key Takeaways for ParentsLet your child’s motivation come from within rather than from outside pressure.Teach the rules before conflicts happen, especially when parents may be unfamiliar with the sport.Encourage respectful, evidence-based conversations instead of loud or confrontational arguments.Give young athletes room to experience disappointment and develop their own coping skills.Remember that the lasting value of tennis includes resilience, independence, emotional control, and problem-solving.To get more information on Ruley.AI, go to https://ruley.ai/. For more information on Volleybird, go to https://volleybird.shop/. To reach Cassandra, you can email her at ctoroian@1sthandresearch.com.As always, Lisa is available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/.If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo’d merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
- Sep 2, 202644 min
The Free Tennis Tool That Solves Junior Tennis Chaos ft Amaury Blondet
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 35 of the ParentingAces Podcast! This week, Lisa talks with Amaury Blondet, a tennis parent, entrepreneur, and creator of PathTennis, about the real-world problems that led him to build a platform for competitive tennis families, coaches, academies, and college teams. They dig into the communication gaps, tournament-planning chaos, and lack of alignment that so many junior tennis families face, and how one tool is trying to bring all of it into one place.In this episode, Lisa and Amaury discuss how PathTennis helps parents, players, and coaches stay aligned on tournament selection, training blocks, rest, injuries, and progress tracking. They also cover why the core search and tracker tools are free, what’s already available for academies and colleges, and how the platform is built to support long-term development, not just rankings.As a tennis parent himself, Amaury knows firsthand the pain points that junior tennis can inflict on the entire family. "Tennis is very costly. So first, to sign up is free," he shares. There are certain features of the platform that will remain free for life even when premium features are added down the road.And for the coaches who are concerned about technology trying to take the place of human interaction, Amaury says, "This is not going to replace you as a coach. This is just a tool to help you get organized."If you are interested in learning more about PathTennis, visit the website at https://pathtennis.com/ or email Amaury directly at amaury@pathtennis.com. Be sure to follow them on social media:Instagram: instagram.com/pathtennisFacebook: facebook.com/pathtennisTikTok: tiktok.com/@pathtennisYouTube: youtube.com/@pathtennisX: x.com/pathtennisLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/pathtennisFor academies wanting to learn more: https://academy.pathtennis.com/For colleges/universities wanting to learn more: https://college.pathtennis.com/As always, Lisa is available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/.If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo’d merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
- Aug 26, 202651 min
The Long Game of Junior Development ft Todd Widom
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 34 of the ParentingAces Podcast! Coach Todd Widom is back to talk about what's happening in junior tennis development now and comparing it to how he was developed as a young player.Those of you who have been part of our ParentingAces Community for a while should be very familiar with Todd and his no-holds-barred approach to working with junior players and their families. This week, he and I talk about the latest rash of backdraw withdrawals at the National Hardcourts, how technology is impacting junior tennis development for both players and coaches, and what it takes to build trust in the player-parent-coach triangle.If you'd like to get in touch with Todd, you can email him at todd@twtennis.com. You can also follow then DM him on Instagram at https://instagram.com/toddwidom_tennis.As always, I am available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/.If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo’d merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
- Aug 19, 202651 min
Communication for Coaches ft Ryan Horgan
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 33 of the ParentingAces Podcast! This week, UK-based coach, Ryan Horgan, joins the pod to talk about the best ways coaches can get young players to listen and integrate the lessons they are trying to teach through a process called Ecological Dynamics.Ryan started playing tennis around age 9 and always felt he was developmentally behind his peers. He was able to have a strong junior career but was soon sidelined by some neurological issues that caused him to pivot. He loved the game so decided to transition into coaching.An opportunity came up for Ryan to work on the island of Cyprus where he now works at an academy training upcoming juniors. In the last year, his passion for coaching took a big leap when he discovered Ecological Dynamics and started integrating it into the communications work he was already doing.If you are interested in reaching out to Ryan, be sure to follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/communicationforcoaches/ - his DMs are always open!As always, I am available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/.If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo’d merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
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