The Behind the Racquet Pod is the best glimpse you can get in to the ins and outs of professional tennis, told by its players, and voiced by Noah Rubin, and his podcast partner Mike Cation.
The complexities of how the 99% have to piece together their schedule month to month, and sometimes week to week, is the topic for Mike and Noah this week, as Noah took a last second wild card in to the event in Binghamton, New York. The complexities o...
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Elusive Confidence, and the Difficult of Streak...
On the heels of our conversation with Bradley Klahn, Noah and Mike discuss how difficult it is to maintain momentum and confidence, even after picking up big wins. And on the flip side, finding your way out of those negative slides when you get in to on...
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Bradley Klahn with Noah Rubin inside the New Ba...
A bonus episode as Noah and Mike talk to Bradley Klahn, winner of the USTA Pro Circuit event in Winnetka on Sunday in the New Balance Winner's Circle. We talk about his anxiety that he talked about in his Behind the Racquet profile a few months ago, as...
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Happiness
As Manic Monday unfolds at Wimbledon, and the USTA Pro Circuit resumes in Winnetka, Noah Rubin and Mike Cation tackle happiness, and explore some of the longstanding barriers for players on tour.Join the discussion, by chatting with us @noahrubin33, and...
34 min
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The Television Episode (and hey look, Noah's pl...
Lots to discuss in today's half hour.-Noah Rubin qualifies for Wimbledon-Sooooo many changes with the ATP Player Counciland we begin the discussion on how to make tennis better for television.What are your thoughts? Get in touch: @mikectennis or @no...
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Wimbledon Whites, and On Court Coaching
This week, while Noah is competing (and, winning) at Wimbledon qualies, we chat about the clash of tradition of Wimbledon with today's players, especially during qualifying. As well, there's lots of talk about on court coaching at the US Open, and we di...
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Coffee Cast Powered by Behind the Racquet: Ment...
It is never an easy topic to discuss, but today, Noah Rubin and Mike Cation begin the discussion about Mental Health within the sport of tennis.We talk about the immediacy of the frustration, despair, and loneliness felt after a loss, as well as the lac...
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Coffee Cast Powered by Behind The Racquet: Tenn...
Welcome to the new sounds on the Coffee Cast, as we partner with Noah Rubin to begin a weekly show dedicated to exploring the in depth issues that he exposes on Behind the Racquet.This week, we talk finances. Vasek Pospisil started a tweetstorm discuss...
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Coffee Cast with Cation: Noah Rubin Edition
His Behind the Racquet series has brought notoriety to many of the difficulties faced by himself, and his peers. But today, on the Coffee Cast, Noah Rubin goes in depth on the basic day to day difficulties faced by many within the sport, and some of the...
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New Balance Winner's Circle with Dudi Sela
Inside the New Balance Winner's Circle with Dudi Sela, your champion at the Baptist Health Little Rock Open.
5 min
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The Coffee Cast with Cation: Alex Rybakov edition
While in Chicago for the ITA National Indoor Championship, I had the chance to sit down with Alex Rybakov, 22 year old TCU Senior, currently ranked #456 in the ATP Rankings, #262 in the ITF World Tennis Tour Rankings, and #8 in the ITA Collegiate Ranking...
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New Balance Winner's Circle with Mitchell Krueger
Mitchell Krueger tells the story of his massive changes in the offseason.A new coach.A new living situation.A new forehand.It's an incredible story. Hear how he won the RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas.
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The Coffee Cast with Cation: Neal Skupski edition
This was a fun one, as Neal Skupski joined me after advancing to the Mixed Doubles QF on Monday night. We talk British tennis, his hair, the dirty world of doubles, and the family dynamic involved with his brother Ken.
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The Coffee Cast with Cation: Thanasi Kokkinakis
Thanasi and I tried to first record this podcast in August, the week he won a Challenger title in Aptos, California. Time kept getting away from us, but finally, the day after he qualified for the Australian Open, we were able to sit down and chat.We d...
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The Coffee Cast with Cation: Christopher Eubank...
Some of our podcasts are a little shorter this week. Slams will do that.But we're very excited to have Christopher Eubanks join us, the day before the Australian Open main draw begins, as he is in action on Monday after qualifying last week.We talk abo...
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The Coffee Cast with Cation: Jarmere Jenkins Ed...
On this podcast, we talk with NCAA Champion, Challenger Champion, and now ex-player Jarmere Jenkins. Yes, he's Serena's hitting partner. No, we did not talk about Serena.It's a very frank talk, however, about the difficulties of finding positivity as ...
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New Balance Winner's Circle with Reilly Opelka
Reilly Opelka has picked up two titles in two weeks on the USTA Pro Circuit. But his championship in Champaign means a little more, moving him in to the top 100 for the first time in his career, and gets him in to the main draw at the Australian Open.H...
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New Balance Winner's Circle with Tommy Paul
It's been a long time coming for Tommy Paul. The 21 year old picked up his first Challenger title in dominant fashion on Sunday in Charlottesville, going Lucky Loser to final without losing a set in the main draw. That included wins over Noah Rubin, Iv...
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The Coffee Cast with Cation: Reilly Opelka Edition
Recorded last week before his tournament in Fairfield, California, hear from the 21 year old about his massive year, marred only by a bout with mono during the summer. We talk about the NBA, his social media absence, why he wants out of the Challengers A...
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New Balance Winner's Circle with Bjorn Fratangelo
It's been a long time coming for Bjorn Fratangelo. The 25 year old pride of Plum, Pennsylvania picked up his first title in 2 1/2 years in Fairfield, California today. In the New Balance Winner's Circle, we talked about the depths to which he had sunk ...
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New Balance Winner's Circle with Lloyd Harris.....
The big hitting 21 year old from Cape Town is back in the New Balance's Winner's Circle, after taking his second career Challenger title in Stockton, California. His confidence is on a new level. Hear why, and what his win means for South African tenni...
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The Coffee Cast with Cation: James Duckworth Ed...
5 surgeries in two years. And yet James Duckworth is back, and progressing back toward the top 100, with one Challenger title, and a semifinal last week in Tiburon. The Cary champion tells us about what he did off the court during that time, the perspec...
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New Balance Winner's Circle with Michael Mmoh
Hear from newly minted Wells Fargo Tiburon Challenger Champion Michael Mmoh, the newest member of the ATP's Top 100. Back to back titles in Columbus and Tiburon get him there for the first time in his career.We play compare and contrast:1) His new and ...
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New Balance Winner's Circle with Thanasi Kokkin...
We go inside the New Balance Winner's Circle today with Thanasi Kokkinakis, who ended a 3 year injury-prolonged Trophy drought with a win at the Nordic Naturals Challenger. He talks about how his body is holding up, his immediate plans for Vancouver and ...
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The Coffee Cast with Cation: Dan Evans Edition
Finally got a chance to sit down with Dan Evans, aka Evo, to talk a little bit about his life three months back in to his comeback. Hear his thoughts on how he's been treated by the media, his relationship with his former coach Mark Hilton, and how thing...