The G-Cast - Your Guide to Junior Tennis in Florida

Tennis players don't like SURPRISES, but Team Topspin from Volusia County is very excited to advance to the USTA Jr. Team Tennis Nationals in the 14s advanced in where else, but, Surprise, Arizona. Andy Gladstone, host of the G-Cast had a ball of a time sitting around Coach Bacha's house getting to know six great excited tennis players. The roundtable chat went from the funny stories to the testimonials about the great quality of kids on this team. It's a "must" listen to and gives great credibility to the fun of Jr. Team Tennis.

University of Florida Gator Tennis Players – past and present chomp their way onto the G-cast. Host Andy Gladstone chats it up in Boca Raton with current ATP standout and former Gator star Jesse Levine about his career and his coaches. Jesse also shares some sage advice about becoming a pro – who should and who shouldn’t. The G-Cast ventured to Gainesville and host Andy had a good yak about college tennis life with the Florida Freshman 3 Brittany Borsanyi, Lauren Embree and Allie Will. All 3 were former USTA Florida standouts and spoke candidly about the virtues of junior tennis in the sunshine state.

Listen to our sport’s true impact players from the veteran elite coach in Tom Gullikson, to the rising star in 12 year old Reilly Opelka, to the charismatic Junior Team Tennis grassroots leader Michelle Willis. Former Davis Cup coach and current USTA National coach Tom Gullikson shares his views on how players can improve to expert parenting tips. One of Florida’s players to watch Reilly Opelka, an Eddie Herr quarterfinalist chats with Andy about his love for the game and what great coaching he has received. Finally, USTA Florida’s own Michelle Willis talks enthusiastically about the growth of junior team tennis and why every kid should be involved.

Patrick McEnroe, United States Davis Cup Captain and General Manager of USTA Player Development chats candidly about junior tennis with USTA Florida’s Andy Gladstone. A wide gamut of cutting edge tennis topics such as his vision for Player Development, skills he looks for in junior players, the virtues of college tennis and what changes he would like to see in the game. McEnroe, the avid sports fan even gives his opinion on the great Gator Tim Tebow. McEnroe and Gladstone are both from Queens, NY, were US Open ballboys together and enjoyed some laughs about the good old days in the big city.