Talia Novak stopped competing at 27. Today, at 38, she coaches her ten-year-old son and she's the first to admit she's repeated old patterns without meaning to.

She explains how she draws the line between coach and parent, and why she still won't be the only voice in his development. Episode 15 of Pathways by Path.

A junior's forehand doesn't change on five hours of sleep her decisions do.

Sports sleep specialist Naomi Voss explains why reaction time and shot selection break down before physical performance ever does, why seven to eight hours a night matters more than any single pre-match nap, and the one schedule change most families get backwards.

Episode 14 of Pathways by Path.

A junior did everything right trained through every warning sign and never got to play his own tournament.

Strength and conditioning coach Deshawn Cole breaks down how a forty percent training spike over three weeks turns discipline into the exact thing that sidelines a player, and the one question parents can ask to catch it early.

In the Pathways by Path season finale, former tennis player Sienna Dawes makes the case that competing hard and loving the sport were never opposites what actually separates them is whether the triangle keeps checking, season after season, that it's still the player's choice. She and Evan Rhodes talk about the real difference between a present parent and an over-involved one, and the two concrete checks any family can run starting this week. Listen to the full episode.

This week, sports agent Marcus Bell breaks down the real financial math behind turning pro and why the players who run out of money usually aren't the ones who ran out of talent.

A conversation about budgets, three-year plans, and knowing the number before you spend it. Listen to hear what actually decides whether a career on tour survives.

Every recruiting season, families obsess over a rating and college coach Diane Kowalski says it rarely decides anything. She joins Evan Rhodes to break down what actually earns a roster spot, when families should really start the process, and why the email a coach receives can say more than any number. Listen in.

Tennis is generating more data than ever but data analyst Priya Iyer says most families are drowning in numbers they don't know what to do with.On this episode, Priya explains why a 13-year-old only needs to track three things, not forty and why the real skill in analytics isn't collecting data, it's subtracting it. She and host Evan Rhodes dig into what's actually changed in tennis data, what's still hype, and why the player's feel, the coach's read, and the parent's phone video can tell three different stories if nobody puts them in the same room."The data can describe today. It can't author a childhood."Pathways by Path is a show about the decisions, challenges, and journeys shaping competitive tennis for the player, the parent, and the coach. New episodes every Monday.pathtennis.com

If your junior has beautiful strokes and no idea where to hit them, this one's for you.
70% of points end in the first four shots. Three good patterns beat ten flashy ones coach Henrik Sand on Pathways by Path.