How FBTL
Works
A monthly subscription focused on the side of tennis our sport has neglected and failed to teach: the emotional experience of the competitive tennis player—the part that ultimately shapes your success, your enjoyment, and your longevity in the game.
Built for Players
Helpful for Parents
Practical for Coaches
Daily postings. Six connected sections. A proactive, preventative program for the emotions we know are coming — built before you need it.
Six Connected Sections
Every section of FBTL works together. The Teaching Academy builds the traits. Daily Routines turn them into habits. The Emotion Racket helps you understand your state. Pep Talks prepare you for the hard moments. The Player's Box aligns your support system. And Character ties it all together—who you are and who you're becoming.
Teaching Academy
The Teaching Academy is the heart and soul of FBTL. The goal is simple: build the ideal player.
I've identified the traits shared by the most successful and grounded people I know—not just great tennis players, but leaders across every walk of life. Each month, we take one trait and teach you how to develop it, apply it, and make it part of your game.
I'd love to teach you Rafa's forehand or Serena's serve—I could have used either one myself. But what I can teach you is how to compete like them, respond like them, and carry yourself like them.
The four-step process — one trait a month. We don't just learn it, we earn it.
Chart Your Progress
We start with a baseline test. Let's see where you are. Then four weeks of training. Then we retest, and you earn yourself a badge on our FBTL EQ Grid — think of it as your bingo card.
One badge a month. Fill the card. Become the player. Apply it to tennis, then take it with us into life.
Daily Routines
Time-tested practices used by high performers across every field—check-ins, mindfulness, meditation, mantras, reflection. Small habits. Big emotional edge. You train your strokes. Train your inner game the same way.
Here's the philosophy: build it before you need it. Pressure exposes habits. Routines build them. So we check in before emotions take over. We reset before the match gets away. We train the skills we'll need when the pressure hits.
Think of it as your emotional immune system—built before the stress arrives.
The Rest of the Platform
Profile & What’s New
Your Profile page charts your progress. And What’s New keeps the work in front of us — and archives it, so nothing gets lost.
Monthly Features
Plus everything else that comes with FBTL. Match Zone events, book tour talks, one-on-one mentoring, and monthly features exploring the emotional side of our sport.
From the Tennis World
The First Week Is on Me.
Free. No commitment. Give us seven honest days. Use it, practice it, take it onto the court—and see what changes. If it doesn't give you something you didn't have before, walk away. But seven days may be enough to feel the difference.