{"id":2187,"date":"2019-11-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/performance-leaders-performance-podcast-simon-wheatley\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:16:43","slug":"performance-leaders-performance-podcast-simon-wheatley","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/performance-leaders-performance-podcast-simon-wheatley\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Performance Podcast: Simon Wheatley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u201cWe\u2019ve used tennis as the platform but really this is a book for sports parents, sports coaches. It\u2019s for athletes who really want to understand how they can create a much more successful life as well as be a successful athlete.\u201d<\/h4>\n
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By John Portch<\/h6>\n

Simon Wheatley recently co-authored with Keith Humphrey a book called The Sweet Spot: Unleashing Potential in Tennis Coaches, Players & Parents.<\/a><\/p>\n

It is going down a treat in the tennis community and he recently spoke to the Leaders Performance Institute about their reasons for writing what is effectively a coaching manual and the ways in which it could prove to be valuable tool elsewhere in elite sport.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the conversation Wheatley discusses:<\/p>\n