Steve Johnson: Playing to your strengths and making your opponents uncomfortable
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Steve Johnson is our guest for the 41st episode of Baseline Intelligence. Steve has been ranked as high as 21st in the world in singles and 39th in doubles, and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. He's also a four-time team NCAA champion and a two-time individual NCAA champion in singles.
We talk:
3:06 Jumping a level in college
5:43 How improving his fitness helped his mentality
12:06 Learning how to lose
16:15 Performance over outcome
21:15 Using his forehand as a weapon
27:12 Making his opponent uncomfortable
31:14 The best coaching advice he's ever received
35:21 His advice for the 4.0 player
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