#67: Mark Leschly – How UTR predicted big things for Hyeon Chung in 2018

The Adam Blicher Show: Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

Do you ever wonder how you compare to the best players in the world? Well now you can find out – thanks to Universal Tennis Rating – the UTR. Mark Leschly, Universal Tennis CEO is with me to talk about the rating that is unifying tennis worldwide. Mark combines both an in depth knowledge and experience in sports and tennis with nearly 25 years of entrepreneurial management and investment in technology led businesses as a venture capitalist and start up CEO. He is a former ATP ranked player selected to the Danish Davis Cup Team, two time Captain and #1 player for Harvard Men’s Tennis and a member of the USTA Foundation Advisory Board and USTA Player Development Council just to name a few of Mark’s achivements.

You’ll get to know:
– How UTR works
– How UTR predicted Hyeon Chungs big year
– What inefficient practices consists of

Enjoy the show

Timestamps
01:30 The story of UTR
02:10 How does UTR work
03:05 Getting a UTR
06:15 UTR predicting Hyeon Chung’s success
08:00 Pablo Careno Busto
09:10 Breaking down barriers
11:35 Opportunity for change
12:40 Learning to rely on yourself
13:40 Unify tennis.
14:15 No applicability to competition
15:45 Inefficient practice
17:10 Variety in styles
18:15 Get to know more about UTR