League Queens

EAT the Fn Food! 🍌🎾 (With Special Guest Kristin Collins!)

Ladies, we might not always think of ourselves as athletes… but if you’re playing multiple matches a week, taking lessons, drilling, chasing down balls, AND juggling family and life, YOU ARE ASKING A LOT OF YOUR BODY! 👑

So why are we sometimes showing up to a match under-fueled, dehydrated, and running on coffee and vibes? 😂

This week on League Queens, we’re joined by special guest KC to talk about something every tennis-playing woman needs to hea...

EAT the Fn Food! 🍌🎾 (With Special Guest Kristin Collins!)

Ladies, we might not always think of ourselves as athletes… but if you’re playing multiple matches a week, taking lessons, drilling, chasing down balls, AND juggling family and life, YOU ARE ASKING A LOT OF YOUR BODY! 👑

So why are we sometimes showing up to a match under-fueled, dehydrated, and running on coffee and vibes? 😂

This week on League Queens, we’re joined by special guest KC to talk about something every tennis-playing woman needs to hea...

The US Open. The pros. The crowds. The drama. The tennis.

The US Open is now old news.. - but what we can learn from it is not! 

So grab your coffee, pour yourself a little tennis tea, and come hang out with Kim and Jane as they take us from the US Open stands to the ladies league court.

Kim went to the US Open and is spilling the tea on what it’s really like to attend — including how to get tickets, what to know about the ticke...

🎾This thinking could be why you dont love singles and this episode is here to help If you are a:

Doubles player who occasionally gets thrown into singles.
Or a seasoned singles player who knows there’s still room to level up.

Either way… this episode is for you. 👑🎾

Singles is NOT just doubles with one less person on the court. 😂 The court feels bigger (on your side) but SMALLER on the opponent side, the points feel longer, there’s nowhere to hide — and suddenly you’re responsible f...

League Queens Show Notes

Ladies League Tennis-is known for drama. You come off the court angry- and say what was THEIR problem? Well this episode is going to CHALLENGE you to look inward. What if the drama was caused by YOU. No you didn’t cheat. You didn’t call bad line calls. BUT even still: 

Could YOU be contributing to the court drama without even realizing it? 👀

In this episode, Kim and Jane challenge every ladies league player to take an honest look at their ow...

Offense V Defense

Are you actually playing offense… or just running around reacting and hoping for the best? 😅

In this episode, Kim and Jane break down the difference between offensive and defensive tennis — and why knowing when to switch between the two can completely change your match. They talk court awareness, positioning, shot selection, and how to stop playing passive tennis when it’s time to take control.

From knowing when to come to net to recognizing when you need to defend, reset, or pressure your opponents, this epis...

STOP Doing Stupid Shit Tennis with special Guest Coach Christophe

We have our FIRST EVER guest on League Queens — 

Kim and Jane welcome “Stop Doing Stupid Shit Tennis” Coach Christophe for a hilarious, brutally honest, and relatable conversation about the same mistakes ladies league players make over and over again on their tennis courts and in matches. From questionable shot choices to chaotic doubles decisions and the mental spirals - Jane and Christophe discuss and share the SAME ladies league habits and behaviors that they coach daily!

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STOP Doing Stupid Shit Tennis with special Guest Coach Christophe

We have our FIRST EVER guest on League Queens — 

Kim and Jane welcome “Stop Doing Stupid Shit Tennis” Coach Christophe for a hilarious, brutally honest, and relatable conversation about the same mistakes ladies league players make over and over again on their tennis courts and in matches. From questionable shot choices to chaotic doubles decisions and the mental spirals - Jane and Christophe discuss and share the SAME ladies league habits and behaviors that they coach daily!

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Myths Versus Truths: 

Ladies league tennis is FULL of advice. Some of it helpful… and some of it passed around like tennis folklore from a captain in 2009 😅

In this episode, Kim and Jane are busting some of the biggest myths in recreational doubles tennis — the ones that might actually be hurting your game without you even realizing it. From outdated court positioning advice to shot-selection habits that get players into trouble, they break down what’s actually true, what needs to go, and what smart doubles players do differently.

If you’ve...

Episode 11  Shitty Wonky Scrappy

You know the match. Nothing has pace. Nothing is predictable. Balls are floating, spinning, barely clearing the net… and even if you win- it doesn’t feel you won BIG enough?? 

Welcome to shitty, wonky, scrappy tennis — where rhythm goes to die and your beautiful game completely falls apart.

In this episode, Kim and Jane tackle one of the most frustrating (and common) challenges in ladies league tennis: playing against opponents who have very unconventional shots, and what feels like accidental winners. They break do...

Australian. I-Formation. Hand signals… oh my.

We all know progressive formatting is how you level up your doubles game — but actually trying it in a real match? That’s where things get… chaotic. In this episode, Kim and Jane break down what progressive formatting actually is (in plain English), when to use each formation, and how to start incorporating it without completely confusing yourself… or your partner 😅

From “we should try this” to actually doing it mid-match, they walk through the strategy behind each formation and how it can give you a seriou...

Ah yes. The super tiebreaker. The 10-point emotional rollercoaster that somehow decides everything.

In ladies league tennis, we all know how this goes. You start the match tight, spraying balls everywhere, questioning your life choices… then you settle in, figure your sht out, and steal the second set. OR — you dominate the first set, get comfortable, back off just a little… and suddenly they’ve figured their sht out.

And just like that, you’re standing at the baseline playing a race to 10 to decide the entire match.In this episode, Kim and Ja...

What if there were a few things you should always do — and a few things you should never do — for the rest of your life in tennis?

In this episode, Jane drops key doubles strategies every ladies league player should "Always" and "Never" do. While Kim is put fully on the spot questioning if she “ALWAYS or NEVER” is guilty.   Tennis ladies are going to want to listen to this one and then relisten for ALL the always and never nuggets!

👑 Always & Never Rules We Break Down

We’ve all been there. You’re playing an amazing point- running from one side of the court to the other getting back amazing balls- then the EASY FLOATER comes and you do what Jane coined- and you shit the bed. In this episode, Jane shares top ways league players "Shit the Bed" that includes the all-too-familiar spiral of lost focus, lowering your intensity, taking your eye off the ball, dealing with tight arms, bad decisions, and confidence that disappears faster than your first-serve percentage. They break down why these meltdowns happen, how pressure sneaks in when you...

DONT Be THAT Partner

SHOW. NOTES: 

Ladies Don’t be THAT partner!

THIS year in 2026- be the partner that everyone WANTS to play with- not the opposite!

Yes... you. We know you don't realize it- but let this year be the year of awareness.

New season, new year, new partner energy. In this latest episode, Kim and Jane kick off 2026 by talking about what it really means to be a good doubles partner — and why it matters more than ever in league tennis. They call o...

It’s no secret - the drama is real in ladies league tennis.

Kim and Jane dive headfirst into WHY. The pressure to perform, the side-eye from teammates, and the emotional gymnastics that come with being part of a team, and nore contribute the weekly drama that comes with each match. Kim and Jane unpack WHY ladies league tennis can feel as mentally intense as it is competitive. Spoiler alert: it’s not just about winning—it’s about navigating personalities, handling stress and expectations, and still finding the joy in the game.

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USTA ratings dropped… and chaos followed. 👀

In this episode, Kim and Jane break down the emotional rollercoaster of ratings season—where one number can shake teams, strain friendships, and send group chats into full meltdown mode.

The Queens dive into what really happens when players get bumped up (or down 👀), the stigma and ego tied to ratings, and why the USTA algorithm feels like it’s guarded by secrets we’ll never fully understand. Captains scrambling, rosters reshuffling, and loyalty being tested? Yep—all of it.

And fair warning: Jane...