{"podcast":{"title":"Talk Tennis","slug":"talk-tennis-541417","podcast_index_feed_id":541417,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/talktennis/feed.xml","website_url":"https://talktennis.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5611448/TalkTennisPod3_4ng4m8.jpg","author":"Michelle Heidbrink, Tennis Warehouse","episode_count":248,"summary":"Join our playtester, Michelle, in the Talk Tennis Podcast to get a peek behind the scenes from touring pros, industry experts, the physics behind tennis & more! You’ll stay up to date & well versed in all things tennis and learn more than you can imagine about gear! Guests include product developers and creators, pro players divulging info about their gear and TW playtesters taking you behind the scenes with intimate chats about what they really thought about certain racquets, shoes, strings. Of course we also talk trends, pro gear, share sneak peeks and beyond! We continue to lean into what you want to hear and promise to keep the conversations fun, insightful and passionate!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-tennis-541417"},"episode":{"title":"Inside HEAD Squared: How The R&D Team Made A Racquet Designed to Make Tennis Easier","slug":"inside-head-squared-how-the-r-d-team-made-a-racquet-designed-to-make-tennis-easier","published_at":"2026-04-07T07:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-tennis-541417/inside-head-squared-how-the-r-d-team-made-a-racquet-designed-to-make-tennis-easier","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-tennis-541417","url":"https://talktennis.podbean.com/e/inside-head-squared-how-the-rd-team-made-a-racquet-designed-to-make-tennis-easier/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/63snwxxzkd5hfszw/TW-070325-PC-Head_2QUARED-v17tvia.mp3","summary":"Can a tennis racquet actually make the game easier?! In this podcast, we sit down with the HEAD R&D team from Austria to break down the all-new HEAD Squared tennis racquet and why it’s designed to simplify your game. If you’ve ever struggled with consistency, timing, or clean contact, you’re not alone. That’s exactly the problem HEAD set out to solve. In this conversation, we go straight to the source: talking with the engineers and developers behind the Squared frame to understand how this new shape and design could help you play with more confidence. We will help translate the technology into what actually matters on court so you can decide if this racquet fits your game. 🎾 What you’ll learn: - Why HEAD created the Squared racquet design - How it helps improve consistency and contact - The technology behind the frame (from the R&D team) - Who this racquet is best suited for - Whether it actually makes tennis easier","meta_description":"Can a tennis racquet actually make the game easier?! In this podcast, we sit down with the HEAD R&D team from Austria to break down the all-new HEAD Squar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1212,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-tennis-541417/episodes/inside-head-squared-how-the-r-d-team-made-a-racquet-designed-to-make-tennis-easier/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-tennis-541417/inside-head-squared-how-the-r-d-team-made-a-racquet-designed-to-make-tennis-easier.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}