About us

The Strong Baseline combines two perspectives: the player who wants to know how to get better, and her coach Martin Baroch, who explains why. Every month we publish 4 new articles on technique, tactics and the players we learn the most from.

Ann-Kathrin Biesinger

Tournament player · Manager of The Strong Baseline

Ann-Kathrin is an experienced tournament player who knows match life first-hand. She holds an MSc Business and Finance from Warwick Business School. She writes from the player's point of view: player analyses, training experiences and everything you can pick up from watching the pros. As manager of the website, she is responsible for the content, subscriptions and community.

Dr. Martin G. Baroch

Coach · Tennis coach and physician · Founder of the Dynamic Total Body Tennis (DTBT) teaching method

Martin Baroch was born in Prague and has lived in Switzerland for more than 30 years. He studied medicine and holds a master's degree in tennis coaching from Charles University in Prague. In 1991 he founded the Martin Baroch Tennis Academy & Human Performance Center, and in 1992 the Czech Professional Tennis Association.

He is known for his training system "Dynamic Total Body Tennis" and the "Tennis 3.0" benchmark: every stroke should draw its power from the whole body rather than the arm. Among others, he influenced the development of future Grand Slam champions Petr Korda and Sloane Stephens, and he speaks at coaching conferences in Europe and the USA.