14/03/2023
BEING SPARRING OF ATP TENNIS PLAYERS
Last year, during the ATP125 CHALLENGER in Marbella 2022, two of our ITF PLAYERS that I was worKing with as Mental Coach (Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ and Max BENAIM), have had the great opportunity to be Sparring of several ATP Players during the profesionnal tournament.
Some of the ATP Players they have been the great opportunity to be sparring of have been : Stan WAWRINKA, Dominic THIEM, Jaume MUNAR, Pedro CACHIN, Jiry VASELY, Nicola VARONA,…among many others.
I took the opportunity of that experience to ask what they think are the differences between them as Juniors IFT players and the ATP players they have share in-court and of-court
MAIN DIFFERENCES FROM ITF to ATP the players have noticed have been :
1. The consistent rhythm and weight of the ball
2. The difference is the depth that they hit the ball and the ability to hit the exact same shot 50 times in a row
3. Routines include, warm up with personal trainer on court, then hitting up the middle for 10-15 minutes. Next is cross court for 3 minutes each side. Then volleys, serves and returns.
4. Relation is very serious and intense
5. “Jaume munar impressed me the most because of how intense he was from the first ball”
6. To hit the same rhythm ball again and again, to be able to hit with good depth on most shots, to recognise the shorter ball earlier
7. Very important, I heard many players before the match saying they were nervous but when they start playing they show confidence to their opponent and play courageously. When leading it’s important to close out the match on the same path that allowed you to arrive in that position and when losing you have to be mentally strong to figure out how to win and keep fighting
I expect that this sharing experience will be interresting & usefull to you. Do not hesitate to share your opinion and also experience so.
Miguel TOMÉ GARCIA
Tennis Mental Coach & Therapist
Founder of TMC
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