#24: Dusan Vemic – A former Player & current Coach of the Serbian Davis Cup Team

In this episode you are going to listen to Dusan Vemic, Dusan was on the tour as a player for nearly 20 years & represented Serbia in Davis Cup. He assisted Petar Popovic in guiding Andrea Petkovic to the top 10, He was a part of Novak Djokovic’s team for 1 & a half years & accompanied him by himself in 2012 when Novak won the World Tour Finals. Since 2013 he has been a part of the Serbian Davis Cup Coaching Staff & is currently the coach of Filip Krajinovic.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– How it’s possible to create an environment that is too difficult for the opponent to handle

– Why Dusan thinks that you are pretty much able to handle every job after a tennis playing career

– Why Dusan puts more importance on the technical aspect of tennis than he did earlier, and YES I did say MORE IMPORTANCE

Get to know more about Dusan by going to the official GPTCA homepage & check out his bio.

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps

01:30: How Dusan became part of the Serbian Davis cup team
03:32 The reason Dusan wanted to become a coach
04:22: What Petar Popovic would say about Dusan
05:40 Working with the mental aspect in tennis
08:10 How to be present in high pressure situations on the tennis court
09:40 The strategic part of tennis
11:46 The difference between males & female tennis players
13:49 Why presence is important
15:25 Every tennis player has the same challenges
18:42 The most important characteristic in a tennis player
20:30 What person or books has inspired you the most
23:41 Most valuable lesson learned from tennis
23:32 Different than others
29:18 Biggest waste of time
32:45 How tennis coaches can educate tennis parents
35:53 What made Dusan change his mind about the importance of technique
38:32 More important / less important
40:44 Dusan’s advice