#43: Christian Ruud – You Need To Have a Big Weapon

In this episode you are going to listen to Christian Ruud, Christian was a professional player himself with a career high of #39 in Singles in 1995. He represented Norway in 3 consecutive Olympics, he has been the National Coach of Norway & is currently Coaching at the 104 Tennis Academy in Norway alongside being a dad & a part of the coaching team of his Son, Casper Ruud.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– What the Team around Casper looks like

– The importance of social skills

– The importance of simplicity as a Tennis Coach

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:
01:30 The steps from a player to a Coach
03:45 Blaming the federation
04:36 Seperating from Casper
09:49 What Casper’s team look like
11:15 Video Analysis
14:12 The importance of social skills
15:39 Social media
16:30 Tennis Parents
17:39 The unfairness of who can earn a living playing tennis
19:45 The motivational factor
21:20 Thomas Högstedt
22:51 How the game had changed
24:30 The basics are still the same
25:19 Don’t make it too difficult
26:00 The serve & return