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The Functional Tennis Podcast

Sascha Bajin - Coach of Karolina Pliskova

Jan 3, 2022
52:19

Sascha Bajin joins us this week to talk about how he has dedicated his life to become the best tennis coach possible. Sascha is a former pro, who became the hitting partner to Serena Williams & has gone on to coach some of the best players to ever play the game. 

Victoria Azarenka, Sloane Stephens, Caroline Wozniacki, Naomi Osaka & Karolina Pliskova are some of the players that he has worked with...


We talk:

  • Dealing with payers getting injured
  • Mindset of elite players
  • Working & living with Serena Williams
  • Transitioning into coaching
  • Commonalities of top athletes 

Our chat with Sascha is a fantastic way to start the new year...we have listened to it multiple times already 😅

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Episode Chapters


2:35 - Players getting injured

7:06 - Hitting Partner of Serena Wiliams

18:58 - Learning from Azarenka

22:40 - Coaching Naomi Osaka

31:00 - Learning patience from Naomi Osaka

32:29 - Working with Karolina Pliskova

39:24 - Commonalities of top athletes


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Have you seen the Functional Tennis Saber?

Check it out here and don't miss the video of Stan Wawrinka crushing the ball


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