#30: Alberto Castellani – The Tennis Paradox

In this episode you are going to listen to Alberto Castellani, Alberto has been on the Professional Circuit for more than 30 years coaching a bunch of top 100 players & to name a few he has coached: Janko Tipsarevic, Rainer Schuettler, Ivo Karlovic, Marc Rosset & Hicham Arazi.

Alberto is recoqnized by the ATP as one of the only 50 coaches World Wide as an international Tennis Coach where the conditions to be accepted is to continously bring or work with players in the top 100 on the ATP-Tour. Further more Alberto is the president of the GPTCA (The Global Professional Tennis Coaches Association) which has the only ATP Certified Coaches Education in the world.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– What the Tennis Paradox is

– How Coaches & players often do not know what concentration is

– Why training the Mental aspect of tennis is like training the Technical one.

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps

01:30 The tennis Paradox
04:14 Why a lot of players are mentally weak
05:56 What does concentration mean
07:58 How to train concentration
13:34 Bioenergetica
16:10 Level of activation
19:36 Mental aspect when coming back from injury
26:38 No guarantee for success
28:22 Human > tennis player
34:18 Autoritarian coaching
37:18 Empathy & intelligence
39:04 Learning
40:48 The story of a former top 30 ATP Player
43:39 Why Alberto doesn’t like the “Australian”
45:16 Lack of time spent on mental training
45:44 To rest well is as important as to practice well
47:14 Alberto’s advise