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#52: Michael Joyce – The Winning Tactics of Maria Sharapova
Today you are going to listen to Michael Joyce, Michael was a professional player himself reaching a career high of #64 in singles. He then went on to coach Maria Sharapova from 2004-2011 in which she won 2 Grand Slam titles & rose to #1 in the world. Since 2011 Michael has worked with Jessica Pegula who rose from #900 to #120 WTA within the first 2 years of their partnership before suffering from a serious injury which she is now trying to get back from.
You’ll get to know:
– About Maria’s Mentality
– The exact winning strategies of Maria
– About the short hop test
Timestamps
01:30 Get the personality
04:10 Cultural differences
07:30 Maria’s mentality
11:30 Confidence
13:00 Looking at the bigger perspective
15:15 The importance of preparation
19:30 Scouting
24:45 Playing up an age group
31:45 Using doubles as practice for singles
36:10 Better people
41:00 The Phil Jackson story
47:30 Rubbing people the right way
49:00 Getting the players to feel good about themselves vs being honest
54:00 The fakeness of the tennis world
56:30 Eye-hand coordination
58:45 Landorph’s short hop test
1:02:15
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By Adam Blicher, Tennis Coach
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Today you are going to listen to Michael Joyce, Michael was a professional player himself reaching a career high of #64 in singles. He then went on to coach Maria Sharapova from 2004-2011 in which she won 2 Grand Slam titles & rose to #1 in the world. Since 2011 Michael has worked with Jessica Pegula who rose from #900 to #120 WTA within the first 2 years of their partnership before suffering from a serious injury which she is now trying to get back from.
You’ll get to know:
– About Maria’s Mentality
– The exact winning strategies of Maria
– About the short hop test
Timestamps
01:30 Get the personality
04:10 Cultural differences
07:30 Maria’s mentality
11:30 Confidence
13:00 Looking at the bigger perspective
15:15 The importance of preparation
19:30 Scouting
24:45 Playing up an age group
31:45 Using doubles as practice for singles
36:10 Better people
41:00 The Phil Jackson story
47:30 Rubbing people the right way
49:00 Getting the players to feel good about themselves vs being honest
54:00 The fakeness of the tennis world
56:30 Eye-hand coordination
58:45 Landorph’s short hop test
1:02:15
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