April 18, 2020

#75: Wim Fissette – Using Data as Your Assistant Tennis Coach

36 minutes

Hi guys, hope you are all continuously safe, healthy and happy!

This time around you will get an insight into the thoughts of Wim Fissette. Wim started his coaching journey on the tour with Kim Clijsters and have for the past decade been coaching the likes of Sabine Lisicki, Simona Halep, Victoria Azarenka, Johanna Konta, Angelique Kerber and is currently the coach of 2 time Grand Slam Champion Naomi Osaka.

You’ll get to know:

How he applies Data in his Coaching

Why Technical execution comes 3rd

Why Women’s Tennis is getting more vertical

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:00 SAP Tennis Analytics
03:20 How Wim use statistics as a Tennis Coach
04:11 What the practice court looks like with Wim Fissette
05:20 Balancing working on a tennis players strengths and weaknesses
06:46 How Wim overinformed Kerber
08:00 Wim Fissette’s learnings from on court coaching
11:10 When it’s time to make a change with a player
12:53 Do you follow the data or do you follow your feeling
14:40 It’s about details with the best tennis players in the world
16:12 Mentality, feet and technical execution
17:45 How Wim Helped Simona understand that she was a top 10 player
19:44 It’s the players responsibility
21:09 You don’t control how well your opponent will play
22:54 What the Coach Program Advisory Committee is all about
25:05 Exciting time for WTA Tennis Ahead
26:05 Women’s tennis is getting more vertical because of slow courts
27:00 How to approach getting players to play more vertically
29:10 Don’t do spectacular drills – Keep it simple
29:50 Separate your professional and personal life
30:40 How Victoria Azarenka got Wim back on the Tour
33:45 Wim Fissette’s advice for Tennis Coaches
34:40 Wim Fissette’s advice for Players
35:30 How to keep updated on Wim