Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

#79: Nick Saviano – From Vision to Personalized Tactics


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Hi guys, in this episode you get to listen to Nick Saviano. Nick has more than 35 years of experience as a coach working with ATP and WTA players including Grand Slam Winners and World Number 1’s. He was the Director of Coaching at the USTA for 14 years before setting up his Academy, the Saviano High Performance Tennis, which he is still running to this day

You’ll get to know:

  • How to guarantee success
  • How nobody is a natural Tennis Player
  • How to build around on-court personality
  • Enjoy the show!

    Timestamps:
    01:00 A sacred trust
    05:30 Guaranteeing success
    08:20 What to focus on during a match
    11:30 The difference between nerves and fear
    13:00 From Vision to personalized tactics
    16:45 Build around the on-court personality
    19:00 Tennis specific athleticism
    21:30 Movement patterns and overloading
    24:15 Clarifying “Stealing candy from babies” quote
    26:00 Patience and perseverance
    27:45 The journey is the reward
    29:00 No excellence without letting go of the fear of mistakes
    30:00 Making the most out of the journey 
    32:00 Tomorrow will be your today
    34:00 I understand that I’m not going to be perfect
    35:00 The biggest waste of time is to not seize the moment
    35:40 Nobody is “just” a natural tennis player
    38:00 You’re not a tennis player you’re whole life
    38:45 Nick Saviano’s goal with every player
    40:50 On Serena Williams’s greatness
    43:00 Dick Gould, John Wooden & Stephen Covey
    44:10 Nick Saviano’s advice to tennis players
    47:15 Nick Saviano’s advice to tennis coaches

    Enjoy your listen! 

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