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

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