#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