#43: Christian Ruud – You Need To Have a Big Weapon

In this episode you are going to listen to Christian Ruud, Christian was a professional player himself with a career high of #39 in Singles in 1995. He represented Norway in 3 consecutive Olympics, he has been the National Coach of Norway & is currently Coaching at the 104 Tennis Academy in Norway alongside being a dad & a part of the coaching team of his Son, Casper Ruud. In this episode you’ll get to know: – What the Team around Casper looks like – The importance of social skills – The importance of simplicity as a Tennis Coach Enjoy the show! Timestamps: 01:30 The steps from a player to a Coach 03:45 Blaming the federation 04:36 Seperating from Casper 09:49 What Casper’s team look like 11:15 Video Analysis 14:12 The importance of social skills 15:39 Social media 16:30 Tennis Parents 17:39 The unfairness of who can earn a living playing tennis 19:45 The motivational factor 21:20 Thomas Högstedt 22:51 How the game had changed 24:30 The basics are still the same 25:19 Don’t make it too difficult 26:00 The serve & return