#48: Juan Viloca – Lessons from Pato Alvarez applied to Modern Tennis

In this episode you’re going to listen to Juan Viloca. Juan was a professional player himself for more than a decade with a career high in singles of #47. After his own career Juan had coaching stints with Flavia Panetta & Svetlana Kuznetsova & helped out Pato with players such as Gilles Mueller & Grigor Dimitrov. You’ll get to know: – Pato’s training methods – What cleaning the games means & how to do it – How Juan felt a lack of competencies & what he then did Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 The Team Juan was a part of 05:30 What we can apply from Pato 11:32 Cleaning the game 12:05 How being tough can help 15:54 The 3 different areas 19:53 Would Pato still do the same? 22:12 Have we as Tennis Coaches become too soft? 26:12 20’s & 21’s 29:00 Lack of competencies 40:30 Communication skills 42:50 The Relation 44:44 Why Mats Wilander os not coaching on the tour 51:03 Top players are extremely intelligent