About this episode
Federico Ricci, an experienced tour & academy coach joins us this week! 🇮🇹 Federico is the current coach of Emil Ruusuvuori, but has coached a number of players over the last few years 🔥 We talk about: How his coaching journey started in Florida Moving to Finland to start an academy Working with Emil Ruusuvuori Plans for the future It was great to be able to chat with Federico about the differences between coaching in an academy and coaching an individual player on a full time basis. It was also eye-opening to hear about the number of weeks each year that he travels for work. Being a tour coach often means that there are very few weeks off! 😯 Hope you enjoy! 💯 Leave us a review on iTunes 📱 Episode Chapters: 4:24 - Developing his coaching skills 12:19 - How he started working with Emil Ruusuvuori 18:29 - Emil's transition to professional tennis 21:15 - Instilling belief in players from Finland 29:42 - Advice for juniors Find us on Social Media: Twitter: twitter.com/functennis Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennisPodcast Website: www.FunctionalTennis.com Facebook: Facebook.com/FunctionalTennisOfficial Have you seen the Functional Tennis Saber? Check it out here and don't miss the video of Stan Wawrinka crushing the ball Find us on Social Media: Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennis YouTube: Functional Tennis Podcast Twitter: twitter.com/functennis Website: www.FunctionalTennis.com