Rick Macci Part 1: Life with the Williams sisters

Rick Macci is our guest for the twelfth episode of Baseline Intelligence. Rick is a 7-time USPTA national coach of the year and has coached Venus and Serena Williams, Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova, Jennifer Capriati and Mary Pierce. He's also featured prominently in the Oscar winning movie "King Richard". We talk 1:30 Where he gets his energy and passion from 5:08 How he got started with the Williams sisters 14:21 What Richard did well as a tennis parent 19:31 How he coaches parents 21:00 What he learned from Venus 23:49 What he learned from Serena 26:14 Why competitive drive is so important Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com