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56 – Mental Toughness In Tennis
Djokovic vs Nadal - who is mentally tougher?
Glen Hill and Jacob Meyer discuss mental toughness in tennis. They start by comparing Nadal and Djokovic and asking: Is mental toughness innate? Rituals are a key topic here, including Nadal’s water bottle management system. Djokovic’s thriving in hostile crowds and his “me against the world” mentality is discussed. The conversation ranges across other topics, including commitment to game plans, and defensive serve & volleying.
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55 – Pro vs College Doubles
Reaching Potential, & Matching Your Risk Tolerance With Your Playstyle
In this wide ranging conversation we talk about experiences coaching collegiate and professional doubles and some of the differences between the two. We explore the idea of risk tolerance and emotional drivers and how they can align or mismatch with our natural playing styles or tools to inhibit performance.
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54 – Racquet Physics
Low Trophy On The Serve & More
In this episode, we talk about racquets. Specifically we discuss the things in racquets that impact power such as weight and stiffness. There’s some talk of how a racquet might cause pain for one player but not another, as well as some of the technological development (or lack thereof) in racquets since the 1980s.
In the last part we talk about the “low trophy” in the serve – where a player keeps the hand and racquet low in an effort to engage the bounce reflex in external rotation. There’s some discussion of the impact this has on shoulder health and longevity.
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