Sir Andy on What He Lacks as a Coach

[jimlosaltos]

I had several discussions along these lines with John Yandell over the years ...

Andy Murray reveals he was not ready to coach Novak Djokovic and that he didn't have answers to his questions:

“I would say that most ex players are sort of weak at the technical side of the game. At times, Novak was looking for quite a lot of technical feedback, and it was something that I didn’t really feel comfortable with. So that was something that I definitely, if I was going to coach again in the future, I would want to work on and learn from someone who’s very good at that."

[stotty]

I had several discussions along these lines with John Yandell over the years ...

Andy Murray reveals he was not ready to coach Novak Djokovic and that he didn't have answers to his questions:

“I would say that most ex players are sort of weak at the technical side of the game. At times, Novak was looking for quite a lot of technical feedback, and it was something that I didn’t really feel comfortable with. So that was something that I definitely, if I was going to coach again in the future, I would want to work on and learn from someone who’s very good at that."

He could start by visiting Tennisplayer. There’s probably lots on here he doesn’t know. Had he slightly adjusted his own service grip he might have been able to achieve full internal rotation on the serve himself. Just goes to show what you can get away with when you’re a major talent.

Not sure why Novak would be looking for technical help at 38 years old…bit late for that.

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He could start by visiting Tennisplayer. There’s probably lots on here he doesn’t know. Had he slightly adjusted his own service grip he might have been able to achieve full internal rotation on the serve himself. Just goes to show what you can get away with when you’re a major talent.

Not sure why Novak would be looking for technical help at 38 years old…bit late for that.

Novak is just a bit of a princess with his subordinates(team). I doubt he really seeks any technical pointers ha.

[jimlosaltos]

I'm going to put this here rather than start a new thread, since the podcast interview has a lot to do with coaching. But this excerpt is insightful on how these players see the game and their careers differently because of Fed et al.


Darren Cahill has some interesting takes on coaching Sinner in Andy Roddick's podcast. But this was also fascinating. Cahill says Sinner and Alcaraz both have a different perspective than he and Andy did because the Big 3 have shown them they can have 15 year careers.

"He just loves the sport. He wants to get out there and play for the next 15 years. He's 23 years of age. He can see himself playing when he's 37-38 years of age . And I don't know about you but I couldn't do that when I was playing You know I was Iwas trying to make it to the 30s and I didn't even give it that long in my career But these guys have a different perspective now about how long a tennis career can be because of the legends that have just played it and extended their careers for so long and had so much success So these young players
coming through are investing into their careers at an early age to make sure
they get the longevity and with that they have great self-awareness I think

Carlos has it as well I think he's very aware of his surroundings very aware of his success and his popularity and Janick is as well and all at the same time he's able to keep his feet on the ground to what you see from the outside

https://youtu.be/guALVh47WuI?si=1Lnjpv90_dEzu6MT