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Tennis Interview of the Day: World-Class Coach Nick Saviano (Excerpts)

Nick Saviano, coach to world class players such as Genie Bouchard, recently answered questions about these tennis topics: 

1. Fundamental Attribute of Players of Top Talent
--Focused on executing and on how they perform, not outcome.
Outcome is a by-product.
2. Most Important Asset of Aspiring High Level Players
--Passion and love for the game. "That is your engine."
3. Most Common Shortcoming of Aspiring Players
--"Probably the biggest deficiency is tracking the ball and
watching it as it's coming to them, and keeping the head
relatively still during the shot."
4. Emulating Professional Player Idols
--Learn from the fundamentals of the professional player's game. The split step is an integral component of movement and anticipation. Maintain a low center of gravity. No extra superfluous movements in the upper body. Make contact with the ball out in front of the body.
5. Key Drill or Movement
--Move to hit the ball in exactly the right position every time -- exactly inside your "strike zone". Footwork has an objective -- to get the ball in your optimal hitting zone.

"An Interview with Nick Saviano", Tennis Magazine (March-April 2016), Page 74. 

Tennis Quote of the Day: Tennis, Life and Confidence

"Tennis is arguably one of the best sports to teach "life skills" as it mimics life in that we are totally reliant on court on ourselves; we experience highs, lows, euphoria and crushing panic at times and every other emotion in between . . . [and] tennis requires a "solid brain" to get to the highest levels of the sport. There is no guarantee that on any specific day or match you will play awesome! Actually most of the time, you will struggle with something! So what is left? Let me think about this little word "confidence". What does it mean and how does one get confidence? Confidence starts the moment you get up in the morning to play your match! It is a mindset one has to have long before you hit the first ball. [It is] the knowledge that you have done the "hard yards" and you have been there before etc."

Johan Kriek
Grand Slam Champion, Australian Open 1981, 1982
Owner, Johan Kriek Tennis Academy