BELIEVE THE KEY TO SUCCESS OF RAFA IS THE HARD WORK AND HUMILITY
Toni Nadal:
"He who thinks best to win something is stupid"
23/09/1910 - 16:29.
Rafa Nadal's coach, his uncle Toni Nadal, recognizes that the key to take his nephew to win the Grand Slam with only 24 years is hard work, as it has been very demanding for the Spaniard to get a solid number one of the world.
"I've always been very critical of my nephew. It is better to overestimate the critical lighten it. Rafael never accepted excuses for their failures. What makes the difference is hard work. The setting is best to win something stupid" , said in an interview to supplement 'XL Semanal'. The coach knows his pupil respects his authority. "I am your uncle, and that is decisive. He was raised and all life, and it seemed fine. If a child, because to succeed, you give him carte blanche to those 17 years, it is normal at 24 is an idiot . It is not the case of Rafael, and not have to tell you what to do, "he adds.
Toni does not believe that the praise necessary to encourage a professional sportsman. "Mal player who needs that flatter all the time", says while recognizing the importance of mental preparation of five-time champion at Roland Garros. "For me there is a fundamental principle: control. On the status of the ball, everything I do. A Rafael always said: never gonna blow ahead of the head. The essential work was done between 8 and 17. Then and was let go. The sport is a mental issue. create you the need, desire, all that intensity, it is basically in the early years, "he adds.
Zero Wages
Toni Nadal saw very early that his nephew was a champion and it was dedicated to take your career from age ten. "Not because I think of live tennis, because I do not charge a dollar per train my nephew, but because it allowed the family situation," he says. The keeping of Nadal's career has not caused any problems with parents, ensuring they are "quiet" because things "go well" while specifying that no one has quit his job by the successes of Olympic champions. "His father works harder than before, since it deals with its affairs and those of his son," he said.
Another key to victory is Nadal who has always had "feet on the ground" and recalled a story experienced by his nephew, who criticized a seafood eaten in San Juan de Luz. "At your age, you have to do is eat a hamburger," he said. Finally, he welcomed the good relationship maintained with its great rival Nadal, Swiss Roger Federer. "Rafael was always clear: it's rival on the track" ends.
marca.com
"Changing the serve was his idea, Rafa’s”
On his arrival at Barajas, Toni Nadal uncle and trainer of the newly crowned US Open champion, explained to AS the vital changes in his nephew’s game and the immediate projects facing the final of this 2010 season.
A. Delmás | 16/09/2010
All the world witnessed a new reinvention of Rafael Nadal. Suddenly in New York he began to execute his serve at a speed he never had done before…
The change of serve was an idea of his, of Rafa. It had to change because in the previous tournaments, Toronto and Cincinnati, he had served pretty badly and people were coming in or attacking the serve with too much ease. In the end, it was a serve something similar to the one at Wimbledon.
Was it the key weapon for the title?
On this type of surfaces, such as the US Open and the US hard court tournaments you need to win easy points with the serve to be able to play one to one against everyone. But it isn’t only that, it can give you several free points, it also means playing well. And Rafael had already started playing very well from the match with Gilles Simon in the 3rd round. There I began to notice the change, the improvement that took him to the final.
However, the one who gave Rafa some difficult in the round before Simon was Istomin who was on the point of winning a set off him at 5-1 in the tiebreak.
It was close yes, but I believe that he would have won that match anyway.
Were you worried about the title with the rain delays?
They favoured Djokovic without doubt. But Rafael knew how to conserve the intensity.
What aspects of Rafa’s game are you going to try to remodel from now on?
You can always improve things. Hit the ball longer, attack the volley more, second serves… up until a certain time, until around 2006, Rafa did not know how to hit the backhand slice. And now he that he is able to, has incorporated it into his game.
Do you think that Federer will continue being a threat to your nephew in the near future.
Theoretically, it would seem that Federer is in a decline, but that was said in 2008, and you see what happened, Roger went on winning Grand Slam tournaments. He still has enough to continue to be high (in the rankings). Another thing will be motivation, but I saw him pretty motivated in the Open. Rafa will have ten days rest now before going to Äsia. I won’t be going with him.
The rest...?
Murray, Djokovic and Del Potro, when he is completely recovered will still be there. It is tough for everyone, and more so in tournaments like the Open. We will aim for Rafa to keep playing as well and inside the court as now, in New York.
as.com
0 comments