The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

Our main board to talk about our sport
User avatar
JazzNU United States of America
Posts: 6655
Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:57 pm
Location: Pennsylvania
Has thanked: 2786 times
Been thanked: 2374 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#451

Post by JazzNU »

ponchi101 wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:04 pm
ashkor87 wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:22 am good that Leylah has a coach at all.. not good to be coached by Papa all your life.. Coco Gauff should consider it too..
And it is not as if the experiment has not been done plenty of times:
Yuri Sharapov: no good for Maria.
The Tsitsipas parents: let's not even go there.
Wozniacki: I say he held her back.
Bencic: nah, not working.
Caro Garcia: once daddy left, look at the results.
Peter Graf: Steffi was so much better off without him.
The Williams: all kudos for bringing them both that far. Then even more for letting them go and find their own way.

Exceptions:
Seles: Her dad did well.
Connors: Gloria always kept the proper distance, and it worked well.

Richard Williams and possibly Sharapov belong in the exceptions. You get your kid, and in the first instance, kids to a GS title while you're coaching them, and you belong in the exceptions. The experiment worked.

Caro had several stints with a few other coaches or I'd throw her dad in there as well. And for all his faults and not getting her to a GS title quickly. he got her to #1. So that experiment really also worked.

I don't remember particulars about Graf's dad other than the tax evasion.
User avatar
ponchi101 Venezuela
Site Admin
Posts: 14722
Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:40 pm
Location: New Macondo
Has thanked: 3857 times
Been thanked: 5567 times
Contact:

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#452

Post by ponchi101 »

I should have worded Richard Williams better. My point was that, at one point, he let go. He did a great job, then he relinquished, for his daughters' good.
Peter Graf did a very good job too; her Slam season was with him still there. But once the tax issues came to the spotlight, he had to go. And she was better off.
I remember Sharapova having a few situations with her dad that would make Apostolos look like Lendl. It did not end well.
Ego figere omnia et scio supellectilem
User avatar
Deuce Canada
Posts: 4531
Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:52 am
Location: An unparallel universe
Has thanked: 336 times
Been thanked: 977 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#453

Post by Deuce »

I don't think anyone can say definitively that parent coaches work or don't work. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. There are some variables that will determine whether it works or not - not the least of which is the dynamic and relationship and history between the parent and the child.

All of the parental coaching examples listed above - both the ones listed as positive and the ones listed as negative - include players who've achieved marvellous things - all these players are/were very top level players. That's successful by any logical definition.
Could Tsitsipas, for example, accomplish more than his current top 5 in the world without his father? Who knows? Maybe, maybe not. But he has already achieved remarkable things with his father as his primary coach.
Perspective is important.

With the exception of parents who once played tennis at a high level, I think most tennis coaching parents become more of a psychological coach than a technical coach - because they've known their kid for all of the kid's life, which includes many aspects and elements not related to tennis, but to personality and character - and so, psychologically and emotionally, in most cases they know their kid better than any other coach can.
R.I.P. Amal...

“The opposite of courage is not cowardice - it’s conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.”- Jim Hightower
ashkor87 India
Posts: 4584
Joined: Wed May 26, 2021 6:18 am
Location: India
Has thanked: 2329 times
Been thanked: 813 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#454

Post by ashkor87 »

JTContinental wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:56 pm
ashkor87 wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:22 am good that Leylah has a coach at all.. not good to be coached by Papa all your life.. Coco Gauff should consider it too..
Gauff has been coached by Diego Moyano for several months now.
Yes, had forgotten that...
ashkor87 India
Posts: 4584
Joined: Wed May 26, 2021 6:18 am
Location: India
Has thanked: 2329 times
Been thanked: 813 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#455

Post by ashkor87 »

Raducanu has hired Sebastian Sachs as her coach...he had worked with Bencic it seems..let us hope this works out
User avatar
ponchi101 Venezuela
Site Admin
Posts: 14722
Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:40 pm
Location: New Macondo
Has thanked: 3857 times
Been thanked: 5567 times
Contact:

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#456

Post by ponchi101 »

I lost track. Number 5 or is it number 6, since the USO run?
Ego figere omnia et scio supellectilem
User avatar
ti-amie United States of America
Posts: 22996
Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:44 pm
Location: The Boogie Down, NY
Has thanked: 5304 times
Been thanked: 3292 times

Honorary_medal

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#457

Post by ti-amie »

ashkor87 wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:15 am Raducanu has hired Sebastian Sachs as her coach...he had worked with Bencic it seems..let us hope this works out
Well at least he's used to temperament...
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
ashkor87 India
Posts: 4584
Joined: Wed May 26, 2021 6:18 am
Location: India
Has thanked: 2329 times
Been thanked: 813 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#458

Post by ashkor87 »

ponchi101 wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:14 pm I lost track. Number 5 or is it number 6, since the USO run?
They say #5
ashkor87 India
Posts: 4584
Joined: Wed May 26, 2021 6:18 am
Location: India
Has thanked: 2329 times
Been thanked: 813 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#459

Post by ashkor87 »

So basically Bencic and Raducanu have done an exchange of coaches!
They have pretty similar playing styles so maybe not so surprising,!
User avatar
ti-amie United States of America
Posts: 22996
Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:44 pm
Location: The Boogie Down, NY
Has thanked: 5304 times
Been thanked: 3292 times

Honorary_medal

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#460

Post by ti-amie »



This is a big get for Sloane.
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
User avatar
ponchi101 Venezuela
Site Admin
Posts: 14722
Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:40 pm
Location: New Macondo
Has thanked: 3857 times
Been thanked: 5567 times
Contact:

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#461

Post by ponchi101 »

Will Rafa have any coaches left? ;)
Good move.
Ego figere omnia et scio supellectilem
skatingfan Canada
Posts: 1463
Joined: Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:00 am
Location: Smiths Falls
Has thanked: 1048 times
Been thanked: 867 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#462

Post by skatingfan »

ti-amie wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:51 pm

This is a big get for Sloane.
Sorry if this sounds snarky, but is she actually working with him or was this just a photo op. This doesn't look like much of a workout.
User avatar
ponchi101 Venezuela
Site Admin
Posts: 14722
Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:40 pm
Location: New Macondo
Has thanked: 3857 times
Been thanked: 5567 times
Contact:

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#463

Post by ponchi101 »

Well, it does seem staged. So just an announcement.
I guess.
Ego figere omnia et scio supellectilem
User avatar
Deuce Canada
Posts: 4531
Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:52 am
Location: An unparallel universe
Has thanked: 336 times
Been thanked: 977 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#464

Post by Deuce »

I just found out who Tamara Zidansek's coach is....
I spoke with him a couple of times at a tournament this past summer - he really liked my Head Vilas wood racquet, and told some stories about it.
His name is Carl Maes, and he was once the head of women's tennis at the British Lawn Tennis Association, and was Kim Clijsters's coach back when Clijsters was winning a lot.
He was the Director of the Kim Clijsters Tennis Academy until it closed a few months ago, and is currently the Performance Director of the Soho Tennis Academy in Spain.

He saw me with the Vilas racquet and came to me once alone, and another time when I was talking and joking with Daria Kasatkina and her coach Carlos Martinez about the racquet.
I had no idea who he was at the time - I knew only that he appreciated old racquets.

If any of you have some old racquets in decent shape lying around, bring them to a pro or junior tournament and just carry one around openly - it can sometimes invite some interesting comments from some interesting people.
You can even take the old racquet to the official tournament stringer and ask him/her to string it - they'll get a laugh out of that.
R.I.P. Amal...

“The opposite of courage is not cowardice - it’s conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.”- Jim Hightower
User avatar
JazzNU United States of America
Posts: 6655
Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:57 pm
Location: Pennsylvania
Has thanked: 2786 times
Been thanked: 2374 times

Re: The Tennis Coaching Merry Go Round

#465

Post by JazzNU »

ti-amie wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:51 pm

This is a big get for Sloane.

Just an FYI, he was already working with her. So it may be a get, but it's hardly a surprise. I seem to remember it being posted here when they were spotted together. Since at least back at the US Open. This may be the official announcement as her head coach, it was definitely a part time or consultant role before, but it's not a new coaching relationship.
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: JTContinental and 7 guests