Years ago a coach was a boss. Today’s Tennis Coaches must be partners with their players. Impossible to lead today based on positional power alone.

At the same time there is a very fine line between nurturing a high quality relation with a player & then keeping the professional distance that is needed in order for the player to keep respecting the coach enough for the collaboration to have the maximal learning output.

1) Get to know the person behind the player
2) Do everything you can on/off court to help the player
3) BUT, set clear boundaries for what is professional & what is private

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