In this episode you are going to listen to Marc Sophoulis, Marc has among others coached ATP & WTA players like: Victor Hanescu, Karan Rastogi, Anastasia & Arina Rodionova & Sabine Lisicki. He has conducted a 40 week TV Tennis Series on ESPN Asia & In 2011 he was awarded “Rising Star Coach of the year” in Australia. Currently Marc works at the Melbourne International Tennis School

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– The philosophy at MITS & the previous ones that failed

– The importance of person, athlete & then the Tennis Player

– The boundaries you must set to keep respect

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:
01:30 Shared characteristics of top players
03:30 Nature vs nurture
05:03 The environment created from the parents
06:18 MITS Philosophy
07:54 What philosophy that didn’t work
09:19 What Marc tells the players he work with
11:18 Why coaches need to be selfless
14:04 Person, athlete, player
15:15 Go outside of your own country as a coach
17:58 The importance of honesty
18:28 Integrity
20:19 A brutal industry
22:46 Boundaries
25:40 Persistence
26:20 Resilience
27:03 Act upon your learnings
29:00 Look outside of tennis
31:30 Biggest lesson from AFL
32:42 Relationships
34:01 24 hour coach
36:20 Practice doesn’t make perfect
37:10 Specificity
38:40 No trust, no development
40:03 Marc’s advice