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30 years of coaching Apr 03, 2024

In 2024, I am celebrating 30 years as a coach, and it has been an extraordinary experience. I feel very blessed for all the students I have had. Most of them have been excellent experiences, but there have also been some difficult ones. Interestingly, over the years, those difficult experiences ...

Unleashing Your Potential: Consistency and Intensity in Key Aspects coaching Feb 11, 2024

In the journey of manifesting our potential, there are pivotal aspects that demand our consistent attention and unwavering intensity. These elements serve as the backbone of our growth, shaping our path towards self-realization and fulfillment. Let's delve into some of these crucial components...

Honesty, a guiding star Sep 07, 2023

Mother Teresa said once:
"I will never attend an anti-war rally; if you have a peace rally, invite me."
So, let's approach this situation from the opposite perspective: honesty.
Deep in their hearts, most parents want their children to cultivate virtues through tennis: discipline, emotional...

Growth vs Fix mindset coaching Aug 20, 2023

Carol Dweck's concept of a "growth mindset" emphasizes the belief that one's abilities and intelligence can be developed through effort, learning, and perseverance. This perspective encourages people to embrace challenges, learn from failures, and view setbacks as opportunities for growth. It...

The purpose of life coaching Apr 28, 2023

Talking to an old friend a few weeks ago, she asked or reflected out loud; what is the purpose of life?

Joking, I responded, "To hit the yellow ball, isn't it."

And she said there must be something more profound than that.

Collecting titles is probably not it. The feeling of joy fades away as it...

Theory vs Practice coaching Nov 18, 2022

Theory is the cognitive knowledge of what to do. Practice is the experience of how to do it. The masters say that wisdom is achieved through the balanced combination of both.

Many of us give ourselves satisfied with only one. We either know things intellectually or through experience. I believe...

Why do I do what I do? coaching Nov 11, 2022

Sometimes people ask me why do I do all these videos and write these posts. It's a good question because it made me think.

The truth is that a few years ago I decided that one of the things I needed to do in my life was express who I am without the fear of being exposed. Honestly, at this point...

A short explanation of a tennis stroke coaching Oct 16, 2022

PART 1

I’m going to share a few ideas and personal opinions on how to execute a tennis stroke. I would like to emphasize though, that strokes are just one of the components that influence high performance, besides the speed with which you process information...

A espresso with my DAD Oct 15, 2022

The pandemic has put me for the first time in my life face to face with human mortality, or rather with the idea of mortality itself. Having a daily count of the number of people who are dying puts us in front of a reality that we prefer to ignore until it arrives... because that is clear, that...

We get what we deserve! coaching Oct 02, 2022

Often we think that because we did what we call "hard work" and on top of that, we want it badly, we deserve to accomplish a certain big result. In reality "we don't get what we want but we get what we deserve". Deserving, meaning the amount of potential we are prepared to express at a given...

The not to do list. coaching Aug 31, 2022

We are consistently thinking and asking ourselves what to do and the easiest way to do it. But have you slowed down and asked yourself what not to do? what are the things that would have the biggest impact if you stop doing them?

I believe that list is a pretty important one and I want to share...

The Zone of Genius protocol. coaching Aug 30, 2022

I would like to share with you the steps I would take to step into the ZOG

Visualize a clear target. We need a target!! In my case the target was an optimal body-mind state. Not the winning of the match but the process of playing the match correctly
Activate my body so the energy I produce...

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