Sebastian Eguez Paz has been a WTA coach since placing his enjoying days on maintain to teach Elizabeth Mandlik. With Eguez Paz as her coach, Mandlik noticed a dramatic rise within the rankings, breaking into the highest 100. She is at present world no. 155. He shared some perception into some keys he has discovered to deliver out one of the best in girls gamers.
Having coached and been on tour with a WTA participant for fairly some time now, I found a while in the past that teaching a feminine participant is usually a distinctive and rewarding expertise and when you study some intangibles, you may deliver out one of the best in her.
First, it’s extraordinarily vital to have a reference to the participant. Feminine gamers don’t usually open up that simply. They’ve a key that isn’t given similar to that. The coaches have to earn the belief of their participant for weeks and typically for months. Displaying respect, exhibiting good habits, making them snicker, being there for them once they need assistance, and most significantly listening to them are some keys to success.
 
As soon as the coach can get the important thing from their feminine participant, they create a bond of belief which may final perpetually if the coach takes care of it. It’s so vital to all the time care for that bond of belief as a result of she will be able to turn out to be very loyal to the coach and luxuriate in practices which results in much less stress on the coach and offers her the flexibility to thrive.
It’s crucial whereas teaching them to first all the time speak in regards to the positives after which on the very finish about some constructive suggestions.
It’s vital to not make issues look larger than they’re, particularly when these issues should not constructive. It’s additionally crucial to not create expectations in them so that they don’t really feel the strain to win and don’t really feel as if they’ve upset their group.
Listening to them on vital days for them may very well be extra precious than a tough observe. When she has her head in the suitable place, she will be able to go for the entire world and there’s no downside.
Typically we, the coaches, wish to have wonderful practices and we wish them to work so exhausting and push themselves so exhausting that typically we don’t perceive that making them snicker and ensuring they’ve time on courtroom might be extra vital than working 5 miles in 40 minutes.
In conclusion, coaching a girl just isn’t simple and it may well turn out to be very tense on events, however on the finish of the day; they turn out to be household as soon as the bond of belief is made, and the practices turn out to be a enjoyable second of your day. Practices don’t really feel like practices anymore and taking losses just isn’t the tip of the world anymore. Tennis turns into only a sport, and the connection turns into a part of your life.