Carlos Moya - Rafael Nadal is hard to brake in training
Carlos Moya , former number one in the world and coaching Rafael Nadal for a few years, gave a podcast about his protégé's zeal for training.
by Jens Huiber
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May 03, 2020, 04:27 pm
With Carlos Moya, Rafael Nadal has brought a 2-in-1 package to his side: not just a coach who is supposed to make him better almost every day. But also a hitting partner who is always available to import. And can at least parry Nadal's pace from a standing start. Similar to Nicolas Massu, by Dominic Thiem. For training sessions in which the balls are also to be played in the corner, however, younger specialists are usually required.
In any case, Moya, who won the French Open in 1998 and reached number one in the ATP world rankings a year later, has no problem with Nadal's motivation. Rather the opposite. "Sometimes I have to stop him in training," Moya said in a Spanish podcast. “When we are at tournaments, I book the training places so that someone comes and throws us off the court. Everyone else wants the opposite. I don't want him to spend more than "x" time on the court. When the court is empty, it is difficult to slow it down. ”
This also applies to the matches. “When Rafa is playing, you can be sure that he gives everything. You can see what a great perfectionist and how demanding he is. It is a pleasure to work with him. You know he will fight in every match. I would put my life in his hands. "