Coach: Patrick Mouratoglou, The
“For anyone, facing an opponent coached by Patrick Mouratoglou is a scary prospect.” Serena Williams
“Before they got together, she had stopped winning. He put her back on her feet, gave her renewed motivation and shared his love of the game with her. From that day onwards she became almost unbeatable. It’s for all those reasons that I call Patrick Mouratoglou the ‘Mentalist’.” Martina Hingis
| Weight | 0.270000 |
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| ISBN13/Barcode | 9781908724755 |
| ISBN10 | 1908724757 |
| Author | MOURATOGLU, Patrick {Foreword by Serena Williams] |
| Binding | Paperback |
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| Date Published | 2nd June 2017 |
| Pages | 206 |
| Publisher | Wymer [UK] Ltd |
“Meeting Patrick saved me. He took me under his wing as if I was his own child. Through all these years that I have spent at his academy, he has helped me to develop both as a player and as a man. He’s a great coach and a formidable human being.” Jérémy Chardy
French tennis coach and TV commentator Patrick Mouratoglou hosts his own daily TV show for Eurosport, commentates on ESPN, is founder & President of the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy & Resort, philanthropist and the most followed coach in the ‘tennisphere’.
Patrick started coaching Serena Williams after she had suffered her first ever opening round defeat in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Since then, Patrick has guided Williams to her fifth, sixth and seventh Wimbledon titles, the Olympic Gold Medal, her fourth, fifth, and sixth US Open titles, her second and third French Open titles, three consecutive year-end championships titles, her sixth and seventh Australian Open title and lifted her back to World No. 1 in the WTA rankings.
This is his story, proving how vital the talents of a great coach are in harnessing the talents of the player. A must read for tennis devotees and a great insight into the everyday goings on that help to prepare the world’s top players for success.
The Coach is a hugely motivational and inspirational story. As a child he was full of suffering, enduring anxiety attacks nightly. In his own words “puny and very timid, paralysed by the shame of not being able to do better.”
Now one of the world’s leading coaches who is responsible for transforming the career of Serena Williams and helping