The most powerful mentors and apprentices in the tennis world are Carlos Alcaras and the coach Juan Carlos Ferrero who single-handedly discovered him, one is the post-00s Xinke Masters champion, who is flourishing, and the other is the former world's first successful transformation coach of the post-80s model, mature and elegant.
acquaintance
Born in 1980, the Spanish coach was born in 2003, when he won his first and only Grand Slam title, the French Open, and reached the top of the world for eight weeks, the year Alcalas was born. In 2012, Ferrero officially retired from the army and began to focus on running his own online school. Ferrero first saw Alka on his own online school training ground. At the age of 14, Alcaraz earned his first ATP points through hope, while Ferrero went to see him. It was also from then on that the two gradually communicated more and began to cooperate.
bosom friend
Soon, Ferrero felt that his little compatriots were precocious than his peers and had a bright future. For example, Alcaraz knows what's going on the pitch, knows when he needs to do well and when he can't do well, and is getting more and more quickly realized what he's doing wrong and what needs attention. At only 16-17 years old, Alka can adjust himself to the level of other players. Of course, this precociousness comes from Alka itself on the one hand, and from the emphasis on the spiritual level of the coaching team on the other. In the early years, Alcaraz was also up and down, capricious, and the team insisted on working with well-known psychologists, instilling in him that he had to accumulate progress day by day, little by little, in order to become stronger.
After taking over Alcaraz, Ferrero put a lot of money into his training and competition, focusing on improving his level of play, hoping that he would gain more experience rather than ranking. For example, the Spanish coach believes that the game must be calm in order to make a name for himself in professional tennis. He always instilled calm in Alcaraz and built his rock-solid style of play. On the field, having a certain emotion means having your own style of play, which means being able to keep your head clear and move forward in those difficult moments, those difficult games, those tense moments. A player who flinchs in tough situations, it's hard to win big games. He also instills in his disciples a humble attitude, continuous effort, and attention to detail.
Mutual trust
Xiao A has given great trust to coach Ferrero, and Ferrero has invested a lot of effort in Xiao A. Ferrero has always been strict in his work, requiring self-discipline to stay away from mobile phones, even if the disciple does not understand, he also requires the disciple to meet his requirements. Obviously, after years of getting along, Xiao Ah has adapted to this way step by step. Sometimes, when Alcaraz is tired, the training level will decrease, but the coach will tell him: since you are training, you must train with high quality; you can't train for the sake of training, it is a waste of time. You have to know what to train, what to improve, where your weaknesses are, when you need to improve, and when you need to read the game.
One wanted to teach, the other wanted to make progress, and the same goal created the pair. Alcaraz always wants to improve and wants to get better every day. They always discuss what went wrong in the game and what should be done. Ferrero, on the other hand, talks more about the psychology of a certain moment on the field than about tennis tactics. In addition to tennis, they also talk about life, football, and mentors and friends.
There is also an unavoidable topic that the media and practitioners always associate Alcaraz with Nadal. Ferrero always told the media: "Comparing him to Rafa is good, meaning that people think he has a lot of potential." But he knew very well that he had to stick to his own path. Rafa's career is not repeatable, Carlos must have his own career, he has to look forward. "In fact, the Alka team has dealt with these issues very well, and Alcaraz is not feeling the pressure because of it. As Alcaraz said, "When I fell to the floor [the moment of the Miami Masters], all the tennis dreams came to me". He can't wait to play against the best players and is already fighting to win a Grand Slam. A Grand Slam champion, or walking to the final stages of the second week, will be the next goal for the mentor-apprentice duo.
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