Tennis Lifestyle Podcast Gianluca Sola

Rick Macci is a very well known name in the tennis world.

He is a legendary coach who owns and operates one of the most famous tennis academies in the world in Boca Raton, Florida (the Rick Macci Tennis Academy).

USPTA Hall of Fame Tennis coach 

USPTA Master Professional

Seven-time USPTA national coach of the year

Trained five number one ranked players: Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. And coached many other great juniors and top professionals.

Owner of the Rick Macci Tennis Academy, where he currently still coaches 50 hours a week!

Rick was crucial in the development of Venus and Serena Williams. He worked with their father Richard Williams and coached them in the early nineties at his academy in Florida.

Rick is also one of the main characters in the recently released movie "King Richard" which is about the Williams family and their early development with Rick Macci. The movie has already gained great reviews and is an incredible story even for people who do not follow tennis. Richard Williams is played by Will Smith and the movie may be nominated for several Oscars!

Rick Macci is also very well known for his coaching videos, video analysis, zoom virtual lessons etc...His technical instructional videos are a must watch (I highly recommend them!). All videos can be viewed on youtube at Rick Macci Tennis.



This is from his website (www.rickmacci.com):

"Rick’s experience over the past 40 years in molding a player is unmatched by any teacher in the world. As a USPTA Master Professional, Rick trains other tennis pros and coaches how to teach, motivate and communicate with their students to “deliver the goods”. Experts agree that Rick’s insight to explaining and presenting the psychological triggers of an athlete is a gift that very few coaches’ possess and can deliver."



If you want to find out more about Rick Macci and his academy, following are some useful links:

Rick Macci Tennis Academy: 561-445-2747

Clubhouse & Fitness Center: 561-477-9660

NETRICXS AND VIDEO SUPPORT: 772-214-4422

SUPPORT@RICKMACCI.COM

www.rickmacci.com

19760 Striker Circle, Boca Raton, FL 33498, United States

Facebook: @RickMacciTennisAcademy

Instagram: rickmaccitennis

Youtube: Rick Macci Tennis

Twitter: @rickmaccitennis



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Gianluca

Amazing chat with Craig Shapiro - tennis influencer, insider and podcaster.

Craig is the creator and host of the Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast which is my favourite tennis podcast.

I started listening to Craigs' podcast a few years ago when it was known as the Under Review Tennis Podcast. It is an excellent listen; Craig has an incredible list of great guests and is very good at interviewing them and asking interesting questions. He is not only very enthusiastic and funny but his chats are also very informative and you end up always learning something new and surprising. I highly suggest following his podcast and listening to the past episodes.

Craig has been involved in the tennis world for many years; he has had many great experiences and met many interesting people along the way.

He was the racquet technician for Andre Agassi for a few years and toured the world with him and Brad Gilbert.

Following his time on the tour, Craig got involved in TV production working on the Inside the NFL, Wimbledon and championship boxing for HBO Sports as well as working on the documentaries for the Tennis Channel.

He has produced and directed some documentaries including one on Andre Agassi which I recommend watching (https://vimeo.com/361542352), and a mini documentary on Patrick Mourotaglou (https://vimeo.com/383801368)

In our chat we talk about his life and work experiences in tennis, Indian Wells 2021, Andre Agassi, TV Broadcasting, his podcast and tennis podcasting, his recently launched Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast Tennis Academy which is mostly happening in his mind and cookies with his face!

Follow Craig Shapiro if you like tennis!

Twitter: @Shaptennispod

Instagram: cshaptennispod

shaptennispod.com

https://shows.acast.com/craigtennispod



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Really nice conversation with the legendary broadcaster and former professional player Robbie Koenig.
If you watch tennis on TV, there is a very high chance you have listened to his commentary!
In this episode we chat about:
Laver Cup 2021, which was held in Boston and won by team Europe.
His Professional career as a tennis player. Former South African professional tennis player, had great success as a doubles player winning 5 doubles titles and reached the semifinals of the 1998 US Open men's doubles. Also achieved some great results in mixed doubles.
His brief tennis coaching career.
South African tennis.
Junior tennis and development.
His broadcasting career: one of the most famous and recognizable voices in tennis broadcasting. Robbie has commentated on several TV channels all over the world and is currently commentating for ATP Tennis on Amazon Prime UK, the Majors, Laver Cup and Sky NZ... His broadcasting style is unique and he blends great knowledge of the game (having played at the highest level), insights into players and their teams, technical and statistical analysis, and combines these with his great enthusiasm and passion for the game. He is also known for his famous one liners and sayings! We talk about this and more...
Also we find out more about Robbie towards the end of the episode when we talk about his many passions which include Fly fishing, 80s music, coffee, golf. etc... and don't miss the mega rapid fire quiz!   
Furthermore, Robbie was very accommodating, down to earth and it was a pleasure chatting to him.
You can follow Robbie on twitter at: @RobKoenigTennis

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Gianluca

Great chat with Enrico Maria Riva.

Enrico is a graphics and stats operator for the ATP and tennis TV channels. He gets to travel all over the world and is the man behind all the graphics and stats shown during matches and tournaments. He also obviously collaborates closely with all the English speaking tennis commentators and feeds them useful info and stats in order to make the broadcast more interesting!

He has a very large twitter following which includes everyone from Novak to Piatti to Wawrinka. I would encourage everyone to follow him also because he mixes great tennis stats with lots of silly comments which are often very funny!

We also discuss the recently finished US Open including the highlights, controversies and many talking points.

You can follow and find out more about Enrico on twitter - @enricomariariva



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In this episode I chat with Marco Panichi. We talk straight after the 2021 Wimbledon final which was won by Novak Djokovic (his 20th grand slam title) who Marco is currently working with as a fitness trainer.

Marco has had an incredible career; he has an enormous amount of experience as a fitness coach and as a life coach to many tennis players and athletes.

Marco Panichi is an Italian professional Coach and Massophysiotherapist, high-level motor preparation trainer, currently working with Novak Djokovic. They worked together in 2018 and in 2019 Marco joined Novak's team again. 

He is a former athlete, 2-time Italian champion in long jump.

Marco has worked with numerous tennis federations, including Italian, Chinese, Israeli and German.

Consultant at leading tennis academies such as Sanchez-Casal and IMG.

Marco also records fitness training videos for TopLevelTennis.com

As a personal trainer he has worked with an incredible amount of famous tennis stars:

Novak Djokovic

Angelique Kerber

Christian Garin

Philipp Kohlschreiber

Ivo Karlovic

Fabio Fognini

Francesca Schiavone

Li Na

and many many more....



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In this episode I have a great chat with Frederic Fontang who is in Paris at the French Open 2021, coaching Felix Auger-Aliassime.

A successful junior, Fontang won the Petits As in 1984 and was the French 16s champion in 1986.

An ATP Professional Player between 1989 and 1998, reached a career-high ranking of World No. 59, and captured the ATP Tour title in Palermo in 1991.

After his playing career, Frederic became coach of Jeremy Chardy and remained with him for 12 years. During this time Chardy won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, won ATP 250 title in Stuttgart and reached the fourth round of the French Open the next year.

Worked with Vasek Pospisil from October 2012 to August 2016. During this time, Pospisil reached an ATP ranking of No. 25 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. 

He also coached Caroline Garcia from march 2011 to June 2012. Final US Open Juniors and semi Final at French open Juniors.

Frederic is the coach for the Canadian Davis Cup team.

We talk about his professional playing career, his coaching career, coaching Felix and collaborating/working with Toni Nadal, who has joined their team in 2021; and much more....



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Ciao,

Gianluca