E25. Interview with Rick Macci

We’re back with another exciting episode of ‘Love Means Nothing - The Tennis Podcast’ featuring an absolute legend in the tennis world: Rick Macci, a Hall of Fame tennis coach, motivational speaker, life coach, podcast co-host, and best-selling author. Rick has the unique distinction of having coached and worked with five tennis players who have ascended to the position of Number One in the world on either the men's or women's professional tennis rankings, including Andy Roddick, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Jennifer Capriati. The outcomes of Rick Maccis's hands-on approach, unique ability to analyze and correct technical, strategic, and mental deficiencies, and message delivery like no other have earned him 7 Coach of the Year awards, the youngest person ever inducted into the USPTA Hall of Fame, 8 Grand Slam champions, and 324 national titles. Join us as we dive into Rick’s career, the movie ‘King Richard’, coaching Venus and Serena Williams, coaching both students and parents and more.
[05.01] Rick’s journey – Starting the conversation, Rick gives us a brief introduction to his 40+ year career in tennis and his reasons for choosing to be a tennis coach.
[12.02] Switching couches – Rick shares his idea about players’ switching couches when they became hits in the tennis world and the external factors that may have influenced those decisions.
[19.53] King Richard – We dive into how the Oscar-winning movie ‘King Richard’ changed things around Rick’s life.
[26.03] Best friends – Rick explains how he and Richard Williams became best friends due to the mutual understanding of believing in two girls who became two of the best tennis players in the world; Serena and Venus Williams.
[30.43] Venus Williams – Rick shares how he never felt like taking a risk about believing in Venus Williams to become a great tennis player from the start.
[40.16] Coaching – If you are a coach, you have to train both the students and their parents. Rick explains how he approaches students and parents when he believes he has a world-class player to train.
[49.12] Boys vs. girls – Rick’s approach to coaching young women versus young men
[57.06] Strokes – We discuss how different players have different strokes and how to evaluate them correctly.
[01.00.10] Pressure – Pressure can make you stronger as well as weaker. You have to make the decision about what to do with it.
Resources
Connect with Rick
Twitter - twitter.com/RickMacci 
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/rick-macci-tennis-academy/ 
YouTube - youtube.com/user/RickMacci 
Website - rickmacci.com/ 
Email - info@rickmacci.com 
Book by Rick Macci
Macci Magic: Extracting Greatness From Yourself and Others
amazon.com/Macci-Magic-Extracting-Greatness-Yourself/dp/1937559254/ 
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Quotes
“It's not where you start. It's where you finish.”
“If you love what you do, you feel like you're hardly working.”
“No matter what you've accomplished, don't fall in love with that. Next is the most important work.”
“You don't lose the magic. You lose the confidence and the fitness.”
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