Tennis Tips by Carlos Rodriguez
Written by David Sammel    Thursday, 09 February 2006 12:50    PDF Print E-mail

This month we bring you an Australian Open special. We are sharing with you an extract of an interview with Carlos Rodriguez, the coach of Justine Henin. In this extract he shares his thoughts about developing young players and how he built his relationship with Justine, from the age of 14.

altCarlos Rodriguez

  1. 1. Money to travel
  2. 2. Relationship/Communication with coach
  3. 3. Listen and grow with a player
  4. 4. Changing coaches when successful is not a good idea
  5. 5. Most technique developed between 8-14

 
 
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