Tony Nadal Rafa’s uncle and coach from his beginnings as a child until his decision to step aside in 2017, he was a key figure in his nephew’s development. He is dedicated to being a little boy with a special gift for playing tennis and his brother Sebastianfather of Raphaelcontinued to take care of the business at home. A family agreement that does not involve money.
The coach established the philosophy of Nadal, from the point of view that by passing the ball to the net you are not special in life. He deceives the faithful boy by telling him that he can stop a game when things are not going well, that the rain is an act of magic.
“I was lucky, because I was lucky to have a player who was always ready to fight, listen and that allowed me to apply what I believe is right on the tennis court. The message I conveyed was easy to understand. transition, the difficult thing is to do what he did,” he pointed out Tony Nadal in an interview with RTVE.
“What makes him special is that he won 22 Grand Slams and was successful in what he dedicated himself to, but he knew how to combine success with good behavior, off the court he sent good values and humanity.when it came to doing things, he gave a good image of himself.
Rafa Nadal did not throw the racket on the ground. A teaching that soaked him Tony Nadal because not everyone can break a racket.
“I always said that success does not come at any price,” he recalled to RTVE.
Everyone knows that “it has to come, a sad day, because when you stop doing something you’ve been doing for a long time and it makes you happy, you know you’ll never see him play again, it’s pretty sad . day, but one day was accepted,” said Toni Nadal, who continues to lead the technical direction of Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor.
Long gone are the days when Rafa Nadal played with two hands, when he decided to hit a drive with one and, moreover, chose to be left-handed when in his everyday life he is right-handed.
An adventure that exceeds your expectations. “I never expected him to achieve everything he has achieved,” admits Toni Nadal. “The reason why I started playing tennis,” said Rafa in his statement that he will bid farewell to play in the Final 8 of the Davis Cup, in Malaga from November 19 to 24.
Source: La Verdad
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