I asked Roger Federer and Johan Cryuff why they were so good and they said …

Toni Nadal, the coach and uncle of world number 2 Rafael Nadal, says he asked Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer and Dutch football greats Johan Cruyff why they were so good at their sports and both attributed the same to having a good coach in their younger days

Toni Nadal asked Roger Federer and Johan Cruyff why they were so good at their sports

Toni Nadal recently held an online session with Colombian tennis fans and in excerpts posted on the Match Tenis website, Toni Nadal stressed the importance of having a good coach during the early years for an athlete.

“I always want to listen and learn from the best. So one day I asked Federer: why are you so good? And he replied:” I was lucky to have a great coach when I was little. I had the opportunity to ask Johan Cruyff the same.

And he told me. “I’ve always been very good,” he said with great humility, “but the key is that I had a very good coach who taught me a type of game with players older than me, and when I played with those my age he demanded it. . I apply it. “

Toni Nadal also says that he would never tell a young man that he would not have made it as a professional because no one can ever be sure and that it is important for everyone to pursue a dream. “I would never tell a parent that their child is not going to be a professional.

First, because I don’t know. I don’t know if a guy will be very good or not. Being realistic is important, but having dreams (goals) is what sets us apart from the rest of the animal world. It is not me who takes away the dreams of any player or parent.

I’m a realist, of course, and not everyone gets to the elite, but I think as long as the dream is kept, there will always be some opportunity. If you lose your dream, you lose your life. ”Toni Nadal played a defining role in the career of 19-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal.

He has worked with Rafa since his youth and coached him until early 2017, training him to 16 Grand Slam titles. Now he trains the students of the Rafa Nadal Academy in Spain. (Photo by Rafa Nadal Academy from Movistar Twitter account)