We continue our series on the book that came out this Wednesday: This sport that drives you crazy.
Towards the end of the book, Gilles Simon tackles the subject of the mind. He believes that in France this matter is not worked enough in the training of champions. He also admits that once he learned the fundamentals of this work, he was able on the circuit to recognize those who had really worked on the subject: « The face is thus an excellent indicator. When I started to work specifically on the mental aspect, I immediately understood who was working it and who not. Novak works, and he’s one of those who don’t hide it. It is obvious with him, just in his position before each point, especially on the return, when he is firmly planted on his two feet, we see him doing his thing with his eyes, there you see that he is doing a kind of ‘hypnosis, he puts himself in a certain state«
Once the Djokovic case is settled, Simon addresses that of Federer who obviously does not follow the same rules: « Federer you can’t see, he’s the hardest to read. Him, he gives you the impression that everything is rolling, all the time, that gives credence to the idea that it is innate for him, that he is not afraid of anything. He really gives the impression of validating that, namely: “I come, I have my intentions for the game, I have no emotions, I go there, I go there all the time even in the moments. important, and I won twenty Grand Slam titles like that ”
Posted on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 08:54
