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Coco Gauff primed for run to US Open final thanks to new coach, mindset

After a first-round exit at Wimbledon that left her flustered and frustrated, Coco Gauff made wholesale changes.
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“She battles to be perfect every day, even in practice,” Gilbert said on ESPN. “The most important thing to being great is learning how to win when you’re average. … If you accept that, but know how to compete — while [playing] average — accepting it is what it is, but move on.

“You don’t lose like that. Sometimes when you’re expecting it to go that way and it doesn’t, you don’t find a way to win. She’s told me a couple times, ‘Before, I was never winning that match.’ She wouldn’t find her way out of these situations.’’

Essentially, Gilbert has imparted his “Winning Ugly” motto on his new protégé. She’s gushed over his “incredible” scouting reports and picked up his teachings — at least some.

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Coco Gauff’s new coach Brad Gilbert lauded as a ‘genius’ by former world No 1

Andy Roddick has lauded his former coach Brad Gilbert and the impact he is already having on Coco Gauff.
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Coco Gauff’s new coach Brad Gilbert lauded as a ‘genius’ by former world No 1​

Andy Roddick has described Coco Gauff’s new coach Brad Gilbert as a “genius” for his ability to simplify “very complex things.”
Speaking on Tennis Channel Live, Roddick was full of praise for the abilities of his former coach and the impact he is already having on Gauff’s game.

“Brad is a genius at taking very complex things and simplifying them, right? ‘We’re gonna focus on these two things out out of the gate, and we’re gonna do it all practice,’ explained the American.

“Then those things are covered, three days later we’re gonna add in something else. He’s very good at layering in information and kinda simplifying [the] game plan, he’s a master strategist.
 
Basically Gilbert is a mental coach. So he's extremely useful and effective for mentally weak players. A perfect match for Coco, Murray, Roddick and Agassi.
 
She bought into the 3/4 pace attacking game and now she saves the missles for the right moments. Once she gets her serve consistency to a Serena level, she will win a lot of Slams.Brad turned her into a thinkinking tennis player. Before him she was just a gifted athlete who could crush a tennis ball.
 
LuckyR said:
Basically Gilbert is a mental coach. So he's extremely useful and effective for mentally weak players. A perfect match for Coco, Murray, Roddick and Agassi.
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Can’t box BG as only a mental coach. The guy just help CoCo win USO without having a forehand as a dominant weapon. Now imagine if she tweaks her forehand to be more reliable…

I would say BG is good at maximizing a player’s strength against their opponent’s weakness. It’s not necessary about making perfect shorts, but more being able to string rallies and patterns to take advantage of the in game situations. I would also go on a limp to say he’s a master in finding patterns and knowing when to push the right buttons when it counts.
 
LuckyR said:
Basically Gilbert is a mental coach. So he's extremely useful and effective for mentally weak players. A perfect match for Coco, Murray, Roddick and Agassi.
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There’s a lot of pro players who could benefit from mental coaching instead of tinkering with their technique.
 
True, but what has to come first? Having the right technique to deliver a good shot vs having the right kind to play the game with poor delivery?
 
I heard chess coaches putting this better: You average has to be soo good so that you are above the sinking level.
 
badmice2 said:
True, but what has to come first? Having the right technique to deliver a good shot vs having the right kind to play the game with poor delivery?
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Whatever you want to learn. TT has both.

TT can help you on techniques like racket drop, front leg stepping, rotation for years or as long as you want.

or, TT can show you the MEP style (the right kind of play with poor delivery) and set you free.

God bless TT.
 
user92626 said:
Whatever you want to learn. TT has both.

TT can help you on techniques like racket drop, front leg stepping, rotation for years or as long as you want.

or, TT can show you the MEP style (the right kind of play with poor delivery) and set you free.

God bless TT.
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Hahaha
 
user92626 said:
Whatever you want to learn. TT has both.

TT can help you on techniques like racket drop, front leg stepping, rotation for years or as long as you want.

or, TT can show you the MEP style (the right kind of play with poor delivery) and set you free.

God bless TT.
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Djokovic is a mediocre player without any notable strokes who wears down his opponents by playing the MEP style.
 
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Revamping a star: How Brad Gilbert is aiming to shape Gauff's game

On the surface, the Brad Gilbert-Coco Gauff pairing is a perfect matchup. Here's insight into what their plans are for the next few weeks.
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Enter Gilbert, who is making a number of adjustments to her game -- none of them involving the forehand.

“We haven’t changed anything with the forehand,” he said, laughing. “I never even say that word.

“Everybody wants to win. I’ve got to win this, and I’ve got to win that. It beats you up -- especially when everybody asks about the forehand all day long. That starts to consume you. Also, it tears down other shots when all you can do is fixate on one thing. So I tend to not fixate on it at all.”

The biggest technical changes were moving Gauff back about eight feet when returning serve and being more aggressive when she was serving.

“The game is simple: If you can break and you hold [serve] more than your opponent, you win,” Gilbert said. “She made some big changes on the fly last week that I implemented. It’s made a huge difference. She was making a ton of returns.

“I concentrate on the little things. It’s doing things she can control at the moment.”

Just as important, Gilbert and Riba are providing more detailed scouting reports on opponents, designing a specific game plan.
 
BG's brillance as a coach has been to boil strategies down to easy-to-understand steps. His insights are helpful, but operationalizing them is where he seems to excel.
 
eah123 said:
There’s a lot of pro players who could benefit from mental coaching instead of tinkering with their technique.
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I saw a business card from a "sports psychologist" at a Futures' Tournament ... it said ... "Tennis is 95% mental ... and the other 5% is in your head!" Best line ever ... it wasn't BG's card though ... spoiler ... he's more than a sport's psychologist; he's more of an Ultimate Guru.
 
LuckyR said:
Basically Gilbert is a mental coach. So he's extremely useful and effective for mentally weak players. A perfect match for Coco, Murray, Roddick and Agassi.
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Disagree. These players aren’t mentally weak but have weaknesses that people told them forever to fix:

Roddick: fix his terrible backhand
Coco: fix her terrible forehand
Murray: fix his passive gamestyle

Gilbert came in and told them that these things are all fine and I’m going to maximize everything you’ve got to the fullest.
 
LuckyR said:
Basically Gilbert is a mental coach. So he's extremely useful and effective for mentally weak players. A perfect match for Coco, Murray, Roddick and Agassi.
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True and mental makes the diff for slam champions.
Just think if he had also coached Medvedev ...
Just to make it clear, Medvedev is mentally strong but still needs a great mental coach for some key points.
 
badmice2 said:
Can’t box BG as only a mental coach. The guy just help CoCo win USO without having a forehand as a dominant weapon. Now imagine if she tweaks her forehand to be more reliable…

I would say BG is good at maximizing a player’s strength against their opponent’s weakness. It’s not necessary about making perfect shorts, but more being able to string rallies and patterns to take advantage of the in game situations. I would also go on a limp to say he’s a master in finding patterns and knowing when to push the right buttons when it counts.
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Well, shot selection is part of the mental game in my book. How many weak emotion players bail out and hit ridiculous dropshot on important points, then look up to the sky and curse when it hits the net a foot and a half below the tape?
 
jdawgg said:
Disagree. These players aren’t mentally weak but have weaknesses that people told them forever to fix:

Roddick: fix his terrible backhand
Coco: fix her terrible forehand
Murray: fix his passive gamestyle

Gilbert came in and told them that these things are all fine and I’m going to maximize everything you’ve got to the fullest.
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Well we're both correct.
 
joe sch said:
Simply physical and PT work helps get you to the end of a match, maybe 4..5 hours in extreme conditions, mental help you win the points by keeping calm and focused.
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Uncle Toni does not agree. His opinion has been that physical fitness and correct stroke fundamentals automatically create mental toughness.
 
sureshs said:
Uncle Toni does not agree. His opinion has been that physical fitness and correct stroke fundamentals automatically create mental toughness.
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sureshs said:
I am still in the physical fitness stage.
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Let's hope that you will graduate from the physical fitness stage faster than @Curious from the stroke fundamentals stage. It looks very loopy to me.

What are you doing for your fitness improvement?

I'm working on this exercise. Good for groundstrokes.

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