Wisdom from Toni Nadal, longtime coach and mentor to Rafa Nadal—Long Faces

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Toni Nadal, Spanish Legend

“Another good way of strengthening the attitude is not allowing long faces on our players. A long face implies a complaint and it doesn’t help to improve. Instead, we make them identify their own shortcomings and accept them, not to make them resign but to help them progress.”

–Toni Nadal

Toni Nadal is the genius coach who mentored and guided his nephew Rafa to become one of the greatest players in the history of tennis.

He still teaches at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca.

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Chris Lewit is the author of The Secrets of Spanish Tennis