@RafaelNadal 's uncle discovers the most intimate secrets and urban legends of tennis
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Toni Nadal, Rafa's shadow since I was 12. Is your uncle, coach and psychologist. BA in History, Toni Nadal Rafael has taught during the interview never uses the diminutive, to work and keep our feet on the ground. Toni is the guardian angel of the best Spanish player of all time, but does not take his hand up, it teaches responsible solo.Entrevistamos the successes and the modesty of Rafa. - Is guilty of their wins?'s your fault, another thing is that I at the time of formation and knew that things in life do not always go well, I will get used to things as they were wrongly made. Everyone has their method. I worked with him mentally. Everyone knows how they should do things, everyone has to know how to educate their children, the only difference is the realization: it is different when doing so. Coaches, parents or in this case the guys, like me, always looking for excuses when things do not go exactly right. If a child pulls the racket as the excuse is having a bad day, as I tried not to overlook that. I had to know I always had to go flat out and there are no excuses and I think this has worked.
- Big Stick?
Fisted no. I'm not a person given to flattery. They say I'm hard word because when Rafael has won I have always tried to play it down because in the end he already has the reward on the prize. No need to constantly tell you that it is very good. Since childhood he was lucky to be winning and you can be tough, never would be with someone who does not work very well.
- As I said Jose Maria Garcia, weakens flattery?
The normally compliment as that time if things go wrong, goes well flatter a bit, but in general is not going very well.
- Would you forced to play with the left?
No. It is an urban legend. He played all two-handed and left-handed as standing when I went to hit it hard to drive on the left side he turned and thought he was left-handed. To this day I do not know if it is left or right handed. I think it's clever because he can not do anything with the left, all he does is play tennis, everything else it does right: writing, fishing, golfing or throwing a ball ...
- Would it have succeeded in any sport?
It could have been very good footballer because my brother played on the best team in the world (smiles), at Barcelona, and he had the same conditions or more than my brother, therefore, could have been a good player, but he has been well with tennis.
- How did you choose to Rafa?
He was the coach of the Manacor Tennis Club and I took when I was little and so it began .. In any case, how decided to have me coach? Well, because it was the cheapest of all.
- After all that has been achieved ... (Interrupts and asks)
What has been achieved? Is there a cap on the sport? Sometimes I put it, but most times I put the team, always stop, there is always difficulty to win small things, tournaments, what is there to imagine if there Federer Rafael, some is for Messi and Cristiano, for everyone.
- Does a psychologist one coaching?
No. Do not mention it to have a psychologist for me would be disastrous. Do not believe in psychologists. I believe in them on important issues but it seems exaggerated because one loses a tennis match will seek a psychologist. It is clear that the role of the coach is to mentally direct.
- And how it has done seven months of injury?
The above has been has been known since childhood it because things do not always come in handy when it is given and well knows to hold it. Sometimes when I came to see the little one said: "Rafael will have done better than most people. Do not go to complain more than necessary. " Clearly it is not a pleasant situation, but if you walk around Spain will see that there are people much worse, they themselves have a hard time not a guy like Rafael through injury.
- Would you care to train young talent?
I would look for a better coach.
- We see some kids training ...
Are my children. Sometimes play with them. Are 9 and 10, but no timber .. A Rafael age itself did.
- You know see the talent at first sight, sometimes I have come to ask whether the child can be good or not and I have not so clear. I know that some people have more difficulty reaching. I would never tell a person who has no chance. Another thing is that if you see small Djokovic or Federer or yes you see Messi conditions very large, but it is not so easy to see ...
- Talent you have to work ... As Picasso said: "By the time I get the inspiration to find me working."
The hit above the head, you're correcting it? Never in life. Conversely, always want it to end the coup different but as he grew was adapting his game system and as he hit a little late to the ball ends up.
- But rivals already know that move?
Yes, but we know how to do a certain things and not do more. We have enough problems with our stuff to think if we have caught more or less. What we try to do is get it right.
- After the injury the serve has improved a lot ..
The serve you been working life and the truth is that in many cases has not gone well. But I think Rafael is a very good thing is that is confident, knows that things are learned. There are things learned easy as the drive or the reverse, and other has cost much more, as the kick but he still thinks it can improve, so the willingness to learn is still good.
- Virtue and defect in his game.
From the bottom of the track. He is a player who likes to go to win the point with 6 or 7 balls with hard punches from the bottom of the track. On the net I think it has improved, not bad but not volley the ease to go forward easily.
When you lose a game and looks at you, does it mean anything? Is there a gesture?
It has been used since childhood, I watched more, I was looking at her to seek approval to see if I had done well and now still looking, but different. When the track is lonely and doing well for someone to give support. In a game that things get complicated is normal to seek some help.
- They said the game slump was because of the separation of their parents ...
The separation of his parents affected him because he is very familiar, but won the Australia Open, Indian Wells, Rome, Monte Carlo and lost to Soderling at Roland Garros. The knee was pretty bad and it's true that affected the separation but it could have been the world number one in 2009 if he had not had the problem with his knee.
- How's the knee? Normal. Not doing well at all, but not bad. We can play and we'll see.
- Are you worried?
We are engaged in that. In sport you're always worried about things, by the Madrid tournament, because when you win you always have to think about the next game. Sport is a continued opposition, only the very foolish or extremely satisfied with oneself does not care about things. It is normal to worry.
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