#54: Juan Reque – Finding Your Training Group

The Adam Blicher Show: Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

Today you are going to listen to Juan Reque, Juan spent 6 years on the Professional Tour as a trainer before joining Maria Sharapova’s Team for a period of 5 years within which she won the French Open. During his work with Sharapova Juan moved from Spain to the states to work with her & has stayed there ever since. He is currently running his own Clinique out of San Diego.

You’ll get to know:

– The difference between junior development in USA & Spain
– What invincible training is & how to do it
– How Maria Sharapova changed her diet

Timestamps
01:30 Spain vs USA
02:40 Team vs individual
05:00 Why team is better
06:41 When the individualistic approach works
08:00 The Spanish system
11:18 Find your training group
18:20 Why SLITES
20:00 Doing injury prevention is not really fun
21:45 What you need to look out for
22:45 Where to start
25:46 Why the top players are staying on top longer
26:25 Nutrition
27:45 From sandwich to full meals
29:45 Traveling the tour
30:06 Working on the Tennis Tour is NOT glamorous
33:40 Get to know more about Juan