#66: Carlos Kirmayr – No Trust, No Opportunity

The Adam Blicher Show: Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

Today you are going to listen to Carlos Kirmayr. Carlos is a former professional player himself with a career high of #37 in singles and #6 in doubles, ATP. He has coached such renowned players as Gabriella Sabatini, Conchita Martinez, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and has been the Davis Cup Captain of his home country Brazil for several years. Further more Carlos has served at the ATP Board of Directors from 1983-1987 and today spents the majority of his time managing the Kirmayr Tennis Experience which we touch upon during the podcast.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– Why No Trust means No Opportunity
– How and why to accept craziness
– How being a tennis coach is like being a doctor

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:30 Coaching Philosophy
02:25 How you “feel” a player
03:20 Orienters
04:30 No trust, no opportunity
06:15 Thoughts on technique
08:40 Biomechanical principles
10:10 The slice
11:10 Sabatini
13:06 Taking risks
15:00 Learnings from Sabatini
16:30 Sabatinis learnings
17:30 Conchita Martinez
20:05 How to use Squash as conditioning
21:05 Nicolas Pereira
23:05 Kirmayr Tennis Experience
27:00 Brazil as a culture
30:10 Federer and Nadal
33:20 How Carlos gets better
37:15 Patience
38:30 Accepting craziness
41:10 Lack of intensity and focus
43:50 Carlos’ advice