#70: Frank Giampaolo – The Soft Science of tennis

The Adam Blicher Show: Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

In this episode I’m delighted to welcome back Frank Giampaolo for his 2nd visit on the podcast. In the last episode with Frank, which was number 40, he discussed how to best be a tennis parent and support your children in their tennis journey. This time around Frank is digging even deeper into what he calls ”The soft science of tennis” which is also the title of his new book that recently got released. I had the honor of getting an early copy of the book and was so excited about the way that Frank is able to make soft skills very concrete and easy understandable that I reached out to Frank to get him back on the Podcast and elaborate on his findings and the reasoning behind the new book.

You’ll get to know:
– How to use personality profiling
– How to develop character and nurture life skills
– How to manage fear and risk

Before we dive into the interview Frank has been so kind to offer free e-books for the first 20 people who email me on [e-mail] – so don’t hesitate to reach out if you wish to secure yourself a copy of the brand new “Soft Science of tennis

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:30 The computer analogy
03:40 Project oxygen
05:11 The 4 sides model
08:30 Succesfull communication
10:00 Personality profiling
11:10 Pre- and post match talks
14:00 Verbal vs nonverbal communication
14:50 Conscious and unconscious mind
19:30 Myers Briggs
22:30 Introvert vs extrovert
27:30 Sensate vs intuitive
30:30 Thinkers vs feelers
33:00 Judgers vs perceivers
39:30 Developing character
41:30 Nurturing life skills
43:00 The 168 hour rule
46:40 Managing fear and risk