The Emotional Coaching of Tennis: How to use your mind and manage emotions on the tennis court to improve your playing at all levels. The method, the stories and the practice.

A revolutionary method that originated in 1983, when Alberto Castellani (one of the first ATP coaches in Italy) had the insight to train his players starting from mental skills, adopting a completely different approach compared to the coaches of that era. For nearly forty years, Castellani has trained hundreds of players, bringing many into the ATP top 50, using and refining his methodology, often in contrast to classical teaching approaches.But what method did he use with Schuettler, Karlovic, Tipsarevic, Rosset, Arazi, and the other dozens of players he guided to world-class excellence in tennis? This manual, developed with the support of Alessio Fiorucci, reveals the path, techniques, exercises, and studies that led Castellani to create a revolutionary method, changing the way tennis is approached, perceived, and played.The method emphasizes emotions, mental skills, coordination, and other fundamental aspects to improve one’s tennis, technique, and achieve the sought-after 'State of Flow.'In tennis, and in sports in general, a technical gesture is "psycho-neuro-emotional-muscular." Before training the muscles, one must train the emotions!These principles form the foundation of the method "The Emotional Coaching of Tennis", written with Alessio Fiorucci and with a foreword by Toni Nadal. Read more