Serena Williams’ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou says mental health is ‘more important’ than skill
CANNES — Serena Williams ’ former coach emphasized the importance of an athlete’s mental health over skill set.
“I think most of my job is to help them develop as people and become as confident as they can become in their ability to achieve what they’re dreaming to achieve.”“I think it’s more about mental than anything else. Of course we need to work on the forehand, the backhand, the serve — all the things that are tennis things,” he shared with us at Stagwell Sport Beach.
“ with your beliefs, your resilience, with your ability to change a tough situation into a winning one,” he said, “so I help people develop all those assets that I think are much more important than forehands and backhands because at the end of the day your tennis will become how you are.”
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