CPH TALENTS- Holger Rune tennis 🎾 - A talk on Season 2020 & his coaches

Now I have to be careful how much I tease myself But I'm now quite happy with my joke I started the proscenium tour here this year and I started in some pretty high categories I started with an ATP tournament in Auckland It's been a bit of a tough start to the year but I also started with some really good players I wasn't really sure what to expect but just before the coronavirus break I started playing well They won many matches went far in tournaments and then it all stopped on its own I felt it was a bit unfortunate I think I have used this period to train well and I have been able to play a lot of games at a really high level Which I think will help me a lot when it opens again So I think I have used my time wisely and have had a good year There's obviously a lot that's been put on hold because the entire tournament schedule and everything else has been paused It's hard to get as far up the rankings as the rainforest when there are no tournaments being played that give points It's just about trying to work that is trying to develop the things on the training plan that one can develop And then come out and play some invitation tournaments which I've been allowed to try to go out and do And it's a great opportunity because there's not as much at stake in those tournaments but it's still matches If you want to win there's a lot of honor and stuff like that So I actually think it's been cool after all I have Lars in the morning when we start Now that it's summer vacation we can train a bit later than usual We usually start at midday but now we start at noon when we do some warm-up in the physical space And then we go out on the field and do a lot of agility movement trying to get started on the ball so you're clearly in control of it We usually spend half an hour to three quarters of an hour on technical work Front back escape saw Then we run some patterns and some 3x1 intervals to get the pulse up a bit and to run a bit of safety and intensity And then for the last half hour to an hour we really push hard with cardio training Or lifting weights at the gym and stuff like that So this is my first pass So I have a short break a two-hour break and then I have training with Kenneth in the afternoon We play a lot of shots passes and movement with the ball Yes mainly shots and a lot of first touches and such Our first training focuses a lot on details and the next training focuses more on where the ball is Lars is very detail-oriented and I think that's really really special especially now that I have a lot to learn I'm only 17 I can still develop my technique and physical abilities and everything else and I think he's really good at that And yet I can still use what we've had together for many many years actually since I started And I think he's becoming a better coach and I'm becoming a better player So I still think it works well with developers too He's good at seeing all the little things that maybe many other players miss I actually don't know a single coach who is so detail-oriented and can see those things that he can Which is really wild even when I see something myself So I am also very detail-oriented but he still notices a small thing with his knee Maybe it's touching there or there right So there are a lot of small things to keep in mind to stay focused on the left arm so it doesn't slack off So it's very much about being I mean not robot-like but trying to be as clean as possible in everything we do When I play many games I do a lot of shooting practice with players who play quickly So the technique can get a little off but he's really good at correcting the technique It's also him who has taught me to calculate interest in advance calculate interest in arrears and everything else right He's good at pushing me on feedings and everything He can't play as well anymore himself but he can decide the feed well And he is a good coach so I enjoy training with him One must also have freedom in their game right It's just like that that Kenneth comes in because it's also okay to be a bit loose once in a while And I think he's good at it He's good at tricking me out of the good shots and taking the feeds He's like that it's such a waste training like that So I think that combo is really good when I'm at home Kenneth still has a very good level so we can team up and he gives up and he gets better and better at every training He's actually in order now but he's also good as I said before with freedom He gives me freedom in my strikes We are running a lot where Lars notices some other things that are important which are also important Men they are also for me I think I can also like my previous self and have freedom in it And if I want it then I also have to get some light feed for them And he really has the ability to give me confidence in them So he is also a very important part of it He knows the level and he himself was ranked 40th in the world So he knows when it's good shots and he has something to have it in Where there are many others where it's nicely done but it's completely gone So he can feel when I play the top 20 for the NHL She's been there herself it's been a couple of years now but still So it's great to know as an old player that you still have the level And he doesn't just think I can become a top 20 player I think I have what it takes to be number one in the world So it's pretty cool to know that for someone like that