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Simply listen , you will never see anybody compete on an athletic field like Rafa Nadal , it won’t happen again .!.!
" If you ever want to see a master tactician in play , watch Rafa play tennis , if you ever want to watch a fierce competitor battle adversity and find solutions to all sorts of problems, go watch Rafa Nadal play tennis , if you want to watch a man fight for every point like his life depended on it , go watch Rafa Nadal play tennis ..
Heck , even watching him practice might do the trick ..
Through the years , Rafa’s career has been belittled by the sort of notion that what he does is “just” effort , it’s just “fight” It’s just “physical” As if there were no skill other than doggedness , persistence and natural gifts to what he is , which of course , is what the British would simply classify as “bollocks”
Simply put , you will never see anybody compete on an athletic field like Rafa Nadal , it won’t happen again , and maybe when he’s long retired and they show some of his matches , this simple thought will become quite evident
Also , you won’t see that forehand ever again (indeed , that shot could be the focus of a 5000 word piece on its own) You probably won’t find a better problem-solver out there , either : a man who knows when to throw in a backhand slice , an unexpected angle , or rush the net at the absolute perfect time of a rally
So enjoy him while he’s out there , and if you just came to tennis , look for some of his classic matches , it’ll be more than worth it"
" If you ever want to see a master tactician in play , watch Rafa play tennis , if you ever want to watch a fierce competitor battle adversity and find solutions to all sorts of problems, go watch Rafa Nadal play tennis , if you want to watch a man fight for every point like his life depended on it , go watch Rafa Nadal play tennis ..
Heck , even watching him practice might do the trick ..
Through the years , Rafa’s career has been belittled by the sort of notion that what he does is “just” effort , it’s just “fight” It’s just “physical” As if there were no skill other than doggedness , persistence and natural gifts to what he is , which of course , is what the British would simply classify as “bollocks”
Simply put , you will never see anybody compete on an athletic field like Rafa Nadal , it won’t happen again , and maybe when he’s long retired and they show some of his matches , this simple thought will become quite evident
Also , you won’t see that forehand ever again (indeed , that shot could be the focus of a 5000 word piece on its own) You probably won’t find a better problem-solver out there , either : a man who knows when to throw in a backhand slice , an unexpected angle , or rush the net at the absolute perfect time of a rally
So enjoy him while he’s out there , and if you just came to tennis , look for some of his classic matches , it’ll be more than worth it"
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