How Venus & Serena Williams' Coach Trained Them for Pro Greatness | GQ Sports

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2022
  • Tennis coach Rick Macci knew Venus and Serena Williams were going to be superstars before they even knew themselves. From reinventing serves to helping Venus embrace the power of her unique backhand, Rick explains how he has helped the Williams' sisters transform the sport of tennis since the 1990s.
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Комментарии • 53

  • @pricelessmakoa4482
    @pricelessmakoa4482 Месяц назад +17

    As a father of two daughters, this story is insane. I’m very humbled by Richard Williams and only hope I can ever come close to being a father like him

  • @Car_Fanatic
    @Car_Fanatic 2 года назад +75

    what a gentlemen. you can see his love of tennis and passion. thanks for interviewing him GQ. thanks for coming man

    • @wesroberts953
      @wesroberts953 4 месяца назад

      They portrayed him well in the movie.

  • @VenusWilliams
    @VenusWilliams Год назад +56

    such a fun video! awesome interview

  • @derluizfelipe
    @derluizfelipe 2 года назад +71

    It’s sad to know that we don’t have these kind of people anymore. Rick Marci a true coach.

  • @oliviaharris7323
    @oliviaharris7323 2 года назад +58

    What they did, is truly incredible.

    • @williampearson6299
      @williampearson6299 2 года назад +3

      They blessed him with their presence. Anybody else could've coached but they didn't want to.

    • @humbleopionist4366
      @humbleopionist4366 11 дней назад

      @@williampearson6299 lol

    • @williampearson6299
      @williampearson6299 9 дней назад

      @humbleopionist4366 He adores these girls. Why you being weird?

  • @trommelbiel
    @trommelbiel Год назад +24

    This man is one in a million.

  • @914Rocky
    @914Rocky Год назад +10

    What a great teacher. It’s so obvious.

  • @susanappleby2414
    @susanappleby2414 2 года назад +8

    Thank you for this. It’s great.

  • @kafoapenjueli.penjueli8916
    @kafoapenjueli.penjueli8916 Год назад +5

    I just watched this,pretty impressive,this guy saw the inside and the world just sees the outside,that was the difference.

  • @blazingblazers14
    @blazingblazers14 2 года назад +11

    Such a great interview

  • @janaysgabfest1811
    @janaysgabfest1811 26 дней назад +1

    I LOOOOOOOOVE the way Rick talks about Venus and Serena! You can tell how much he respects and love them! King Richard did an AMAZING job picking out the BESt coach for them!

  • @courtneyjohnson8815
    @courtneyjohnson8815 2 года назад +8

    Awesome information

  • @denisebrewster9100
    @denisebrewster9100 2 года назад +2

    Great interview.

  • @georgegao1408
    @georgegao1408 Месяц назад +2

    this guy's no tennis coach, he is a life coach.

  • @trommelbiel
    @trommelbiel 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wow. Thank you Rick Macci

  • @susanappleby2414
    @susanappleby2414 2 года назад +4

    This was great.

  • @fafafais
    @fafafais Год назад +3

    What a couch. Legend

  • @carlton2361
    @carlton2361 Год назад

    Great man

  • @quinton3689
    @quinton3689 2 года назад +1

    Wow so cool

  • @anthonyryanmauro
    @anthonyryanmauro 2 года назад +13

    i've never heard a world-class coach pronounce "wimbledon" wrong so many times.

    • @MrBjorn6
      @MrBjorn6 Год назад +4

      He's American 🏈,🤷

    • @justtrust11
      @justtrust11 Год назад

      Same

    • @bryanmartin5901
      @bryanmartin5901 Год назад +1

      I don’t prefer that pronunciation but it is sometimes permitted to pronounce D like T in English. Still think it’s wrong but just saying

  • @bobbb5750
    @bobbb5750 2 месяца назад

    This guy gives off the Tim Grover vibes. (He was MJ’s personal trainer)

  • @RickMacci
    @RickMacci 2 года назад +5

    🎾♥️💪

  • @toladep
    @toladep 2 месяца назад +1

    “I got the next 2”

  • @RickMacci
    @RickMacci 2 года назад +2

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @Mr7Poz
    @Mr7Poz Год назад +2

    So many years in the game, coached so many number 1s, stills calls them Wimbletons... lol

  • @KBZDASMR
    @KBZDASMR Месяц назад

    I thought it was 92' not 91'

  • @devilrandy
    @devilrandy 2 года назад +2

    He knows how to change strokes… hmmm

  • @kingarthurusatenniscoach1415
    @kingarthurusatenniscoach1415 2 года назад +6

    Richard Williams is a businessman and Rick gave them free tennis , Vic Braden was the best coach and his book Tennis for the future is the way forward ,,,, Richard Williams loved women and has lot of ex wives and children

    • @kingtowmater1038
      @kingtowmater1038 2 года назад +8

      That’s crazy but he was still an amazing coach to his kids and worked his hardest to get his kids out of the hoods and make them the worlds greatest tennis players

    • @tisanbako
      @tisanbako Год назад

      You sound dumb

  • @chukwufranklin8094
    @chukwufranklin8094 2 года назад +1

    🌹❤️🌹❤️

  • @marc-andregauthier5139
    @marc-andregauthier5139 Месяц назад

    Rick takes a lot of credit for things he didn't initiate himself. He's still stuck in opportunity land since 1991 and HE'S BEEN MILKING IT.

  • @user-wt7qg1sd5v
    @user-wt7qg1sd5v Месяц назад

    As great as Rick Macci is, some of this is gonna be revisionist history. "I predicted Venus would win 5 Wimbeldons'..."I could tell...bla bla bla". The reality is lots of tennis prospects has potential. Also they had coaches before and after Macci. (None of these coaches ever mention the tons of prospects who they thought would be great & didnt make it)

  • @CHill-ko9fj
    @CHill-ko9fj Месяц назад

  • @nardoranks5420
    @nardoranks5420 2 года назад +4

    This guy did not train venus and serena, king richard and his wife oracens trained them.

    • @Ty0688
      @Ty0688 Год назад +6

      Yup Oracene is the secret weapon behind Serena’s serve. Oracene taught her whatever wrist flick she uses to direct her serve after disguising it.

  • @marc-andregauthier5139
    @marc-andregauthier5139 Месяц назад

    Can we talk about this self proclaimed "world tennis coach" who still says WimBELTON.

  • @YAH995
    @YAH995 2 года назад +3

    Felt really bad for the dude after what Serena did when he coached her mid-game in the US open. He at least had the dignity to admit it, while Serena went on an Oscar worthy rant

    • @williampearson6299
      @williampearson6299 2 года назад +8

      Serena Williams did nothing wrong. He shouldn't have been there.

    • @Tombfan84
      @Tombfan84 2 года назад +21

      That was not him. That was Patrick mourtalogu

    • @jammzy2959
      @jammzy2959 Год назад

      @glock32 I wasn't aware trailer parkers knew how to use RUclips. Good for you.

    • @Fifarigged
      @Fifarigged Год назад +2

      She wasnt coached by this guy at that US open. At the US ope she had patrick mouratoglou. This guy Macci only coached her during juniors and a bit after that.

    • @jessicagreen8883
      @jessicagreen8883 8 месяцев назад

      Rick Macci hasn't been her coach since she was a child. Get a clue.