Hi, I'm John Mackinor, and you're listening to the tennis podcast.

Magnus, you are one of the players who has made the transition from player to player.

You are world number two to get to be a top coach.

What is that process like?

We see so many of these guys doing it this year, these big name players.

What is it like going from player to coach?

No, I have to say that it's not very easy.

I've found in the first couple of years when I was working as a coach of the big thing

that I found a little bit difficult this communication.

You know, when to say something or when to shut up so to say and what to say at the right time.

So the communication was for me at least the most difficult thing.

Obviously being an ex-player you sort of understand the player what is going through on court

or you know just before the big tournament perhaps if the guy is nervous you've been there yourself.

So that's I think it's a big advantage, but you know the communication thing was quite

difficult from in the beginning.

And how did you learn how to do that?

Actually I was coaching adults, I was coaching small kids you know because if you coach

adults for example they probably they make one million mistakes in their tennis and also you

really have to think what you're saying and you have to value it every word that you're saying

because if they don't understand they will they will ask you straight straight away.

How did you mean?

What do you mean now?

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