39 Sebastian Lavie

This week to speak to former pro Sebastian Lavie who has recently setup the Lavie Tennis Academy at the Nextgen arena in Auckland New Zealand. As a 9 year living in New Zealand he relocated with his family to train in Australia and then at 10 they all moved to France where he spent most of his teenage years training at he Mouratoglou Tennis Academy and living with Patrick Mouratoglou. We hear about the challenges and fun along the way as well as bringing his learnings from the setup and Team at the Mouratoglou academy to his own Academy.Some of the areas we cover:Where Tennis BeganPacking everything into a container and moving to EuropeStay in France or move back home to NZ?Living with Patrick MouratoglouWhen Grigor Dimitrov arrived at MouratoglouCost of training at the AcademyWhat would he do differently as a kid todayWas there a Plan b?Failure at pro tourGreat coachesBest / favourite matchGoing from top junior to a senior playerJunior with sponsorship dealsGetting his first pointDream of a tennis academy College tennis versus direct routeLife at The Lavie Tennis AcademyIf you are new to the show welcome and check out our other episodes. If you liked the episode please share it with your tennis loving friends and family :)FabioHave you seen the Functional Tennis Saber?Check it out here and don't miss the video of Stan Wawrinka crushing the ballFind us on Social Media:Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennisYouTube: Functional Tennis PodcastTwitter: twitter.com/functennisWebsite: www.FunctionalTennis.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy