Nowadays top players seem to have bigger and bigger teams. The interesting part is that in these teams there is often more than 1 coach. Federer has embraced this trend for some 2 reasons.
Luthi: He asked me to be the only coach, but…
Severin Luthi, Roger’s historical coach, said that Roger wanted him to be his sole coach, but “We spoke so much time about it but it wouldn’t be ideal for me. This year I was with Roger for 200 days and if I was his only coach, I would have stayed with him for 40 weeks. With Davis Cup it’s not possible.
Also Roger listens to different people and it makes him remaining young and alert. Here is why I don’t want to be the only coach. Edberg travelled with him in the tournaments only 10 weeks this year, with Ivan we still have to speak about it”
… how Ljubicic can help
Then Severin added “Ivan has ended his career three years ago, played against many of Roger’s rivals. He is different than his last coaches like Stefan Edberg, Paul Annacone, José Higueras and Tony Roche. He lives in Monte Carlo. If he wants, he can come in Switzerland two or three days [per week], has a good relationship with Roger.
The goal is to develop his game, but it’s about details. I don’t think he’ll play two-handed backhand in 2016 (that’s great!)”
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