Biography

When greatness eludes you in one area, sports speaker Toni Nadal discovered, your mission is to pursue it elsewhere. In his stirring addresses as a keynote speaker, Toni Nadal demonstrates how fortune rewards resourcefulness and mental agility.

Toni Nadal may not be a household name, but you probably know all about his pioneering coaching methods. His nephew, Rafael (Rafa) Nadal, is by most measures the greatest tennis player in history. It all started at age four, under the careful and resourceful tutelage of Uncle Toni.

For Toni, coaching was at first something of a fallback option. A tennis player himself since age 14, Toni had some success on Spain’s amateur circuit, but not enough to convince him that he had the talent to turn pro. As manager of the Manacor Tennis Club, he coached players of all ages, applying the knowledge he gained as a player. He taught Rafa the basics when his nephew was just four, just for fun. Eight years later, Rafa became Toni’s star pupil.

Twenty Grand Slam men’s singles victories later and counting, Toni’s switch to coaching has been proven wise. He documents his coaching philosophy in the bestselling book Todo se puede entrenar (Everything is Coachable). Even adverse conditions, Toni believes, can be used strategically. For a tennis player, uneven playing surfaces and poor lighting simply require quick thinking and new tactics. The same is true in business—Toni is a restauranteur away from coaching—and in any other endeavor.

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Management of Adversity, Uncertainty and Resilience

Rafa Nadal, despite being the best tennis player in history, having won 16 grand slams, has suffered numerous injuries and physical problems during his sports career that have made his profession very difficult. Many people are amazed at Rafa's almost inhuman ability to finish games despite the pain, come back when he loses, and never give up. In this talk, his former coach Toni Nadal, who instilled in him values and helped forge this iron character, will give the keys on how we can manage adversity, control stress during uncertain times, and gain resilience to win.

Mentality and Motivation to Change

In this talk, Toni will talk about his philosophy based on simplicity. Toni believes that many times, both people and organizations give too much importance to technology and innovation issues to try to explain why some things don't work as well as before. And, with this, many excuses are sought. Although technology has changed our lives and it is important to continue improving, we must pay attention to the essentials and eliminate the noise to be able to make an honest review of what is happening. Through his stories training the best tennis player in history, Rafa Nadal, Toni will give the audience the keys to stop looking for excuses and change the mentality to one that increases self-demand, accept the mistakes made, and always aspire to improve daily.

Self-demand and Commitment

If something defines Rafa Nadal's successful career as an athlete, having won 16 grand slams and more than 70 tournaments, it is the great capacity for self-demand that he has had. Toni Nadal was his coach and who taught him the most important values in life. To never give up, even in the worst of times, but also not to become complacent when important victories have been achieved. That constant hunger to keep improving, and keep winning, is the hallmark of the important lessons from him that he will tell the audience in this motivational talk for all types of teams and organizations.

Everything Can Be Trained and Improved; The Value of Effort

Toni Nadal does not define failure in terms of having achieved your goals or objectives or not, but in not having tried. In this motivational talk, the former coach of the best tennis player in history by record, Rafa Nadal, winner of 16 grand slams, will tell the audience how everything can be trained and improved in life. In his academy, teaching future tennis champions, Toni not only teaches them the technique, but also instills in them values and shapes their character. The effort is the only thing that matters, and the desire to be better every day, not to be pleased with the achievements made or to fall into defeatism when things do not go well. This motivational talk is indicated for all types of companies and organizations that want to motivate their teams to improve every day, in all possible aspects.

Leadership

Toni Nadal was the coach of the best tennis player in history, Rafa Nadal. In this talk, Toni will review the leadership that made it happen and talk about the importance of having good values defined and following them, and the importance of forging a winning character.

Booksby Toni Nadal

Everything is Coachable

Sirve Nadal responde Sócrates: Del filósofo clásico al deportista de élite (Spanish Edition)

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