FounderFilippo
Filippo
Gioiello
A former player and coach, he built Mental Tennis around the question nobody was training: why the game that shows up in practice disappears in a match. Author of the mental tennis manual.
Founder
Core team
The people who build the method.
Athletic areaCarlo
Carlo
Fiore
Head of the athletic area: physiotherapist, posturologist, nutritionist. He covers the physical and recovery side, which in work on mental endurance is never separable from the rest.
Physiotherapy and recoveryPsychologistFederica
Federica
Maldini
Psychologist and Mental Trainer. She brings clinical competence on psychological dynamics into the method, applied to the competitive context of tennis.
Psychology and mental training
EducationRoberto
Roberto
Gesualdi
Certified online adult educator. He handles the training side of the method and how content is transferred to the people who will apply it.
Online educationMental Tennis CoachMatteo
Matteo
Derchi
Mental Tennis Coach. He works on court with players, applying the method's protocols in sessions and during clinics.
On-court work
ATP CoachDiego
Diego
Nargiso
ATP coach and commentator. He has brought Mental Tennis into his work with professional tour players.
Professional tourShared expertise
Different skills.
One shared language.
Mental Tennis was born from the meeting of different skills. Court work, mental training, observation, education and daily work with players and coaches contribute to the same system.
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Tennis
Method
CourtPsychology / mental trainingCoachingEducationObservationTennis
Method
Network
Coaches using the method
in their own centres.
They are not staff members: they are coaches and technical directors who have integrated Mental Tennis into their own work, in Italy and abroad.
Andrea Scarano
Official stringer for Italy.
Marcos Diaz Bajo
Mental Padel Head Coach, Marbella.
Raymond Diez
Head Coach, London.
Claudio Lazzirini
National coach, head of the club in Castiglione dei Pepoli, Bologna.
Ricardo Modenese
ATP coach, head of partner club R&D Academy, Rome.
Francesco Morelli
Head Coach, Pescara.
Franco Di Micco
Head Coach, Terracina.
Federico Bizzarini
Head Coach, Venice.
Sergio Renzella
Head Coach, Fuengirola, Spain.
Roles and locations as stated in the supplied materials. To be confirmed before publication.
Want to join the network?
The path for coaches and clubs goes through training: first the method enters your work, then we talk about collaboration.