Rafa Nadal’s strange routines arrive on the golf course

Clear the service lines, shake the racket with the soles of your shoes, bounce one of the three balls passed to him by the player. After choosing, his famous underpants touch to then touch the left shoulder, then the right, touching the ears – first left then right -, nose, ears again, nose again, ending in the right ear. With this information, there would be many who could guess which character it is. Rafa Nadal, apart from being an icon in the world of sports, is also an example of a maniacal person when it comes to playing. A well-known ritual of tennis players is concentration routines to achieve a better result. “Everyone has to find their own way of concentration. There is no absolute formula or ritual that works better or better. I believe that when you have to do less strange things to concentrate, I wish there were none, I’m not hiding it, but tennis is a very psychologically aggressive sport because everything outside can distract you,” said Nadal.

The Spaniard justified his entire routine and assured: “I don’t know if it’s something positive or negative, but it works for me. These rituals help me feel completely focused on the goal. When I train I don’t do any rituals, but when I compete it gives me security. It makes me feel more confident in myself.”

But this Rafa Nadal method of concentration goes beyond the tennis courts. The Spaniard, a golf enthusiast, also wears his tips according to green. Left-handed like a tennis player, when he picks up the racket, he plays with his right hand, but not before making his well-known touch with his ears and shifting his feet until he finds the right balance to use his powerful to swing.

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One of the excellent students of the Spanish language is the Norwegian Casper Ruud, a student of his academy since 2018. The Norwegian was surprised to see Nadal also performing his legendary moves while playing golf. I played with him twice and both times he shot under par, said the tennis player. However, he admitted that “his to swing It’s horrible, but he does it for him. And he has a lot of weird golf routines,” Ruud said.

His current handicap is 0.4 and, although he could compete professionally, the tennis player is fully recovering from double left iliopsoas surgery.