Sinner and Leclerc, that’s what the South Tyrolean tennis player and the Monegasque driver have in common: they’ve been doing it for a long time.
There is no winning formula. There is no ingredient that guarantees success. Otherwise, we would all be top players. It is dedication, spirit of sacrifice and willpower, combined of course with talent and a flair for a particular sport, that make an athlete a champion capable of collecting successes, titles and trophies.
Every athlete guards, however, a secret. Which is not necessarily something random, mind you. For some it’s a superstitious ritual, for someone else it’s wives and girlfriends, moms and dads, brothers and sisters, the winning weapon. And Jannik Sinner, too, it seems, has a little secret that may have made all the difference in his growth process. If he rose to fourth in the world rankings and came close to winning the cup at the Finals, he owes it to his self-sacrifice and all the hours spent on the court and in the gym, but not only that.
For some time now, as Gazzetta dello Sport revealed, the South Tyrolean tennis player has decided to see even more clearly. He has well thought of combining two of his greatest passions, cars and Formula 1, and cultivating a whole new interest that may have made a difference in his recent performances.
Sinner, not just muscle: full head
Sinner, in recent times, has turned his interest to brain functioning, which is why he started working with Formula Medicine by Riccardo Ceccarelli, a sports physician. He approached it when he was training with Piatti, at whose academy a Mental Economy Gym had been built in 2021.
“It is,” explains Gazzetta dello Sport, “psychological, scientific and mental counseling-collaboration: managing tension and moments of difficulty, knowing one’s brain, maintaining concentration, controlling emotions during competitions. Everything is done remotely, with joysticks and computers, through the creation of situations that allow the boy to feel emotions. The underlying philosophy is simple: the brain matters as much as the muscles.”
Could it be thanks to this new knowledge that Sinner, in the Davis Cup, managed to nullify a beauty of 3 match points to Novak Djokovic, then overturning the result of a match that seemed to be over? Could this be the secret of the sudden “explosion” of the legendary Jannik?
