E18 - Jofre Porta, Maverick Coach of Mallorca

In this episode, I have the honor to chat with Jofre Porta, a true legend in the tennis world.

Jofre is the owner and operator of Global Tennis Team, an international tennis academy in Mallorca, Spain. It is considered one of the best tennis schools in the world and I have had the privilege to experience it twice with my family! You will be greeted with the words: "welcome to hell". It is a small but highly professional set up run by Jofre and his amazing wife Afiza. Here he has developed and puts into practice his coaching system called GlobalSystem which is quite unconventional but very effective.

Coach, educator, and philosopher, Porta is low key but as highly respected as other Spanish legends such as Toni Nadal, Lluis Bruguera or Pato Alvarez.

He is a key figure in Spanish tennis.

Porta has coached and toured with two #1 players in the world: Carlos Moyá, whom he was with just over ten years (from a small kid to #1 Atp) and Rafal Nadal whom (together with Toni Nadal) he trained for eight years. He has also coached several other top players and many top juniors.

Other interesting work/experiences that Jofre has been involved in include:

Worked for the Spanish Tennis Federation

Nike adviser for two years

Master's degree of Tennis at the International University of Valencia

Worked as a sports commentator

Collaborated and advised many companies, organizations

Done many talks, presentations and conferences around the world

You can find out more about Jofre and follow him and his academy at:

www.globaltennisteam.com

Instagram: globaltennisteam

Enjoy the episode!

Please follow / subscribe to my podcast, you will find it on most platforms.

Website: https://anchor.fm/gianluca-sola

Instagram: tennis_lifestyle_podcast

Twitter: @GlSola

Ciao,

Gianluca