Novak Djokovic is a boraderline insane person who believes an astonishing amount of nonsense. His success is because of his incredibly work ethic and incredibly will to be successful.
He came up into an area where the two most dominate players ever dominate the sport and he had to try to break into that. Its a real case of rising to the challenge.
He rose to the very top when he massively improved his flexibility while being an absolute beast in cardio. His flexibility allowed him to create power shots of low balls that most players wouldn't reach or could at best punt back. That's the real secret sauce of his success.
And in terms of Cardio, check out Australian Open: 2012 final, Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal – 5 hours, 53 minutes. Basically two of the most insane althletes in the world pushing themselves to the very edge of what humanly possible.
He came up into an area where the two most dominate players ever dominate the sport and he had to try to break into that. Its a real case of rising to the challenge.
He rose to the very top when he massively improved his flexibility while being an absolute beast in cardio. His flexibility allowed him to create power shots of low balls that most players wouldn't reach or could at best punt back. That's the real secret sauce of his success.
Like this:
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pr...
And in terms of Cardio, check out Australian Open: 2012 final, Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal – 5 hours, 53 minutes. Basically two of the most insane althletes in the world pushing themselves to the very edge of what humanly possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBCCvWRoFQ
He of course also systematically worked on his game, and all his weaknesses. He is just a complete player.