Lucía Navarro
Lucía Navarro
Tennis
Win the next ball. The rest is a story you tell at dinner.
Open the Special EditionAbout the Expert
Lucía played professionally on the ITF circuit and now coaches ambitious juniors and adult competitors who still want to improve. She is precise about footwork, stubborn about point construction, and allergic to folklore. 31 Experts selected her as the first Expert #31 in tennis — a discipline we intend to grow toward a Golden Edition.
- ITF professional; now coaches high-performance juniors in Valencia.
- Built a point-construction notebook used across her academy.
- First Expert #31 toward the Tennis Golden Edition.
Special Edition
The Top 10
In the Special Edition they answer The Top 10. These are the questions. The answers live in the book.
If you could give just one piece of advice to someone starting out in this discipline, what would it be?
What was the biggest challenge you faced in your career, and how did you overcome it?
What is the most important “Never do this…” rule in your discipline?
Who inspired or mentored you, and what did you learn from them?
What is the biggest discovery you wish you had known on day one?
What do outsiders consistently misunderstand about your discipline?
What decision looked small at the time but changed everything?
What skill outside your discipline has contributed most to your success?
What belief did you hold when you started that you no longer believe today?
When your career is remembered, what do you hope people say you stood for?
The Top 10 is not a public interview. Buy the edition to read what they said.
Open the Special EditionExpert Playbook
Between-point protocol
Turn, breathe, pick a target, walk. Four seconds of ceremony so the next ball is not an accident.
Recommended resources
Film one service game per session
The eye lies. The clip does not.