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Gebhard Gritsch (born 21 December 1956) is an Austrian sports coach and consultant, and from 2009 to 2017, fitness coach and consultant to the Serbian tennis professional Novak Djokovic. Gritsch studied Sports Science and Sports Management at the universities of Innsbruck and Vienna and obtained his master's degree in 1985. In 1994, Gritsch earned his PhD from the University of Vienna, with his sports science based dissertation Handbook for player development: From the talented junior to the tennis professional.

Career

Gritsch has over 20 years of experience in tennis player development, including as national coach in the Philippines and Indonesia. In New Zealand, he worked as head coach for the Central Region, and as consultant to the New Zealand Academy of Sports.

Gritsch has been recognised as one of the best fitness coaches in the world Gritsch contributed to the success of Novak Djokovic’s professional career, including through providing sports scientific based training and a balanced, holistic performance management approach to both training and competition.

Gebhard Gritsch provides sports planning expertise to training centres, sports federations and governmental sports organizations.

References

1. "Novak Djokovic Hires Gebhard Phil-Gritsch as New Fitness Coach". thetennistimes.com/. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
2. "Novak Djokovic parts with his entire coaching team before Madrid Open". bbc.com/. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
3. "Gebhard Gritsch: The globetrotter coaching Djokovic since 2009". kurier.at/. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
4. "Recognised as one of the best (if not the best) fitness coaches in the world". tennisworldusa.org/. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
5. "Novak Djokovic diet: How I became the best". independent.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
6. "This Baldy is Djokovic's secret weapon". tagesanzeiger.ch. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
7. "The men behind the man – Novak Djokovic's backroom team". thetennisspace.com/. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
8. "The Djokovic developer". sportnet.at/. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

External links

• Gebhard Gritsch official site

• Living people
• 1956 births
• Austrian tennis coaches
• Austrian sports coaches
• University of Vienna alumni
• Novak Djokovic coaches