the actual cost of the Nadal Academy (dont do this ONE thing!)

[@michaelw8424]

For a Nadal fan and long time tennis enthusiast this is one of the most well thought and well done videos I've ever seen. Thanks for this. 🙏👍

[@robert111k]

Mallorca is one of the best tourist destinations all over the world. A pity you didn't reserve some time for visiting and going to the beach. There are lots of stunning "calas" (sort of little beaches between the mountains and the sea) you maybe shouldn't have skipped.

[@jimclawley9117]

Yep Cala Saint Vincent’s is beautiful as is Playa Formentor

[@elchanclascocina]

Mark, seems you are still having some strong jetlag! 😅. You didn't have 11 hours of tennis, you had 11 sessions of 2 hours each, so 22 hours, bringing the cost per hour to 43 euros, which is very competitive compared to what is paid in USA. I noticed you didn't post anything about the proshop that was where Nadal has his private indoor hard court, best proshop I've ever been to. Did you go? liked it? I honestly recommend doing the 3 day package vs the 5.5 days, most people are not fit enough to play so much for so long. That can reduce cost at the academy and allow for more time to travel elsewhere. This is just my perspective though. Thanks for the video, wish I go back sometime! Saludos!

[@melatomic]

Thanks for this comment and suggestions. It's cleared up a few things

[@cscummingsiv]

How much were the 3 days w/ lodging?

[@elchanclascocina]

@@cscummingsiv I went May 15-18 or so 2022, reserved like 6 months in advanced, it was basically 1,000 euros for lodging+ 3 days tennis, 12 hrs total (4 per day). Basically it was half lodge (4 nights) and half tennis.

[@scissorsharp9032]

Mark you vlog is awesome, your footage is great, your humour is hilarious and your so honest… it’s super refreshing so it’d be great to see more like this.

[@jbranche8024]

Did you get the results and improvements in your game? I have been to many Academys and found little improvement. My areas for improvement were shot selection, foot work, more consistent back hand. All of these places seemed like a factory that have set drills. Very limited player assessment before you start. Very limited quality coaching or tailored drills to achieve the improvement desired. It is usually best to target your weaknesses with different specific quality coaches. Most coaches want you to improve just enough until the next lesson. Job security.

[@alo.nsoacvbmfk]

There’s no way you will improve in a 6 day tennis trip to a commercial academy that will probably assigned their worst coaches to recreational adults

[@sabueso32]

I went there last year and the hotel+coaching was €1.600. Since the two 2h daily sessions are just 120min apart, I nurtured myself with isotonic drinks and fuel bars. Btw, in my case I had breakfast and dinner included. A different thing is how much I spent at the pro shop. 😅

[@MrNuudleS]

Thanks for letting us live vicariously through your experience!

[@TheDrakulie]

what about the cost for those 2 girls on the last day while partying ?

[@MarkSansait]

😭😭

[@MrBjorn6]

That's a bargain especially since you have never been to Europe before. Plus you are a huge Nadal fan 🪭.

[@jimclawley9117]

😂😂😂 LSD at the party too

[@TheDrakulie]

@@jimclawley9117 mark does LSD ? i had no idea. is LSD PED ?

[@thunderpopulationone]

For necessary items such as a bottle of Gin! 😂😂😂 Great Video Mark, I'd love to visit the academy someday.

[@Bigmoney703]

DJI would fix that drone for way cheaper. Understand if you need to keep filming and holding you over but I busted my mini 2 and it was like $100 to fix the camera, rotors and cowling

[@ngalawena]

Assuming you make advertising $ from your KZbin channel On an after tax basis your trip can be about 1/2 to 1/3 cheaper depending on your tax burden. Would recommend forming an LLC and hiring a CPA to advise you on how you can deduct business expenses for the content you’re creating for your business. Disclaimer: This is not tax advice

[@melatomic]

Strangely sounds like tax advice, though 😂

[@esshoul]

The quality of coaching is not related to owners fame! Price is absurd in european standards, you can get same maybe better coaching in any other decent tennis club in EU

[@laserformssdnbhd1126]

Hey Mark, thanks for sharing. It was informative and the cost is good for someone from the States. If you're in an Asian country, the conversion rate is very high and travel expense is even more. Appreciate the reference. Good that you made friends and did your 5.0 level increase? btw, what is your UTR rating?

[@mattd2503]

Don’t forget you had tennis lessons… which here in Nj is $125.00 hr .. I think over all it’s a great price considering hotel,lessons,flight ,food .. my question.was the lessons any good.?

[@charlesdang2557]

Youz high maintenance bro. Glad you had a very enjoyable trip

[@DJBop86]

I was in Mallorca a couple of weeks ago - I hired a car (Toyota C-HR hybrid) for 4 days for just shy of €100, so it’d probably be around about €130 for 6 days if anyone is wondering. Obviously, if it’s just for one person, you could go for a smaller (and cheaper) car. Island is definitely worth exploring if you ever get the chance.

[@MarkSansait]

i dont want to get stabbed...

[@DJBop86]

@@MarkSansait stick to the coastal areas and the only thing stabbing you should be sharp rocks 😅 Or challenge them to a game of tennis instead of a knife fight - the ultimate high stakes match.

[@victoralmager2411]

Very nice video. Never even considered doing this to improve my fitness and tennis. Spain is amazing. Thanks.

[@benyang2427]

Excellent breakdown. I hear being in a desirable chic party area of Mallorca runs up to 1K a night on some crappy rundown hotel room eesh. Sounds like you got a great deal relatively speaking

[@rajaaqeel760]

Thanks for letting us live vicariously through your experience

[@oscaranka4278]

Great video and superb tips. Please do another video about the quality of the tennis classes. thank you!

[@mteca5093]

Did your tennis get 5k better? If so how?

[@info781]

Good deal Mark, I was in France in 2014 or so and it as $1.40 to get 1 Euro, I spent $22 for a small salad it was crazy. Europeans were coming to USA to go shopping.

[@transklutz]

It's more like 1.1 exchange rate now. Maybe Europeans didn't like American money in 2014?

[@XTennis17X]

So cool! Great breakdown! Was there today!

[@JGtennistraining]

Great tips! I’m trying to plan a trip to the Rafa Nadal Academy mainly for my son.

[@yueshe4323]

I thought the Iberia voucher only applies if you stay in academy hotel for a week? If you choose Airbnb you won’t get the flight voucher

[@rhondacosta160]

that's right you have to stay at the academy hotel. Not an airbnb.

[@arsalanali503]

Brilliant information dude, nice work 👍👍👍

[@piaimmordino4]

Very helpful review!!! Very interested in going but how do you get the Iberia flight voucher?

[@wingsaber629]

I'm a recreational player, 3.5 USTA, and am absolutely in love with tennis and addicted to it. I have the money, but would it even be worth it to go as a tennis 3.5 USTA player? Or is this mainly for people who aspire to actually become PRO.

[@drmattias1973]

Me and my wife has visited Nadal academy two times. And I can promise you that you will have a great time. The coaches will put you in a group with players at the same level as you. We had halfboard and we had very nice dinners every evening with people from our group.

[@transklutz]

You have both the money AND the time, but if you have enough of the first, you might be able to buy the second too...

[@pierroulechou]

worth it for improving?, no , you can get to 4.5 just with youtube quite easily if you practice, but if your a big fan, i think its great experience, take that as fun vacation, instead of paying 1.5k to go to the beach, you pay 1.5k to go train tennis in cool place :)

[@leonardoramirez7667]

Didn't like your reviews and videos but been watching the real tennis channel which I'm enjoying and you seem like a decent enough guy and play some decent ball. I went to the Ferrero academy Equelite, Alcaraz's home base, last year in autumn. Its a lot cheaper but that Iberia voucher sure makes it attractive from the US. Obviously the RN academy is more expensive and more pro, I visited during easter last year, however I really liked the familiar feeling of Equelite. Nearby in Barcelona where I live theres a bunch of academies and the level is so high, however for the whole package and going away for a long weekend Equelite is worth it.

[@cincotennisacademy]

Love the breakdown, Mark.

[@bert-9916]

Mark Did you have to register your drone? THX

[@elchanclascocina]

I went last year pretty much same dates, May 15th to 19th, 4 nights. I paid 130 euros per night tax included with breakfast as well. Mark spent 185euros. I did reserve in advance, 6 months before. I'm guessing Mark didn't guess with that much time and thus the much higher cost. I remember having look at cost a couple of months prior to my reservation and they were even less. My room was nicer too vs what he showed. 140usd per night with breakfast in Europe, to me it was very descent cost. The training was basically same cost.

[@aotennis3790]

Remember, these academies are heavily invested and owned by corporations, using athlete's name. Rafa academy is operated by Movistar, which is under Telefonica, which again, owns Virgin Media, O2 Germany, Vivoa and Telxius. And to add, Telefonica is heavily invested by big asset/corporations companies like, Vanguard, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Caixa Bank and Black Rock. Black Rock has been called the world's largest shadow bank, due to its power and sheer size of their global financial activities. Profits is their number 1 priority in this game.

[@patriarca3858]

Sólo falta mencionar la naturaleza racial y étnica de quienes controlan estos fondos de inversión. 👃✡️

[@Phoniq]

That’s dark. Does Rafa know?

[@Lanky009]

@@Phoniq he'd be a fool not to know that lol

[@Phoniq]

@@Lanky009 that makes it even worse

[@AR-op4bc]

This is simply not true, @aotennis3790. The Rafa Nadal Academy is not owned nor operated by Movistar, only partly funded by it and other sponsors. The Academy is fully operated and mostly owned by the Nadal family, and Rafa himself. I know because I’m familiar with the matter. Stop missinforming fans, as you evidently do not know anything about this.

[@rowenamadrilejo5027]

Were you able to see Nadal while you were there? Is it by any chance that you are of Filipino descent? Is it okay to visit the academy just to tour around and also see the Nadal Museum?

[@MarkSansait]

I did see Nadal. Parents are Filipino. You can visit the academy to tour and see the museum, yes

[@usmankareem-pb7sr]

love this breakdown ,mark

[@tallalbaloch8598]

Love the break down mark

[@SamSung-pn6il]

At the end of the day, how much did your tennis improve from this experience?

[@joevelte4252]

Yes he didnt mention that. Thats the whole point of going.

[@SamSung-pn6il]

@@joevelte4252 I am an older guy and attended something similar for 3 years and my game didn't quite improve. I improved certain things and my game improvements came slowly by doing thing on my own.

[@terrymunoztrujillo483]

let's put it this way, he's already got a wildcard to Wimbledon! VAMOS RESULTS!

[@sadiemellow]

​@@SamSung-pn6ilYes that's tennis for ya, time consuming.

[@AnbenK]

Mark, how do you buy these sessions? Do you just go online and do it? Their websites is kinda confusing and doesn't say anything about the flight voucher

[@sonsoftheedelweiss72]

Is the cost for more high performance players higher?

[@yuyuyuyu6534]

Thanks for your video. I have a question. How can I go from airport to the academy? Rent a car? book a transfer or there are trains, bus. Which would you recommend? Thanks.

[@MarkSansait]

from the Mallorca airport to the Nadal academy, I took a 45 minute cab ride from the airport. It wasnt Uber or Lyft... there was a taxi area outside of the terminal that took me

[@FabioZanetti-gi8sh]

How did you get this Iberia Voucher? Upon reservation and sent by the academy? Do you know if they still have this agreement?

[@andresf1984]

What do you mean by “opportunity cost”? Do you not have paid time off at work?

[@transklutz]

Remember, this is America, where you have to plead and whine to get any time off. European serfdom emigrated and is still alive in the US.

[@AliaTabassum-pt5pb]

Amazing video, very spectacular to watch

[@pippen2212]

How good is the coaching there ?

[@MuhammadBilal-nu8di]

Great video and superintendent ideas

[@ericklamrowski5001]

More or less than trucky?

[@mudasirrazzaq4293]

Excellent work

[@muhammadnafay8298]

Actually??

[@zakishaman8557]

Amazing review💯💯❤

[@aja23136]

Do you not get paid time off from your job?

[@MarkSansait]

Opportunity cost is still present whether or not I have pto from my job.

[@majormajor9672]

@@MarkSansait No that's not how opportunity cost works... If you are a contractor who would not be paid because you took your vacation, then the opportunity cost would be the money you would be making had you been working. If you are a FTE, on paid PTO, then there's NO opportunity cost since you are still getting paid the exact same amount whether you take your vacation or not. In fact, if you have 4 weeks PTO and you do NOT take the full 4 weeks, then there's actually cost of NOT taking the PTO that you essentially already paid for.

[@MarkSansait]

@@majormajor9672that is how it works. Because I could’ve taken that 1 week of pto and did something else with it.

[@aja23136]

@@MarkSansait sure but that’s not really a financial opportunity cost

[@user-be5qg7mr1s]

@@aja23136 unless he was doing a side job or making more videos that made money

[@TheEriclikeseatin]

Pressing F to pay respect to your drone

[@ZahidaAlam52]

Amazing review

[@fungames9406]

Wonderful View taken by Drown cam

[@KhalilKhan-of8wt]

Very nice video great experience 👍👏

[@uzmabaig1233]

The infrastructure looks amazing 😍

[@MuhammadAhmad-mk6qc]

Thanks for sharing this video

[@KashafAnees-y2s]

Well played 👏👏

[@JaveriaRao-yk4kk]

Beautiful performance

[@zuhairrajput4900]

Very nice work

[@MuhammadUsman-uw5dp]

Beautiful place and view

[@Zszszs8473-wq3nh]

Amazing academy🙌🙌

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Thanks for a very nice video 👏🎾😍

[@jeffhermida4788]

The fact that you were able to see Rafa is worth it!

[@MarkSansait]

Biiiiiiiig facts

[@ayeshausman1667]

This vlog is amazing

[@wahajpatel4300]

Nice explanation

[@MrBurair]

Love your review

[@mahmoodalikhan3055]

One of great player I have ever seen 😍

[@Mix-shorts_35]

Very informative video

[@nasreensajid663]

Great video 👍

[@youneeist]

Out standing❤️

[@Zszszs8473-wq3nh]

Wonderful academy 👏👏

[@AtifShah-tk3vb]

Really great. Equipment

[@goodshape175]

great work

[@transklutz]

Don't do this one thing: crash your drone. Why, is this what tourists are prone to do? 😂

[@Ali-ml5gp]

Wow huge area cover by nadal academy

[@ZahidaTabasum-nv9sq]

Nice reviews

[@pruthvimeka3259]

where the heck is the academy costs? I saw travel, transport, hotel, food, gifts, drones. you should spend more time on the break down of the academy costs. I actually missed that the first time I saw this video.

[@rayyannaveed4521]

Pretty awesome grounds 😎👌

[@hirass-so4sx]

This is amazing 😍

[@bigrobsydney]

What do we think? Mark, personally, €5,000+ for a week is a lot of money. If you looked at JUST the academy cost alone, I would also say THAT was a lot of money too. You can find perfectly good academies around the world for a fraction of that cost.

[@farmhouse7349]

Nadal academy is the perfect learning more

[@usmanamin6601]

you have good experience

[@SamzArtist-od1bx]

Very nice video. 👍👍👍

[@abhishekvanenooru4959]

i wont see 5500 euros in my lifetime , congrats brother

[@WayneLynch69]

"It's nothing until you spend it" I did not know the Nadal was for recreational players, assumed it was an "IMG". This is my first time seeing your content; I'm hoping to look in on more and see you hitting.

[@WaseemAhmed-if6vn]

That's awesome 💯

[@gurneytower]

Did you have to obtain permission to video or use your drone to film at the academy?

[@mubashirhassan6003]

Very informative

[@MaqsoodUlHaq-c8s]

Good information

[@kaizen1723]

This video could have been so much better! Cost is one thing value is totally another. How was the couching? Ie could you tailor the coaching to the things you wanted to improve Did you get access to different court surfaces? More detail on why the experience worth it? Nadal museum? What other things do the academy offer for tennis fanatics that make it different and worthwhile. Your crashed drone it totally unrelated to the academy and cost for a regular person🤦🏼‍♂️ Try harder bro.

[@raphyyz]

He made another video on that, there is no need for your micro aggression

[@faraz8665]

Nice tips

[@rafagoat575]

600€ for gifts for family and friends, 600€ for gifts for yourself, 600€ for a new drone.... Ok.

[@benyang2427]

5K for everything and all the extra gifts/expenses is very reasonable. I have friends in Mallorca that tell me crappiest hotels by the chic beach locations run at 1K USD a night!!!

[@AfzalKhokhar-l2b]

Well played..

[@Ahmad_ARH]

Nice shots

[@FarahWaseem-gy4on]

Great job

[@jkj1459]

RENAME IT" KING RAFA " ACCADAMY PLEASE

[@minisurfbanana]

For Over $5000 hire a coach for training my backbhand. But you dont get the experience of traveling to Nadals Academy and spain!!!!

[@minisurfbanana]

@@transistorjump919 did u watch the video??? Getting spain and rafa academy all his expenses cost that much🙄🙄🙄

[@SaraKhan-cu9df]

Great video

[@SabeenMasood-v1g]

Good work

[@MuhammadArifKhan-uw5dg]

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