RAFAEL NADAL'S COACH TONI CRITISICED FOR 'SEXIST' RESPONSE TO APPOINTMENT OF GALA LEON AS SPAIN'S DAVIS CUP CAPTAIN
Nadal's
coach and uncle says it would have been preferable to appoint someone with
experience of men's tennis as Spain's David Cup captain.
Rafael Nadal's coach has
criticised the appointment of a woman as the captain of Spain's Davis Cup team,
arguing there are substantial differences between the men's and women's games..
His comments have been labelled sexist by Spain's
leading political parties,
Gala Leon, a former WTA player, became the first woman
to be appointed captain of the country's Davis Cup team on Sunday, replacing
Carlos Moya. "It is preferable that (the captain) is someone with a
background in the world of men's tennis," Toni Nadal, Rafael Nadal's coach
and uncle, told Spanish radio.
"I have nothing against her, I
don't know what her capabilities are, and I hope she does her job well, but in
theory she is a person that doesn't know men's tennis, because men's tennis
isn't the same as women's tennis.
"The truth is that the men's
game isn't the same as the women's game on the tactical level, not that one is
better than the other."
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WOMEN TRAINING MEN?
COMMENTS:
I think that a woman can perfectly train. I think this is a very sexist commentary and I think a lot of men think also about it. And, why do men train women and women can't train men?
ResponderEliminarGuillermo Téllez Caldera 4ºA
David Bolaños Bridonneau 4B
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion a woman can train a men's team. It's a little bit strange a woman training a men's team but she can do it. I think that Toni Nadal's comments are sexist and they aren't good to say that when you are a famous person like Rafa's coach.
I think that Toni Nadal has jealousy for her. This comment was really sexist. A woman can train same or better than a man. Just as a boy can train girls, a girl can train boys.
ResponderEliminarBlanca Téllez Caldera 4º B
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ResponderEliminarI don't agree, because it's too sexist. A women can perfectly train a men's team. The worst thing is that many people think that this is truth, that men's training it's better than woman's training. There's no difference between sports done by woman and sports done by men. I hope some day human mind change, so this kind of comments and thoughts will dissapear
ResponderEliminarI think that this coment it's too sexist, a woman can trains a men's team because she doesn't have to know less than a men about sports. In my opinion, to choose a trainer for a team, we have to look the knowledge of the person about the sport instead of the sex, so I hate sexists people, especially with sports.
ResponderEliminarROSA GARCÍA BALMASEDA 4ºA
I think that Toni Nadal is wrong. A woman (or a man) can trains a tennis team if she (or he) knows how to play tennis. Toni Nadal's comment is a very sexist comment. People who says that a woman can't trains a men's tennis team doesn't know about sports. If a man can trains a woman's team, Why can't a woman trains a man's team?
ResponderEliminarJavier García Hoyas 3ºA
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ResponderEliminarI think woman can train man, as men can train women.
ResponderEliminarWe all have the same possibilities, in the sports or in life.
Toni Nadal's comment is so sexist because, why boys can train a girl team, an girls can't train a boy team?
Lucia Damas Garcia 3°A
In my opinion, Toni Nadal is wrong because a woman can train a men's team like a man can train a girls' team. Toni Nadal's coment was a bit sexist but the thing is that it's strange that a woman trains a men's team but she can do it perfectly. I think that Toni Nadal's comment was wrong and I wish he will change his thoughts.
ResponderEliminarManuel Escudero Muñoz 4ºA
I think Tono Nadal is compleatly wrong. He says that woman can't train men's teams because the game andar the way to play is different between men andar women. So, un this case, men can't train women's teams, and there are some training women. In my opinion some people is going to look bad ay hum because of his machist comment.
ResponderEliminarIrene Correa Gómez 3°A
I think that is a comment very sexist because a woman can trains a man perfectly. We have to look the experience of the person about the sport instead of the sex, because the rules and the tactics are the same for women than for men in the world of tenis.If a man can trains a woman without any problem because a woman can't trains a men?
ResponderEliminarPatricia Moreno Sánchez 4ºA
A woman can perfectly train a men team. I think that Toni Nadal is jealous because he wanted to be the trainer. His comment was a bit sexist but I hope that it was an attack of anger. Gala León had been a good tennis player. She knows the world of the tennis and she had got some prizes, so it's a perfect candidate to the Spain team. Women can do the same things than men. In addition to this, I want that Tony asks him this question. Why a man can train a women team and a woman can't train a men team?
ResponderEliminarIsmael Jalal-Alhanafi García 3rd A
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ResponderEliminarI'm disagree with Toni Nadal. I think woman and men can train the same team of all sports. For example: boys train some girl teams, so , why a girl can't train a boy team too?. Boys and girls can train the team if they are prepared to do it regardless if is she or he. The comment of Toni Nadal is very machist and I hope that he will change.
ResponderEliminarJosé María Ramos Hidalgo 3º ESO A
I think that Toni Nadal was wrong. I think that woman can train men´s teams.
ResponderEliminarToni Nadal´s comment was sexist because girls and boys can train all types
of teams.
A woman can train a men´s team like a men do, if she know how to do it.
In my opinion Toni Nadal is very sexist
Carla Bermejo Olivera 3ºA
I think the same as my partners. A women can train perfectly a men team. I have been playing tennis since 2010 and the girls plays as good as boys, and sometimes better. But maybe what Toni Nadal refers is that when a man grow up at the age of 25 (more or less) it can be more physical or stronger than a woman, it would be like another kind of game. The commentary of Toni Nadal is a little bit sexist, anyway she is not playing so it "doesn´t affect" to the players.
ResponderEliminarI think Toni Nadal is wrong. A woman can train a men's team like a man can train a women's team. I think his comment is sexist and he's a little jealous. In all sports there are sexist people and It's so bad. I think that Gala can be a very good trainer even if she's a woman, it doesn't matter because she knows a lot of tennis.I hope he realises that he's wrong and he changes his mind.
ResponderEliminarRocío Bravo Acedo 3 A.
Toni Nadal i wrong. I think is a very sexist comment. Why not a woman can train a men' team if a men can train a woman's team? Woman perfectly train a men's team a nothing happens. The world has to change because a woman have the same posibilities that a man. Gala can be a good tennis trainer and perhaps better tan a man or why not? We should see the experience, tactics and other things instead the sex when we choose a trainer.
ResponderEliminarMónica Rodríguez Herrea 3º A
I think that Toni Nadal is wrong because a woman can train a team like a man.
ResponderEliminarThe important thing to train a team is know how to play and teach it.
He´s commentary is very sexist because if a man can train womans, why a woman can´t train men?
I think that in the future in other sports like football whether normal that womans train teams.
Irene Aceituno Izquierdo 4ºA
To be honest, I don't understand Toni Nadal's words because men and women have the same capabilities to train tennis players. I'm pretty sure that Gala León will do well as Spain's David Cup Captains.
ResponderEliminarCarmen Ramos Sánchez 4ºA
I think Toni Nadal's comment is a bit sexist, because a girl can perfectly train a team of guys, like many women's teams are led by men, and nobody complains about it.I think in the sport, no matter if you are taught by a girl or a boy, both can have the same knowledge.I personally agree with the appointment of the new captain, because that may gradually change certain sexist thoughts in sport.
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ResponderEliminarI think a woman can perfectly train a team of men. Is a very sexist comment to Gala León and to the sport. I don't like the Toni Nadal's comment and I know she will train well than a men. They will win the Spain´s David Cup Captains with her.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion he is wrong because a woman can trains a men´s team as a man trains a women´s team. I think Gala Leon will do well and maybe she changes the idea of many people. Women have the same opportunities as men and sometimes women do better!
ResponderEliminarPaloma Vázquez Castela 4ºA
Jame Rodriguez Cortijo 4º B
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion,women can train man as man can train women and it is independent of sex If the person is good in it. We should aprreciate people for their capacities skill and nothing more.
I think the comment is a bit sexist, be a man doesn't means that going to be better or anything like that, women are not less, only that years ago they weren't engaged in these things or had these priorities; and even if is a man, he doesn't have to have more experience, that doesn't affect this; a person can be good regardless of gender and in this case Rafael Nadal's coach is giving bad image and selfishness on their part.
ResponderEliminarCristina Rodríguez 4B
Rodrigo Trinidad gonzalez 4°B
ResponderEliminarI think the comment is a bit sexist,the woman can train to men and men train to woman because the all people are very important and free
I think the same as all of my friends. It is so extrange that a women teach the team bus it isn´t bad he can do perfectly this work because she played tennis a few years ago and she known a lot about tennis so I don´t understand the comments about this and I understand less some sexist comments. I think that she will do well this work as a man can do it.
ResponderEliminarI think that the comment of Nadal's uncle was silly because a man does not have to better understand the physical abilities of a man and the contrary. Also should be judged by how to train, not what sex is. If she is a good coach no matter whether a man or a woman. A contrary example is the coach of the women's team swimming is a man and nothing happens.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion Toni Nadal is wrong. I think is a very sexist comment. A woman perfectly trains a men's team.
ResponderEliminarWhy a man can train a women team and a woman can't train a men team? I think that Gala León can be a bey good trainer.
Sara Durán Álvarez 3ºA
I think that this coment it's too sexist. A woman can perfectly train a men's team, it is even better than a man in my opinion. Why a woman can't traían a men's team? Because is a woman? I think that we live in a society developed enough to think that mentality and i think that Toni Nadal is very wrong.
ResponderEliminarJonás Bachiller Galeano 4º A
I think that's a very sexist comment, because a woman can train a man, like a man train a woman. They are people that love the sports, and they love the same sport.
ResponderEliminarWhy a woman cannot train a man? A woman can be better athlete than a man, she can be stronger, faster... whatever. I think that Gala can be a very good trainer.
Esther Maese CAlvo 3ºA
I think thats it too sexist and of other era. Womens have the same rights as men. If a women can't train a men, a men can't train a women. If a women can?t train a men because she have less fort, I think that is a leyend and not real..
ResponderEliminarThe world must change...
The comment it much sexist, I think that the women can do the same things that the men do. Including I think that a woman can do it ( train men) better. People say that it´s normal that a men train woman because we see all day, but they say that isn´t normal that a woman train men. This is stupid. There are many woman that are better that a men.
ResponderEliminarI don't know why a girl can't train some men. We're in the XXI century and this should be normal, and she probably is better than the last coach, but i also think that Toni Nadal didn't mean to say something sexist and he only did a mistake.
ResponderEliminarLuis Fernández Carrasco 4ºB
Ismael Rodríguez Acero 4ºA
ResponderEliminarI think that this Toni Nadal isn´t right and a woman can train to a team form of men like a man can train a team form of women, for example Mico Margets was trainer of the women's team of Davis Cup during almost 20 years. Probably Gala León provides to the Spanish team the key to win the Davis Cup that is the thing that really matters.
I think that comment is very sexist because a woman is not only a woman, she is a person like a man, and I think that it doesn't matter if the trainer is a woman, the most important thing is that she must know how to train and tries to do the best in her job, because a man can have the same mistakes than a woman, and a woman can train or do anything better than a man.
ResponderEliminarMIRIAM FATELA IZQUIERDO 4ºA
First, i'm not sexist, but I think that Toni Nadal isn't wrong because a woman can train a team like a man, but there will always be differences between the mens and the womans in sports. And if you don't think this, you are hypocrite. women in men's locker room can create discomfort, problems and jokes about sex. And considering that most of the time, as coach says, game strategies are made in the locker room, would have many problems. But I also think that the coach well ahead with his dream, and that no man tell hers how to train.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion a woman can train a men's team. This commentary is very sexist because a woman can train a man, like a man train a woman. In my opinion there are women who can be much better than men in sports so I think that Gala can be very good coach.
ResponderEliminarAlba Gutierrez Martinez 4ºa
I think that comment of Toni is very sexist.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion that Gala León train Davis cup team is a good idea, because. Why can't women train man ?
Jose Pablo García 3ºA
I think that he's wrong because tennis is the same for women and men. I don't know it the tactical level is different for women's team and men's but I think she knows about tennis and she will train them like she thinks is better.
ResponderEliminarÁngela Ramírez Barco 3º A
I think that Gala Leon it's not preparated to be the captain of the spanish team in Davis Cup. Not because she's a women, it's because there are other women tennis players that are better. I think that tennis is the same for men and women.
ResponderEliminarI think that this comment is sexist because a woman can trains a man perfectly. A man and a women have the same capabilities to train players of any sport. I don't like the tony nadal's comment. A man can have the same mistakes than a woman.
ResponderEliminarAdriana Novillo Borges 4ºB
I don't agree with this commentary. It's sexist. I think that she can be a good trainer like a man can be. I hope that she get it because it's something that the world has to change. There aren't diferences between men and women training a coach.
ResponderEliminarI play tennis, and I've played with a lot of people, and I have to say that the form that a women used to play isn´t the same than the way of a man, but that isn't a reason to apointed that women because i'm sure she could do it very well.
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ResponderEliminarI think these kind of comments are quite sexist. A woman can obviously train a men’s team! However, something Nadal said in this article made me hold up and think: is it true that men’s tennis is different than women’s tennis? If it is, then a man would maybe be better for this job. I’m not saying I agree with him – his comment was obviously sexist –but I’m just deciding to give him a chance and believe he said that because he had a reason to and not because he was just acting really stupid. Anyway, women and men are equal in rights and are capable of doing the same sort of jobs and things. His comment was clearly out of place.
ResponderEliminarMaría Pámpano Martín, 3º ESO A.
I think that this comment is sexist.A woman can perfectly train a men's team.Why can't women train man?. I think that Gala León can be a bey good trainer. There aren't diferences between men and women training a coach.
ResponderEliminarI think that Toni nadal is wrong and i also think that it is a quite sexist comment. It's possible that he wasn't doing with this intention, but really it is an idiocy. The argument of which it would be inconvinient to join men and woman in the wardrobe it does not serve, because there are many equipments of girls that are trained by men and there hasn't been any problem. A woman can do exactly the same thing that a man, included to train a professional equipment. The only thing that she has to do well is is his work, and I am sure that the fact that to be a woman wont be a problem.
ResponderEliminarCARMEN DE PEDRO LASSO, 4ºA
I think Tony Nadal's comentary is absolutely sexist. Why a woman can train like a man? The sex doesn't matter, womans have the same qualities than mans, there are womans who play tennis and other sports bether than a man. At sports womans can be exactly like mans, everybody have two hands, two legs and one head, what is the problem?
ResponderEliminarI think that the comment is very sexist because I think Tony want to be the trainer and Gala can perfectly train a men's team. Don't mind the sex of the trainer, if the person is good the team work good.
ResponderEliminarAna Plasencia Galeano 3rd A
I think that toni nadal is wrong because if womens' tennis is diferent than mens' tennis like he says,she will can teach men new things and she can learn new things of mens'tennis.personally speaking toni nadal is wrong,i don't say that he is a sexist person but he think a thing that it is not correct,in my opinion he should give her a opportunity
ResponderEliminarI think that is a comment very sexist because a woman has the same abilities as men . I think that Ana Gala can train a men. but I also think would be better than the men's team will train Toni Nadal
ResponderEliminarRuben Dario Henao 4º A
In my opinion it is a comment machist because the women have the same capacities that any man. And often some women stand out more than some men in any sport. Like many men train to women's teams a woman can train a masculine team.
ResponderEliminarI think that she shouldn't be the spanish team captain because the players won't feel comfortable because she will be in the changing room with the men when they will be in the shower or when they will be changing their clothes. What Tony Nadal said isn't good because he has to respect the decisions of the federation, and I think that men's and women's tennis are similar, I think that he said a very sexist comment. In my opinion the biggest problem for everybody is that she will have to be in the men's changing room, If the federation chose her it's because she is prepared. She is the captain and she will continue being it, my solution is that she could enter in the changing room when the players are changed.
ResponderEliminarI think that it´s machist because here it´is judged more the sex than the knowledge about tennis, the woman have the equality knowledges that a man or more
ResponderEliminarI think that it is a very sexist comment! I think that a woman can train a men's team. Many people think that it is true, there isn't difference between the woman sports and the men sports. I think that Gala will be a very coach for the men's team.
ResponderEliminarAna Perera 3ºB
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ResponderEliminarThis comment is a sexist remark, because women can do this job perfectly, just like a man. I don´t understand men who think that. It has always been said that man is the strongest, that man plays better football or other sports, that women don´t know to do things like a man ... but that does not always have to be this way as there are women more stronger than many men, there are women's football teams, basketball ... and in games women can show better results than boys. So I think that he doesn´t say a good comment, because he doesn´t know what she can do.
ResponderEliminarPaula Martín Perera. 3ºB
I think that a women trainer can coach a men’s tennis team or a football team, a basketball team...
ResponderEliminarI'm not agree about think Toni Nadal the trainer of Rafael Nadal.
I like how plays Rafa Nadal and I understand that his success must own to his uncle. But I think what perfect one women can a good trainer of Rafael Nada
This comment is very sexist because Gala can do the same or better than Rafa's uncle. A woman has got the same conditions as a man
ResponderEliminarThe men's tennis and the women's tennis haven't got any differences so Gala can coach Rafa perfectly. I think that this comment is very impolite and Rafa can win a lot of awards with Gala
I'm not agree with the decison that Toni Nadal,the trainer of Rafael Nadal,says.It's a little sexist comment.A woman can train a men perfectly.She can do it the same or better than a men.But I think that the problem is that we are accustomed to see that a men usually train a woman but it can change. A woman can have a team of mens or the oposite.And he don't know how a woman can train ,and maybe he can give an opportunity to her.Normally we hink that a men can do more and best things than a women.It's can be true ,but in other things it can be the oposite,in my opinion.
ResponderEliminarANA MIGUÉLEZ MORÁN 3B