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"Tennis is such an elegant sport that if you watch it in slow motion and add a little bit of music in the background, it becomes a dance."
-- Roger Federer
1. The Object of Tennis is to win more sets than your opponent by winning more games than your opponent; by winning more points than your opponent; by making less mistakes than your opponent.
2. The Object of Tennis is to get incomparable exercise, and thereby elevate the quality of your life and extend it.
3. The Object of Tennis is to make your opponent eat the fuzzy yellow ball. :)
"What is meant by
dominance? It is the feeling that inferior players get when
they face better players; [they] miss shots that they would
have made against other players. How does one establish this
dominance? Start by recognizing that all of your actions have
an effect on your opponent's mental state. Human beings are a
social species, and we instinctively react emotionally to the
way other people treat us. If you show that you fear someone,
they feel strong; if you ignore someone and dismiss their
efforts, they feel weak. So if you appear tough, confident and
resolute, your opponent will tend to feel ineffective. If your
opponent hits a great shot, don't react. Simply walk back into
position as you always do: head up, steady stride and looking
like you know exactly like you know what you are doing. This
is a dominant attitude. If you make an error, no matter how
egregious, act as if you're unfazed. Just go about your
business and ready yourself to play the next point. . . Acting
in dominant ways imposes your will and force of personality on
your opponent."
-- Allen Fox, Ph.D., Psychologist, Author, Wimbledon Quarterfinalist, from The Most Dominant You, Tennis Magazine, Page 74 (Sept.-Oct. 2016)
