Friday, February 8, 2013

Tennis and Aging

"One of the great benefits of tennis relative to other sports is that you can play it for a lifetime. But playing tennis matches well into your later years comes with . . . loss of function - increasing physical weakness, slowed foot-speed, reduced visual acuity  and a host of other un-pleasantries . . . [But] if you are able to stay rational and practical about your tennis as you age, you can take advantage of its many positives: 

1. You will be emotionally more mature and controlled  . . . and may thus play even better.
2. You will have better perspective and be more able to remain unshaken by . . . momentary adversities . . .
3. You will have better understanding of percentage tennis, strategy, and your own strengths and weaknesses.
4. You will get great exercise . . . 

So enjoy . . .  you are lucky to be there." 

--Allen Fox, Ph.D.
Tennis Psychologist and Author
of "Winning the Mental Match",
from Tennis Magazine, Page 70,

(Jan./Feb. 2013 Issue)

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