"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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