| Tennis psychology is nothing more than
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| | the school of Brookes. Second only to him
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| understanding the workings of your
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| | is the man of dogged determination that
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| opponent's mind, and gauging the effect
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| | sets his mind on one plan and adheres to
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| of your own game on his mental viewpoint,
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| | it, bitterly, fiercely fighting to the
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| and understanding the mental effects
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| | end, with never a thought of change. He
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| resulting from the various external
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| | is the man whose psychology is easy to
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| causes on your own mind. You cannot be a
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| | understand, but whose mental viewpoint is
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| successful psychologist of others without
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| | hard to upset, for he never allows
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| first understanding your own mental
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| | himself to think of anything except the
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| processes, you must study the effect on
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| | business at hand. This man is your
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| yourself of the same happening under
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| | Johnston or your Wilding. I respect the
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| different circumstances. You react
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| | mental capacity of Brookes more, but I
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| differently in different moods and under
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| | admire the tenacity of purpose of
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| different conditions. You must realize
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| | Johnston.
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| the effect on your game of the resulting
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| | Pick out your type from your own mental
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| irritation, pleasure, confusion, or
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| | processes, and then work out your game
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| whatever form your reaction takes. Does
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| | along the lines best suited to you.
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| it increase your efficiency? If so,
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| | When two men are, in the same class, as
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| strive for it, but never give it to your
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| | regards stroke equipment, the determining
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| opponent.
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| | factor in any given match is the mental
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| Does it deprive you of concentration? If
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| | viewpoint. Luck, so-called, is often
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| so, either remove the cause, or if that
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| | grasping the psychological value of a
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| is not possible strive to ignore it.
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| | break in the game, and turning it to your
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| Once you have judged accurately your own
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| | own account.
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| reaction to conditions, study your
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| | We hear a great deal about the "shots we
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| opponents, to decide their temperaments.
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| | have made." Few realize the importance of
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| Like temperaments react similarly, and
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| | the "shots we have missed." The science
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| you may judge men of your own type by
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| | of missing shots is as important as that
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| yourself. Opposite temperaments you must
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| | of making them, and at times a miss by an
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| seek to compare with people whose
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| | inch is of more value than a, return that
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| reactions you know.
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| | is killed by your opponent.
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| A person who can control his own mental
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| | Let me explain. A player drives you far
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| processes stands an excellent chance of
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| | out of court with an angle-shot. You run
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| reading those of another, for the human
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| | hard to it, and reaching, drive it hard
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| mind works along definite lines of
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| | and fast down the side-line, missing it
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| thought, and can be studied. One can only
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| | by an inch. Your opponent is surprised
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| control one's, mental processes after
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| | and shaken, realizing that your shot
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| carefully studying them.
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| | might as well have gone in as out. He
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| A steady phlegmatic baseline player is
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| | will expect you to try it again, and will
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| seldom a keen thinker. If he was he would
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| | not take the risk next time. He will try
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| not adhere to the baseline.
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| | to play the ball, and may fall into
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| The physical appearance of a man is
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| | error. You have thus taken some of your
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| usually a pretty clear index to his type
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| | opponent's confidence, and increased his
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| of mind. The stolid, easy-going man, who
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| | chance of error, all by a miss.
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| usually advocates the baseline game, does
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| | If you had merely popped back that
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| so because he hates to stir up his torpid
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| | return, and it had been killed, your
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| mind to think out a safe method of
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| | opponent would have felt increasingly
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| reaching the net. There is the other type
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| | confident of your inability to get the
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| of baseline player, who prefers to remain
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| | ball out of his reach, while you would
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| on the back of the court while directing
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| | merely have been winded without result.
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| an attack intended to break up your game.
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| | Let us suppose you made the shot down the
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| He is a very dangerous player, and a
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| | sideline. It was a seemingly impossible
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| deep, keen thinking antagonist. He
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| | get. First it amounts to TWO points in
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| achieves his results by mixing up his
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| | that it took one away from your opponent
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| length and direction, and worrying you
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| | that should have been his and gave you
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| with the variety of his game. He is a
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| | one you ought never to have had. It also
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| good psychologist. The first type of
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| | worries your opponent, as he feels he has
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| player mentioned merely hits the ball
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| | thrown away a big chance.
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| with little idea of what he is doing,
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| | The psychology of a tennis match is very
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| while the latter always has a definite
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| | interesting, but easily understandable.
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| plan and adheres to it. The hard-hitting,
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| | Both men start with equal chances. Once
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| erratic, net-rushing player is a creature
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| | one man establishes a real lead, his
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| of impulse. There is no real system to
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| | confidence goes up, while his opponent
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| his attack, no understanding of your
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| | worries, and his mental viewpoint becomes
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| game. He will make brilliant coups on the
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| | poor. The sole object of the first man is
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| spur of the moment, largely by instinct;
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| | to hold his lead, thus holding his
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| but there is no, mental power of
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| | confidence. If the second player pulls
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| consistent thinking. It is an
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| | even or draws ahead, the inevitable
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| interesting, fascinating type.
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| | reaction occurs with even a greater
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| The dangerous man is the player who mixes
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| | contrast in psychology. There is the
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| his style from back to fore court at the
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| | natural confidence of the leader now with
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| direction of an ever-alert mind. This is
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| | the second man as well as that great
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| the man to study and learn from. He is a
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| | stimulus of having turned seeming defeat
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| player with a definite purpose. A player
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| | into probable victory. The reverse in the
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| who has an answer to every query you
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| | case of the first player is apt to
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| propound him in your game. He is the most
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| | hopelessly destroy his game, and collapse
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| subtle antagonist in the world. He is of
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| | follows.
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