Draper vs Ruud: Madrid Final Recap
What Kind of Game are You Playing
In the 1999 tennis book, Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Tennis Player, author Simon Ramo broke down the difference between amateur and professional tennis, writing that they were two different types of games:
Amateur tennis is a Loser's Game: 80% of points are lost on unforced errors. You win by avoiding error
The book Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Tennis Player by Simon Ramo offers a helpful mental model: a distinction between “loser’s games” and “winner’s games.”
When learning tennis, amateurs play a loser’s game, meaning the majority of points come f... See more
- Loser’s games = focusing on minimizing mistakes.
- Winner’s games = focusing on maximizing success.
When learning tennis, amateurs play a loser’s game, meaning the majority of points come f... See more
Peter Limberg • Chillin’ With Goofies: A Spiritual Practice
It was also interesting, to me at least, to note the body language and between point box-bickering that consumes much of a Musetti and Shapovalov between-point routine. Both men appear tormented, and waste so much energy and attention on things that are simply out of their control. The difference between these two, versus Alcaraz and Sinner, or eve... See more
Australian Open Update Round 2
