He who strikes the ball… shall not perish by the ball!
Aggressive play, if well managed throughout the match, ultimately has the upper hand, regardless of the outcome.
Modern tennis is characterized by construction and “pro-activity”: the player who takes and maintains (or reclaims, if losing or lost) the initiative rarely loses the point.
The challenge is maintaining a sufficient level of activation that allows for constant execution, even with physiological ups and downs, of a predominantly proactive game.
The player should have a mindset akin to that of a “serial killer,” persistent and systematic in carrying out cold and decisive actions, in this case directed towards the ball, aiming to send it to the opponent’s least reachable area, thus making it dangerous.
Luck plays a relatively important role in a tennis match.
It can be disadvantageous when you are not the protagonist of your own story and passively endure what happens, or advantageous when you try to seize it by making the most of positive moments and tolerating, overcoming, the negative ones.
“Thinking positively” and thus, in a sense, “implicitly considering oneself lucky” means seeing the glass half full, smiling at life so it smiles back at you.
This attitude is difficult to maintain at times, but possible with consistent perseverance in a direction guided by a specific logic where the present is “in progress,” meaning the past is surpassed and processed as a source of experience and feedback, and the future, yet to come, is nothing but the result of what we plant here and now.
Therefore, it is useless to attribute the outcome of the match to a ball hitting the net, the line, bouncing badly, or changing trajectory due to a gust of wind, as this actually depends on how the match was managed point by point in the overall context of a more or less accurate and modulated game strategy.
In a match, you generally know when you’ll step onto the court but not when you’ll leave.
You will face countless situations and unforeseen events, due to the opponent’s actions and attitudes; this can change strategy multiple times, requiring adjustments to your own approach each time.
An “unfortunate” event (net, wind…) might make you lose a point but certainly not the entire match.
You might be distracted by people outside, who evaluate the circumstances superficially, not knowing the two opponents and judging them by what they express at that moment (on that court, that day, at that hour) without a comprehensive view that considers their inner and subjective aspects.
In a match, first and foremost, your own personality is at play, made up of fears, certainties, and insecurities; each element reveals itself individually, later or simultaneously with other elements throughout the game, expressing itself through each person’s operational methods in dealing with events (playing style, tactical choices, mental approach, emotional management…), and the ability to make timely decisions according to one’s desires and goals.
The inner strength that supports every thought or action is made of grit, motivation, and sacrifice, forming the basis of the “goal-setting” mechanism, making it a spontaneous and natural process, inherent in the individual’s path, first “internal” and then manifest in the surrounding things.
This energy allows the player to continue when the path seems blocked (when the fate of the match seems already determined) and provides a long-term perspective that goes beyond the immediate.
The long period (the entire match) contains many short periods (the games), made up of even shorter moments (the points and individual strokes), like many nested matryoshka dolls.
Thus, the primary goal is not just to strike the ball at a specific point as it may seem, but, going deeper, it is the search for the inner psycho-physical balance that leads you to hit it and is part of yourself.
Rarely is someone strong in life not strong on the court: almost always, the non-tennis personality coincides with the tennis one.
Hence, once again, the parallel between life and tennis is evident, “philosophically speaking.”
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