Is Tennis the Most All-Around Demanding Sport?
I agree, though I played competitively throughout highschool, so my answer may be a wee biased, lol. But in all seriousness, tennis is a most demanding sport. Your physical conditioning must be excellent, stamina must be that of a race horse, hand/eye coordination and reflexes must be fast on a split second level. Distractions such as people moving about behind your opponent, errant sounds, winds etc, can mess up your entire game. And it takes a moment, just one moment to lose it all. But, the trickier part is the mind game. I honestly believe the mental game involved in tennis is much harder to master than stamina and conditioning. Though of course, raw talent plays a big factor as well. For instance, Roger Federer is perhaps the most talented and gifted player to have graced the sport in quite some time. But the mental part of his game is nearly flawless. He hardly ever panics, nor does he have meltdowns on court when things just aren’t going his way (ahem, Andy Roddick I’m looking a
