ksixone95
Rookie
Does anyone here feel like tennis is more than a sport, exercise, or a pastime? Like it's a way of life, an obsession, almost like... a drug? It's like that with me. I play almost nonstop but I can never get enough. I haven't even finished the current match before I'm dreaming of the next time I'm on the court. I spend 80% of my spare time thinking about tennis, and 85-90% actually playing. I talk nonstop about it, spend hours analyzing strategy, and spend many lonely days with the practice courts working on my serve.
Tennis takes away any social party life I might have, and the ironic thing is I'm proud of it
It's such a beautiful, elegant sport. The rush of competition, the thrill of victory, the crushing sadness of defeat, the heart, the soul, the competition, the perseverance, the struggles, the power, the athleticism, the mental and physical strength it takes to be a good tennis player... and it's all riding on you. You have no one but yourself to blame when you lose. What you put in is what you get out. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!
Tennis has changed my life, definitely for the better. It made new friends for me, brought self-confidence into my life, gave me exercise, and became a way of life. It's something that I plan to continue until I keel over dead.
My former coach told me: "You can hide from yourself anywhere else. You can keep your feelings bottled up inside and never show yourself to anyone. But on the court that all changes. Tennis bares your soul for all to see." And I believe it!
Any thoughts on being obsessed like I am with tennis are welcome (or how you're not obsessed and how stupid or crazy I am for being obsessed
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Tennis takes away any social party life I might have, and the ironic thing is I'm proud of it

It's such a beautiful, elegant sport. The rush of competition, the thrill of victory, the crushing sadness of defeat, the heart, the soul, the competition, the perseverance, the struggles, the power, the athleticism, the mental and physical strength it takes to be a good tennis player... and it's all riding on you. You have no one but yourself to blame when you lose. What you put in is what you get out. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!
Tennis has changed my life, definitely for the better. It made new friends for me, brought self-confidence into my life, gave me exercise, and became a way of life. It's something that I plan to continue until I keel over dead.
My former coach told me: "You can hide from yourself anywhere else. You can keep your feelings bottled up inside and never show yourself to anyone. But on the court that all changes. Tennis bares your soul for all to see." And I believe it!
Any thoughts on being obsessed like I am with tennis are welcome (or how you're not obsessed and how stupid or crazy I am for being obsessed
