Re: Dirty Tricks that Mother didn't teach me -

"Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >
> > bette suggestion: don't be so mentally weak as to let a little thing
like
> > trash talking affect YOUR game in any way.
> >
> > bob
>
> Bob,
> I am anything but mentally weak.  I prefer to think of it as being
> mentally keen on understanding "why" someone is trash talking.  It is
> sort of like walking down the street and you hear a siren.  You look
> to see where you think it might be coming from.  I think in reality
> people who trash talk are really just signaling to you that they have
> some self confidence issues which you can take advantage of.
> However, there are some people who get more fun out of trashing than
> they do out of playing.  And, if it is an opponent whom I know that I
> can easily beat...I just ignore him.  If it is not a mean spirited
> trash talk then I reduce it down to a social.  Because, that's what
> tennis, except for tournaments and league standings, boils down to
> anyway - social fun.
>

Yes. In my experience I won most of the time so none of this bothered me.
Beating them 6-1 6-2 was enough payback... : )