My point about martial arts has nothing to do with tennis being "mystical", although I enjoyed the humorous "scenes we'd like to see" description by Tennisking1 of a Kung Fu tennis match - very funny! My reference had to do with the physics of movement in martial arts as it relates to force and acceleration in the tennis swing. If you want to know what I'm talking about please read this page on my website:
http://www.tennisteacher.org/Lucy/ABOUT_THE_METHOD.html
Tennis is NOT complicated and difficult to learn or to understand. Rather than forcing elaborate computations, explanations and justifications as most coaches, parents and players themselves do to make tennis complicated and difficult, a truly gifted coach simplifies mechanics and frees the player to act instinctively, relying on the being rather than the mind and the body to reach peak performance. All pros use the same basics of technique, then put their own interpretation on their game. It has always been this way and continues with today's greatest players. The tennis teaching methodology based on how to play like the pros keeps it simple for players at all levels; as the player progresses on a gradient scale of learning his performance rises, but the simplicity of the basics remains up to the highest levels of ability. In this methodology more time is spent on eliminating barriers and simplifying every aspect of the game rather than complicating and burdoning the player mentally, physically and spiritually. To learn more about how tennis teaching has actually evolved go to:
http://www.moderntenniscoaches.com/f...e26b973d8ff936
The essence of tennis IS very simple. It is neither about technique and mechanics nor about the mind. It is about the spirit which drives the body and the mind towards optimal performance. It is what puts players in the zone, what makes it all come together and what makes one love tennis and love life.