It is the phenomenal knowledge of court position that allows A.
R. F. Kingscote, a very short man, to attack so consistently from
the net. Wallace F. Johnson is seldom caught out of position, so
his game is one of extreme ease. One seldom sees Johnson running
hard on a tennis court. He is usually there awaiting the ball's
arrival.

Save your steps by using your head. It pays in the end. Time
spent in learning where to play on a tennis court is well
expended, since it returns to you in the form of matches won,
breath saved, and energy conserved.

It is seldom you need cover more than two-thirds of a tennis
court, so why worry about the unnecessary portions of it?



PART II: THE LAWS OF TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY

CHAPTER VI. GENERAL TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY

Tennis psychology is nothing more than understanding the workings
of your opponent's mind, and gauging the effect of your own game
on his mental viewpoint, and understanding the mental effects
resulting from the various external causes on your own mind. You
cannot be a successful psychologist of others without first
understanding your own mental processes, you must study the
effect on yourself of the same happening under different
circumstances. You react differently in different moods and under
different conditions. You must realize the effect on your game of