[oldalum]

All of that waiting has to be absolute hell on players' nerves.  You're getting yourself ready to play 7 hours before you actually do?  It's hard enough to get yourself into the right frame of mind, but to maintain it for hours, or to flush it and then go get it back later?  This is when Stanford's mental toughness becomes a competitive advantage.

Yeah, but it's turning my mind to mush. Good thing when I play tennis that the stakes are usually just steaks.

[oldalum]

All of that waiting has to be absolute hell on players' nerves.  You're getting yourself ready to play 7 hours before you actually do?  It's hard enough to get yourself into the right frame of mind, but to maintain it for hours, or to flush it and then go get it back later?  This is when Stanford's mental toughness becomes a competitive advantage.

Yeah, but it's turning my mind to mush. Good thing when I play tennis that the stakes are usually just steaks.