My business partner, Dr. Jim Loehr, has spent his life studying the game of tennis. He has truly been a pioneer in the field of sport psychology, especially in the development of mental toughness skills, and many of you are aware of his work in this arena. To support all this work, let’s look at other research. In 1990, Dr. Joan Finn discovered that tennis players scored higher in vigor, optimism, and self-esteem while scoring lower in depression, anger, confusion, anxiety and tension than other athletes and nonathletes. Dr. Jim Gavin observed that tennis outperforms most other sports in spontaneity, competitiveness, risk-seeking, aggressiveness and helping the individual become more focused. Paulhaus in 1988, found that tennis players were the highest in personal efficacy, meaning that they felt they could achieve the desired results more effectively. And, Van Raalte, in 1994, noted that people tend to take credit for success and to blame external factors for failure. In his investigation, however, when observing tennis players these self-serving attributions were not found. So the research doesn’t lie. The mere design of the game itself, where one has to prepare to execute, make quick decisions whether to take the offensive or be defensive, or to punch and counterpunch, make the game of tennis one of those very unique sports that help people develop this skill called mental toughness. What are your thoughts?