How to fix a bad call
World No.1, Lee Chong Wei, a Malaysian, was knocked out of the Badminton World Championships quarter-finals in Madrid last Friday, apparently a victim of two disputable line calls.
Many a times we have seen the protagonists at tournament level getting rattled by disputable line calls in tennis that went against them, and, feeling shortchanged, were unable to put it behind them. They defeated themselves.
Well, do you grind and grin like this?
I am not referring to a call in which you are only half sure it’s in which case you have no right to doubt your opponent's call. By a bad call I mean you are absolutely certain the ball was in and your opponent chose to exercise his right of call against you. Having the right of call is not the same as to be right in making the call. I personally know of players who, with complete audacity, shamelessly abused this right of call right under my very nose and acted nonchalant about it so as to give an impression of supreme certainty. Go, figure out, if this is happening at friendly social games, what will it be like in unrefereed tournament matches?
It's been said that every act of dishonesty claims two victims: the one we think of as the victim, and the other - the perpetrator. Each little dishonesty gives rise to another rotten spot in the perpetrator's psyche. In this sense, it is said that cheaters never win.
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Funny that a comedy movie starring Kevin Kline should come to mind simply because it was called “In & Out”. However, the concept of “In & Out” to describe Howard’s sexuality cannot be applied to a game of tennis since it has nothing to do with sex. It is either in OR out. It cannot be both.
Talking about 'on the line', what or who could be more 'on the ball', to borrow an army slang, than this sultry babe?! Here's looking at you, kid!
posted by Victor Lai @ 11:35 PM
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