{"id":1677,"date":"2020-08-16T03:48:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T03:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/equality-on-the-tennis-court\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T14:49:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T14:49:45","slug":"equality-on-the-tennis-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/en\/equality-on-the-tennis-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Equality on the tennis court"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1677\" class=\"elementor elementor-1677 elementor-1665\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77b78db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77b78db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5d7bcc\" data-id=\"f5d7bcc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462d1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"462d1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The word equality itself, in the current sense, creates a social conflict, since it contradicts any aspect of the natural universe that surrounds us, in which no two things are the same. We can observe that, in all the inequality of the universe, each of its components exists and has its life cycle with the same rights as others; But we, men, wanted to be more intelligent than nature and to the fact that \u201ca wolf eats a sheep\u201d (to feed and survive) we have added laws by which \u201ca sheep can eat a wolf\u201d and \u201ca mouse he can taunt and kill a lion\u201d. We have created those laws like Frankenstein\u2019s father, thinking of equating our powers (and rights) to those of nature; but we have failed and our own creation is looking to us for revenge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2aad67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2aad67\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b01fe5f\" data-id=\"b01fe5f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914736a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"914736a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Justicia-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1669\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Justicia-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Justicia-1024x682-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Justicia-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Justicia-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a414fc\" data-id=\"5a414fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cfc0ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cfc0ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But what is the point of equality in its true (even so rational) state? Let&#8217;s go back to Rome, to the Empire that has taught us so much about good and bad, and review one of its Gladiator Arena customs. On the tennis court there is a concept of equality that is identified with that time and place:<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><em>Once in the arena, both an emperor and a slave have the same right to win.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1a08f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1a08f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72e0d9d\" data-id=\"72e0d9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705dc7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"705dc7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is equality on a tennis court<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b52422 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b52422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-id=\"a36c8b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">Yes, in tennis, both a world 1000 and a world 1 have the same right to win. That&#8217;s the Equality Law on the court. And may the best win! Work, preparation and mastery will define the outcome of the match. But modern society, which seeks inequality to find equality, leaves a gigantic gap in the education of young people (and not only young people) when it comes to teaching this value. This same concept is one of the most difficult to introduce into the conception of a player, since he arrives on the court with a radically contrary subconscious learning. The typical social learning that we give to young people (unconsciously) from teaching dictates the following:<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b407c03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b407c03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\"><em>I do not have the right to beat someone from the upper strata in the tennis hierarchy (better ranking, with better \u201cabilities\u201d).<\/em><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><em>He has no right to win me with a lower ranking or lower \u201cabilities\u201d.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61640e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61640e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e66e64d\" data-id=\"e66e64d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53603e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53603e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jwerarquias.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1671\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jwerarquias.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jwerarquias-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jwerarquias-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b26fee\" data-id=\"5b26fee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0286e45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0286e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In both cases, the same player who thinks this way is harmed by the simple fact of facing a logical absurdity in which he will find himself playing tennis. In this sport there are no draws; at the end of the match there is always a winner. Speaking with the language of the Roman Arena: two enter and one leaves. Then there will always be someone better than another (thinking with the wrong equality). For this reason, the player will surrender to the other &#8220;superior&#8221; and will entrust himself to another &#8220;inferior&#8221;, without thus being able to develop his optimal performance, since he will be facing an existential cabal.<\/p><p>He will think: \u201c<em>Just as I must win to the one who is worse than me, I must lose to the one who is better than me\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0Where, in this formula, can there be a possibility of evolution, achievement, hope or improvement?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4409a03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4409a03\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51a5963\" data-id=\"51a5963\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3542ee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3542ee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Could we imagine a society in which human beings do not lower their heads under the yoke of hierarchies and look up with hope and determination to conquer what they want? Could we imagine that person who gave the same right to the weakest and whose pulse did not tremble facing the strongest? We could define such a human being as a free person: free in his consciousness. This is one of the many aspects covered (or that should be covered) in the training of a player on court. And yes, here the paths of equality and freedom would cross.<\/p><p>For this reason, equality does not mean equalizing everyone, it is not cutting the grass at the same height. Equality is in accepting our differences and granting the right to yearn, fight and be in order to achieve a dream. As the court teaches us: there are no greater and lesser rights to win a match; the players, once on the court, in all their inequality, have the same right to perform (win in other words).<\/p><p class=\"p1\">You may also be interested in seeing the definition of TALENT in the article: \u201c<span style=\"color: #13aff0;\"><a style=\"color: #13aff0;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalagenttennis.com\/the-myth-of-talent\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Myth of Talent<\/a><\/span>\u201c.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word equality itself, in the current sense, creates a social conflict, since it contradicts any aspect of the natural universe that surrounds us, in which no two things are the same. We can observe that, in all the inequality of the universe, each of its components exists and has its life cycle with the 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