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**VYholden** · 08-17-2008, 09:25 PM

I still believe that Federer's main reason for his slump is between his ears. He has lost confidence in his ability to compete. He has always had a fragile ego and you compound those two and you've got major problems for him.

I haven't been watching much tennis lately, but the highlights seem to indicate to me a lack of confidence on his part. Just my 2 cents.

He says it's lack of practice. It's hard to tell where subpar preparation stops and the confidence issue begins - they're basically intertwined. Both are residual effects of mono. My sister, who's been a nurse for 20-some years, keeps saying that his fans and the media simply don't realize what mono does to a person. At the elite level, I believe that if your fitness slips just a hair, it makes a big difference. Then you get confidence issues, and loss of aura... it's a brutal slippery slope, especially if your game is as finely calibrated as Federer's. I don't think he'll ever get back to the 2005-06 level... but Rafa and Djokovic probably can't sustain their current levels all year, every year, so Federer will still be in the mix.

08-17-2008, 09:25 PM	#16
VYholden Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 635 Senior Member	I still believe that Federer's main reason for his slump is between his ears. He has lost confidence in his ability to compete. He has always had a fragile ego and you compound those two and you've got major problems for him. I haven't been watching much tennis lately, but the highlights seem to indicate to me a lack of confidence on his part. Just my 2 cents. He says it's lack of practice. It's hard to tell where subpar preparation stops and the confidence issue begins - they're basically intertwined. Both are residual effects of mono. My sister, who's been a nurse for 20-some years, keeps saying that his fans and the media simply don't realize what mono does to a person. At the elite level, I believe that if your fitness slips just a hair, it makes a big difference. Then you get confidence issues, and loss of aura... it's a brutal slippery slope, especially if your game is as finely calibrated as Federer's. I don't think he'll ever get back to the 2005-06 level... but Rafa and Djokovic probably can't sustain their current levels all year, every year, so Federer will still be in the mix.
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