Tennis and golf seem so much different than almost all other sports. Baseball is the most intense with a pitcher throwing a ball towards you at over 100mph. NFL quarterbacks have to go to a silent count to snap the ball because they can’t hear the call. Basketball, Soccer (futball), Rugby, NFL, hockey, etc… all allow as much noise as you can make. Most teams will also encourage noise when the opponent has the ball. Why is tennis and golf an outlier?
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I have to wonder if tennis and golf are sports where spectators are very close to the players, and players aren’t making a ton of noise themselves. Team sports usually have some distance from the audience, and while basketball can have people sitting literally ringside, it’s already a fast-paced game with natural noise. Golf is one person concentrating very hard before a swing, and tennis is only two players making their own noise.
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