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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Tennis and gold are precision sports. A loud shout could completely knock a player off their swing. It’s considered bad form to deliberately sabotage athletes. Even in football and rugby, when they’re taking penalty kicks the crowd is quiet.
Also, the other difference is that there’s a home/away team in the other sports you mentioned. There’s a certain degree of acceptance that there’s going to be cheering/jeering because it’s part of the culture of supporters.
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