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 always assumed it’s the fact that golf and tennis are individual sports whereas the ones you mentioned are all team sports. Noise is a necessary part of team sports – constant communication is expected. No such expectation in tennis so any noise is an exception that will throw off your concentration
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