...But here's the context: I just heard a report that Tiger Woods is blaming is poor performance this year on limited practice time as a result of trying to be a better father and spend time with his kids.
The talking heads/analysts called bullshit on this and silently I did as well.
Originally Posted by atlcomedy
I thought the same thing when I heard those reports. Tiger was used to frequent encounters with a number of young women who apparently looked, shall we say, very nicely put together! One has to miss that and daydream about it, especially if he is as highly testosteroned as Tiger apparently is.
However, years ago, I heard that the pros wouldn't let their players spend the night at home (or on the road) with their wives on the theory that getting laid affected their performance. Don't know if it is true or not, just a second hand kind of thing I remembered.
Originally Posted by charlestudor2005
Coaches used to say that when I was a kid. But I like what baseball manager Casey Stengel supposedly said about 50 years ago: That it wasn't the sex that weakened his guys; it was the
staying up all night looking for it!
But back to the original question....if you agree sex isn't all physical....has the presence or absence of said activity impacted you professionally?
Originally Posted by atlcomedy
I think it has. Back in the 1970s I worked very hard -- but played hard, too. Spent a fair amount of time in the trendy clubs and discos of Greenville Avenue in Dallas. I always felt that my professional performance was enhanced if I wasn't distracted by such things as fantasies of hot swimwear and lingerie models! (Of course, I might have still had such fantasies, but the previous night's activity always took away some of the edge.)
It seemed to me that getting laid put me in a more relaxed state mentally as well as physically.
Around age 30 (1980) I was getting very tired of the nightclub singles scene. A slight career change necessitated getting up at 6 a.m. ready to hit the ground running. I realized that I needed to pour all my energy into my career, and late nights were sapping my energy. But I still wanted sex, and lots of it. I was used to it.
What to do?
Hmmmmm...let's see.
Why not order in instead of going out on the prowl all the time?
That's when I became a regular hobby participant.
I usually dated on weekends and hobbied on weeknights!