The Becker and Agassi Edition

On competition, tells, and tongues

Colin here. As the level of play increases, so does the need for competitors to find any sliver of an edge they can. In poker, there’s card counting, or noticing “tells” or twitches to signal a mental state. In downhill skiing, the type of wax used is based on snow conditions or temperature, or in F1, changing the amount of air in the tire is based on t…