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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:11 pm
According to some sports historians, professional tennis players develop unique playing styles that result from a combination of the peculiarities of each player's physical attributes and the influence of coaches during their early adaptation to the game. But when the increase in strength and endurance of modem players is discounted, it becomes readily apparent that the playing styles of the current crop of professional tennis players are no different from the styles of players from previous generations. Clearly, there is a universally efficient tennis style to which all professional tennis players conform.

The argument above is most weakened by which of the following statements?

(A)The differences in physical attributes among tennis players are even more pronounced than the sports historians believe.

(B) Few current professional tennis players are familiar with the professional tennis players of fifty years ago.

(C)The increased strength of current tennis players contributes more to the development of individual playing styles than does increased endurance.

(D)All of the early coaches of today's professional tennis players were professional tennis players themselves earlier in their lives.

(E)Weight training and greater attention to diet are the primary factors in the increased strength and stamina of the current generation of professional tennis players.

OA after some discussion. Took me 4:30 min to crack this one , let me know ur timing . Any pointers what to do with such slow speed . Should i have guessed within the 2 min whatever the best answer looked rather than continuing for such a long time ?
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by rob338 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:26 pm
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:55 pm
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by M09 » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:24 am
chaitanya.mehrotra wrote:According to some sports historians, professional tennis players develop unique playing styles that result from a combination of the peculiarities of each player's physical attributes and the influence of coaches during their early adaptation to the game. But when the increase in strength and endurance of modem players is discounted, it becomes readily apparent that the playing styles of the current crop of professional tennis players are no different from the styles of players from previous generations. Clearly, there is a universally efficient tennis style to which all professional tennis players conform.

The argument above is most weakened by which of the following statements?

(A)The differences in physical attributes among tennis players are even more pronounced than the sports historians believe.

(B) Few current professional tennis players are familiar with the professional tennis players of fifty years ago.

(C)The increased strength of current tennis players contributes more to the development of individual playing styles than does increased endurance.

(D)All of the early coaches of today's professional tennis players were professional tennis players themselves earlier in their lives.

(E)Weight training and greater attention to diet are the primary factors in the increased strength and stamina of the current generation of professional tennis players.

OA after some discussion. Took me 4:30 min to crack this one , let me know ur timing . Any pointers what to do with such slow speed . Should i have guessed within the 2 min whatever the best answer looked rather than continuing for such a long time ?
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by DhruvXVII » Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:29 am
IMO D
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by Ozlemg » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:05 am
IMO D
Afetr twice carefull reading of choices 2:00


OA after some discussion. Took me 4:30 min to crack this one , let me know ur timing . Any pointers what to do with such slow speed . Should i have guessed within the 2 min whatever the best answer looked rather than continuing for such a long time ? --> For me, never think about timing. your aim must be understanding the question fully. Also as you know, the latter will have a lower value if you answer the previous one wrong. IMO, try to answer correctly as long as you do not have few more minutes to finish the test
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by Tani » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:32 am
This is a causality argument. You can defeat a causality argument by finding an alternative cause.

You are trying to discount the idea that there are universal playing styles. To do that you need to find another reason for the similarity of styles. D is the only one that does that. D tells us the coaches were formerly players, which means they were coached when they started out. That says that the styles have been passed down through coaching, not genetics.
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by M09 » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:21 am
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:This is a causality argument. You can defeat a causality argument by finding an alternative cause.

You are trying to discount the idea that there are universal playing styles. To do that you need to find another reason for the similarity of styles. D is the only one that does that. D tells us the coaches were formerly players, which means they were coached when they started out. That says that the styles have been passed down through coaching, not genetics.
Hi Tani,
A bit of a confusion. If you could explain that will be great.
The way I interpreted the question was.
Let's say there's current tennis player A - year 2011. If his/her increase in strength and endurance is not considered then his style(or skill or whatever) is similar to a tennis player played who played in 1970's. Conclusion - there some universal style to which all prof. tennis players conform.
Now option D "All of the early coaches of today's professional tennis players were professional tennis players themselves earlier in their lives."
doesn't this strengthens if B is coach of A then certainly he(B) has passed his style to A.
Please correct me where I went wrong.
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by Tani » Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:45 pm
You are correct in determining that the coaches are passing on their styles to their students. But that means that styles are not natural, but that the similarity from generation to generation occurs because each generation's players are coached by players from the previous generation. The styles are a product of coaching.
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by golfstream700 » Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:45 am
Hi Tani,
My answer is still C after your explanation.
Let me explain this;
It says there is a universal efficient tennis style and at this conclusion, we are not looking at the strength and endurance of current tennis players.
For weakening this, we have to attack this idea. There should be a point that says "No! styles are different between current tennis players and early generations".
D says "All of the early coaches of today's professional tennis players were professional ones themselves earlier in their lives, so there is a universal tennis style".
C says "No, there is no universal style, because the increased strength of current players contributes more to development of individual playing styles". Additionally, we know the increased strength of modern players from the text.
What do you think? What is wrong in my reasoning?
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by Tani » Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:57 am
The stimulus is based on discounting the differences in strength and endurance. You cannot add that factor back when you attack their conclusion. You have to take the argument on its own terms - that is, you have to argue that there are not universal styles AFTER discounting strength and endurance.

The argument also says the only other influence is coaching. D lets us argue that the similarity in styles is based on coaching. That makes it a matter of tradition NOT a universal style.
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