Tennis
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@baron-silas-greenback said in Tennis:
@baron-silas-greenback said in Tennis:
Anyone that’s played competitive tennis (particularly at junior level) will recognise Serena’s behaviour as pretty standard. There’s no other sport like it in my experience.
Bad behaviour is part of the sport.
I’ve recently got back into playing tennis at a reasonable level, I had forgotten how acceptable it is to blatantly cheat on line calls etc. you’d think by age 30-40 that players have matured a bit, unfortunately not.
Must be your area. It is bloody good in our region. I can count on one hand how many times someone has blatantly cheated in the last 10 years.
I think it helps that we have a Friday night comp, so everyone shares a beer with the other team after the match, and the guy that caused shit.. usually ends up feeling really awkward. And over time all the guys know each other and the dickheads are soon sorted out.
Not doubting what you are saying for your experience though, I can totally believe it.
We make all our promising juniors play at least 2 years in senior mens teams so they learn to control the tantrums. Works incredibly well.That's good to hear.
It definitely wasn't like that when I was a junior playing with the senior men.
This year will be my first year of interclub in around 20 years. I'm in a grade where I'll end up playing a lot of the promising juniors.
I am interested to see if it's changed at all, having played corporate (social) tennis this year I'm shocked at the consistently terrible line calls made in almost every game.Ahh I see. That explains a lot, bloody social comps always have a large smattering of players whose intensity levels are off the fricking chart compared to the level of their ability. They would have to be the most annoying players. The usually play like a spastic giraffe on meth. I swear some of those sweat band wearing buffoons actually think they are playing Wimbledon and that this is truly life or death.. fuckwits. But usually there is a sweet spot of tennis level where the spastic giraffes cannot play and you go back to playing with decent players who just want to have fun and play some good competitive (in the right way) tennis.
I can almost guarantee you will enjoy interclub a fuck ton more than that social comp bullshit.hahahaha, you've hit the nail on the head there.
Dressed head to to toe in new Nike tennis gear, rock up with a massive gear bag full of racquets, sweat bands, 6 drink bottles. Stop for a 5 minute drink every change of ends.
Yet can't hit top spin backhand, or a second serve to save themselves.
My kids play tennis, and with both of them my goal is not Nationals or trophies.. it is getting them to a point that when they come back to the sport as an adult, they dont have to play with the spastic giraffes in headbands.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Tennis:
i thought I was pretty good at tennis but have to say, having a hit with a top player is just about the most humbling intimidating thing in my sports expericne. at least in rugby if its going pear shaped you can bash the shit out of someone to feel like youre contributing. Trying to return a gun serve, wft, you have time to bring your racket back and that's about it. It's gone. Clang, chainlink fence. And if he doesnt hit it right to you, in your backhand/forehand wheelhouse? More clang, more fence.
I used to think I as a gun at table tennis until I played someone that was a former pro. I couldn't even hit the fucking ball let alone return anything. Most demoralising experience of my life.
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@baron-silas-greenback said in Tennis:
@baron-silas-greenback said in Tennis:
Anyone that’s played competitive tennis (particularly at junior level) will recognise Serena’s behaviour as pretty standard. There’s no other sport like it in my experience.
Bad behaviour is part of the sport.
I’ve recently got back into playing tennis at a reasonable level, I had forgotten how acceptable it is to blatantly cheat on line calls etc. you’d think by age 30-40 that players have matured a bit, unfortunately not.
Must be your area. It is bloody good in our region. I can count on one hand how many times someone has blatantly cheated in the last 10 years.
I think it helps that we have a Friday night comp, so everyone shares a beer with the other team after the match, and the guy that caused shit.. usually ends up feeling really awkward. And over time all the guys know each other and the dickheads are soon sorted out.
Not doubting what you are saying for your experience though, I can totally believe it.
We make all our promising juniors play at least 2 years in senior mens teams so they learn to control the tantrums. Works incredibly well.That's good to hear.
It definitely wasn't like that when I was a junior playing with the senior men.
This year will be my first year of interclub in around 20 years. I'm in a grade where I'll end up playing a lot of the promising juniors.
I am interested to see if it's changed at all, having played corporate (social) tennis this year I'm shocked at the consistently terrible line calls made in almost every game.Ahh I see. That explains a lot, bloody social comps always have a large smattering of players whose intensity levels are off the fricking chart compared to the level of their ability. They would have to be the most annoying players. The usually play like a spastic giraffe on meth. I swear some of those sweat band wearing buffoons actually think they are playing Wimbledon and that this is truly life or death.. fuckwits. But usually there is a sweet spot of tennis level where the spastic giraffes cannot play and you go back to playing with decent players who just want to have fun and play some good competitive (in the right way) tennis.
I can almost guarantee you will enjoy interclub a fuck ton more than that social comp bullshit.Yet can't hit top spin backhand, or a second serve to save themselves.
Sorry? You mentioned me?
On a weekend away I once played tennis with some female friends from uni who were club players. A lob went up and I stood under its path, swung my racquet to smash it over the net and completely missed the ball. I promptly walked off the court, grabbed another drink and watched them play.
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You can understand why people lose their rag playing tennis, you spend the whole time chasing this stupid fucking ball around. The other guy has the ability to make you look stupid and you would think it would be easy to hit it back over the fucking net..
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It's the same as squash. The first few months I played I was exhausted, until I learnt to dictate the T. You're constantly sprinting while the other person has to take two steps to everything.
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Tennis is so easy, you hit the ball where you want, problem is the equipment isnt as good as I am so it isnt able to keep up with my speed so when I hit it to the back corner, it ends up in the net or long, or wide or straight up.
Looks out Roger once they finally develop equipment good enough to handle my superior skills!
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@antipodean said in Tennis:
@baron-silas-greenback said in Tennis:
@baron-silas-greenback said in Tennis:
Anyone that’s played competitive tennis (particularly at junior level) will recognise Serena’s behaviour as pretty standard. There’s no other sport like it in my experience.
Bad behaviour is part of the sport.
I’ve recently got back into playing tennis at a reasonable level, I had forgotten how acceptable it is to blatantly cheat on line calls etc. you’d think by age 30-40 that players have matured a bit, unfortunately not.
Must be your area. It is bloody good in our region. I can count on one hand how many times someone has blatantly cheated in the last 10 years.
I think it helps that we have a Friday night comp, so everyone shares a beer with the other team after the match, and the guy that caused shit.. usually ends up feeling really awkward. And over time all the guys know each other and the dickheads are soon sorted out.
Not doubting what you are saying for your experience though, I can totally believe it.
We make all our promising juniors play at least 2 years in senior mens teams so they learn to control the tantrums. Works incredibly well.That's good to hear.
It definitely wasn't like that when I was a junior playing with the senior men.
This year will be my first year of interclub in around 20 years. I'm in a grade where I'll end up playing a lot of the promising juniors.
I am interested to see if it's changed at all, having played corporate (social) tennis this year I'm shocked at the consistently terrible line calls made in almost every game.Ahh I see. That explains a lot, bloody social comps always have a large smattering of players whose intensity levels are off the fricking chart compared to the level of their ability. They would have to be the most annoying players. The usually play like a spastic giraffe on meth. I swear some of those sweat band wearing buffoons actually think they are playing Wimbledon and that this is truly life or death.. fuckwits. But usually there is a sweet spot of tennis level where the spastic giraffes cannot play and you go back to playing with decent players who just want to have fun and play some good competitive (in the right way) tennis.
I can almost guarantee you will enjoy interclub a fuck ton more than that social comp bullshit.Yet can't hit top spin backhand, or a second serve to save themselves.
Sorry? You mentioned me?
On a weekend away I once played tennis with some female friends from uni who were club players. A lob went up and I stood under its path, swung my racquet to smash it over the net and completely missed the ball. I promptly walked off the court, grabbed another drink and watched them play.
Pretty much in any sport, extended time under a high ball is never a fun thing
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I think most sports have psycho idiots who take even the lowest level of competition ridiculously serious. The worst examples I've ever seen were from suburban indoor soccer. Why anybody would give a flying fook about that is beyond me? These guys were acting like they'd been robbed of the world cup. The owner just told them all to fuck off and leave and then they started begging for forgiveness 😂.
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@rancid-schnitzel Yeah - playing social cricket in Christchurch a number of years ago, you would have thought you were in a test match against some teams - instead of a bit of Saturday afternoon fun.
Looking at you East Christchurch-Shirley!
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@Rancid-Schnitzel played a bit of social corporate futsal a few years ago. Mixed teams. Non contact sport. Didn't stop a munter from the other side bodyslamming ladies off the ball to win possession.
Just no concept of social/corporate/evening vs World Cup Final. Bizarre - always older, and always a bit frustrated with their sporting careers I guess.
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@nzzp I recall playing indoor soccer many years ago, me and my mates who are all sportsmen, pretty co-ordinated and can turn our hand to most 'social' sports and do well.
But the team we came up against was full of Northland U19 soccer players, and they werent able to beat us, and boy did they get aggressive with us...we obviously fanned those flames and wound them up as well taunting them about not being able to be a bunch of rugby boofheads!
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@taniwharugby said in Tennis:
@nzzp I recall playing indoor soccer many years ago, me and my mates who are all sportsmen, pretty co-ordinated and can turn our hand to most 'social' sports and do well.
But the team we came up against was full of Northland U19 soccer players, and they werent able to beat us, and boy did they get aggressive with us...we obviously fanned those flames and wound them up as well taunting them about not being able to be a bunch of rugby boofheads!
"Northland shocked as grown men beat team of teenage girls in indoor soccer"
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@rancid-schnitzel Yeah - playing social cricket in Christchurch a number of years ago, you would have thought you were in a test match against some teams - instead of a bit of Saturday afternoon fun.
Looking at you East Christchurch-Shirley!
I've had many a dust up on the (social) cricket field. Lack of neutral umpires helps fan the flames too - will always remember the opposition turning down a plumb LBW call and when asked why his response was "it was too straight".
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@bones they were all males and we were all about 22/23 with 2 females in our team...but otherwise, bang on
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@taniwharugby said in Tennis:
@bones they were all males and we were all about 22/23 with 2 females in our team...but otherwise, bang on
Sounds like a great night, but what about the soccer?
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@antipodean said in Tennis:
It's the same as squash. The first few months I played I was exhausted, until I learnt to dictate the T. You're constantly sprinting while the other person has to take two steps to everything.
Badminton singles is the same if one player is much better than the other - I've been both the dictator and the dictated to. Not to mention the other frustration that weedy players hit the shuttle at lightning speed while the big muscular duffer puts everything into a smash and it moves like a snail
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@antipodean said in Tennis:
It's the same as squash. The first few months I played I was exhausted, until I learnt to dictate the T. You're constantly sprinting while the other person has to take two steps to everything.
Badminton singles is the same if one player is much better than the other - I've been both the dictator and the dictated to. Not to mention the other frustration that weedy players hit the shuttle at lightning speed while the big muscular duffer puts everything into a smash and it moves like a snai
Saw something the other week that a shuttlecock travels faster than both golf and squash balls when hit (max speeds) surprised me that did, and it wasnt even close.
Shuttlecock - 493kmh
Golf Ball - 340kmh
Squash ball - 283kph -
