Any tennis players out there

[static_ice]

But the body positions and the swinging motions are totally different in tennis compared with golf, aren't they?

visually, yes, but according to my coach (and I would trust him with anything relating to sports) the swinging technique of tennis and golf are exactly the same. maybe thats why I'm able to hit farther than my grandpa even though he has been playing for years and I've only been playing for about 2 weeks every year...

[Ronaldinho]

oh yeah ronald, cuz football is obviously the only man's sport out there

It is very close to it.

I know I am not Ronaldinho, but football means so much to me, it is just I also play other sports as well.




*By the way Ronaldinho, I am more of a Dado Prso fan, I hope that does not make me any less of a footballer then you.
I am also a Barry Ferguson fan, I guess that is because I am a Gers fans.

Prso, wow, pretty good player, and we all know about Ferguson, so they aint complete world class, but i bet most teams wouldent mind having them on there pick list.

[debra79]

I was thinking about you while I was out shopping today, Ron, and it make me go and buy a Liverpool jersey

[Ronaldinho]

I was thinking about you while I was out shopping today, Ron, and it make me go and buy a Liverpool jersey

Lol, you think about me l0l i rock yuuur wurld lol.

And liverpool are for n00bs, buy and man utd one with number 7 on the back and it gotta say Ronaldo

[debra79]

hahah, I'd buy one if it had his face and body on it
The Man U ones were made of better material, but I still love Liverpool. My finance and his brother bought the zip up jumpers, too
Of course I think about you, you're my jail bait CC boyfriend

[war_bloodline]

Is there a football chat somewhere or do we need to start a new one?

[Ronaldinho]

hahah, I'd buy one if it had his face and body on it
The Man U ones were made of better material, but I still love Liverpool. My finance and his brother bought the zip up jumpers, too
Of course I think about you, you're my jail bait CC boyfriend

No im just your CC boyfriend, none of this jailbait buisness.

[Ronaldinho]

Is there a football chat somewhere or do we need to start a new one?

Umm i got a Ronaldinho one somewhere...check might be on 2nd page now not sure

[alex_white101]

i used to play alot of tennis, played a few tournaments around asia until i was about 15. was gonna go play at the tennis academy in spain, however i was in a car crash and it destroyed my knee, basically killing my chances at ever playing professionally i can walk fine and everything but after about 15 minutes my knee rlly aches and i have to take a break, which obviously u cant do in a tennis match so only play socially now.

[boberz]

wow thats good.

AS for the shoulder issue try using the knees and body-rotation to generate more power and not pressurise the arm/shoulder too much.
Or try a more eastern like grip on your shots for a similar reason.

BTW what grip do you all use i am a semi western. but there are an increasing number of kids in continental/western grips since Nadal.

(any advice from you huys as to my original issue, i suddenly playing softball tennis

[Cynthia]

tennis payer?

[sam_levi_11]

no cynthia, player

[Cynthia]

no cynthia, player

that's not what is says in the topic

[sam_levi_11]

well thats what it meant, and btw- i used to be great at tennis- now the only thing near a sport i do is skateboarding, and beating up/running away from chavs. lolol

i now suk at tennis- out of practice

[static_ice]

boberz about the grip thing I am constantly confused about this western/eastern thing... I am not sure if they mean that people in the west hold it one way and easterners hold it the other way, or if west just means left side and east means right side

if it is the latter, then I use continental for volleys, west for backhands, and east for everything else

[boberz]

boberz about the grip thing I am constantly confused about this western/eastern thing... I am not sure if they mean that people in the west hold it one way and easterners hold it the other way, or if west just means left side and east means right side

if it is the latter, then I use continental for volleys, west for backhands, and east for everything else

erm i think it is about where and who they wer developed by.

For an eastern imagine and old serve volleyer e.g. Mcenroe

and western Nadal (seach google images for examples they are easy to come by)

[Kayla]

oh yeah ronald, cuz football is obviously the only man's sport out there

i thought he liked soccer?!?!

[static_ice]

oh yeah ronald, cuz football is obviously the only man's sport out there

i thought he liked soccer?!?!

[Kayla]

eh, I heard USA beat brazil at soccer, is that true? USA sucks at soccer... at least I thought

[boberz]

the worst sport i tried was badminton, i only payed for about a year and was offered a county trial and wass expected to get in it so easy compared to tenis, but i have effectively given up now.

[Kayla]

the worst sport I've tried is soccer, realized it was for fags so i stopped playing

[boberz]

btw still no idea on my original prblem as im now out of the copetition at semi final which was not great and i have done it before a couple of years ago in a quarter i should have won

[debra79]

Maybe it's the fact that you were overly confident?
How is anyone here supposed to be able to help you with your strat, though, when you haven't been overly specific about what happened?
As for grips: Fk'ed if I know As I said, I've never had coaching, I taught myself at the age of 4, so I probably have some unique way of holding it that would make any self-respecting coach run for the hills Someone tried to show me the correct way of holding the racquet years ago, but it just didn't feel right. I figured why change what was working for me, anyway? Who cares how you hold the racquet as long as it feels right for you and it's winning your shots

[static_ice]

As I said, I've never had coaching, I taught myself at the age of 4, so I probably have some unique way of holding it that would make any self-respecting coach run for the hills

wow... I've never had any of those expensive lessons but I did have school coaching... don't know what that counts for

and I don't know about my coach, he would probably get in your face and give you a trainer grip and make you play a match with someone that you could normally beat with ease except now he's flushing all this new stuff down your head and its confusing

he can be an ass sometimes

[debra79]

Can I hijack your account too and change your avatar to Federer?

and I don't know about my coach, he would probably get in your face and give you a trainer grip and make you play a match with someone that you could normally beat with ease except now he's flushing all this new stuff down your head and its confusing

I'm pig-headed, though, and if he tried to make me do something I didn't like I'd probably tell him where to go and start playing my own game, or walk off the court Why try and win with a new way, when the old way works fine? As the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".