I rolled my ankle on public courts once that were still slick from rain a few days prior. Ankle swelled to the size of a softball and that was the last time I played the “won’t let any ball go” mode.
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This guy is my age (57) and is flexible as Gumby dammit. He never gets tired. I get him short and wide to his forehand alley. He got it. I hit an angle volley softly with the second bounce going into his backhand alley. Fully across the court and his momentum has taking him in the wrong direction.
He activated his inspector gadget arm and got there. Unfucking real. Both shots were winners.
Yeah I lost the point.
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I always hated playing against duffers and eventually started refusing them. Just because they can maybe get a racket on a massive forehand and barely float it back over doesn’t mean I feel like playing injury risk tennis where I have to come off the baseline frequently to sprint these balls down. It’s like playing recreational baseball against someone who bunts every at bat.
This seems like a weird stance. If he’s able to execute a proper drop shot, then you would play him?
Thankfully he took tons of lessons and learned how to hit the ball. So the rallies can be pretty fun. Plus he’s a super nice guy.
When he was a duffer I probably won more than half the time. Now a win is just playing well against him. He has to be off or I have to be exceptional to get a W.
Still great exercise and tons of balls to hit.
No. Why would someone want to execute a “proper drop shot” against me? I’m playing on a torn ACL and bad ankle and stopped running these balls down year ago.
Yeah the guy I’m talking about never improved. He had no pace, depth, or spin. I was trying to keep baseline rallies going so he could develop some strokes, and instead of trying to figure out how to brush a topspin forehand back, he would…see I was standing behind the baseline and stick out his racket to bunt it over and “win” the point. Okay cool? He won a game I wasn’t playing. Maybe he was expecting a trophy or prize money?
We had a guy in Michigan that won the clay tournament every year. Never hit more than 10 mph.
If people want to enter tournaments and run down every ball, more power to them. I’m completely over getting injured. Tennis is brutal on the lower legs and feet when you play all out like that. Just the blisters I used to get playing competitive points were incredible and not something I’d ever be interested in doing again. I mean that’s a huge part of the sport at the professional level, right? Having a solid tape / sock / shoe game to prevent blisters.
My PT had my move out of a big shoe and fluffy sock to a tight shoe and thin sock for my Achilles health. I was worried about blisters but no problems. Plus the Achilles is a lot better. And I play the energizer bunny a couple of times of week.
Fair enough. Still seems weird to me. If you don’t want to chase down balls seems like it would be more useful to just go out and hit rather than play games and keep score. Once that happens, then anything goes, imo.
I don’t keep score. That’s the whole point. I have no idea what they think they’re “winning.” Play a tournament if you want to win something. My first and primary goal is to not get injured, and second to that it’s have fun hitting tennis balls.
Sometimes when I play with a friend we play “good shots only”. No drops or lobs unless truly out of desperation and only for defense.
Whoever loses the point gets to decide to credit the point or play a let.
We are fairly generous to each other if a strong shot results in an error but the other player—doesn’t have to be a clean winner.
Ahh, I must have missed that somewhere.
Serena in another good one. Dropped the 1st set after leading 5-3
but poised to maybe get the 2nd set
The old muscle car is sputtering.
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yep. drama
Seal is in the hizouse
Friday night, Queens New York. it dont get no bigger than Shea Stadium!
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Crazy. Some pretty damn awesome tennis.