ChainedMaster
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That is an awesome way to make an ace.
I did that when I played table tennis too btw. Back then, it was (at least on an amateur level) an accepted technique.
You mean ping pong.
That is an awesome way to make an ace.
I did that when I played table tennis too btw. Back then, it was (at least on an amateur level) an accepted technique.
Pfft. That's amateur hour.
I thought the thread would be about this:
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You mean Mansour Bahrami on the Champion's Tour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Vqp6UveIU
He's a bit Harlem Globetrotters in that the opponents play along, but it's great entertainment.
Pfft. That's amateur hour.
I thought the thread would be about this:
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Why? He did nothing wrong.
It's about as unethical as the Mayweather knockout on Ortiz while he was distracted.
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Has anybody ever defend against a serve they can't reach in time by throwing the racket and hitting the ball?
If so is it legal?
Tennis is a gentleman and gentlewomans game. Like cricket. This type of behaviour is unsportsmanlike and should not be condoned.
Pfft. That's amateur hour.
I thought the thread would be about this:
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I was under the impression that professional players apologise for 'dirty shots' all the time, like net and edge shots.
ExactlyPlayers will apologise for nets and mishits that are unreturnable because nobody intends to hit the net and mishits are by definition shots you didn't intend to make - it was a fluke you won the point. There's no fluke about an underhand serve. You made a strategic decision - do they have the reaction times and speed necessary to reach this ball? - and it played off. There's nothing to apologise for.
Now that's ace.Pfft. That's amateur hour.
I thought the thread would be about this:
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the brotherhood of scrub mentalityThere is a brotherhood in tennis. That is why players always apologize when they win a point off of a net interference.
You don't cheat each other like that. Very unethical.
It's like in little league baseball where the pitcher rushes the first pitch in as soon as the batter steps into the box and is still setting up.
If OPs video happened in a higher level match, the person who did it would be booed and get a lot of criticism for it.
Chang has been mentioned before, but this is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9_smUdMqI4&t=2m28s
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Edit: Dammit, beaten while finding a .gif
Weird story: my wedding about 8 years ago had 45 people at it total and someone my wife knew brought Michael Chang as their +1.
You are not supposed to act like that in Tennis.What's wrong with it? The opponent wasn't expecting it? Well more fool them then.
I can't tell if this post is satire or not. Are drops and lobs also unethical because you're not hitting it directly to your opponent?