Tennis
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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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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
.@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 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!
@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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@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.
@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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@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!
@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!
@chris-b said in Tennis:
@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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@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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@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?
@bones I said it was social, so being a good night was a given!
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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.
@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 snail
@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 -
Social cricket can be really bad. "Home" umpire once didn't give a player out who was run out by half the length of the pitch. Didn't offer any explanation just said "not out".
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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@taniwharugby said in Tennis:
Shuttlecock - 493kmh
> Golf Ball - 340kmh
Squash ball - 283kphIf you move the decimal place 2 to the left you'll get my approximate tee off speed on my last round with about 20 people watching. Didn't actually make it past the mens tee, let alone make the ladies. Not good.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Tennis:
2018 US Open code violations:
Men: 86
Women: 22My initial thoughts were "game, set, match, everybody not called Serena" ... (shit joke, I know)
But after some more thinking that just isn't fair. Because this needs to be adjusted for men playing around 50% more tennis. therefore, this number instead of being an argument ending 4-1, it's more like 86-33, and much more even 3-1 only.
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It's clear that the Umpire made the correct calls by the rules. That doesn't preclude bias and inconsistency in the application of the rules, and if that's happening, it should be called out and addressed.
It's clear that the Umpire made the correct calls by the rules. That doesn't preclude bias and inconsistency in the application of the rules, and if that's happening, it should be called out and addressed.
There is bias for sure, men got more warnings by at least 3-1 in that tournament.
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@kiwipie I can still recall a caught at 2nd slip off a massive edge being given not out.
East Christchurch-Shirley were in a bit of bother at that point!
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It's clear that the Umpire made the correct calls by the rules. That doesn't preclude bias and inconsistency in the application of the rules, and if that's happening, it should be called out and addressed.
There is bias for sure, men got more warnings by at least 3-1 in that tournament.
It's clear that the Umpire made the correct calls by the rules. That doesn't preclude bias and inconsistency in the application of the rules, and if that's happening, it should be called out and addressed.
There is bias for sure, men got more warnings by at least 3-1 in that tournament.
I think it shows that to actually be docked a game, you have to dig yourself a hole and then keep on digging long after you're neck deep. That really annoyed. Serena did not lose a game but having a go at the umpire, she lost it for 3 separate code violations.
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This matches up with what I have been hearing. Most players in the pro circuit got sick of Seranas antics a looooong time ago.
