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Aretium
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Any tennis players/lovers here? I find tennis so close to playing the guitar, so many techniques and it is like a hobby as well as a sport, similar to golf, ballet and boxing. I think it could be the most technical sport with the serve being possibly the most complex motion alongside a golf swing (excluding gymnastics It's my number one passion alongside the guitar, just thought I'd see if any other players out there. Favourite players - Federer, Dolgopolov, Tsonga, Del Potro, Cibulkova, Lisicki, Li Na Least Favourite - Gulbis, Tomic, Sharapova, Azarenka. Anyway just though we needed a tennis thread! p.s Do you find that your nails irritate you? Occasionally my middle nail cuts into my annular when I hit a forehand (especially on miss-hits).
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Date Mar. 13 2014 22:22:11
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BarkellWH
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RE: Any Tennis Players? (in reply to Aretium)
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I never got into tennis, but I have played squash forever. Squash has a very different swing than tennis, with much more wrist action. I love the intensity of a squash match. An hour of squash, a shower afterward, and a cold beer, and all seems right with the world. At my age, and as long as I have been playing squash, my knees are shot, and I find I cannot cover the court like I used to. The trick is finding opponents of a comparable caliber. I have a regular partner, and we play three times a week. Keeps one in good shape. Cheers, Bill
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Date Mar. 14 2014 13:25:26
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BarkellWH
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RE: Any Tennis Players? (in reply to Aretium)
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Regarding "mental stimulation," a well-played squash match involves a great deal of strategy: lobbing the ball to a rear corner forcing your opponent to the back of the court, then upon his return shot, delivering a fast drop shot at the front before he can reach it, as one example. One thing I have always liked about squash is it involves a lot of strategy, particularly in setting up your opponent for a kill, as opposed to American racquet ball, which seems to me to consist of each player hitting the ball as hard as he can until one misses a shot. Cheers, Bill
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Date Mar. 14 2014 14:31:46
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BarkellWH
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RE: Any Tennis Players? (in reply to Aretium)
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Squash, of course, originated in the UK and has since spread around the world (thanks, in part, to the British Empire!). In fact a couple of Brits, Nick Mathew and James Wilstrop, are among the top squash players in the world today, and about 10 years ago another Brit, Peter Nichol, was on top for several years. During the 1980s and 1990s Pakistanis dominated the top levels of squash, but the last few years have seen the Egyptians dominating. A Malaysian, Nicole David, has been the world's No. 1 women's squash player for the last seven years. Like tennis, squash is truly international. My regret is that an American has yet to break into the top level of squash. We'll just have to keep trying. Cheers, Bill
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Date Mar. 14 2014 16:06:11
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