Percy896's Tennis Forum

leftys_rock · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject:

i try to zone out the sound in my matches, but still if somebody is on the court next to you trying to hit the crap out of the ball and going "HAIIII!!" on each shot, it is a bit annoying.....i actually dont mind if my opponent is trying to copy MS's strokes(heck! it gives me an advantage with my style of game matche up Laughing

) but its the people who copy the string moving, pushing the hair behind the ear, jog in place, push hair behind other ear, bounce the ball 2 times that gets annoying..........
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x.doublea · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:25 pm Post subject:

I've personally never seen people going to that extent before, but I've seen people try to grunt like her.
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leftys_rock · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject:

i played a girl like that in a tournament.......im just like "get along with your serve".....but i found that bouncing around the baseline and doing very quick line jumps kind of irritates my opponent and they have a tendency to make an error, so thats my way of countering it..... Very Happy

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x.doublea · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject:

That's good way of handling it....giving them a taste of their own medicine. Smile

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stevos14 · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject:

Hah, ive never seen anyone do the WHOLE sharapova pre-serve routine. However, I do check my strings, and I bounce the ball three times with my racquet and then bounce on ground twice. Oh, and another pet hate of mine is when I am about to serve and i notice the other person isn't looking or is swinging their racquet around, it completely messes me up.

x.doublea · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject:

Yes. I played a school match today, and my opponent actually dropped his racquet while I was serving. I'm not sure whether it was on purpose or not, it's always annoying.
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Adie · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:17 am Post subject:

What I really can't stand is opponents the mumble to there selfs while I am trying to serve. It is really distracting. Evil or Very Mad

Benchwarmer1 · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject:

i get as mad as it gets when i miss serve a lot, i get Safin-esque (minus the broken racquets)

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