tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11970089.post114233917298875180..comments2023-12-19T12:28:50.637+00:00Comments on Earth and Universe: In praise of tennis...fun and fitness!John of Dublinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536252400016522481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11970089.post-1144410541692776292006-04-07T12:49:00.000+01:002006-04-07T12:49:00.000+01:00Hi Ann. I understand what you mean and some people...Hi Ann. I understand what you mean and some people don't immediately take naturally to racket sport co-ordination. But it comes very quickly with a bit of soft hitting practice. Patience is a virtue! And nobody is gonna physically hurt you!<BR/><BR/>I find golf more frustrating - the little sucker of a ball is even stationary when you hit it and it's still so often badly hit! And it's even hard to analyse why you hit it badly sometimes!<BR/><BR/>It's also fun to watch tennis players who come from playing other sports....<BR/><BR/>Squash players often overhit the ball and get annoyed when it goes long! On the other hand squash players ofen hit great backhands even as the ball gets slightly behind them!<BR/><BR/>Badmington players often hit nice accurate overheat shots.<BR/><BR/>Hurling players(and possibly hockey players) tend to hit sliced forehands. Actually I'd imaging hockey players hit fairly flat as ball is low, I dunno.John of Dublinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536252400016522481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11970089.post-1144390520616735292006-04-07T07:15:00.000+01:002006-04-07T07:15:00.000+01:00The summer before last, my husband and I took tenn...The summer before last, my husband and I took tennis lessons together. I was a nightmare. As a former softball player, I swung the racket like a bat and about 20% of my hit balls sailed over the fence. Oops.-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359625931588140579noreply@blogger.com