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Fan Life => The Endzone Dive => Topic started by: Saulbadguy on July 09, 2007, 09:34:20 AM
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Kind of a difficult game. My wife and I played last night, and I've never really played before. The first time I "served" I hit it out of the courts. I eventually figured out not to hit it so hard. The most strenous part of the game is chasing the ball around the court after you hit it incorrectly, like off the side of your racket. :mad:
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hahaha. oh man. saul, if you live in manhattan i would be happy to give you guys lessons if you would like, but yeah tennis is one of the most incredible skill games in the world. people don't realize how talented professional tennis players are.
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Kind of a difficult game. My wife and I played last night, and I've never really played before. The first time I "served" I hit it out of the courts. I eventually figured out not to hit it so hard. The most strenous part of the game is chasing the ball around the court after you hit it incorrectly, like off the side of your racket. :mad:
If there was ever a time that this acronym belonged on this board I'd say it's now... HiHiH :shy:
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what the crap does HiHiH
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what the crap does HiHiH
Sorry, that's non-premium information. (link omitted)
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damnit!
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hahaha. oh man. saul, if you live in manhattan i would be happy to give you guys lessons if you would like, but yeah tennis is one of the most incredible skill games in the world. people don't realize how talented professional tennis players are.
you give "lessons" ? LOL. What is your tennis resume?
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i have been teaching at cottonwood for the past 3 years, and taught at crestview tennis club a year before that.
i was offered a couple schollys to naia and divi II but didn't want to play it in college because it would lead to nowhere.
my highschool team won state two years in a row (the second year we tied in points but the actual title was given to topeka hayden because they had more entrants and i refuse to let that stand)
also, i will be winning the intramurals tournament this year. that crap is so mine.
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i have been teaching at cottonwood for the past 3 years, and taught at crestview tennis club a year before that.
i was offered a couple schollys to naia and divi II but didn't want to play it in college because it would lead to nowhere.
my highschool team won state two years in a row (the second year we tied in points but the actual title was given to topeka hayden because they had more entrants and i refuse to let that stand)
also, i will be winning the intramurals tournament this year. that @#%$ is so mine.
oh crap. then you could probably easily beat me. I haven't played much since summer 2004. What was your HS? (if you feel too personal, plz pm)
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check pm
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fatty's been moved to second string again.. this time on KSUFans.
The poor guy can't catch a break anywhere.
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I bought a Wilson tennis racket from Wal-Mart for 13 bucks.
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at least its wilson. i live and die by that brand.
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However, I bought a can of "PENN" tennis balls. They were 20 cents cheaper. I like opening them.
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the smell is intoxicating, is it not? that smell is like the drug of the tennis world.
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i love tennis. its a great sport
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there's an old saying that i always say about the game of tennis and it goes something like this...
tennis is for pussies
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the smell is intoxicating, is it not? that smell is like the drug of the tennis world.
Head rackets are where it's at.
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the smell is intoxicating, is it not? that smell is like the drug of the tennis world.
Head rackets shops are where it's at.
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the smell is intoxicating, is it not? that smell is like the drug of the tennis world.
Head rackets shops are where it's at.
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the smell is intoxicating, is it not? that smell is like the drug of the tennis world.
Head rackets shops are is where it's at.
and, no way do head rackets compete at all with the likes of wilson
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the smell is intoxicating, is it not? that smell is like the drug of the tennis world.
Head rackets shops are is where it's at.
and, no way do head rackets compete at all with the likes of wilson
:blahblah:
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there is no way i can argue with that "blah blah blah" guy... he is too good.
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there is no way i can argue with that "blah blah blah" guy... he is too good.
:blank:
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Prince TT Warrior (midplus) here. I really have no preference between brands, just whatever feels the best.
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I was a Prince racket guy in HS until I discovered all that is Wilson. I need to get out and play again :'(
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there's an old saying that i always say about the game of tennis and it goes something like this...
tennis is for pussies
i lol'd
although i dare you to stand on the other side of the net and try and hit my serve back to me. and i can barely top 105 mph. imagine the pro's on average at 120 mph first and the second around 100 mph. not to mention every forehand reaches about 80mph or more. tennis is a mans version of baseball. this is why we dominate at softball.
Prince TT Warrior (midplus) here. I really have no preference between brands, just whatever feels the best.
thats a good racket. i used to play with a prince ti. fire mid. now wilson pro staff the federer version right before the switch to ncode. basically a stick with strings on it.
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there's an old saying that i always say about the game of tennis and it goes something like this...
tennis is for pussies
i lol'd
although i dare you to stand on the other side of the net and try and hit my serve back to me. and i can barely top 105 mph. imagine the pro's on average at 120 mph first and the second around 100 mph. not to mention every forehand reaches about 80mph or more. tennis is a mans version of baseball. this is why we dominate at softball.
i accept your dare. please meet me at the plaza tennis center on 47th Street and JC Nichols Parkway @ 8:00 tonight. please also bring an extra racket for me to use when i melt your serve back into your forehead.
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there's an old saying that i always say about the game of tennis and it goes something like this...
tennis is for pussies
i lol'd
although i dare you to stand on the other side of the net and try and hit my serve back to me. and i can barely top 105 mph. imagine the pro's on average at 120 mph first and the second around 100 mph. not to mention every forehand reaches about 80mph or more. tennis is a mans version of baseball. this is why we dominate at softball.
i accept your dare. please meet me at the plaza tennis center on 47th Street and JC Nichols Parkway @ 8:00 tonight. please also bring an extra racket for me to use when i melt your serve back into your forehead.
ha.. man i wish i knew where the &@#% that was. i also wish i could actually do it, but alas it is $2.00 pints at little apple brewery. also can i say i am very scared about my forehead getting melted.
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google maps, the zip code is 64112
47th and JC Nichols, KC MO
don't use the old $2 pint nights, you won't be able to drink when you have a tennis ball sized hole cauterized through the middle of your esophogus. :tongue:
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there's an old saying that i always say about the game of tennis and it goes something like this...
tennis is for pussies
i lol'd
although i dare you to stand on the other side of the net and try and hit my serve back to me. and i can barely top 105 mph. imagine the pro's on average at 120 mph first and the second around 100 mph. not to mention every forehand reaches about 80mph or more. tennis is a mans version of baseball. this is why we dominate at softball.
i accept your dare. please meet me at the plaza tennis center on 47th Street and JC Nichols Parkway @ 8:00 tonight. please also bring an extra racket for me to use when i melt your serve back into your forehead.
:lol: :lol: he's baaaack!
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google maps, the zip code is 64112
47th and JC Nichols, KC MO
don't use the old $2 pint nights, you won't be able to drink when you have a tennis ball sized hole cauterized through the middle of your esophogus. :tongue:
are you payign for gas?? also i have a lesson at 6:30-8:00. this could be a late one.
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although i dare you to stand on the other side of the net and try and hit my serve back to me. and i can barely top 105 mph. imagine the pro's on average at 120 mph first and the second around 100 mph. not to mention every forehand reaches about 80mph or more. tennis is a mans version of baseball. this is why we dominate at softball.
Man, is anything funnier than an amateur music snob bragging about how his rad tennis skills make him awesome in softball?
I would guess no.
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although i dare you to stand on the other side of the net and try and hit my serve back to me. and i can barely top 105 mph. imagine the pro's on average at 120 mph first and the second around 100 mph. not to mention every forehand reaches about 80mph or more. tennis is a mans version of baseball. this is why we dominate at softball.
Man, is anything funnier than an amateur music snob bragging about how his rad tennis skills make him awesome in softball?
I would guess no.
Uncalled for. Play nice. Please.. :shy:
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although i dare you to stand on the other side of the net and try and hit my serve back to me. and i can barely top 105 mph. imagine the pro's on average at 120 mph first and the second around 100 mph. not to mention every forehand reaches about 80mph or more. tennis is a mans version of baseball. this is why we dominate at softball.
Man, is anything funnier than an amateur music snob bragging about how his rad tennis skills make him awesome in softball?
I would guess no.
i didn't realize many music snobs got paid, thus becoming a proffessional. although, i don't really care, nice one. you probably are all that i am not, which is everything i strive to be and everything that is man. sorry if you are sore about me for saying you had a sandy vagina. looking back on it you were the least deserving of the menstraul post. although i don't really care about appeasing "internet lord" who i'll never know. have a good one, douchebag.
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how do I hit the ball hard without it going out of the court (over the fence).
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although i dare you to stand on the other side of the net and try and hit my serve back to me. and i can barely top 105 mph. imagine the pro's on average at 120 mph first and the second around 100 mph. not to mention every forehand reaches about 80mph or more. tennis is a mans version of baseball. this is why we dominate at softball.
Man, is anything funnier than an amateur music snob bragging about how his rad tennis skills make him awesome in softball?
I would guess no.
i didn't realize many music snobs got paid, thus becoming a proffessional. although, i don't really care, nice one. you probably are all that i am not, which is everything i strive to be and everything that is man. sorry if you are sore about me for saying you had a sandy vagina. looking back on it you were the least deserving of the menstraul post. although i don't really care about appeasing "internet lord" who i'll never know. have a good one, douchebag.
:D
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how do I hit the ball hard without it going out of the court (over the fence).
Top spin.
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how do I hit the ball hard without it going out of the court (over the fence).
Top spin.
Explain.
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asava, you're kidding right. You don't know where the plaza tennis center is?
wtf dude. That's like the heart of Missouri Valley Tennis.
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Seriously, no self-respecting music expert would waste their breath belittling someone that listens to 311 or Nickelback. Wait until they start talking about the Garden State soundtrack before you go for the kill.*
*Free**
**Bitches
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asava, you're kidding right. You don't know where the plaza tennis center is?
wtf dude. That's like the heart of Missouri Valley Tennis.
was also the former home of the KC Explorers and a court in which Anna K has played on 2x (that's twice, bitches).
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asava, you're kidding right. You don't know where the plaza tennis center is?
wtf dude. That's like the heart of Missouri Valley Tennis.
i told you i didn't play missouri valley. i played southerns.
Seriously, no self-respecting music expert would waste their breath belittling someone that listens to 311 or Nickelback. Wait until they start talking about the Garden State soundtrack before you go for the kill.*
*Free**
**Bitches
if they wouldn't have said anything about 311 being better than the beatles or black sabbath i would have had no quarrels. but i agree totally about the garden state soundtrack.
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I'm not a big fan of music snobs. I mean, people listen to what they like. Of course bands like KORN, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park are trash but who am I to say that? I listen to Frank Zappa and the mothers of invention.
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I'm not a big fan of music snobs. I mean, people listen to what they like. Of course bands like KORN, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park are trash but who am I to say that? I listen to Frank Zappa and the mothers of invention.
Saul you seem more like a "Panic At The Disco" type of guy to me.
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Adding to the "softball playing douche" thread from a while back:
is one a bigger or lesser douche for playing competitive fast-pitch softball?
the levels of doucheness for softball are complex.
Where does the music snob tennis pro wearing an ironic thrift store t-shirt fit into the softball douchieness scale?
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I'm not a big fan of music snobs. I mean, people listen to what they like. Of course bands like KORN, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park are trash but who am I to say that? I listen to Frank Zappa and the mothers of invention.
for that you get a breakdown of the forehand.
Step 1: Ready Position
Step 2: get into position by turning and pointing your left shoulder at the ball while moving to where the ball is in reach and about waist level, while bringing your racket back.
---Remember to bring your racket back low, about or a little lower than hip level
Step 3. Step forward with your left foot, moving your weight forward from your back foot, driving your hips into the ball, once you step you should start your swing.
Step 4: contact point, you should meet the ball right out in front of your hip, with all your weight behind your racket.
step 5: follow through, make sure to finish up at your shoulder, but let this happen naturally, don't lift your swing.
things to remember: swing = low to high
contact point must be just in front of hips
your step starts your swing
smaller steps to get into position
if you want it to go fast you normall have to use some sort of spin to draw it back into the court, otherwise the ball will fly.
and i don't know if i want to explain that. things like this are hard over the internet. but my best advice is just practice, practice practice. doing the fundamentals over and over again.
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practice
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Adding to the "softball playing douche" thread from a while back:
is one a bigger or lesser douche for playing competitive fast-pitch softball?
the levels of doucheness for softball are complex.
Where does the music snob tennis pro wearing an ironic thrift store t-shirt fit into the softball douchieness scale?
ha, its a good thing i don't play fast-pitch.. that crap is dumb, i enjoy the slow pitch with a few beers, and i don't play it competitively, just intramurals. nor do i shop at thrift stores, or wear ironic shirts. i think you have a pretty funny thought on who i am though. i hate image when it comes to music, i hate people that make music an image, and i get pissed off at people who wear white belts or wear girls jeans for absolutely no reason besides style points. i stopped going to shows a long time ago because of these shadowboxing douchebags.
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^It's more fun when you get pissed, BTW.
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why would i get pissed... its a message board. its a whole bunch of people commenting on a whole bunch of people they don't know, nor care to know outside of some fabricated reality. :cheers: to you though for trying to flame bait me. you know you wish you could know what i know.. me being a premium member and all, i obviously know more about life now that i pay $8 a month for it.
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i remember when i saw that line too.
it used to make me even more mad.^It's more fun when you get pissed, BTW.
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Oh, and I'm calling BS on your 105 MPH serve.
who the &@#% do you think you are, Brett Taylor?
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i swear man, i have topped out at 110 when in playing form. and i'm working on being there soon.
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Cool, enjoy that 20% first serve....
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haha. yeah that is pretty much where it is at if i'm going for that speed. most of the time i just hit a topspin, or take a bit off. sometimes i'll switch to a kick first serve and put a bit more on it than i do for my second. how bout you, what do you start with?
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Adding to the "softball playing douche" thread from a while back:
is one a bigger or lesser douche for playing competitive fast-pitch softball?
the levels of doucheness for softball are complex.
Where does the music snob tennis pro wearing an ironic thrift store t-shirt fit into the softball douchieness scale?
ha, its a good thing i don't play fast-pitch.. that @#%$ is dumb, i enjoy the slow pitch with a few beers, and i don't play it competitively, just intramurals. nor do i shop at thrift stores, or wear ironic shirts. i think you have a pretty funny thought on who i am though. i hate image when it comes to music, i hate people that make music an image, and i get pissed off at people who wear white belts or wear girls jeans for absolutely no reason besides style points. i stopped going to shows a long time ago because of these shadowboxing douchebags.
(http://www.neatorama.com/images/2005-10/hipster-bingo.jpg)
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The really good players did kick serves for 2nd serves only. If they were serving to the "ad" side, they would serve to my backhand then rush the net and easily put away my pathetic return.
damn those Kansas city/Oklahoma City/St. Louis players. Beasts. And they were never nice to me. :crybaby: :crybaby:
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Damn, how could I forget Pabst's and Parliaments?
I would add faded black jeans somewhere in there.
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Damn, how could I forget Pabst's and Parliaments?
I would add faded black jeans somewhere in there.
If you play this game at almost any Granada or Liberty Hall show, you can almost black out the card in the first half-hour.
Played it for the first time at the last show I went to. Scary accurate.
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Don't worry, though asava. Rusty thinks that anyone who is critical about music is a hipster.
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record bar...i could finish it before i got my beer.
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Tennis = country club kids in white shorty shorts = mucho suck
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holy crap that bingo game is awesome. i have never seen that before. hahahaha.
say what you will but the record bar is freaking awesome. when we played there they treated us very well and i have seen a few amazing shows there.
Tennis = country club kids in white shorty shorts = mucho suck
i hate you. and short white shorts rock your fcukin face off!
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Damn, how could I forget Pabst's and Parliaments?
I would add faded black jeans somewhere in there.
If you play this game at almost any Granada or Liberty Hall show, you can almost black out the card in the first half-hour.
Played it for the first time at the last show I went to. Scary accurate.
I live across the street from a house of KCAI students, I could probably get a blackout from my front porch on a Saturday night.
For transportation:
A) Brand new car (Honda FIT or Scion or something similar)
B) Moped
C) Minivan. God, they love minivans
Don't worry, though asava. Rusty thinks that anyone who is critical about music is a hipster.
It's a pretty fair generalization, really. Most non-hipsters who appreciate non-mainstream music usually just STFU and enjoy themselves.
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dude, i like the record bar.
my friends band came down from MN and played there.
you may have opened for them..who knows.
i went to the AI for one year.
once the kids realize they arent 'individuals' anymore, they quit the phase.
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once the kids realize they arent 'individuals' anymore, they quit the phase.
That's what's hilarious. There's a steady stream of people in and out, and I can't tell any of them apart because they all look exactly the same.
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Damn, how could I forget Pabst's and Parliaments?
I would add faded black jeans somewhere in there.
If you play this game at almost any Granada or Liberty Hall show, you can almost black out the card in the first half-hour.
Played it for the first time at the last show I went to. Scary accurate.
I live across the street from a house of KCAI students, I could probably get a blackout from my front porch on a Saturday night.
For transportation:
A) Brand new car (Honda FIT or Scion or something similar)
B) Moped
C) Minivan. God, they love minivans
Don't worry, though asava. Rusty thinks that anyone who is critical about music is a hipster.
It's a pretty fair generalization, really. Most non-hipsters who appreciate non-mainstream music usually just STFU and enjoy themselves.
but how else are you suppossed to know who else likes good music if you don't talk about it. also, how are you suppossed to make yourself feel good if you don't make fun of other people for their tastes!?!??
plus i think its time to man up, rusty, i think you own a pair of girls jeans.
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Damn, how could I forget Pabst's and Parliaments?
I would add faded black jeans somewhere in there.
If you play this game at almost any Granada or Liberty Hall show, you can almost black out the card in the first half-hour.
Played it for the first time at the last show I went to. Scary accurate.
I live across the street from a house of KCAI students, I could probably get a blackout from my front porch on a Saturday night.
For transportation:
A) Brand new car (Honda FIT or Scion or something similar)
B) Moped
C) Minivan. God, they love minivans
Don't worry, though asava. Rusty thinks that anyone who is critical about music is a hipster.
It's a pretty fair generalization, really. Most non-hipsters who appreciate non-mainstream music usually just STFU and enjoy themselves.
Living across from KCAI gives you a moderate bias. But I can imagine that blacks the card out pretty quickly.
My all-time hipster favorites are the old school argyle sweater and the guy who quotes Kerouac repeatedly.
Agreed on the record bar, Chupa. Fun place.
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A) Brand new car (Honda FIT or Scion or something similar)
B) Moped
C) Minivan. God, they love minivans
Really? This is a trend I had missed. I thought the classics were anything VW and Scions for the faux hipsters that the real hipsters hate.
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i thought real hipsters just rode vespas
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i thought real hipsters just rode vespas
real hipsters don't drive
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but how else are you suppossed to know who else likes good music if you don't talk about it. also, how are you suppossed to make yourself feel good if you don't make fun of other people for their tastes!?!??
plus i think its time to man up, rusty, i think you own a pair of girls jeans.
Discussing music and being a dick to someone who likes Death Cab for Cutie are two different things.
I should add that I have good friends who went to KCAI, it's just the ones across the street from me that are kind of DB's that avoid eye contact with non-hipsters.
A) Brand new car (Honda FIT or Scion or something similar)
B) Moped
C) Minivan. God, they love minivans
Really? This is a trend I had missed. I thought the classics were anything VW and Scions for the faux hipsters that the real hipsters hate.
I probably should have put minivans first - they're getting pretty popular. But definitely a lot of pretty new cars. Art school ain't cheap, you know.
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i have a few friends that are at kcai, and tons of friends that are hipsters. just because they are hipsters doesn't mean they are bad people, in fact i find most of them excellent people as long as they arn't all image. and speaking of snobs, what does making fun of music snobs make you, rusty.. ultra mega music snob?
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it's just the ones across the street from me that are kind of DB's that avoid eye contact with non-hipsters.
That's not kind of d-baggy, that's outright schmucksville. So am I to glean that you think that I, too am a hipster?
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we are all hipsters and must pust white belts on our sigs as a sign of hipsterdom!
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Actually, I'm going to go on and on about how much I love Guided By Voices and severely dislike the new Modest Mouse albums.
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i have a few friends that are at kcai, and tons of friends that are hipsters. just because they are hipsters doesn't mean they are bad people, in fact i find most of them excellent people as long as they arn't all image. and speaking of snobs, what does making fun of music snobs make you, rusty.. ultra mega music snob?
READ, &*$@!ING HIPSTER CUB!
I should add that I have good friends who went to KCAI, it's just the ones across the street from me that are kind of DB's that avoid eye contact with non-hipsters.
I kind of lied - I only really have one good friend, but he has friends I like.
it's just the ones across the street from me that are kind of DB's that avoid eye contact with non-hipsters.
That's not kind of d-baggy, that's outright schmucksville. So am I to glean that you think that I, too am a hipster?
LOL @ a hipster real estate agent. No effing way. Aren't you a Shins fan, too? LMAO.
Actually, I'm going to go on and on about how much I love Guided By Voices and severely dislike the new Modest Mouse albums.
Don't forget to use the White Album as evidence that you can like popular music.
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There are hipsters that will actually tell you they like any the Beatles' releases? I'm not convinced we're running into the same folks, Rusty.
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So...getting back to the original point of the thread we hijacked...I had no idea we had so many tennis players here outside of the guys who talk about it nonstop.
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There are hipsters that will actually tell you they like any the Beatles' releases? I'm not convinced we're running into the same folks, Rusty.
It has to be the White Album or Sgt. Peppers. That's all that's allowed. They need something to prove that they don't hate all music with significant commercial success!
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rusty is the biggest hipster of them all, he drinks pabst while watching synced up videos of leaves falling to sufjan stevens...
to quote zach galifianakis... "to show that i can tell a funny crude joke and appeal to the art crowd i named my balls belle and sebastian.
i'm pretty sure revolver is my favorite beatles album.
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There are hipsters that will actually tell you they like any the Beatles' releases? I'm not convinced we're running into the same folks, Rusty.
It has to be the White Album or Sgt. Peppers. That's all that's allowed. They need something to prove that they don't hate all music with significant commercial success!
I had always figured hipster code was to dismiss all their albums.
FWIW, Revolver, Help!, Sgt. Peppers, Let It Be, White Album....all good albums.
Anybody but asava and myself like Tom Waits?
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BTW, real hipsters don't go to the Record Bar, they go to top-secret shows at the old post office or somewhere else in the Bottoms.
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So...getting back to the original point of the thread we hijacked...I had no idea we had so many tennis players here outside of the guys who talk about it nonstop.
That's not me, is it?
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No.
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No.
Good, because I blow at tennis.
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God you guys are gay.
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God you guys are gay.
thats it... no more tips. you're cut off.
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God you guys are gay.
Not intended for me, right?
kono