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Title: Tennis, wth..
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 03 July 2017, 11:20:28
How do you people play this..

I've chopped wood for 2 hours and my wrists hurt less..
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: Halverson on Mon, 03 July 2017, 12:35:33
Weak boy


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Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 03 July 2017, 13:24:40
At least you managed to hit the ball some of the times?
I tried tennis once when I was a kid. Noticed that I sucked at all kinds of ball games and left it at that.
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 03 July 2017, 14:21:51
Quote from: Findecanor on Mon, 03 July 2017, 13:24:40
At least you managed to hit the ball some of the times?
I tried tennis once when I was a kid. Noticed that I sucked at all kinds of ball games and left it at that.

you can get a pingpong table for 200bux @ the walmart..

imho, it makes much more ergonomic sense to play pingpong..

Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: OneNightFriend on Mon, 03 July 2017, 14:30:00
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 03 July 2017, 14:21:51
Quote from: Findecanor on Mon, 03 July 2017, 13:24:40
At least you managed to hit the ball some of the times?
I tried tennis once when I was a kid. Noticed that I sucked at all kinds of ball games and left it at that.

you can get a pingpong table for 200bux @ the walmart..

imho, it makes much more ergonomic sense to play pingpong..

Ping pong ftw. Had a table at work for the longest time. Less running, less movement. Much better fit for that sedimentary lifestyle.
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 03 July 2017, 14:33:41
Quote from: OneNightFriend on Mon, 03 July 2017, 14:30:00
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 03 July 2017, 14:21:51
Quote from: Findecanor on Mon, 03 July 2017, 13:24:40
At least you managed to hit the ball some of the times?
I tried tennis once when I was a kid. Noticed that I sucked at all kinds of ball games and left it at that.

you can get a pingpong table for 200bux @ the walmart..

imho, it makes much more ergonomic sense to play pingpong..

Ping pong ftw. Had a table at work for the longest time. Less running, less movement. Much better fit for that sedimentary lifestyle.

well.. we're quite sedentary regardless of what we play these days,

But,  tennis really feels like hitting a nail with a hammer,   except the hammer is your own arm..


I've just been reading that technique helps,   but you're still doing something that requires so much force with a really long lever..


This is definitely above the design specification of the wrist..

wrist injury seems very common. even among the pros,  who you'd assume have the best technique and the greatest interest in their own hand health..
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: mrduul on Mon, 03 July 2017, 18:10:54
I like raquet ball closed court.
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: RELLIK on Tue, 04 July 2017, 03:59:09
Tennis is demanding AF! Also really boring to watch IMO, but gotta respect it. I would have thought knee injuries be just as common.
Personally wouldnt advise anybody play it   :))
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: SBJ on Tue, 04 July 2017, 04:01:34
Quote from: Findecanor on Mon, 03 July 2017, 13:24:40
At least you managed to hit the ball some of the times?
I tried tennis once when I was a kid. Noticed that I sucked at all kinds of ball games and left it at that.
Yeah me too, almost, I was decent at basketball when I was younger. But I never kept it up I lost interest in everything eventually at one point as a kid.
I never kept any of my cool toys from my childhood either because I would just one day be fed up with them and get rid of them. Stupid brain. Had so many awesome Micro Machine things.
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: nmur on Tue, 04 July 2017, 05:34:49
look at the forearms on some of these dudes

(https://i.imgur.com/Uhw5U2w.jpg)

you gotta build up strength for it
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 04 July 2017, 09:53:58
Quote from: nmur on Tue, 04 July 2017, 05:34:49
look at the forearms on some of these dudes

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/Uhw5U2w.jpg)


you gotta build up strength for it



There are limits..   the torque caused by a long lever action in tennis is the problem.
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 04 July 2017, 20:56:50
Tennis is a fun sport
Title: Re: Tennis, wth..
Post by: ander on Fri, 07 July 2017, 16:15:49
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 03 July 2017, 11:20:28
How do you people play this... I've chopped wood for 2 hours and my wrists hurt less..

It's that big-font sig of yours. It's out of balance with the normal-sized text in your posts. It looks needy, like people have to notice it or it'll diminish you somehow. It's the sig equivalent of Caps Lock.

Make your sig a normal size and you'll soon find you can do anything—and that peeps actually pay more attention to stuff when they don't feel like they're being beaten over the head with it.


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