I enjoyed Tennis when I was younger, but in all honesty, the game just got to sophisticated for me to hang as a participant.

One of my best friends in High School had two sisters that competed in world events, including Wimbledon.

They had a court in their yard. Just volleying with them was humiliating. :-)

At some point I realized that I couldn't even train with our high school Tennis team... the standard was so high. So I started training with the swim team as I was surfing enough to be able to fake it with them. Ironically, two kids from that program ended up swimming in the Olympics. At least I didn't have to watch balls fly by me as I stood helpless. :-) I used to play Soccer for fun and scrimmaged with our high school team... our high school team sent 3 guys straight to the pros back in that era of US soccer. It was just a normal public high school... but it was the only one in the county so everyone crossed paths there.


Here I am talking 'bout myself... :-) the post made me think of stuff and friends that I haven't thought about in a couple decades. Thanks. :-)




If I stumble upon Tennis on TV now a days I enjoy watching for a while. The precision seems incredible.


best regards,
mike

Kalle Rantaaho


I stopped watching tennis when Courier and Sampras stepped in. They were so dull, and Sampras' tongue wasn't pretty. I've watched only a couple of ladies matches since then.

The two worth watching these days, are the Bryan brothers doing their thing playing doubles ... it is a real treat and then some.
 
I rarely watch it these days, as I have not been able to play for 10 years since my retina surgery. I not only lost about 15% of the clear site on that eye, I also lost some depth of perception, that only now am I getting some of it back ... but it is hard ... I still see 2 balls coming at me!
 
You can imagine how difficult it is when you have three little trophies and got as far as 4.6 ranking here in Portland ... and I mostly played doubles! Left hook serve and volley player! I serve almost the same as John McEnroe used to. And I can still place the ball!
 
Hoping to get back into it, but since I stopped playing an average of 2 sets per day, I have gained about 40 pounds that I will have to work to lose again, and then see if I can get into the Seniors ... and play some tournaments ... I have the itch already!