Is indoor tennis for sissies?

[tonylg]

I looked it up. 15 Celcius is 59.1 Fahrenheit, for us Americans. Brutal!!

It was. We went to the pub and had a steak instead.

I'm thankful this kind of weather only lasts a month or two. If indoor courts were an option, I'd certainly use them at the moment.

 

[onehandbh]

I keep the following items in my car trunk/boot:

- snow shovel (essential bc tennis balls do not bounce well on snow)
- balls with hydroguard (in case it rains)
- pair of ice skates (in case courts are frozen)
- racquet with poly or synthetic gut at low tension
- Uniqlo heatteach shirt under my shirt/jacket

 

[georgemccauley]

This court is definitely not for sissies.

I bet the wind is crazy on that court! [emoji100]

 

[Dragy]

I bet the wind is crazy on that court! [emoji100]

You sound like a Swiss looser.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

You drive 300 miles to get there, only to find it being used. You ask them how much longer they will be, and they always say, "We just started."

Only sissies play for just an hour.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

I don't understand how anyone lives in places where it's cold. I walked off the court yesterday because the temperature got down below 15 Celcius. It was terrible.

I looked it up. 15 Celcius is 59.1 Fahrenheit, for us Americans. Brutal!!

Who's the sissy now? In my late 50s we often played in the Winter with temps sometimes below 40F. Even played in the low/mid 30s more than once... that's pretty much 0 Celsius.

We were hardcore.

Did this with arthritic knees, no less. A lot of knee bends and rope skipping was required to get the synovial fluid moving in the old knees. Even took a mini-stepper out to the courts whenever the temps got much below 60F.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

Tried it once. The cold weather makes the balls too dead.

We used Penn Championship balls on cold nights (I normally wasn't fond of Penn Champs for normal playing conditions). Dunlops & Wilsons felt too much like rocks ('Flintstone' tennis) on cold nights.

I would often heat up the balls in a microwave before heading out to the courts. Wrapped them up to keep them warm. Sometimes took an electric heating pad to the courts to keep the balls warm.

Before we started or whenever the balls started to cool off, we would bounce each ball rapidly 30 or 40 times to warm them up. This action also warmed up the racket strings. Never let the extra balls stay on the court surface. They always went into someone's hand or pocket to keep them from getting too cold.

We tried to discourage hitting winners when we played doubs in order to keep the rallies longer. Too many short rallies made it tougher on the knees and other old joints.


I was nearly 10 when we moved from Hawaii to CA. Hated it at first. Even 60F was too cold for me. Had gotten spoiled by Paradise where temps were normally very high 60s to low 80s (but now, with global warming, it sometimes gets over 90F).

 

[Alexrb]

Someone please open an indoor court in Florida, preferably around the Dunedin area. It's sooooooooooooooo hot here, my god. Think it was 95 and felt like 105 according to my phone last week.

 

[Ronaldo]

We used Penn Championship balls on cold nights (I normally wasn't fond of Penn Champs for normal playing conditions). Dunlops & Wilsons felt too much like rocks ('Flintstone' tennis) on cold nights.

I would often heat up the balls in a microwave before heading out to the courts. Wrapped them up to keep them warm. Sometimes took an electric heating pad to the courts to keep the balls warm.

Before we started or whenever the balls started to cool off, we would bounce each ball rapidly 30 or 40 times to warm them up. This action also warmed up the racket strings. Never let the extra balls stay on the court surface. They always went into someone's hand or pocket to keep them from getting too cold.

We tried to discourage hitting winners when we played doubs in order to keep the rallies longer. Too many short rallies made it tougher on the knees and other old joints.


I was nearly 10 when we moved from Hawaii to CA. Hated it at first. Even 60F was too cold for me. Had gotten spoiled by Paradise where temps were normally very high 60s to low 80s (but now, with global warming, it sometimes gets over 90F).

Yes, nuke your balls, wrap them in a warm towel, then stuff them into a styrofoam cooler. Only use half, then after 45 minutes or a set grab the unused balls. Keep them pocketed, never leave your balls on the ground, this ended as we as a club that only played outside were/are offered indoor courts as a walk-on for $50/month, unlimited play from 7 am till closing.

 

[tonylg]

Who's the sissy now?

Definitely me!

I also don't like blisters on my feet, bamboo under my nails, dencorub on my balls. One mans sissy is another man's sensible.

 

[5point5]

Ok.

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I'll allow it.

 

[5point5]

I haven’t read through that thread, because I can get a good idea of what’s in it just from the title. But, that thread was started quite a long time ago, and the most recent post was back on Wednesday, so it looks like it’s dying out. The time to start joke threads in response has well and truly passed.

It’s like hitting someone with a comeback a couple of days after they insulted you. It’s too late. You missed your chance.

Like winning the third after losing the first two in a best of 3.

 

[3loudboys]

Like winning the third after losing the first two in a best of 3.

...but then realising it's a 5 setter and the momentums shifted, time for an injury time out. These threads have been a proper laugh.

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