Street tennis, pretty interesting

[slice it]

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/12/barbados-road-tennis/

 

[Fandango]

they called roger federer a "super swede":shock:

 

[Bartelby]

Net seems too low to be a factor
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[LameTennisPlayer]

it looks like alot of the shots are simlar to the chop returns in table tennis, kind of a fusion between a chop/drive shot

 

[Valdez737]

that stuff looks fun

 

[hollywood9826]

Looks dumb to me. Whats the purpose of an 8-inch net?

Here how a point will play out.

Serve like Pong, slice, slice, slice, popped up slice, smash point over.

At least thatswhat it seems like.

 

[LameTennisPlayer]

Net seems too low to be a factor
.

i tend to agree with this, not that any sport in general is void of injuries playing in a crouched position looks tough on the back

 

[LameTennisPlayer]

Looks dumb to me. Whats the purpose of an 8-inch net?

Here how a point will play out.

Serve like Pong, slice, slice, slice, popped up slice, smash point over.

At least thatswhat it seems like.

it certainly looks like that for sure, at least with table tennis you generate top spin to counteract the slice, or play a forehand/backhand drive or block game; more variety, doesnt look like much variety from my observations im afraid

 

[jmjmkim]

I think before I try this out, I would try Paddle Tennis at Venice Beach.

 

[5sets]

Thirteen years later and I just saw a bit on this on Tennis Channel during the Australian Open. I can respect this a lot more than the current Pickleball trend that has plagued our nation.