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Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-13-2012, 09:27 AM

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Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

Appreciate the clarification. I was responding...

Appreciate the clarification. I was responding to Bartelby's assertion that there were no U.S. rules to that effect for unofficiated matches, and found the USHSTA rule which at least opines on the...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-13-2012, 09:07 AM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

Okay, so you're going to contradict your own post...

Okay, so you're going to contradict your own post #14 of this thread?:

Bartelby has repeatedly said that we can't do the last part of what you stated, where a player "can call foot faults on the...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-13-2012, 08:26 AM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

You don't have to go very far back where he makes...

You don't have to go very far back where he makes it quite clear in post# 306:

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-13-2012, 08:11 AM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

To make it simpler for you...these are his quotes...

To make it simpler for you...these are his quotes going back through 200 posts in this thread:

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-11-2012, 05:23 AM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

Okay, by your assertion then you probably don't...

Okay, by your assertion then you probably don't call balls out because you'd rather beat the opponent with your return than win the point by watching the ball go out? Why would you hope someone's...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-10-2012, 07:30 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

Views: 12,669

Posted By Oski10s

Right, this is why in reality when a FF is called...

Right, this is why in reality when a FF is called during the matches I've seen without an official, it was in fact pretty flagrant. The server was either already stepping on the line (obviously)...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-10-2012, 07:10 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

This is what I wrote: "Those that have played,...

This is what I wrote:

"Those that have played, or are playing, competitive tennis (juniors, high school, college, and beyond) have all trained not to foot fault, because they'd be called on it...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-10-2012, 06:55 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

I was being tongue in cheek. It's the...

I was being tongue in cheek. It's the relentlessness of his remarks through these pages and failure to consider the root issue of why FF is wrong, instead of insisting that it can't be...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-10-2012, 05:01 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

Australia and the USA, apparently two countries...

Australia and the USA, apparently two countries without a common language.

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-10-2012, 04:34 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

Now I know you are troll, because no one is this...

Now I know you are troll, because no one is this obtuse. There's obviously too many words for you to digest. Here's the relevant section I referenced previously:

"If no official is available, the...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-10-2012, 04:30 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

I can care less if you want to hit tennis balls...

I can care less if you want to hit tennis balls against your garage door or serve from the net. But you are in the "Competitive Tennis Talk > Adult League & Tournament Talk" part of Talk Tennis,...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-10-2012, 03:34 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

Back when I was playing competitive tennis, being...

Back when I was playing competitive tennis, being "that guy" was actually the weekend hacks that would habitually and flagrantly foot fault.

I think I now know what the actual divide here is. Those...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-10-2012, 10:17 AM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

Views: 12,669

Posted By Oski10s

I'm starting to think that you (1) have problems...

I'm starting to think that you (1) have problems with reading comprehension, or (2) would rather continue to perpetuate this lie in the face of facts. The US High School Tennis Association clearly...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-08-2012, 04:51 AM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

I played on my high school team growing up in...

I played on my high school team growing up in California in the 80s. Back then, it wasn't even a question of calling a foot fault, because it was a fault. I don't know at what juncture it has...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-07-2012, 07:46 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

ITF Tennis Rules (dated July 16, 2012), please...

ITF Tennis Rules (dated July 16, 2012), please see Rule 18, page 8:

http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_62594_original.PDF

Since you are obviously too lazy, or stubborn to...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-07-2012, 06:18 PM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

http://www.usta.com/Improve-Your-Game/Rules/Rules-...

http://www.usta.com/Improve-Your-Game/Rules/Rules-and-Line-Calls/Foot_Faulting/

Why not just go straight to the source, as far as the USTA is concerned:

“Compliance with the foot fault rule is very...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

12-06-2012, 09:24 AM

Replies: 364

Calling footfaults is important

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Posted By Oski10s

I'm sorry, but we are all "de facto officials"...

I'm sorry, but we are all "de facto officials" because we call balls in or out of the service box during the serve (as well as lines during play). It is this same right as the serve receiver to call...

Forum: Adult League & Tournament Talk

11-21-2012, 08:56 AM

Replies: 10

Forgot how to play!

Views: 1,132

Posted By Oski10s

Good advice so far above. I've had this happen...

Good advice so far above. I've had this happen before, and it's the tennis equivalent of yips in golf, where I was getting so tight and uncertain that I couldn't even get the ball off across the...

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