The Church of Polystringism-- Alidisperanza's PT Thread

[dennis10is]

Originally Posted by alidisperanza

I had a friend hit with the strings to confirm what I was feeling and he seemed to actually like the feel, haha. Different strokes[strings] for different folks.

Your friend should be banned.

[alidisperanza]

Italy until the 21st!


PS. Switched back to my Rad Pro with B7 for a match and it played just as I remembered. I might have to get a reel of that stuff too...

[alidisperanza]

Phew, back home. I played in Italy for about an hour one day and it made me realize how SORELY i missed my racquets and strings... terrible stuff over there

[Up&comer]

Welcome back!

[alidisperanza]

Hit for the first time in over a month-- God I missed it.

Also realized that I enjoy gut/poly at lower tension too and that I really may have to buy a reel of B7 or BHSR

[alidisperanza]

Is the following calculation reasonable? It seems a bit excessive to me. I used the following calculator-- http://donthireddy.us/tennis/speed.html



This looks like it makes a bit more sense


Link to the vid I used -- first serve in the game.
https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/1...KDuwpPai4D-qAE

[sansaephanh]

I am pretty useless when it comes to physics, but all in all thats a great serve! I'd love to see you take a few mph off and hit the lines.

[fortun8son]

Physics is overrated.
It's like making and using a musical instrument.
Science and math are only trying to describe what the craftsman and artist already know.

[pvaudio]

But that is the point of science. To explain what we observe.

[alidisperanza]

Plus, it gives me the satisfaction of "Yup, still got it :P"

[alidisperanza]

Originally Posted by sansaephanh

I am pretty useless when it comes to physics, but all in all thats a great serve! I'd love to see you take a few mph off and hit the lines.

Believe it or not, that serve lands on the line and unfortunately gets called out a decent ammt of the time. It's a little unnerving especially when people do it on clay. Taking what you said more liberally, the two serves I usually pull aces on are hitting what some call a "twist" (kick serve that bounces out to the right) on or near the T or the shorter angle out wide (assuming the deuce side).

Playing at 4.0, people are unduly impressed by the speed of the serve and get shaken easily but at 4.5, it's necessary to keep a competitive advantage and give my doubles partner the opportunity to close. More experienced players tend to read my placement serves and are able to return them neutralizing the advantage of the serve. I try to mix it up as often as possible to keep them guessing.

I'm definitely working on it though!

[Up&comer]

Originally Posted by fortun8son

Science and math are only trying to describe what the craftsman and artist already know.

So the artist and craftsman already know exactly how the human body works? They know how to perform a quadruple bypass surgery? They know about the countless chemical reactions that take place in the body that explain why ibuprofen helps your sore muscles feel better or why potassium helps prevent cramps? They already understand how the brain works and why when you smell something it is so much easier to remember than seeing something? Hell, they already knew about cells and how, even at a microscopic level how there is more going on than we can wrap our minds around, how we are creating millions of ATP molecules a second, and how we have enough DNA to stretch from here to the moon, all replicated near perfectly because of enzymes that can check over every strand and fix it if it is wrong. And it was common knowledge to them how these hundreds of miles of DNA are transcripted by enzymes into RNA which is then sent to a ribosome winch can then essentially read the RNA and attach the correct amino acid, which eventually form proteins, which make up us.

They knew that, though.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by alidisperanza

Believe it or not, that serve lands on the line and unfortunately gets called out a decent ammt of the time. It's a little unnerving especially when people do it on clay. Taking what you said more liberally, the two serves I usually pull aces on are hitting what some call a "twist" (kick serve that bounces out to the right) on or near the T or the shorter angle out wide (assuming the deuce side).

Playing at 4.0, people are unduly impressed by the speed of the serve and get shaken easily but at 4.5, it's necessary to keep a competitive advantage and give my doubles partner the opportunity to close. More experienced players tend to read my placement serves and are able to return them neutralizing the advantage of the serve. I try to mix it up as often as possible to keep them guessing.

I'm definitely working on it though!

If somebody calls my in serve out on clay, I go up and take a look and ask them to circle the mark.

[alidisperanza]

Originally Posted by Up&comer

So the artist and craftsman already know exactly how the human body works? They know how to perform a quadruple bypass surgery? They know about the countless chemical reactions that take place in the body that explain why ibuprofen helps your sore muscles feel better or why potassium helps prevent cramps? They already understand how the brain works and why when you smell something it is so much easier to remember than seeing something? Hell, they already knew about cells and how, even at a microscopic level how there is more going on than we can wrap our minds around, how we are creating millions of ATP molecules a second, and how we have enough DNA to stretch from here to the moon, all replicated near perfectly because of enzymes that can check over every strand and fix it if it is wrong. And it was common knowledge to them how these hundreds of miles of DNA are transcripted by enzymes into RNA which is then sent to a ribosome winch can then essentially read the RNA and attach the correct amino acid, which eventually form proteins, which make up us.

They knew that, though.

Neuroscience major says: Proper science is an art in itself. All the paper chemistry in the world won't get you high purity content in Orgo Lab.

Interaction between cells is like an orchestral concert. If the bass is off or the lead playing in the wrong octave, the whole system disintegrates. Stop being so literal

[alidisperanza]

Originally Posted by mikeler

If somebody calls my in serve out on clay, I go up and take a look and ask them to circle the mark.

I'm usually very polite about it but skidmarks are skidmarks. You're not getting away with it when there's a 5'' flag saying you're wrong.

[levy1]

Wow, A 130 mph serve rivals Venus and Serena.

[alidisperanza]

One of their thighs is still thicker than my waist... Totally not a fair comparison!

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by alidisperanza

I'm usually very polite about it but skidmarks are skidmarks. You're not getting away with it when there's a 5'' flag saying you're wrong.

I'm usually polite. Usually.

[Up&comer]

Originally Posted by mikeler

I'm usually polite. Usually.

The only time I'm not as polite as possible is when they point to a mark that is clearly a different one or when they just completely refuse to show me the mark.

I actually had a guy do something like this once- http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3CnX6k0snxA

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by Up&comer

The only time I'm not as polite as possible is when they point to a mark that is clearly a different one or when they just completely refuse to show me the mark.

I actually had a guy do something like this once- http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3CnX6k0snxA

Even though you are not technically required to show a mark, most people at my club (including me) are of the opinion that if you can't find the mark, the ball was in.