What is your quirk?

[Cindysphinx]

Originally Posted by F L O B B E R

To be honest Cindy, that would piss me off... I wouldn't view it as quirky, I would tend to view it as rude / gamesmanship. Once in a while is fine (we aren't robots) but 3,4 or 5 times "frequently"? That's ridiculous.

I'm sorry you feel that way. I don't plan to go chasing bad tosses. And I've never had an opponent complain about it.

I do say "Sorry." Maybe that helps.

[Fuji]

When serving, if I win a point with a ball, I will do everything in my power to play with that same ball again. If I lose the point I won't play with that ball on the next point.

That's about it I think? Oh, and I'm a bit strange in the fact I NEVER talk to myself on court. I hate making sound on court as I find noise annoying, so I do my best to avoid adding to the noise pollution on courts.

-Fuji

[ARON]

I blow my nose on every changeover. Allergies

[LuckyR]

I like to have all three balls on our court (when one rolls onto another court). I don't care which side of the net it is on, but I will get the ball even if we have two to keep going.

[rader023]

Originally Posted by LuckyR

I like to have all three balls on our court (when one rolls onto another court). I don't care which side of the net it is on, but I will get the ball even if we have two to keep going.

Definitely this one. I cannot stop thinking about that ball.

[smarog]

Originally Posted by F L O B B E R

To be honest Cindy, that would piss me off... I wouldn't view it as quirky, I would tend to view it as rude / gamesmanship. Once in a while is fine (we aren't robots) but 3,4 or 5 times "frequently"? That's ridiculous.

Totally agree. There's nothing worse than playing someone who keeps catching their toss. That's one rule I would like to see changed - the serve should start once the ball leaves the server's hand.

[Cindysphinx]

Originally Posted by smarog

Totally agree. There's nothing worse than playing someone who keeps catching their toss. That's one rule I would like to see changed - the serve should start once the ball leaves the server's hand.

When that is the rule, I will cheerfully abide by it.

I think way more people should be catching their tosses. DF'ing is a crime against humanity.

[Fuji]

Originally Posted by Cindysphinx

When that is the rule, I will cheerfully abide by it.

I think way more people should be catching their tosses. DF'ing is a crime against humanity.

The only way I take a second toss is if the wind takes it out of my strike zone.

The toss is the one thing you can practice literally anywhere, even at home! I do it quite frequently when I'm bored.

-Fuji

[Timbo's hopeless slice]

Originally Posted by Fuji

When serving, if I win a point with a ball, I will do everything in my power to play with that same ball again. If I lose the point I won't play with that ball on the next point.
-Fuji

YES!!! I do this exact same thing!

I also do this strange thing when I'm serving where I set up, bounce the ball a couple of times, pause, look up at the sky for no apparent reason, then bounce the ball a couple more times and serve.

I am NOT looking for divine intervention, flying saucers or a change in the weather, I am just staring at the sky blankly for a second or two...

[Timbo's hopeless slice]

Originally Posted by smarog

Totally agree. There's nothing worse than playing someone who keeps catching their toss. That's one rule I would like to see changed - the serve should start once the ball leaves the server's hand.

sheesh, Pat Rafter wouldn't have liked you very much!

Pete, either, lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mt_LAyptwQ

check out 0:33

[darrinbaker00]

Originally Posted by smarog

Totally agree. There's nothing worse than playing someone who keeps catching their toss. That's one rule I would like to see changed - the serve should start once the ball leaves the server's hand.

You don't like playing against players who play up a level, you don't like playing against players who catch bad tosses.....why do you even bother playing?

[smarog]

[QOTE=darrinbaker00;6650188]You don't like playing against players who play up a level, you don't like playing against players who catch bad tosses.....why do you even bother playing?[/quote]

Ha ha. Look, every now and then is fine - but 4 or 5 times in row?!?! That's a bit excessive - and extremely annoying. I would go as far as to call it gamesmanship.

[maggmaster]

I bounce the ball 10 times before I serve. I also mimic my forehand motion with my hand before I return and when I am standing at the net to volley.

[darrinbaker00]

Originally Posted by smarog

Ha ha. Look, every now and then is fine - but 4 or 5 times in row?!?! That's a bit excessive - and extremely annoying. I would go as far as to call it gamesmanship.

This is why I asked the question I asked you. It's only gamesmanship if you allow it to be. You can't control what your opponent does, but you can control how you react to what your opponent does.

[michael_1265]

Originally Posted by Cindysphinx

I think my quirk is that I am very precise about my toss. Sadly, my toss is not consistent. This can lead to my tossing the ball four times before I get one I like. I then hit it, and it is often an outstanding serve.

That has got to be annoying.

It used to be much worse -- I routinely had to toss 3, 4, 5 times. Now I can get it the first time most of the time. But when it is a big point, or I DF'd earlier, or it is a tiebreak, or I am hitting one of my least favorite serves . . . well, you're going to have to wait.

That would drive me nuts, Cindy. One toss catch every other serve would be about my limit of tolerance. I would have to start calling foot faults on you for fun, just to keep myself sane.

[ctromano]

I have to have all 3 balls, especially in singles... but in doubles I have to be pumped up and I get into gladiator-barbarian mode where I am giving my partner high fives, chest bumps, yelping, doing the Hewitt thing, but only in doubles which is like the ultimate quirk game stuff.

[chatt_town]

I want all 3 balls as well and pretty much for the same reason. I don't like walking over and picking them up. I'll at times be standing there with two in pocket and ask for the third off the fence. Now...this comes in real handy after a long point when I'm serving and the third balls rolls to the other end of another court. I will go down and get it to give me time to catch my breath.

Originally Posted by OrangePower

Ha, I do both of these!

I need to have all three balls when I'm serving. Even in dubs, I'll ask my partner to always give me the third. Funny thing is, I don't have any reason for this other than wanting the balls in my control - I don't pick and choose from the three balls.

And I regularly talk to myself... but it seems a lot of people do.

[jaybear1909]

My clothes don't always match. Whew, feels good to let that one off my chest.

A few weeks ago I played a guy that always held one ball in his hand while it was my serve. Kind of odd. Didn't bother me though, I just thought it was weird.

[CaldwellYSR]

Originally Posted by jaybear1909

My clothes don't always match. Whew, feels good to let that one off my chest.

A few weeks ago I played a guy that always held one ball in his hand while it was my serve. Kind of odd. Didn't bother me though, I just thought it was weird.

One of the guys I played with today (well I guess yesterday since it's 2am) he served like this. I couldn't do it as I use my off hand to set the racquet and help change grips effectively. Putting a ball in that hand would make me think too much.

[Alchemy-Z]

My only quirk I think I really have is I show up 30-45min early for any match so that I can hit maybe 10 serves and jog around the court for a few laps and stretch before my opponents show up. guess this bothers no one because they have no idea how long i have been waiting on them.

I call it a quirk because if for some reason I can't do my pre-game ritual I for some reason normally play terrible...mostly on service games.

Years of body checking people into plexi glass it takes me a while to warm up and get my shoulder loose and the 5 min typical warm-up it never enough.