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forthegame

Hall of Fame
Meags, you asked me a while ago about how I was getting on with the Becker Delta Core Pro.

Well, I strung it up with PSGD and enjoyed the increase in power. However, my shoulder does not seem happy especially when conditions are adverse.

My shoulder is aching and feels heavy. Just a niggle really but I fear it's the racquet mainly.

Will reacquaint myself with my Dunlop....
 

Dave M

Hall of Fame
Were there different shirts I thought the women had different ones to each other some matches, but can't remember if i saw AM in a different one one day.
Ash Or anyone else who's been up to the park, is there a range of paralympic stuff in the shops up there, I'm being quizzed and i see nothing specific, also, is the on site new tennis venue far away from the stadium etc, when we go up tot he w'chair tennis i fancy taking the littel ones around the whole park but one of the maps i downloaded looks like it's a fair way away.cheers.
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
Dave, there are various versions of the team kits, there are white, blue and red versions of most things (certainly the village wear - the idea being that the whole of TeamGB wears the same colour scheme on the same day, so monday red, tues blue and so on). As for match shirts for the racquet sports, there are certainly a blue and a white version - personally I think the white version is great, not so keen on the blue.

As for shopping, each venue sells some of the general stuff (as on the website), but each venue also has a range of venue or sport specific stuff too. For example at Wimby they had a lot of exclusive olympic t's and key rings and towels etc not available from london2012.com.

As for Eton Manor, yes it's at the far end of the Park, beyond the hockey pitches - it's a fair old wander through from the stadium, probably 20 minutes with the crowds (maybe more if you're pushing K!)

cheers
 

Dags

Hall of Fame
Thank you. I can get the sweatbands but not the t-shirt.

cc

If you aren't too picky, then you could always consider one of the football shirts. Those are fairly similar, and are available at pretty much every high street retailer. DW Sports have them at knock down prices already.
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
hmm...Things seem to have gone a little quiet for TeamGB :-( Lets hope KAP can bring home Gold in the Open Swim today and the 470 boys can fight past the Crims into Gold too!

Cheers
 

Dave M

Hall of Fame
Dave, there are various versions of the team kits, there are white, blue and red versions of most things (certainly the village wear - the idea being that the whole of TeamGB wears the same colour scheme on the same day, so monday red, tues blue and so on). As for match shirts for the racquet sports, there are certainly a blue and a white version - personally I think the white version is great, not so keen on the blue.

As for shopping, each venue sells some of the general stuff (as on the website), but each venue also has a range of venue or sport specific stuff too. For example at Wimby they had a lot of exclusive olympic t's and key rings and towels etc not available from london2012.com.

As for Eton Manor, yes it's at the far end of the Park, beyond the hockey pitches - it's a fair old wander through from the stadium, probably 20 minutes with the crowds (maybe more if you're pushing K!)

cheers

Thanks for all that, no i'm not allowed to push K i'm too slow, she goes way faster when she drives!!! Haven't seen our car parking stuff yet, must look into that tommorow. K is excited already, plannign our journey she thinks leaving Dorset at 6am should get us to London on time.....going to be a long day!
 

crosscourt

Professional
If you aren't too picky, then you could always consider one of the football shirts. Those are fairly similar, and are available at pretty much every high street retailer. DW Sports have them at knock down prices already.

A guy in the pros racquet and gear section has the Murray shirt. I have asked him where he got it. If he tells I will post the information here.
 

crosscourt

Professional
I think the soft porn and rhythmic soft porn are my favourite Olympic events.

When they told me that rhythmic gymnastics involves attractive young women performing exercises with clubs I had visions of a celestial driving range. What a disappointment the reality does not quite match up...
 
Just watched the Synchronized Swimming Team final..........initially for the most obvious reason, but was really struck by those girls' strength and stamina. It was seriously impressive.......all the lifts and throws and the height they stay out of the water. Seriously fit birds lol:wink:!
 

Dave M

Hall of Fame
Just watched the Synchronized Swimming Team final..........initially for the most obvious reason, but was really struck by those girls' strength and stamina. It was seriously impressive.......all the lifts and throws and the height they stay out of the water. Seriously fit birds lol:wink:!

I think i'd struggle to hold my breath for the length of time they are underwater, add in the dancing about they do i'd have no chance.As a sport i'm mildly more interested in it than wrestling, but way more interesting than boxing.
 

uk_skippy

Hall of Fame
Just been watching this.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSIx60skGJM

A 19 year-old Federer (15th seed) playing his 1st match on Centre Court.......small matter of beating Sampras. Fascinating to watch. At around 3:10, Fed asking for a racket to be sent away for a restring, and he pulls out a packet of string from his bag to go with the stick........

Now imagine having to do an on-court restring in full gut at a stupid tension for the great Sampras, no pressure!!
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
And that was that. 16 Days, 65 Medals, 29 Golds, 3rd place in the table #OurGreatestTeam

but the best thing is...in 17 days we get to do it all over again!
#ProudParalympicCoach
 

Dave M

Hall of Fame
And that was that. 16 Days, 65 Medals, 29 Golds, 3rd place in the table #OurGreatestTeam

but the best thing is...in 17 days we get to do it all over again!
#ProudParalympicCoach

They said the torch handover to the new city is tonight, does the flame not get used for the paralympics?
I know they are not covering it but it'd be nice if the bbc admitted that there was another event in a couple of weeks!
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
^^^The BBC played http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPPeRg3Nw earlier today and they interviewed Tanni G-T about the Para's as they have coverage on 5 live, so they've plugged it a bit!

The Paralympic movement has it's own flame and it's own torch relay from 24th to 29th August. The torch is lit at Stoke Mandeville Stadium (birthplace of the Paralympic movement) on 24th before making it's way to the stadium to meet with flames from Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast to light the Paralympic Torch!
 

Dave M

Hall of Fame
^^^The BBC played http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPPeRg3Nw earlier today and they interviewed Tanni G-T about the Para's as they have coverage on 5 live, so they've plugged it a bit!

The Paralympic movement has it's own flame and it's own torch relay from 24th to 29th August. The torch is lit at Stoke Mandeville Stadium (birthplace of the Paralympic movement) on 24th before making it's way to the stadium to meet with flames from Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast to light the Paralympic Torch!

Missed the first bit, thanks for the info. I was discussing it with Kaitllin and she said "maybe they start it at Stoke Mandeville instead of Olympia" I should know by now to listen to the females in our house irrespective of age!!!
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
Apparently I have been a good boy this year, arrived home to find two mahoosive boxes from those lovely people at Babolat, not to mention a couple of pairs of 4.3's and some T's from Nike! Not all rosy in the garden however, didn't get the Jess Ennis I ordered :-(
 

Aggro

Rookie
I don't think the boxes made it to you Ash. I think you need to call up Babolat a request another 2 boxes all in a Large Size . . . . . . .
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
I don't think the boxes made it to you Ash. I think you need to call up Babolat a request another 2 boxes all in a Large Size . . . . . . .

hmmm, if I went back to Bab with that it might sound a bit like one of those 100% risky free email transactions - "please send monies by western union to receive delivery of your shipment of racquets" :D
 

Aggro

Rookie
BAHHHHHHH just gonna have to send a very lovely email to babolat asking for free stuff. I'm sure that will go well!!

Coaching wise - Hopefully doing the u10 Performance Speciality course in September and October. Should be a good course.

Anyone know of any cheap accomodation in the Bromley Tennis Centre area ??

Thinking sleeping bag on a tennis court.
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
BAHHHHHHH just gonna have to send a very lovely email to babolat asking for free stuff. I'm sure that will go well!!

Coaching wise - Hopefully doing the u10 Performance Speciality course in September and October. Should be a good course.

Thought you had a Babolat deal anyway with your new job?

u10 course is good, but you should really be coming to do the Wheelchair Tennis CPD course on Sunday!!:D
 

Aggro

Rookie
Well i haven't got a sponsorship yet as i need to do stuff first. boo hiss boo. People are trying to get me stuff though.

I did see the course but at the moment it would serve no purpose for me. I would be good to go to eventually but would still like to do the referees and umpires course etc.

all money!!!
 

raging

Professional
^^^was going to order a Laura Trott instead, but it seems Jason Kenney got the last one

getting greedy...I ordered Victoria Pendleton but Scotty Gardner already got her...wife was not impressed, she thought she had got rid of me...
Babolat still owe me some stuff for camps so just send one of those big boxes my way...:twisted:
Address it to RAGING...they will find me!
 

Dave M

Hall of Fame
^^^Frightening how much smarter kids are than us isn't it! :D
Yes, K is just 7 and has been doing this to me since she started talking in sentances at a year and driving at 2, you'd think i'd be on the look out for it by now!
The babolat boxes sound exciting, I used to love theirs, there'd always be the stuff i ordered from them but weirdly they'd always be out of stock of something so would send a replacement, I remember one parcel should of had some tennis elbow braces and grips, they didn't have them at the time of posting so sent a cap and an ankle brace....Like a forerunner to asda home shopping experiance really!
BAHHHHHHH just gonna have to send a very lovely email to babolat asking for free stuff. I'm sure that will go well!!
Just send them a nice letter!I'm sure they'll love translating it into French before saying non.
In all seriousness though, do we not have a bab rep this way or is it all through shops now?
 

forthegame

Hall of Fame
getting greedy...I ordered Victoria Pendleton but Scotty Gardner already got her...wife was not impressed, she thought she had got rid of me...
Babolat still owe me some stuff for camps so just send one of those big boxes my way...:twisted:
Address it to RAGING...they will find me!

Hahahahaha!
 

forthegame

Hall of Fame
Guys, Murray to win the USO now that Rafa's out!

Wager, anyone?

PS: Before you part with hard earned cash, Rafa's the only one hard enough to withstand Muzza in a tough, important match. Fed and Djok have folded like cheap deck chairs lately.
 

mozzer

Hall of Fame
I think Murray defo has a chance! Olympics proved he can beat the best, very convincingly too! US seems to be one of his faves too!
 

Aggro

Rookie
Had to have a corticosteroid injection into my shoulder today. Aesthetic is wearing off and is now painful !!!

the result was my supraspinatus tendon was torn or something and needs to be repaired before i can play tennis again.

light exercise and physio on it for 6 weeks to strengthen the joint.
 
Had to have a corticosteroid injection into my shoulder today. Aesthetic is wearing off and is now painful !!!

the result was my supraspinatus tendon was torn or something and needs to be repaired before i can play tennis again.

light exercise and physio on it for 6 weeks to strengthen the joint.

Ouch.....can you still work carrying that?
 

Dave M

Hall of Fame
Ouch.....can you still work carrying that?

Just wondering the same thing? Hope it's feeling better soon.

i had one of those injections once, GP did it, longest needle i have ever seen and sadly she mised where she was aiming for the first couple of times, luckily my first serious tennis injury to my shoulder was when i was still at school so my vocabulary ddn't turn the air as blue as it would now!
 

Aggro

Rookie
I have to have a couple of days off coaching before i can return which is fine as there is a tournament this weekend.

Playing wise i have to wait a week and then start to increase exercises on it.
 

Aggro

Rookie
Wilson Quality Control - very impressed!

2 K Blades of identical weight and almost PERFECT balance. take note Babolat!
 
Had to make a save - thread nearly dropped off of the first page!

Cheers

Bloody hell.......!!

Trying a poly hybrid in the 95D again (poly mains this time-Kirschbaum Pro Line 2 with syn gut crosses, 52/55), hope I'm happy with it..........need to settle on a regular set up now I've settled on a frame.............:confused:
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
^^^I'm struggling to dial in a string on the Storm Tours i've now got. I was on gut/spin-x in my prestige's, but I thought i'd have a play about before I go back to that! On my second dalliance with RPM (the first time I used it, it was the 15L cut from Rafa's own reel no less) and I hated it, this is the 16 and strung at 52 it's way too baggy and I still don't like it! Will probably string up another at 55ish to see of that's any better, currently second bat is strung with RAB texflex at 58 and is playing quite nicely.

Haven't been unfaithful to my strings in a long time - it's kind of fun!!!

Cheers
 

raging

Professional
^^^I'm struggling to dial in a string on the Storm Tours i've now got. I was on gut/spin-x in my prestige's, but I thought i'd have a play about before I go back to that! On my second dalliance with RPM (the first time I used it, it was the 15L cut from Rafa's own reel no less) and I hated it, this is the 16 and strung at 52 it's way too baggy and I still don't like it! Will probably string up another at 55ish to see of that's any better, currently second bat is strung with RAB texflex at 58 and is playing quite nicely.

Haven't been unfaithful to my strings in a long time - it's kind of fun!!!

Cheers
Try XCEL at 56 or even 58, its obviously softer than RPM & holds tension better. RPM performs better in APDS or Aerostorms.
 
Bloody hell.......!!

Trying a poly hybrid in the 95D again (poly mains this time-Kirschbaum Pro Line 2 with syn gut crosses, 52/55), hope I'm happy with it..........need to settle on a regular set up now I've settled on a frame.............:confused:

So, had 3 sets with this set-up tonight. Played quite nicely, maybe a tad too tight but it will drop (first hit with it) and prob feel a bit better on Thursday. Will try full bed syn gut on the next restring and then make a decision........:confused:
 

Dave M

Hall of Fame
^^^I'm struggling to dial in a string on the Storm Tours i've now got. I was on gut/spin-x in my prestige's, but I thought i'd have a play about before I go back to that! On my second dalliance with RPM (the first time I used it, it was the 15L cut from Rafa's own reel no less) and I hated it, this is the 16 and strung at 52 it's way too baggy and I still don't like it! Will probably string up another at 55ish to see of that's any better, currently second bat is strung with RAB texflex at 58 and is playing quite nicely.

Haven't been unfaithful to my strings in a long time - it's kind of fun!!!

Cheers

I tried the pure storm a few times, in different versions over the years never quite got it feeling rght either but equally didn't give it much time.I always think it's the babolat i should like the most.
Unfaithful to strings! Good luck!
 

Ash_Smith

Legend
^^^The Texflex seems to have settled down nicely. I'm still going back to gut though, got a set of RPM knocking around still so might try a hybrid with that, other wise back to gut/spin-x for me.

being unfaithful is hard work! :D
 
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