Court Etiquette

[pzrfxr]

When your opponent makes a goof such as a miss-hit or poor lob that provides you with a give me putt away, is it proper etiquette for the opponent to make an “all no” type of gesture while the before you have made the putt away shot. It is annoying but I guess it is OK. It is kind of like a pitcher who just let go of a curve ball that he knows is not going to break – and you the batter hears him say (to himself) “all no”.

 

[Perfect]

It doesn't break any rules, I wouldn't mind it.

 

[Bungalo Bill]

When your opponent makes a goof such as a miss-hit or poor lob that provides you with a give me putt away, is it proper etiquette for the opponent to make an “all no” type of gesture while the before you have made the putt away shot. It is annoying but I guess it is OK. It is kind of like a pitcher who just let go of a curve ball that he knows is not going to break – and you the batter hears him say (to himself) “all no”.

It isnt good etiquette. But you shouldnt let it disturb you either. If it happens often I would say something. If he doesn't listen and does it again, then he is doing it on purpose. Send a warning shot with the next short ball you get - provided this is competitive play.

 

[equinox]

I'm for knockout ****. Should shut him up.

 

[equinox]

weird censor words. lol

 

[Boris]

I find all the "oooh" and "geeeez" after mishits quite annoying, and occasionally they do make me fail my putaway shot, but I always thought it was not done on purpose. In competitive play I assume the opponent has to know this is not correct, so I would probably warn him that I was affected by his behavior. If he does it a lot of times he is mishitting a lot of balls, so this shouldn't be a big issue...

 

[Bungalo Bill]

I find all the "oooh" and "geeeez" after mishits quite annoying, and occasionally they do make me fail my putaway shot, but I always thought it was not done on purpose. In competitive play I assume the opponent has to know this is not correct, so I would probably warn him that I was affected by his behavior. If he does it a lot of times he is mishitting a lot of balls, so this shouldn't be a big issue...

Guess you would have not like playing Sarapova and S. Williams? LOL

My youngest daughter asked me from across the room "who's fighting". lol

All that yelling and grunting...what a joke.

 

[Boris]

Guess you would have not like playing Sarapova and S. Williams? LOL

My youngest daughter asked me from across the room "who's fighting". lol

All that yelling and grunting...what a joke.

BB, they'd just drive me crazy! Kidding aside, what annoys me is not the continuous grunting, which I can somewhat get used to, but the occasional loud scream of anger before the point is over

 

[Phil]

I've done it myself-when popping a ball up or hitting an easy sitter, on occasion. It just seems to come out..."Oh Sh**" or just a groan. Totally unintentional, and if my opponent, for some reason misses, I'll ask him if my noise hindered him in any way-I can't remember anyone ever saying that it did. On the other side of the ball, I actually enjoy hearing it as I'm about to crush an overhead into my opponent's court. Even better, in doubles, is the peripheral sound, as I set up to hit, of the quickly retreating footsteps of my opponents as they scamper back toward the baseline in fear of their lives!

 

[Bungalo Bill]

BB, they'd just drive me crazy! Kidding aside, what annoys me is not the continuous grunting, which I can somewhat get used to, but the occasional loud scream of anger before the point is over

I agree with Phil about asking if my occasional outbursts when I flub up an easy ball bothers my opponent. I also have never heard someone say it does.

But the constant loud grunting on every shot is not necessary. It is something someone thought they needed and got used to doing it.

The constant loud grunting and screams do bother me when I am playing on the next court though. The grunting topic has beeb heavily debated here at TW over the years.