Rant about some mofo wanting to change my forehand stroke...

[StringSnapper]

So after like 5 hours of tennis today, this guy wanted to rally some with me.
It was a good session... I got my 1H back hand stroke good vs his flat balls yay (this year I'm gonna work on 1hbh no slicing loll)

Anyway, after the session, he's like "your forehand is big and loopy, you should consider a more compact stroke for returning fast balls". He starts to show me Federer's stroke, and tells me that he has Fed's stroke.

Now to protect my own stroke that I'm working on, I go to tell him that he doesn't have Fed's stroke, and that my stroke is fine, and that I understand what I'm doing. We argue for about 15mins, about staying loose, wrist pronation, etc... which he doesn't have a clue about. Whatever.

At the end, I tell him that he's wrong to try to change my stroke, or anyone's for that matter. And he tried to deny it, blah blah, probably pissed I out rallied him or something, or that I helped him with his backhand because he was off balance, but he still wanted to be the know-it-all... who the **** knows.

Now I'm 30, looks like 23, and he's like 40ish. **** off man, I just wanna have fun, I'm not gonna listen to just anybody about stroke mechanics and let it all get into my head, (which is starting to).

Thx TT for reading.
tl;dr I wanna ****ing punch this guy lol.

Lmao dont you love people who give out unasked for advice, then when you dont appreciate it they get all offended and argumentative

 

[heninfan99]

Lmao dont you love people who give out unasked for advice, then when you dont appreciate it they get all offended and argumentative

I'm pretty sure tennis has the most know-it-alls of any sport. We congregate in parks & forums.

 

[StringSnapper]

I'm pretty sure tennis has the most know-it-alls of any sport. We congregate in parks & forums.

Lol at least being a know it all isnt as bad as a butthurt know it all when your advice isn't appreciated

Ive noticed a lot of engineers and introverts play tennis actually. We're a bunch of weirdos