who gives a crap about serve speeds?!!?
i hate to watch roddick play...brute strength, no grace.
Phil said:who gives a crap about serve speeds?!!?
i hate to watch roddick play...brute strength, no grace.
You spit out that word grace a lot these days. Why don't you drop tennis and start attending the ballet, you friggin girlie man, you.
sean orourke said:Aside from him probably having to contend with Neil Armstrong calling him on a footfault ("Mr. Roddick, that's one small step....."), I wonder what Andy Roddick or the ghost of Colin Dibley's M.P.H. "top-end" would be. .
@wright said:Wouldn't your toss just keep going up into oblivion?
LOLsean orourke said:Calling all eggheads!! Calling all eggheads!! What if Roddick were to serve a bomb in the rarified air at high altitudes? Take it a step further: what if Andy Delicadandy were on the moon (presumably at the SEA-OF-TRANQUILITY BEACH & TENNIS CLUB (which are known for their fast, albeit dusty courts) and he hit a big 1st serve? Aside from him probably having to contend with Neil Armstrong calling him on a footfault ("Mr. Roddick, that's one small step....."), I wonder what Andy Roddick or the ghost of Colin Dibley's M.P.H. "top-end" would be. Ok eggheads, "RUN" with your inertial and drag coefficients and ALL THINGS PHYSICS and get back with an answer. Thank you any and all TW-land Poindexters.
Actually radar guns are more accurate. So you should add 5-7 mph to older serves.Datacipher said:Roddick isn't hitting any faster than when he was going in the low 140's. The new speed guns are registering higher speeds for everyone. Take the speed you get now, subtract around 5-7mph, and you get what the old radar would have recorded...
Tennis Guy said:[Actually radar guns are more accurate. So you should add 5-7 mph to older serves.
Camilio Pascual said:No way he'll make 170mph with the same equipment. He'd have to transmit ~ 30% or more energy to the ball to go from 150 to 170. This would be more than expecting a 100mph pitcher to throw a ball 110mph, which require ~21% more energy. We've had 100+ mph pitchers since at least the time of Bob Feller, we've had no 110 mph pitchers ever. I'd bet $10,000 it won't happen in the next 10 years. I'd make it 20 years, but I'm afraid I'll be dribbling my soup into my bib by that time and won't be able to enjoy the money. Hmmm, I could dribble caviar, I guess.
Actually toss height in TABLE TENNIS has nothing to do with the pace.FalconX said:maybe someone knows about this...I can't hit hard at all so I don't know...but in pingpong when you wanna generate more pace on your serve you toss the ball real high...I was wondering what would happen if roddick was able to serve from a really high ball toss cuz the one he currently uses is very short?
Oh, and probably should use pressureless balls, normal balls might just explode when you open the can lol!
Jonnyf said:Type on Google images andy roddicks serve and there will be a pic dat takes you through his 149 mph and it talks bout him bein 1 of da only players to move da parts of his body in unison which adds alot of power honestly check
Dedans Penthouse said:170 M.P.H.?? Hmmm....maybe he'll do it at Talladega but I don't think he will at the U.S. Open (heavy, humid air), unless some "out of left field" technology comes into play, i.e. a racquet that ACTUALLY does enhance BOTH power AND CONTROL (not to be confused with the 1,274 racquets that are presently being marketed as frames that improve BOTH your power AND your control).
Calling all eggheads!! Calling all eggheads!! What if Roddick were to serve a bomb in the rarified air at high altitudes? Take it a step further: what if Andy Delicadandy were on the moon (presumably at the SEA-OF-TRANQUILITY BEACH & TENNIS CLUB (which are known for their fast, albeit dusty courts) and he hit a big 1st serve? Aside from him probably having to contend with Neil Armstrong calling him on a footfault ("Mr. Roddick, that's one small step....."), I wonder what Andy Roddick or the ghost of Colin Dibley's M.P.H. "top-end" would be. Ok eggheads, "RUN" with your inertial and drag coefficients and ALL THINGS PHYSICS and get back with an answer. Thank you any and all TW-land Poindexters.