With no matches to follow, do you feel bored in the off-season?

[TennisAficionado]

With following tennis matches having become an important part of my life, I find I am feeling bored in the off-season.

Do any of you have a similar experience?

It seems that by following the great matches of the great players, part of their energy, determination, and enthusiasm, as well as the drama of the matches rub off on us. In the off-season, with that source of stimulation and energy having come to a sudden stop, we feel that something is lacking.

There remains the problem of what to replace it with? And can anything else replace it, create the same energy, the same stimulation and enthusiasm?

Here are some possible hobbies:

1) Watching films.

2) Engaging in sports oneself:

a) Playing tennis: Unfortunately I don't have any consistent tennis partner.

b) I ride my bicycle. But you can't do that all the time, and it becomes boring when you have no place to go to.

c) Playing chess.

3) Spending time with friends.


What hobbies do you turn to in the tennis off-season? In your experience what activity creates the same enthusiasm and energy and suspense as watching tennis matches, and can therefore serve as a great replacement to watching tennis in the off-season? What other activities appeal to the "tennis brain"?

 

[ollinger]

Quite the opposite, pro tennis has become so monotonous and mind-numbing with the "pong" baseline game that I feel like I come alive in December, watching more movies and getting out to some galleries and stage performances. Why don't I watch less tennis the rest of the year, you ask? I do, lately. Even the early rounds of the slams seem tedious now.

 

[tacou]

Cool man. Yes, I am very much looking forward to the Australian season getting underway. In the mean time..
http://vault.australianopentv.com/

 

[jelle v]

Cool man. Yes, I am very much looking forward to the Australian season getting underway. In the mean time..
http://vault.australianopentv.com/

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Instantly addicted to that site.. added to my favorites.

As for the topic:

I do find the off-season to be a little too long for my liking. I play tennis mysef and I train once a week. I also visit the cinemas very frequently (about 5 times a month, sometimes more) and of course there is the social life. But I do find myself missing tennis at the moment.. :-(

 

[Kobble]

Quite the opposite, pro tennis has become so monotonous and mind-numbing with the "pong" baseline game that I feel like I come alive in December, watching more movies and getting out to some galleries and stage performances. Why don't I watch less tennis the rest of the year, you ask? I do, lately. Even the early rounds of the slams seem tedious now.

Agree. I rarely watch the tour. This year I went to the Orange Bowl. Was more interesting with the Tiafoe hype and watching the wild score lines. Got my fix of hype, errors, chokes and comebacks. That used to be what the French Open was for.

 

[v-verb]

Cool man. Yes, I am very much looking forward to the Australian season getting underway. In the mean time..
http://vault.australianopentv.com/

Thanks! Added to my faves too!

 

[Team10]

With following tennis matches having become an important part of my life, I find I am feeling bored in the off-season.

Do any of you have a similar experience?

It seems that by following the great matches of the great players, part of their energy, determination, and enthusiasm, as well as the drama of the matches rub off on us. In the off-season, with that source of stimulation and energy having come to a sudden stop, we feel that something is lacking.

There remains the problem of what to replace it with? And can anything else replace it, create the same energy, the same stimulation and enthusiasm?

Here are some possible hobbies:

1) Watching films.

2) Engaging in sports oneself:

a) Playing tennis: Unfortunately I don't have any consistent tennis partner.

b) I ride my bicycle. But you can't do that all the time, and it becomes boring when you have no place to go to.

c) Playing chess.

3) Spending time with friends.


What hobbies do you turn to in the tennis off-season? In your experience what activity creates the same enthusiasm and energy and suspense as watching tennis matches, and can therefore serve as a great replacement to watching tennis in the off-season? What other activities appeal to the "tennis brain"?

I just hangout with my friends, girlfriend, family ect. Mostly during the off-season I play tennis indoors (outdoors if the weather is good), and mainly I workout a lot because in NJ it's cold as f*** and snowing often so a lot of times I can't play tennis outdoors and don't wanna spend too much money for indoor tennis.

I actually kind of like the off-season tbh, with tennis all year long it's nice to have a break and spend time with people. I mean it's not like I didn't do that before but I'm just listing stuff I do now pretty much haha.

 

[NEW_BORN]

No, i just watch other sports

 

[HRB]

Besides the obvious of work, family, friends, workouts, and some expensive indoor tennis...my viewing options are:

Tail end of NFL, NCAA Hoop, NBA Hoop, NCAA Woman's Volleyball, a few good and nerdy history documentaries I haven't seen...and then I blink and it's the first Aussie Warm-up's!

Off Season? Hilarious...6-7 weeks...back on tour!

 

[marc45]

Agree. I rarely watch the tour. This year I went to the Orange Bowl. Was more interesting with the Tiafoe hype and watching the wild score lines. Got my fix of hype, errors, chokes and comebacks. That used to be what the French Open was for.

so what did you make of Tiafoe?...I started a thread on him today

 

[beast of mallorca]

Cool man. Yes, I am very much looking forward to the Australian season getting underway. In the mean time..
http://vault.australianopentv.com/

Thanks! Added to my faves too!

tHANKS. Me too

 

[RNadal]

Yeah I'm missing it already. In the meantime I try to watch some football and NFL, going to the gym, etc.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

No... I follow a zillion other sports.

 

[tlm]

With following tennis matches having become an important part of my life, I find I am feeling bored in the off-season.

Do any of you have a similar experience?

It seems that by following the great matches of the great players, part of their energy, determination, and enthusiasm, as well as the drama of the matches rub off on us. In the off-season, with that source of stimulation and energy having come to a sudden stop, we feel that something is lacking.

There remains the problem of what to replace it with? And can anything else replace it, create the same energy, the same stimulation and enthusiasm?

Here are some possible hobbies:

1) Watching films.

2) Engaging in sports oneself:

a) Playing tennis: Unfortunately I don't have any consistent tennis partner.

b) I ride my bicycle. But you can't do that all the time, and it becomes boring when you have no place to go to
c) Playing chess.

3) Spending time with friends.


What hobbies do you turn to in the tennis off-season? In your experience what activity creates the same enthusiasm and energy and suspense as watching tennis matches, and can therefore serve as a great replacement to watching tennis in the off-season? What other activities appeal to the "tennis brain"?

Of course not I have a life, like the Nike commercial says life is not a spectator sport. The season is to long already every sport needs a off season.

I play tennis 5 days a week, so I do not miss watching tennis I play it. Plus it is football season now.

 

[dlk]

When it comes to tennis, I'm more a player/socializer than follower of college or pros . But I do place viewing tennis high on my TV sport viewing activity.

 

[FreeBird]

In the off-season, I am like:

 

[beast of mallorca]

In the off-season, I am like:

hAHAHA, sweet..............:twisted:

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

To be honest, i really do.

But that's also because i bet on tennis for a living, that's not the main reason of course, i am bored because i love watching tennis. Any match, not only the top 10 I can enjoy a match between Benneteau and Donskoy.

 

[Kobble]

so what did you make of Tiafoe?...I started a thread on him today

He is pretty raw as player. He isn't like Donald Young. More like Monfils, but likes to get more crafty at times. Not as emotional as Monfils was at the same age. I liked watching him, he is a different kind of player. That might be what is throwing other guys off. He also doesn't fade in a match. He just sort of stays in there and does his thing. I also don't think anyone has a clear plan of beating him yet.

 

[augustobt]

I keep on playing twice a week and the european football has some awesome leagues this season, specially the Premier League.

 

[Mainad]

If I can't watch it, I just come on here and talk about it! :wink: