There's a difference between natural tennis talent and the ability to maximize the use of modern equipment. Tennis should be about natural tennis ability and not your ability to maximize the use of modern equipment. Just like swimming should be about your natural swimming ability and not your ability to maximize the use of a high-tech swimsuit. The International Swimming Federation agrees and have now banned those high-tech swimsuits.
Hello? That's the problem. They shouldn't have access to it. No one should.
ok..now you're just being silly. This thread is now about ostriches
There was a lot more to tennis than moonballing during the wood era. Players hit with topspin, just not the ridiculous amounts which makes the ball drop in at the last second as you get with poly strings and lightweight, big-headed, stiff graphite racquets. Players also hit with slice, underspin, flat, all kinds of variety. They also served and volleyed a lot. There was a lot more strategy and point construction in the game than just mindlessly hitting big topspin shots from the baseline all day long until your opponent misses one like we have today.
Yeah, but Shumacher was still driving a car and not one of these:I want to believe that OP was extremely bored when he started this discussion. It is surreal how unnecessary and meaningless this topic is.
Maybe Schumacher should have driven this since he was using new technologies better than all other guys?
Is a Formula One car the same as a NASCAR Stock Car? No? Do you think that's why they race in different events? That's my point!
Yes, she did, because the rules currently allow the use of modern equipment, just like the rules in the 2008 Beijing Olympics allowed the use of high-tech swimsuits. The International Swimming Federation has since wised up and now bans those swimsuits because it became a race of who's got the better swimsuit and less who's got the better strokes. The International Tennis Federation should wise up as well.
Yes, it could. Ever wonder why everyone, including all the experts, say that Federer has more natural talent than Nadal?
Have you ever played with a T-2000 or an Arthur Ashe Comp? They played worse than most wood racquets. That's why most people, including almost all pros, stayed with using wood racquets even though those racquets were on the market for a long time. Those racquets were not light weight, didn't have big heads (they were about the same size as wood), and they didn't use poly strings.
The BLX90 and K90 are based on the PS 6.0 85 from 30 years ago and use the same technology. They play nearly the sameIf Fed's racket is based on 30year old technology why did Wilson take about 2 years to develop it especially for Fed if the 'old' 30 year old technology was already developed? :-?
If New technology was banned we'd have to watch Fed struggle to play 2 good matches in a row like he used to with his old 85" racket before he upgraded to his custom designed new technology racket and modern strings. There's enough shanking now as it is without reverting back to old technology.
That is true. That's why I said everyone should be using wood, which evens out the playing field.
That's a good thing. People shouldn't be forced to hit every high-bouncing topspin ball from over their heads. That's why the best up-and-coming pros are mostly like 6' 4" and taller, so they can hit those high-bouncing topspin balls. Pretty soon tennis is going to look like the NBA and short people will have to find another sport to play. Is that what people want tennis to become?
Air conditioning doesn't help a race car driver win races.
I use either a wood racquet or a K90. And I stay as far away from poly strings as I physically can.
Yes, they do. And all swimmers had access to the same high-tech swimsuits at the last Olympics - now they don't. All tennis players had access to spaghetti strings back in the late-70's - now they don't. Ask Vilas if he thinks they should have banned spaghetti strings.
If that were so easy to do, Federer would never lose to Nadal on clay.
