Prefer real games and sport tbh. Into the quarter finals of my tennis tournament after winning tonight. Came back from a set down to win 2-1 (best of three)
Nice, well done mate Before my leg break I was heavily into squash and had some good games against randomers I like playing tennis but havent actually played for a while
Cheers man. I played squash a lot as a kid, played county level. Just getting back into it. I'm alright at tennis but quite erratic... from sublime to ridiculous most of the time. Big serve, big forehands, serviceable backhand and volleys. But error prone nonetheless. Much better squash player, would actually say I'm pretty good. The match tonight was a pleasing one to win as my opponent was throwing junk tennis at me for three sets... moonballs - all very high with little pace - extremely frustrating to play against if you hit proper strokes. Everything slice, even forehands. He was whinging like a right bitch after too, wanted to ask him if his bottom lip was about to start wobbling. Just say well played mate, good luck in the next one if you lose. Don't get butt hurt.
Dont whine, just make sure you turn that anger into winning the next point I feel a good game of squash is more taxing than tennis, both physically and skillfully
Absofrickinglutely. Especially in comparison to tennis doubles which people play a lot of at my club. I hate doubles. But even in comparison to singles it's much more of a work out. You come off a squash court drenched and spent if you play for a while properly against a similar level player. With tennis it's much less physical. It's a slower game and requires a different kind of focus/concentration. Squash is frenetic and all out. Tennis is prolonged and nervy at times.
Why da funk is squash not an olympic sport when they have some ridiculous ****e going off I may be wrong but its a commenwealth game but not proper Olympics?
It's in the commonwealths but the olympic committee have yet to deem it fit to be a proper sport. Crazy. Lots of good matches in the last CGs though but obviously limited amount of players. Nick Matthew played in the mens and Nicol David in the womens so two big names. They've made lots of improvements to how it looks for spectators too with coloured glass on all sides courts and the white ball they use now.
I've not been on much lately but I have no intention of changing that right now. I off to bed as I have a charity 11-a-side football tournament all day tomorrow (in honour of the lad of took his own life after experiences in the army) and then another tournament (7-a-side) on Sunday in which we are the reigning champions so really need to put up a good defence. Not good preparation playing a tournament the day before though
Why is squash not an Olympic sport... ... easy because the US doesn't play it and they contribute the sponsorship money. More likely to see racquetball before squash. Just like no rugby or cricket at Olympics but basketball is and baseball has been.
Interesting point. It's not played very much in the States is it? Squash players are some of, if not the most physically fit athletes around so it deserves to be in the Olympics on that basis. On the other side, ok I can see how maybe ten years ago when it was still quite difficult to watch from a spectators point of view they wouldn't let it in, but the PSA have done a lot of excellent work with top players to improve the appearance of the sport and promote it internationally. Lots of the top pros do publicity appearances alongside the big brands and the introduction of four sided glass courts was a massive step forward. It's frustrating over here because there are a lot of very good English and British players now and have been for the last decade or so, Nick Matthew, James Wilstrop, Peter Barker, Alan Clyne are some current ones. You don't see many Americans though, it's true, and there are none in the current mens top 50... the Canadian Jonathan Power is the closest I can think of and he's retired now. My favourite players are Matthew, Greg Gaultier (current world No 1), Thierry Lincou (recently retired) and Ramy Ashour. The other thing is its a really popular sport, if I go down to club night where I play there's always lots in ready for a game. So although it's a bit niche it's got huge participation levels. This doesn't seem to be reflected in the sport's overall profile.
James hunt was sound. Public schoolboy who made adverts for the workers' collective at Triumph in exchange for a Bonneville - which he didn't have a licence to ride!
Off for a haircut after Man U v Burnley. When was the last time you had a haircut and where do you go to get it done - barbers? salon? home visit?
Traditional barbers called Lads & Dads in Shrewsbury town centre. None of this poncy stuff. They did ask me if I wanted any "product" on my hair once my reply "Don't be silly, luv"
Followed by the sales pitch on the benefits of said 'product'. This really annoys me, I go to a barbers and even they've started pushing various potions on the gents in the chairs.
