; And the owners would make a killing . Not saying anyone should have to go , but if they had to go ,
I liked this post and I do , sure I read somewhere though that it does help ( the player obviously ) .
Yelling by tennis players (male and female) should be banned. They don't all do it, so it isn't essential, but it is annoying to everyone else. If they were fined, they would soon stop. I think it's a stupid fashionable thing, but totally unnecessary.
I`ve just been to the Bombay Sapphire gin distillery - it`s on the River Test. That ends up in Southampton, by the way.
Going way back, I remember Jimmy Connors used to do an almost apologetic grunt occasionally when serving during a long match, but that was about it. Now the blokes are grunting here and there, and the women are screaming their bloody heads off. No thanks.
According to the article below there are two benefits to grunting: 1) The grunting player hits the balls 4% harder without working significantly harder 2) The player at the other end doesn't react as quickly http://regressing.deadspin.com/why-do-tennis-players-grunt-because-it-works-1597557402 Deliberate grunting IS banned but how would you prove it?
Anyone, anything, that converts power into something else is more efficient if they/it are/is quieter. Bog standard physics tells us that. Psychological benefits to the hitter, I'll accept, but I'd ban them. It turns spectators off, and ultimately that'll stop it.
Good read LTL. I felt it started a little presumptive and certainly defeatist before opening up. I still have the last part to read too.
That's exactly the problem - and I don't see it changing. There were plans in the 70s I think to build out east of London with a fast rail link. Hindsight's easy, but this would have been a better plan. Can't see a 3rd runway being approved, therefore Heathrow will gradually decline - a bit like the British economy ........
England's men's hockey team beat Pakistan in the World League Championships to set up a semi against Australia and, more importantly, qualify for the Rio Olympics. The ladies team qualified for the Olympics a few weeks ago. I can remember a time we'd have stood no chance against Pakistan in hockey. With our concentration on football, we sometimes forget all these sportsmen and women doing their best elsewhere (often in difficult financial circumstances).
