Sunday, December 2, 2012
Don't have a title for this one. Not very creative at night.
Look at me and my tennis videos! Gawd, I'm such a nerd. Anyway, time to move past that. Reasons I have chosen this video. To be honest, I don't know. It's not to different from any other tennis videos out on the tube. Although I've got to say, the angle whoever shot this uses is really quite lovely. Big tennis matches are always broadcast from this nasty bird's eye view that makes the court look too long, and subsequently shots look off somehow. I'm really quite picky you know. I try not to be. My mommy says it's why nobody likes me. After watching this a few times, I start to realize why I can't hit the ball like Roger Federer. That's pretty obvious I guess. I'm not Roger Federer. I guess what I meant to say was that I realize why I can't hit the ball in the manner that he does. Firstly, I have a stroke that's largely reminiscent of Nadal's. You know that sort of buggie whip type over the head thing that gets a lot of spin. Without all the grunting and butt picking of course. I've got to say it's pretty funny to watch your opponent line up for a big shot just to have the ball whizz past their head. Ah, the feeling. Federer's stroke is a lot flatter you see. He still gets a hella lot of wrist into his shots mind you, but the way he does it is a lot more graceful. Just the way he's hitting in the video is probably enough to win a match against me. It's been said over and over again during match commentary that he makes the game look so easy. Because that's the truth! He comes up with these amazing shots without breaking a sweat. It really doesn't look like he puts much effort into anything. Then you have players like Nadal and Djokovic who probably aren't going to have very long runs due to repeated injuries and such. I mean Federer's 31 and he's still winning grand slams. That's pretty damn impressive. There are players like Andy Roddick who've retired at the same age as him and haven't won a fraction of the tournaments he has. So yeah, he's a pretty impressive guy. Gee, look at the time. Thanks for tuning in. Next time I talk about garage sales.
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