Can Carpet courts make a comeback?

[I.Haychew]

We have rebound ace in our bathroom.

We have deco-turd.
EDIT: Deco-turf

 

[Andy22]

If they bring back carpet courts they need to play slow, so its fair for Nadal, thiem.

 

[I.Haychew]

If they bring back carpet courts they need to play slow, so its fair for Nadal, thiem.

Sincere question...How would carpet courts be made to play slow?

 

[Andy22]

Sincere question...How would carpet courts be made to play slow?

How would I know that's before my time but if they can not do that then OK fair enough.

 

[I.Haychew]

Were carpet tennis courts "astro-turf" courts, like the baseball and football artificial turf fields in the 1980s? Or were they something different?

 

[mrzz]

You guys are aware that there is actually a current tournament on carpet, right?

 

[Horsa]

Bad idea says the person whose favorite player has a 2-6 record on carpet and minimal experience because he avoided carpet after after 2004 - even though it didn't go away completely until 2007. Whereas as a Federer fan, I can say, "Meh...why not give it a shot?" because he's got a 50-19 record on carpet...and most of those losses came very early in his career.

I guess he was floored by carpet & needed a more rugged surface then. Lol.

 

[Horsa]

If my bathroom floor were grass, in no time at all, little flowers would start growing, too. It would look and smell lovely. Your grass would be, as you say, worn down from over-use, and covered in reading material. That's the difference between men and women. :heart::lulz2:

How nice! You'd have it coming up smelling of roses then. Lol. I prefer carrots & strawberries to flowers though I love daffodils. Books are in every room except the bathroom in our house because I look after them. I don't know. I've known some men who are more house-proud than some women I know.

 

[Horsa]

I'd rather have carpet in my bathroom than either clay or grass. Maybe there should be some ATP events on tile and/or linoleum.

Tile & lino would be too slippy. What next? Marble or polished granite?

 

[Horsa]

Maybe not ice, but playing on, and surrounded by, mirrored glass, like that crazy carnival funhouse distorted mirrored glass, could be interesting.

They'd soon get shattered & it'd be too sharp (like your joke). Lol.

 

[Moxie]

Sincere question...How would carpet courts be made to play slow?

Were carpet tennis courts "astro-turf" courts, like the baseball and football artificial turf fields in the 1980s? Or were they something different?

There is a useful entry for carpet courts on Wikipedia. One type sounds a bit like astro-turf. All mentions of it note that is fastest after grass, so it doesn't sound like it can be slowed down.

 

[I.Haychew]

^ Thanks for that, Moxie.

 

[I.Haychew]

Tile & lino would be too slippy. What next? Marble or polished granite?

How 'bout hardwood?...like basketball courts.

 

[Horsa]

How 'bout hardwood?...like basketball courts.

Good idea!

 

[Moxie]

How 'bout hardwood?...like basketball courts.

You may as well put them on ice skates.

 

[I.Haychew]

You may as well put them on ice skates.

No way! If the courts are kept clean and if you wear good shoes, basketball courts provide great traction. That said, I'd be more worried about injuries due to "sticking" than I'd be worried about sliding/lack of traction. Watch an NBA/NCAA basketball game and listen to the constant "chirping" of the sneakers...excellent traction.

 

[Moxie]

No way! If the courts are kept clean and if you wear good shoes, basketball courts provide great traction. That said, I'd be more worried about injuries due to "sticking" than I'd be worried about sliding/lack of traction. Watch an NBA/NCAA basketball game and listen to the constant "chirping" of the sneakers...excellent traction.

You'd have to cover the ball in velcro and superglue to keep it out of the cheap seats.

 

[I.Haychew]

You'd have to cover the ball in velcro and superglue to keep it out of the cheap seats.

I'm guessing that the ball would stay fairly low. Slices may not get above ankle level.

 

[Moxie]

I'm guessing that the ball would stay fairly low. Slices may not get above ankle level.

Tennis as "curling," then.

 

[I.Haychew]

Tennis as "curling," then.

Tennis balls with no felt/fuzz cover could slow it down a bit. By the way...I'm just kidding about the whole "hardwood courts" thing. It'd be a terrible idea.