Uncle Toni Admits to On Court Coaching

[ClayDeath]

some great discussion here folks. keep it coming.


I am not sure anything gets through the thick skull of the mighty clay warrior anyway.


and to be brutally honest, its a damn shame that they done allow coaching in this sport. it would mean a better product.


every other sport on this planet and on all other planets has coaching except for tennis. that is messed up.

why do they have it in davis cup?

 

[Ricardo]

some great discussion here folks. keep it coming.


I am not sure anything gets through the thick skull of the mighty clay warrior anyway.


and to be brutally honest, its a damn shame that they done allow coaching in this sport. it would mean a better product.


every other sport on this planet and on all other planets has coaching except for tennis. that is messed up.

why do they have it in davis cup?

every other sport? you sure ? :laydownlaughing

perhaps it's meant to be a sport where you are totally on your own out there, you not only play it but you need to think all by yourself..... that's the way its always been, let's say it's a tradition.

It's simply not allowed and until the rule changes, people who have argued and made excuses for this are simply bad sports.

 

[Riotbeard]

Mastoor - even you can't deny that Novak isn't exactly a rapid-serve kinda guy. when you're referencing the past for Rafa, you'll also want to admit that Novak In The Past has been every bit as bad. he kind of reined it on the bounces by now, and tries a little harder to play by the rules, it seems.

if you'd really want to go to counting seconds, or if you just want to know what prompted me to even bring it up: here you go, djokovic serving as he's up 4-2. he takes
30 secs at 0-30,
35 secs (plus 10 between 1st and 2nd srv) at 15-40.
another 30 (+ 14 between 1st/2nd) at 30-40.
30 seconds at deuce #1.
30 seconds at deuce #2 (after a return winner).
then about 35 seconds at break point (Novak fell on the point before, but i also start counting very late to partially make up for it).

now, we don't even have to resort to the (too short) ITF regulations, even under ATP that would be a little too much. also, you might notice that as soon as Novak starts the bounceroo, the crowd goes rather silent immediately each time.
btw, not denying that Rafa isn't guilty of that as well, and not debating whether or not it's a good rule in the first place. just found it odd that a Novak aficionado would even bring up the issue, and felt like commenting on it because i'd recently been watching the tapes.

When you're right, you're right. I wish Novak would hurry up too. It really annoys me, because it bothers me when Nadal does it as well (not the bouncing just taking for ever), so I feel hypocritical complaining about when he does it, and I probably don't bring it up much with novak, but you can't deny it.

What bothers me most is when returners don't respect the server's pace and get up to the line quickly.