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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject: Shrieking Wimbledon Players |
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I don't normally watch Wimbledon, but I've made a bit of an effort this summer. Yesterday I had to turn over to find a match that didn't have women players, I was so fed up with all the shrieking every time they hit the ball. I don't mind the odd explosive grunt, and can even possibly understand that, but there was one woman yesterday who was practically cooing, long after the ball had left her racket. Are they trained to do this these days? What's it supposed to achieve? _________________ Minx
To err is human, to forgive - canine. |
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littlepieces
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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I agree and what is this using the towel after every shot?I wish Andy Murray all the best but can someone give him a personality? _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19372 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Must admit the shrieking annoys me. Can't see why they have to do it at all.
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Toggy
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 1239
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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I agree, it's bloody awful, I sometimes think they do it on purpose to try and put their opponent off.
To me it makes the women's game a turn off, I know the boys grunt sometimes but nowhere near as much as the girls. |
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FleetingEileenM
Joined: 30 Mar 2010 Posts: 5784 Location: Hampshire
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:51 am Post subject: |
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All this shrieking is not necessary to make good shots and should be stamped out at an early stage of their coaching.
Did you see the match between Sharapova and Laura Robson? Shara is one of the worst culprits and Laura played splendid tennis, gave Shara a real shock in the first set by leading 3-0 and uttered not a sound.
So it can be done. |
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