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Post by bayernoatcake on May 8, 2021 22:35:02 GMT
Tennis players play in short 10 second burst of energy (aprt from the odd rally) and rarely need to run any long distances. They also don't have their opponents trying their best to nobble their feet, legs, knees, thighs and other body parts as an accepted part of the sport. Tennis players also have a number of periodic refreshment breaks between games and sets. I have no idea whatsoever of the physical requirements for top flight footballers, rugby players, cricketers, golfers. cyclists etc so how the hell would I|think I am in a position to have anything worthwhile to say about it? Bolloxxxxxxxx!!! 10 second bursts of energy???? You evidently don’t like tennis, never been near it, played it and automatically dismiss it. Tennis involves more constant footwork and movement for long swathes of play with constant consistent concentration. While sprinting to a sudden stop, twisting, adjusting, adapting and trying to analyse and over come a game strategy from your opponent. The fact that you’ve mentioned cricketers and golfers within the same realms of ‘sports fitness’ compared to football, rugby and tennis is dubious and then after all of that, then just signing off in saying that you are in ‘no position to say anything about it’... 🤔 I watched a programme that set some similar standard footballers, rugby players and cricketers athletic tests. The cricketers were the fittest by miles.
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Post by Gods on May 8, 2021 22:55:23 GMT
Yes, if you ever watch Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic trading blows on the clay in the suffocating heat in the French Open in Paris for the thick end of 5 hours having played every other day for a fortnight leading up to it you know what real fitness looks like! It makes pissing about on the grass for 90 minutes 3 times a fortnight with 22 other blokes look like a picnic. Tennis players play in short 10 second burst of energy (aprt from the odd rally) and rarely need to run any long distances. They also don't have their opponents trying their best to nobble their feet, legs, knees, thighs and other body parts as an accepted part of the sport. Tennis players also have a number of periodic refreshment breaks between games and sets. I have no idea whatsoever of the physical requirements for top flight footballers, rugby players, cricketers, golfers. cyclists etc so how the hell would I|think I am in a position to have anything worthwhile to say about it? Yes horses for courses isn't it. But I think for tennis 10 second rallies is a fast court thing like on the grass at Wimbledon, slower surfaces like clay and it's a bruising slug fest, last man standing is the winner. I would say rugby requires upper body strength in a way that football doesn't, well you only have to look at the build of rugby players compared to footballers to see that, they are what you might call real men. For all the talk that the modern golfer is ripped and primed I still can't quite take a sport seriously in which you can be successful competing in a V-neck diamante pullover and stay press trousers, But that and the scenery is really its beauty. Cricket I feel despite shortened more dynamic versions of the game is still in essence played by blacksmiths and publicans, big bottom and no bottom
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Post by potterburt on May 9, 2021 0:12:48 GMT
Bolloxxxxxxxx!!! 10 second bursts of energy???? You evidently don’t like tennis, never been near it, played it and automatically dismiss it. Tennis involves more constant footwork and movement for long swathes of play with constant consistent concentration. While sprinting to a sudden stop, twisting, adjusting, adapting and trying to analyse and over come a game strategy from your opponent. The fact that you’ve mentioned cricketers and golfers within the same realms of ‘sports fitness’ compared to football, rugby and tennis is dubious and then after all of that, then just signing off in saying that you are in ‘no position to say anything about it’... 🤔 I watched a programme that set some similar standard footballers, rugby players and cricketers athletic tests. The cricketers were the fittest by miles. Good for them.... and good for you for your comment..... errrr...
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