Why Tennis is NOT Popular in America....... (school, education, federal)
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Girls (not sure of the age you must be to be a professional but I don't think you have to be an adult) can play tennis, professionally. The professional sports that are more popular as spectator sports -- football, baseball, ice hockey, boxing, basketball don't have a female professional component. Just an observation. Or how about this, any professional sport that doesn't require protective clothing...
Speaking from a spectator perspective, I think tennis is just as big of a snooze as golf. Maybe if you jumped over the net and tackled your opponent when they went for the ball or in golf, if you head butted your opponent and raced them to the next hole, I'd think differently.
Have you ever watched college softball? It is females, of course, and those really good pitchers can fling that big thing pretty hard. I would rather watch them play on TV any day than any professional baseball game.
Also, you appear to have failed to see that women play professional basketball in the summer. They aren't bad to watch since all of them can play more like men than high schoolers.
Girls (not sure of the age you must be to be a professional but I don't think you have to be an adult) can play tennis, professionally. The professional sports that are more popular as spectator sports -- football, baseball, ice hockey, boxing, basketball don't have a female professional component. Just an observation. Or how about this, any professional sport that doesn't require protective clothing...
Speaking from a spectator perspective, I think tennis is just as big of a snooze as golf. Maybe if you jumped over the net and tackled your opponent when they went for the ball or in golf, if you head butted your opponent and raced them to the next hole, I'd think differently.
I think you're overlooking a bunch of female sports. Many below are college sports and most go up to pro levels.
Pro Beach Volleyball has a big following and the women wear zero protective clothing.
Well the WNBA wouldn't be around if it weren't for the NBA funding it. As for the other sports you mentioned they aren't big spectator sports per say that would be up there with the football and basketball. Some colleges have a big fan following for womens basketball. Tennis is one of those sports if you've never played you probably don't even take a second look when it's on the tube. Golf too.
You don't know what the American past time is, do you? It is sure one of the sports you named off and because of professional teams playing so many games each season and drawing huge crowds just remains the pastime. Pick that one from the added on things you threw in with football.
One of the sports you mentioned requires even better conditioning than tennis, if it doesn't then I know one coach who is working the hell out of his players for no reason.
I think I may know what coach your talking about.
As for the other poster saying a 300lb person can sit there and watch football but you have to be in shape to watch tennis?? Do they have special seats that only fit people can sit in? If so some lawyers better be alerted. lol
As for the other poster saying a 300lb person can sit there and watch football but you have to be in shape to watch tennis?? Do they have special seats that only fit people can sit in? If so some lawyers better be alerted. lol
You sure do know which coach that is but I don't think many of the college basketball coaches don't have pretty superbly conditioned athletes. Most people fail to realize what kind of conditioning is needed for teams that play hard defense and run all the time.
I imagine that if you looked around there would be about as many 300 lb people sitting at professional matches as the percentage of them in the population.
You sure do know which coach that is but I don't think many of the college basketball coaches don't have pretty superbly conditioned athletes. Most people fail to realize what kind of conditioning is needed for teams that play hard defense and run all the time.
I imagine that if you looked around there would be about as many 300 lb people sitting at professional matches as the percentage of them in the population.
I think basketball you have to be in the best shape. Tennis folks get a breather after every point. Football folks get to go huddle after every ten or so second play. Baskeball your running up and down the court nonstop, moving, cutting, playing defense on your man. Of course they get a timeout once in a while but it's nonstop action when the clock is running. I think soccer players would be second in having to be in shape. They can take a breather if they play defense for example when the ball is on the other side but they are constantly running. I always wanted to play rugby myself but after checking into the rugby team at KU and seeing how big those sob's were my freshman year I wisely stuck with hoops.
To truly appreciate the skill involved, you need to play tennis yourself.
Then you'd realize just how difficult the shots are, and the skill level you need to reach to go up against top level players.
Pros are able to serve the ball at 120+ mph, and place it practically anywhere they want in their opponents court.
It's amazing how they can slam the ball, and put it within inches of the opponents service line, without going off court.
And if you ever played a truly experienced player, you'd realize how much of a mental game it is, as well as physical.
You are not just hitting the ball back anywhere, you are trying to put the ball into precise locations that the opponent cant get to.
You have to use the opponents weaknesses against them, such as if they have a weaker backhand, then you focus on hitting to their backhand.
You have to have incredible stamina and endurance to play tennis, because it is intensely physical, and matches can last several hours.
You also have to keep yourself in top physical condition to play at a pro-level, otherwise you end up with injuries, such as torn muscles, ligaments, etc.
So to call it boring means you really don't fully understand what is involved to play pro-level tennis.
I guess you should take your message to obese folks. Maybe start a campaign with Meechele about it??
She would advocate for an individual mandate - requiring everyone to play tennis for at least 2 hrs a week. She would say that it is neccesary for national security reasons.
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