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great pics sarah, i love the one with the ipod bk in the good old days. sadly the ipod is no more I know... stupid people banning them.. grggh. |
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the tournament directors banned iPods? that is the stupidest thing i have ever heard!
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the tournament directors banned iPods? that is the stupidest thing i have ever heard! Banned them on court.. Really is the stupidest thing ever. Andys Ipod was great too, the U2 edition wasn't it? |
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i dunno... he said it helped him play better. y would they even do that? there's no reason for it
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I can't remember the reason. I always take my ipod with me before I play a match, gets you in the zone lol
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Apparently it can be intimidating to the opponent or something like that.....  |
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And court etiquette - lack of respect for your opponent?
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so what do they want me to do? because i respect my oponent i should listen to his every breath or something?
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lol. i heard if you have it on too loud it can distract your opponent and throw off their concentration- like in the way maria sharapova has been accused of grunting so loudly. i remember one man even said her grunts could be classed as cheating!
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its true. when she grunts so loudly it affects the other players hearing- not in a dangerous way or anything but you cant hear the ball bounce of your racquet strings or bounce. it can affect the way you hit the ball. i dont know if she does it on purpose but its a clever way of cheating if she does.
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I think some of her grunts are real, but cmon, no-one really grunts that loud.. its like 100 decibels or something. Theres got to be some cheating going on
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maria starts off soft but gets louder as she plays harder or as she gets more tired. he grunts only prevent the other player from hearing it off of her strings, nothing else.
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maria starts off soft but gets louder as she plays harder or as she gets more tired. he grunts only prevent the other player from hearing it off of her strings, nothing else. but if youre doing it on purpose so they cant here the bounce off the string, deliberately then itd be classed a cheating. i read somewhere that maria, at peak of her game shes louder than a lawnmower!!  |
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