Racquetball - 2009 US Open - Kane vs Jose Rojas part-3

[TheRMNPhiker]

why do they take so long between serves?

[Davisfitnessblog]

wow these guys are really fit and so accurate with the ball / sarc off

[SwordLords1234]

@KapnKrunch10 That was the back wall dumbs. It was a lob serve from kane, rojas took a cut off over head, it hit the front wall, went cross court, hit the floor, then the left wall. then the back wall and kane took it off the back wall and put it cross court to the right, stuffing rojas causing him to skip the shot leading to kanas serve again.

[johnalcock88]

I just started playing Racquetball. and seeing Kane play is amazing!

[WildManSanti]

I agree with cheese its not how hard its all about control

[PupeDocta]

The worst possible thing you could do in rball is bounce the ball too many times before the serve...I HATE the fact that it's bounced continuously before each serve...just grab the ball...and HIT it!!!!!!

[SwordLords1234]

@PupeDocta Its a delay tactic to slow down the game to your speed (or speed it up) 1 bounce means you wanna keep tempo, and more than that means they wanna make sure its their speed. pros just bounce it many times to always make sure they know what they are gonna do. Don't be a noobie and comment on Pros videos.

[captainampersand]

I love it when he casually knocks it around on the walls, such amazing control

[rpk0725]

@cheeesefunnel dude ur an idiot, simple as tht. how much u can press has NOTHING to do with how hard u can hit the ball. how much do u thing can can press honestly? a body builder would lose at this game horribly. all those muscles are just for show and would only hinder ur movement. i can bench maybe 200 at most im 19 i weigh 180 ona heavy day, and i can hit it just as hard if nor harder than the bigger guys i lay opens against. also, learn correct english please.

[cheeesefunnel]

@rpk0725

I can win at you! you cant hit any pass shots hard and your serve is not super sonic like mine! I would hit the ball past you hard and you woulds not be able to chase it down..and my roof shots would make you jump high and miss!! I can be the winner at you bring its on JOKER!!

[pimpmmplayboy]

@marinawha I think that the ppl boo'd cause the hispanic player called a screen. but i'm not sure.

[CarnivalNights]

I want to get into racquetball with my friend since our gym has three racquetball courts. Where do I start? I'm on a really small budget as well.

[pimpmmplayboy]

@CarnivalNights You can usually buy a starter set for 20 bucks at sports authorirty. That'll get you start. and get googles. 10 bucks

[NewToTheLyte]

I hate playing on a double glass wall

[leestitzel]

@cheeesefunnel When I read this comment I genuinely thought that you had to be joking. No can be this dumb.

[phunkblister]

the the dude who lost is a moron, he never changed his strategy, instead of taking those lobs back up he kept smashing them, kane i think just kept serving them up.

[ManMingLam]

Why does he have to jump for?? seems like it's better if you don't........

[smccoy311281]

6:28 jose has one of the best shots of the whole match. Perfect early racquet prep like jose does and just rolls it out. Gorgeous

[65Hog]

one person plays tennis



[BehindTheLight99]

@axiomish squash is nothing compared to racquetball....gtfo

[5339751Pet]

I want to learn how to play this but it look haaaaaaarrrddddd :(

[stigmatic79]

@5339751Pet Think of it as like tennis except with a wall there...if u hit it past that wall and the other person misses its a point." i think "

[5339751Pet]

@stigmatic79 I gotta start practicing, gotta start............

[Fernandez218]

@stigmatic79 u have to get the ball before the second bounce and hit it to the front wall. simple.

[5339751Pet]

Where was this?

[Penguillacious]

I'm trying to figure out why he doesn't send Kane's serves off the bottom of the wall.

[Fernandez218]

@Penguillacious 'cause Kane knows that his serve won't come off the back wall. those types of serves, essentially, die in the back court with no room for any decent shots.

[Penguillacious]

@Fernandez218 I'm watching it, and it looks like Rojas just isn't waiting on Kane's serve. He's hitting it before it comes off the side wall. Look at 2:09. It looks like he's not letting the ball fall. It's tough to tell because of the angle though. Also, rojas serves are mostly really stupid. Look at 3:11. Kane would most likely usually put that away. They shoot off the back or side wall, and if any good player waits on them they're gonna roll it out.

[Fernandez218]

@Penguillacious i'm gonna have to give a pro credit where it's due and say that Rojas is definitely not stupid. You have to stay at the encroachment line and wait for the ball to cross when y ou deal with Kane's lob serves, which is what ROjas is doing. He wants to get the ball before it bounces to far up where he won't be able to deal with the serve.

And about Rojas' serves. he changes it up; he's just not unpredictable enough for Kane.

[Fernandez218]

@Penguillacious and if you look at 2:09 --- Rojas has to take that shot -- he's forced to. If he doesn't then the ball dies into the back wall and he has NO shot. Kane knows lob serves are about eliminating offensive shots and he takes advantage of that right after Rojas returns his lob in the wrong way by killing the shot with a pinch in the left corner.

[drjesus616]

at 4:50, the ref was right in the call, it wasnt a hindrance, jose choose wrong, and kane was there ... it only looks like a hindrance because of jose's mistake

[xguitarmanxx]

i went to my ymca to play racquetball and rojas was there for some racquetball demo. i had no idea who he was and i asked if he was done with the court and he said that he had a little bit of time left. then he asked if i wanted to play. and someone told me who he was and i was like ummmmmm thats for offering but no thanks lol

i just started playing last month

[Trashjack101]

Way better at this than I'll ever be.

[alebarmu]

SO BORING

[birchtreeful]

good sport untill u get hit in the face lol

[HarajukuGirl99]

I was at Sports Authority and noticed some Racquetball equipment and I had no idea what it was and what kind of sport it was since I've never heard of a sport. Seeing proffessionals play seems fascinating, but I don't understand the concept and all. Hehe.

[Fupper16]

KANE is INSANE!

[AlexSquash]

Serve the ball whenever bro... take your time, you look like you're in a hurrry

[steveike1]

then go watch squash on u-tube!! when your opinion counts for anything, "ILL LET YOU KNOW" we like racquetball. IS THAT OK WITH YOU??

[Fernandez218]

4:50 was the worst call from a player i've seen. the ball died at the back so there was NO way he was getting that off the back wall. i think we can forgive Rojas though since it was a crazy match.

[racquetballfreak18]

@Fernandez218 - wouldn't say it's the worst but probably up there, if you want to see the worst call, watch the kane video where he laughs at the ref, aka US open 2005

[Fernandez218]

@racquetballfreak18 yeah i know. he says it approached the encroachment line. that was a close call. it could've gone either way for Kane.

it was the fact that here the crowd went on with Jose and started boo'ing that made it lame.

[CaliforniaCarl]

I don't understand the rules one bit it looks so confusing the balls bouncing like 5 times before they hit it how is that hard?

[nm1187]

@CaliforniaCarl The ball can only bounce one time on the floor before being returned to the front wall. The ball can travel off any number of walls as long as it does not bounce two times before hitting the front wall.

So, obviously the ball isn't bouncing 5 times before they hit it... The game is fast, maybe too fast for you apparently.

[sc841]

Racquetball = A poor man's Squash.

[smccoy311281]

KANE IS GOD OF RACQUETBALL! this is actually a fact

[1Pelito1]

@XXXbezzaXXX what about the 10 sec ritual before the serve... lame. Give me Squash anyday

[marcmgm]

@XXXbezzaXXX Obviously you don't know racquetball.

[airbuscpt]

Jose just went to the well to many times, he should have mixed the serves to Kanes backhand with some Z serves.

[smellychit]

Jose needs to work on his drive serves. every one of his serves were off the back wall for Kane. i noticed that he comes up as he hits it instead of staying down on the ball

[armatold]

@smellychit no really, Jose hits pretty good drives, i think in this case he was concerned about short serving.

[komo22]

Kane won in 3 games. The first game was so close but the 2nd and 3rd games weren't close.

[krummy54]

3:12 perfect back hand.

[xmm2006mm2006x]

tbdoughty ...Can you post part 2 please?

[5960kirby]

@xmm2006mm2006x go to racquetballonline.tv make an account for free and you can see this whole match

[555Guty]

where can I get the complete video of us open 2009 of racquetball???????

[Barriolaclemencia]

WHo won?

An where was this AT?

He's in Santo Domingo at this time playing (Jose)

[tbdoughty]

@Barriolaclemencia this was recorded in Memphis Tenn, USA.

[supporttools]

6:03 was insane! Kane is so good he knew exactly what kind of hit Rojas was going for before he even took the shot. He was right there to put it away. Amazing Kane!