Real Tennis - Doubles Eadle/Sayers v Smith/Ronaldson

[BigDuke6ixx]

I applied to the Royal Tennis Club for membership, but they told me to fuck off. Apparently you need to be proposed by two existing members. Must be their way of keeping their club elitist.

[T45L]

Lawn tennis is bigger in popularity but it originated from real tennis there are only round about 30 to 40 real tennis courts in the world.

real tennis just reminds me of squash but the ball is a lot harder than a normal tennis ball and it does travel a lot faster due the the strings being a lot tighter like ssbooker said.

[cptcaven]

hmm, does everyshot have to go off a wall before hitting the ground??? it seems to make the game a lot slower than tennis.

[ssbooker]

It can look that way but the ball actually travels faster as the ball is heavy and hard and the rackets strung 4X as tight as lawn tennis. There are a lot of comparisons made with lawn tennis, but fact is its very different and you do need to play to realise how challenging it is to hit the ball & how tactically challenging it is.

[Lazerwolfe]

I hate real tennis. It's far easier then lawn tennis and way more dull. I've played both (I started with lawn tennis) and real tennis is inferior in every way.

[allstatebass]

ur full of shit. there's no way that u could actually believe that real tennis is better or more complex than "lawn" tennis.

[RyokenX5]

lol, funny argument.

I wonder what he actually believes then.

I think lawn tennis obtained more popularity

because it's a more convenient set up and doesn't require half a building to play on.

that way the common folk can have some fun.

[asssda2]

looks like squash.

i've played neither of them anyway but looks like fun :P

[aod1991]

pe homework... boring

[viktorcartonmilky]

pe homework :P

[TibxB0i]

this isn't real tennis, this is gay tennis

[bananarama21]

the game is called real tennis and was around before lawn tennis which is probably what you are thinking of. get it right.

[TibxB0i]

looks gay, idk how it can be a sport

[dwnbowden]

Its actually really fun, maybe you should try it before making judgements

[bananarama21]

well it obviously is a sport. anyone can see that.

[brindlegar]

this not retarded!!!

these ma teachers!! they rok

[zsyed12345678]

What's with the tension-lacking net?!?!?! Makes the game look even more retarded.

[ssbooker]

Popular rumour has it that when Henry the VIII'th got overweight and older he had the net lowered in the middle and raised at the sides so that good players couldn't make him run so much and had to play cross-court. More likely however is that when tennis began in europe in the 1400's they just hung a net on whatever they could and having it parallel wasn't an issue. An ancient game - yes, retarded - no , just quirky !

[kamikrazi123]

ooh food for thought. I wanna try this real tennis. Seems extreme =)

[Missmarple78]

Which Ronaldson?

[mttwbb]

@Missmarple78 Looks like Matty

[mackemforever]

It is a very unusual game but I have played it for about 4 years now and it is (in my opinion) a much better game than lawn tennis as there is a much greater variety of tactics and styles with things such as serving (I personally have 5 completely different ones that I use) and when played at a relatively high level (for anybody who plays it, my handicap is 15.7, so not too bad).

[Toocool4school1993]

raquetball?

[tenn1srocs]

this game is retarded its not a pro match dumbass cause there is no umpire.

[ssbooker]

These guys are all pro's in the UK National league. The marker is sitting near the video out of shot. We're all entitled to our opinion, retarded is a little harsh. "Quirky" is a better word, but that's because the courts are all slightly different and the game started in the middle ages.

[dmugger]

wiki 'real tennis' It's a weird game, but a game.

[ssbooker]

Its essentially tennis inside a room with some odd features like the 45 degree wall ( tambour ) and windows around the court ( galleries ). You win certain points if you can hit the openings. Its a bit like Pfederer winning a point for hitting an umpire ! Also the ball is heavy and hard like a baseball with a soft cover and the heavy rackets strung approx 4 times as tight as lawn tennis so the ball flys like a rocket.

[jafall]

well then this must be one of those noob games where no one knows about.

[SwedeWithAnAccent]

this is not a noob game. its been played since (what i know, might be older) 17th century and is the father of tennis. so think again when you call it a noob game.

[BigNedLasagne]

Er, it's not squash. Squash is two people hitting a ball against a wall - doesn't quite look the same if you watch the video, does it, you twat!

Real Tennis is an historical game, I believe, that originated around the time of Henry VIII (that's eighth by the way).

Not squash, got it?

[jafall]

this is squash you retard

[aclockworkgnome]

Don't be such an ignorant prick.