Real Tennis - Sayer v Smith

[heathertoledo69]

thats great!

[b0m83d]

looks gay like normal tennis.

Tennis is for queers

[pballerbiedermann]

@b0m83d then why are you watching this?

[froggingfroggy]

@b0m83d b0m83d looks gay like normal bombed, b0m83d is for queers.

[ThePondDogs]

As a lawn tennis player I have to say that this looks really fun

[djsilvano]

A little slow for my liking, if you enjoy this sport maybe you should check 'padel', similar but faster paced!

[john5006201]

It is a waste of time.

[PierrreLapin]

The king of racquet games, highlighting the lack of subtlety & complexity in lawn tennis. Archaic perhaps, but there is no more exacting, skillful or beautiful game than real/court tennis / jeu de paume. Hard hitting gets you nowhere; & whilst good squash & lawn tennis skills help in royal tennis, you'll also need a whole new set of crafty skills to be a successful real tennis player. Together with handicaps that allows a decent game between different standards: the king of racquet sports.

[danewithers1991]

i played this today at canford!! it was fun but only cos i had never played it before!! it is just too hard lol

[marcojrfurtado]

I've never played real tennis, just the virtual one.

[Olay16]

It looks like everyone who can hit a ball fast is good at this game

[JoeSmurph]

This is how tennis was originally, Henry VIII used to play it

[andymacmac11]

I don't get it? Real tennis?

[timlamiam]

that's what this is called in britain. in the US its called court tennis. the tennis that we are used to is actually called lawn tennis. we only shortened it to tennis because nobody plays this archaic sport any more.

[TheSuperintendant]

real is a very old word which used to mean 'royal'. so the sport was called 'royal tennis' originally in britain. we can see other places where real originally meant royal.. such as 'real madrid' football club or 'real estate'. fantastic game. a game of skill, wit, creativity, speed and reflex.

[brindlegar]

this ma skool :D and 1st comment not bad