2008 Australian Open - Real Tennis

[odingr]

more like fake tennis! :P kidding! Seems fun and pretty hard.

[swagger3898]

To confusing this

[keithsauceez]

I played this for the first time last night... drunk. Most challenging thing I've done in my life.

[googleboughtmee]

who lined up those cameras

[betterthanayard]

@googleboughtmee what exactly is wrong? I can always use some advice/criticism please.

[googleboughtmee]

@betterthanayard sry was just being silly. i guess all real tennis footage is at strange angles with only little bits of the court visible at a time.

[victorytilidie]

@googleboughtmee One of the major reasons that real tennis is never televised is that the courts don't allow for a good placement of cameras.

[BiggyBollocks]

I was only able to watch a couple of minutes worth, but it is crazy to see how far that tennis has evolved to become the wonderful sport that it is today. Thanks for posting!

[abeastusername5]

not a lot of people know that this is where regular tennis comes from. Its a real cool game to watch, but there are not much courts for it anymore.

[dorker1992]

seems challenging ....whats the rule to play? !!?? how to score?

[betterthanayard]

@dorker1992 Wikipedia "real tennis". Very challenging game... to say the least!!

[b00tn]

never seen this form of tennis before xs cool tho

are you playing with other types of ball or rackets ? it seems like you generate less power but while still swinging at full force ... just wondering, cous with real tennisracket it would be a pinballmachine in there

[betterthanayard]

@b00tn ball twice as heavy, and rock hard, although with a felt cover. Very little bounce. Racquet also much heavier and wooden. VERY small sweet spot!!

[FermentedBeancurd92]

:D lol at the cameraman giggle

[Junewe]

Geez that's complicated! :)

[violent1teen8]

THUMBS UP IF YOU LAUGHED AT THE GUY WHO GOT HIT IN THE BALLS!!!!!!!!!!!

[grimaliuks]

WTF?! is this>? ;D

[MrZolee86]

load of crap ! why dont u play the REAL real tennis?

[dleddy14]

Because it's fake tennis.

[sharmanboys]

@dleddy14 this is proper tennis. lawn tennis was made after this.

[daekoaram1990]

@MrZolee86 this is actually where the modern tennis came from

[tommyc0079]

is this at the ballarat courts

[betterthanayard]

? No, it's at Melbourne.

[Gerhardium]

This is a wonderful sport to play, although I have never played on a true court we played in a lower ceilinged variant and had a lot of fun. The rules are a bit odd at times, but the nuances of the game are so much more varied than the power focused tennis we see today.

[pacers721]

hmmmm

[LoafOfPint]

I'd never even heard of this until today, yet I've followed tennis for years. All I can say is it's a good job lawn tennis was invented because otherwise the game wouldn't be anywhere near as popular, far too complicated. Still interesting to see where it all came from, though.

[boogiefever1985]

I must ask, why have I never seen this televised with the other Australian Open matches? If it is part of the tournament why isn't it on TV?

[Fredshersker]

Thank god for the evolution of tennis.. lol. This seems ridiculously complicated! ... Or just.. Ridiculous :P

[gravett]

Fantastic work Tim!

[betterthanayard]

Thanks!! I wish I'd counted up the time I spent doing this filming! Actually I'm glad I didn't...

[odingr]

so the one who serves must aim the window with the old lady?

[betterthanayard]

That's pretty much the game in a nutshell...

[kinetik44]

1:57 over and over and over

[tigerboy1966]

badly needs a commentary to explain wtf is going on

[DashiPenitence]

This sport is quite beguiling, and fascinating due to its history.

I expect it's the seemingly arbitrary and asymmetrical features on the court which turn people off though.

[IvanAndreevich]

Why do you even need the net here?

[betterthanayard]

The netting (in front of the camera you mean?) is to protect spectators.  It's a hard, heavy, ball and you can be killed if hit.

[yoquindas]

this reminds me of ping pong at my house. the patio ceiling, window and any thing else you can bank the ball against is in play. never knew it was a real sport.

[betterthanayard]

That sounds like fun!! This is fun too.

[n6344607]

hahah what a silly sport

no wonder no one's heard of this type of tennis

[WhitehallRob]

This is what tennis evolved from you fag

[MadBanana39167]

this is so gay

[flabbygrowlers]

why? give me one good reason..