Post any noteworthy pieces of commentary that you wish to share.
haha u housewifeFlashDeb said:I liked it yesterday when Dick Enberg called Gonzo "Frankie Gonzalez"
Yes, that is true and the best thing was after RG, he went off and played a league match.silverwhite said:I remember hearing something like that but the commentator (don't know if it's the same one) said this just based on the fact that Verkerk has such a huge serve and even added that he hadn't played much on grass.
From another thread:heya said:Dimwit Pat McEnroe couldn't admit that Federer was born with physical agility, strength and very long arms.
He desperately lived through Federer, which fed his ego as a commentator.
Pat promoted his success as the "result of genius and anticipation".
It's always "no one is well loved like Federer". Poor McEnroe.
heya said:Talent player still wins with average power, poor fitness and little flexibility
Heya, since you keep bringing on these theories about tennis talent and about Federer not being talented but a long armed/power freak of nature, I suppose you are invited to elaborate this more?heya said:Talent is confused for flashy shotmaking/agility and long arm reach.
I am just talking about high school physics in Greece, i guess it is similar elsewhere. The fact that a particle cannot accelerate without the influence of an external force looks pretty elementary. After the racquet contact, the only force on the ball is its own weight.R.Federer said:The gravity comment is elementary physics, but acceleration related topics are usually not
Maybe your education was done elsewhere where elementary physics is actually more advanced
i'll be a smart-ass for a sec:Merton said:I am just talking about high school physics in Greece, i guess it is similar elsewhere. The fact that a particle cannot accelerate without the influence of an external force looks pretty elementary. After the racquet contact, the only force on the ball is its own weight.
There could have been a wind gust.Merton said:"Look how the ball accelerates AFTER the racket contact". Well, that would be a violation of basic physics laws from highschool, unless they are using "smart balls" with embedded microengines to accelerate after contact.
Vass said:i'll be a smart-ass for a sec:
Balls with top spin have a Magnus force acting on them, which is why they drop faster. Perhaps this force might also accellerate the ball horizontally, although i'm not too sure.
I went to a very academically poor high school, and Newton's laws were covered. I call it elementary.Merton said:I am just talking about high school physics in Greece, i guess it is similar elsewhere. The fact that a particle cannot accelerate without the influence of an external force looks pretty elementary. After the racquet contact, the only force on the ball is its own weight.
michelleg said:During the Murray-Benneteau fourth set....
"...Julien Benneteau is the French Justin Gimelstob."
:haha:Nathaliia said:- We will be the witnesses of many rallies. (about Coria playing with someone)
- As for now, we were witnesses of the flight of a pigeon.
- The bird, that you can see out there dear spectators, is a TV camera ( )
Please do!Nathaliia said:If you want I can post more :angel:
yes it doesMetis said:Hmmm... I am pretty sure that the Magnus effect creates a vertical force.
I heard that one! McEnroe sounded quite embarrassed for him. Wasn't the commentator Bill Threlfall though? Anyway, whoever it was he's going gaga...atheneglaukopis said:Ancic-Wawrinka match, camera pans to audience members wearing red shirts with white crosses.
Bill Macatee: "Quite a lot of support for Croatian players here, with the distinctive red and white shirts they all wear."
John McEnroe :cuckoo: Sets him straight on the design of the Swiss flag.
Worse, during the warmup, they cut to fans wearing the actual Croatian flag on their shirts and Bill had commented on it.
On demand I'll put more pearls from mouths of Polish commentators, and I really don't even concentrate of mixing nationalities or calling someone "hopeless on hard" for the sake of being an Argentine or repeating any other cliche because it happens all the time. Countries like Czechoslovakia, USSR, Yugoslavia still exist for our commentators and it's not even funny.
- The exuberant characters of the linesmen should be severly tempered right now.
- Krajicek is higher than his opponent... exactly 10 kilo higher.
- Knock knock knocking on Schuettler's head...
- Beautiful shot of beautiful Dominique (Van Roost)
- Beaten up for the third time, he stands up again and bites (Hewitt)
- Putting it in not very decent way, he is like a tick (Hewitt again)
- No, dearest mister Andre, you are not allowed to play like this! Andrzej (= Andrew in Polish) what the hell are you doing???? (unbiased).
- (one commentator to the second one) Karol, will you let me calling you Carlos since now?
- Birds flew over the court. They say hello to the tennis players (Agassi - El Aynaoui in Miami)
(more to come if wanted)
wowRFitzpatrick said:"Agassi really needs a haircut" Jimmy Conners
3 minutes later, "Ohh... I meant Nadal":retard:
Oh, then it probably was. I don't actually know most of the commentators yet, and during the match only his first name was given, so I googled "Bill tennis commentator" and a Wikipedia entry on Macatee came up. Thanks for the correction.wally1 said:I heard that one! McEnroe sounded quite embarrassed for him. Wasn't the commentator Bill Threlfall though? Anyway, whoever it was he's going gaga...
:haha:RFitzpatrick said:"Agassi really needs a haircut" Jimmy Conners
3 minutes later, "Ohh... I meant Nadal":retard: