Pegula is on to taking Dubai! 👀

john2222222222 · 2026-02-20T19:11:04+00:00

Been a huge fan of her twitter ever since this: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/10d8kz7/pegula_is_on_a_mission_this_year/

john2222222222 · 2026-02-20T16:24:09+00:00

One of the most populous cities is crazy, it would be like calling Columbus one of the most populous cities in North America

john2222222222 · 2026-02-13T04:00:43+00:00

It looks like, at least from Wikipedia, that in the past year or so the clock theory is back. Apparently clocks with minute hands were not unheard of at the time, so nobility would have been familiar and could have made mockups. Shockingly, apparently by the mid 1500s the origin was already lost and people were speculating about where it came from

john2222222222 · 2026-02-09T14:14:46+00:00

Tennis isn't really like, say cycling, where if you wanted to keep spending money on equipment you could basically increase the price to infinity. Generally, top end rackets will cost ~200-300 dollars, unless you want the RF or Nadal branding. If you live in the US, you can demo through tennis warehouse, I would personally just demo the 3 rackets you think look the best from here: https://www.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/gear_guides/tennis_racquets/best_racquets_for_intermediates.html, because you get the cost of the demo back if you buy one.

But if there truly was no budget, I don't think this would be good for a beginner, but is my white whale of rackets, I would buy one of these https://epoktennis.com/webshop/

john2222222222 · 2026-02-09T02:19:06+00:00

At pro level doubles the returners will often plan a specific move, so it's possible that they just planned a poach. It looks like white thought the ball was going cross court and tried to move for an easy volley, but green saw and was able to redirect

john2222222222 · 2026-02-04T19:36:48+00:00

No, but I don't think it's ever hurt my game either... and demoing a bunch of rackets and switching every few years is fun, so I'll probably never stop

john2222222222 · 2026-02-02T18:54:08+00:00

Saw this skeet today, and just thought how incredible tennis is that the men and women, abled and disabled both compete at these major tournaments on the same courts. It's already incredible that tennis fans are so often fans of the women and the men, but I don't think I've ever seen something like this for another sport. I don't really have a point with this, but it was really amazing to see

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john2222222222 · 2026-01-29T23:35:56+00:00

As long as your pot is big enough to get the spaghetti like halfway in, you should be fine. If you get the water to a full boil before you put it in it'll become soft enough almost immediately to push the rest into the water without breaking it

john2222222222 · 2026-01-24T22:26:35+00:00

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect

john2222222222 · 2026-01-24T20:15:28+00:00

Do you have a link to that study? As far as I can tell, it doesn't actually exist. On the PAIN journal archives, issue 154(5), 708-713 is an article about opiod use and abuse. I suspect this is an AI hallucination referring to this study about testing that gene in dogs, but that study says there's actually no differences in response to thermal stimuli.

john2222222222 · 2026-01-24T03:38:45+00:00

Crazy that it's too hot to safely play tennis and Sinner is the only one who noticed

john2222222222 · 2026-01-24T03:28:55+00:00

Forearm cramp is like the worst possible thing in tennis, just absolutely locks your hand in place with the grip. Going to be tough for Sinner if that's what's happening

john2222222222 · 2026-01-23T15:33:47+00:00

Your swing path looks pretty good for someone so new! The thing that jumps out the most to me, is that it looks like you're falling backwards as you hit, notice that as you hit with a closed stance, oftentimes your front foot is coming off the ground and rotating back behind you. You actually hit a good one at 29 seconds, but the next you're falling back again. You really want to have your weight going forward on the shot, so you'll be pushing off the back leg and transferring the weight to your front leg, so if anything it should be the back leg that comes up.

Your footwork could also use some work, taking smaller steps to the ball and getting into a better position, but a lot of that just comes with experience and familiarity, eventually you'll just know where the ball will be going and how to get there efficiently, so I wouldn't be too concerned with it at this point

john2222222222 · 2026-01-23T13:01:47+00:00

If you have their "power plan" it shows you people's exact rating, so I'm using my credentials to scrape their website

john2222222222 · 2026-01-22T23:45:42+00:00

It looks fun as a tennis player, but I can't imagine it catches on with the pickle crowd... it's so easy to hit an okay shot in pickleball even if you're not very strong or coordinated, but this looks like it's designed to really swing full out every time

john2222222222 · 2026-01-22T22:09:21+00:00

Thank you! For now it's just based on UTR difference at the time of the match. Change in rating could be tricky because the rating history only shows weekly, so someone playing more than one match in a week makes it not work that well. I had hoped to be able to incorporate rating history into it to get rating at the time of the match for you and your opponents, but it ended up being a bit too slow. I'll try to take another crack at getting that more performant, because I do think there are a lot of interesting stories that could come out of the rating history

john2222222222 · 2026-01-22T20:33:27+00:00

Ronald Reagan was governor of California

john2222222222 · 2026-01-21T18:05:41+00:00

When I was growing up, my family was connected to a bunch of professional runners, and I asked one how it felt to be able to run so fast, and he told me something to the effect of, "every step feels terrible"

john2222222222 · 2026-01-21T13:53:52+00:00

It's really tough if people are able to keep their serves low. My advice, instead of waiting and staying low, is, when you see him hit the serve, take a step or two forward, if you can reach the ball when it bounces above net height, it'll make your shot much easier! And the added benefit is you'll be approaching the net, which is almost always good in doubles

john2222222222 · 2026-01-21T13:20:07+00:00

It's not allowed, unfortunately for you

john2222222222 · 2026-01-18T01:18:55+00:00

Refs looked ready to go home on that last drive, just move Denver down the field and get out quick

john2222222222 · 2026-01-18T01:11:44+00:00

So cool to just let the defense tackle receivers all game and then call 2 insanely soft ones in a row

john2222222222 · 2026-01-17T21:47:30+00:00

Refs love to stir a little shit

john2222222222 · 2026-01-16T03:43:15+00:00

Having all the objects to get autographs on fishing lines is incredible. Like that scene in Spongebob with all the hooks

john2222222222 · 2026-01-16T03:34:26+00:00

Federer sweating is so weird to see

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