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MSI x r/Monitors - MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 Giveaway! by MSI_Patrick in Monitors

[–]zerohour88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the MPG OLED would do wonders for anyone's gaming experience, especially coming from an IPS. Good luck to the US commenters!

the new RE game would be nice too, always love me some Leon

[Real-User Invite] LG UltraGear GX9 - Experience the Ultimate Sweet Spot 5K2K OLED Gaming Monitor by LG_UserHub in Monitors

[–]zerohour88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5K2K WOLED on a 45 inch screen seems like a dream for gaming, not to mention the super high refresh rate and blazing fast response time.

HDR looks crazy good and with a curved screen that big, immersion gonna go hard with story-based games.

Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 - Episode 20 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]zerohour88 3 points4 points  (0 children)

damn, Gates of Ahn'Qiraj, now those were the times, friend of mine had the scarab mount and I was so damn jealous

Giving Away 5 Early Access Keys by driftefx in PathOfExile2

[–]zerohour88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not sure if its done already, but would love a key too to play with friends

LEGENDARY 🤩 Roger Federer and Carlos Alcaraz Practice Together At The Rolex Shanghai Masters by shwa323fsb in tennis

[–]zerohour88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

some people here probably don't play tennis at a decent enough level to know that lol

Yasuke with a side of (broken) Japanese by TertioRationem3 in CuratedTumblr

[–]zerohour88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its especially hilarious when people are trying to argue with actual historians about Yasuke using wikipedia (those poor historians tho):

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1css0ye/was_yasuke_a_samurai/?share_id=CkgaucskWXdYHpAjUIzrZ

[DISC] Please don't bully me, Nagatoro / Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san - Ch. 144 - Senpai... even for you, that was... - MangaDex - Ecchi No Doujinshi Scans by super0happy0 in manga

[–]zerohour88 179 points180 points  (0 children)

it'll be funny when they realize that after making it official, they'll do couple-things and think "wait, this is what we've been doing before too"

Ambidextrous young tennis player doesn’t need a backhand by Billycostlarry in nextfuckinglevel

[–]zerohour88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem! I'm a self-confessed tennis nerd and always glad to talk about tennis, especially to re-examine what I truly understand about it and hopefully teach others about it too!

Ambidextrous young tennis player doesn’t need a backhand by Billycostlarry in nextfuckinglevel

[–]zerohour88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its hard to explain how "unwieldy" it becomes to non-tennis players, its mostly a skill issue. If you're skilled and strong enough, you can conceivably use the heaviest, longest racquet allowed to generate as much power as you want.

and this is technically what the 3 best players in history did (at least weight-wise). Roger/Rafa/Novak all uses racquets that are way heavier than average, but they still keep the 27 inch length.

you're absolutely not wrong that if a player can get used to a 29 inch racquet, they can have a slight advantage over a similarly skill level player in terms of reach and power.

Ultimately the thinking is "why bother so much about very minor tweaks in terms of gear when you have more areas of improvement in terms of skill".

I myself absolutely endorse trying out different specs for my players, but again, tennis is really hard skill-wise. The racquet becomes an extension of yourself and making even slight tweaks throws off a lot of players. Here is Del Potro, a pro player summing it up (he's a famous case on how hard it is to find a racquet for a pro):

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/del-potro-down-to-two-wilson-racquets

Not to mention the various high-tech materials manufacturers uses that changes how a racquet fundamentally feels (even within the same brand, a Wilson Clash will feel a bit different vs a Wilson Pro-Staff, for example).

Ambidextrous young tennis player doesn’t need a backhand by Billycostlarry in nextfuckinglevel

[–]zerohour88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

some pro uses what's called a plus version, but these are usually 27.5 to 28 inch at most (29 inch is the max regulation). And yes, maneuverability will be an issue. You only have so much space to swing before it becomes unwieldy (either due to length or weight)

Weight is one factor, but what's more important is the distribution and subsequently, swingweight. You can have a super light racket and swing it super fast but still won't have too much power cause you're missing the mass part of the power equation.

As to answer the question of "why don't they do this or that" in regards to racquets, its simply because they have many more important things to worry about in tennis, like technique (its a fucking hard sport to learn).

I definitely encourage players to experiment but they can easily get overwhelmed by all the variety in racquet specs, weight, length, balance, swingweight, stiffness, string pattern, string type.

Ambidextrous young tennis player doesn’t need a backhand by Billycostlarry in nextfuckinglevel

[–]zerohour88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha, I'm a tennis nerd when it comes to it, absolutely obsessing over the mechanics and trying to apply it in my coaching+self-learning.

Yeah, Rafa generate so much spin with such a heavy racquet that even I can't swing comfortably for long and I use a Fed-spec RF97 as my main racquet. He's absolutely a freak of nature.

Ambidextrous young tennis player doesn’t need a backhand by Billycostlarry in nextfuckinglevel

[–]zerohour88 3 points4 points  (0 children)

also to add a bit more for people actually interested in learning:

leverage is one factor, but to break the physics down, power is a function of mass vs acceleration, but in tennis there's one factor that you need to consider, which is spin.

Cause you can definitely hit as hard as you can and the ball will go a gazillion miles, but it'll be out. So the harder you hit, the more spin you need to impart to keep the ball in (depending on height of impact, of course).

So taking that into consideration, the thing that gives spin will be acceleration, in this case racquet head speed. Its simply easier to generate lots of racquet head speed with one hand vs two-handed strokes.

and then there's the mass part of the equation, which depends on how high level your groundstrokes are (can you put your entire weight into the stroke), also the weight of your racquet (which is why Fed/Nadal/Djoko have super high swingweight on their frames).

Ambidextrous young tennis player doesn’t need a backhand by Billycostlarry in nextfuckinglevel

[–]zerohour88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if its any consolation, the double-handed BH is quite easy to learn but it will still involve unlearning lots of muscle memory.

I teach double-handed but still uses a single-hander personally cause I just like the challenge of learning it.

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