HOW CAN WE IMPROVE TENNIS FOR AUDIENCES?

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Served with Andy Roddick

Served with Andy Roddick

2 ай бұрын

Excerpt from Served with Andy Roddick Episode 10 - released on 4.2.24.
Andy, Jon, and Producer Mike discuss their ideas on how we can improve the sport of tennis for the audience! Comment below to share with us some of your ideas on how tennis can improve.
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@MaggotBrain10
@MaggotBrain10 2 ай бұрын
Cameras are definitely in the wrong place, I've been saying this for years. 100% with Roddick
@WayneLynch69
@WayneLynch69 2 ай бұрын
1000%. If the NBA/MLB/NFL placed their camera at a 45 degree angle, so high it took in the first five rows of seats, destroying all concept of speed, trajectory, effort, their viewers would storm the TV station. You only have to look at the cost of the tickets: lowest rows behind court prohibitively expensive---outer space where camera is for 99% of broadcast, cheapest.. Insane that tennis is supposedly a sport of smart people.
@rubikSpread
@rubikSpread 2 ай бұрын
Please! It's crazy this doesn't happen more
@HittheJay
@HittheJay 2 ай бұрын
We should have control of different angles. That would make it way better and allow everyone to choose their preference.
@BasketballClumsy
@BasketballClumsy 2 ай бұрын
Really like the idea of the camera angle.. and 1000% on the open seats.. I have been to many us open matches where there best seats are always empty especially in a late night match. It's also a bad look on TV!!
@davidhunternyc1
@davidhunternyc1 2 ай бұрын
It's terrible! Those d*mn open seats for rich people who don't even show up, while all the real fans are up in the bleachers watching with binoculars. So stupid.
2 ай бұрын
100% agree on camera angles! Thanks for covering it. So much better at the low angle seeing the speed of the game and the shape of the ball.
@autumnjensen9968
@autumnjensen9968 2 ай бұрын
100%
@andrewschwartz659
@andrewschwartz659 2 ай бұрын
Agreed. The over the shoulder camera is the best
@javagirl
@javagirl 2 ай бұрын
Make it more affordable for general public to attend matches. Make it possible for young up and coming players to attend with parents or sponsors. Get more people involved!
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
Too many empty seats. There should be even cheaper stadium tickets for day matches, earlier rounds, and doubles matches. Doesn't look good on camera.
@sportslover2356
@sportslover2356 2 ай бұрын
Let the under 25's in for a nominal fee. We used to go to classical music concerts for $20 and they were packed.
@brianjensen7985
@brianjensen7985 2 ай бұрын
What a great podcast Andy has going.
@andrewash9318
@andrewash9318 2 ай бұрын
So right about camera angles! The high view above the court shows more of the sponsors’ names than what the players are doing on court, and the players themselves take up such a small portion of the screen that you just can’t see much of what they’re actually doing, besides their position on the court. But even better than a camera behind one player would be an angle from the side near one baseline, zooming in close enough to see exactly what the players are doing, how they are moving, the stress of reaching for a difficult ball, what their swings look like, and how fast the ball is moving and how low over the net it usually is. I’ve seen amateur videos from this angle taken by fans during matches, and they are so much more compelling and insightful about the game than anything I’ve ever seen from a television broadcast. There’s one of Nadal and Federer at Roland Garros that makes you feel like you’re there in the dirt with them, and it completely changed my understanding of the game.
@user-go8oj4dl4w
@user-go8oj4dl4w 2 ай бұрын
One of the most interesting things about tennis is the contrasting game styles. I see making court surfaces more varied would help with that. And the courts would be a test for players to see who can adapt their game.
@sportslover2356
@sportslover2356 2 ай бұрын
I hate the relentless baseline fests until one ball goes slightly out. No real skill in it.
@geraldchan3277
@geraldchan3277 2 ай бұрын
Hi roddick.. This podcast is the perfect platform for me to vent.. Not at you but the people in charge of broadcasting tennis but DO Not actually watch tennis on TV. I'm referring to the color of the court. On some courts because of the color you can hardly pick up the ball in play.. And by the way I do have A HDTV. Just a simple change of court color to contrast with the color of the ball will enhance the tennis experience for millions of tennis fans around the world. Thanks and looking forward to your next podcast!
@adamcravets5408
@adamcravets5408 2 ай бұрын
Probably be easier to change the color of the ball based on the court color. They did try a blue clay court one year but it only lasted one year.
@geraldchan3277
@geraldchan3277 2 ай бұрын
I agree.. Much easier to change the color of the balls but the players will never agree
@wallygator52
@wallygator52 2 ай бұрын
ANDY PLEASE READ THIS !! Several years ago I contacted the President of the Tennis channel thru email and discussed this and he said he agreed with me and would talk to his people and yet nothing happened.. I am talking about showing serve speed for the television viewer. They do it for baseball pitch speed. Even golf will provide club head speeds but when I watch tennis I have to try and find the on court speed clock to see the serve speed. It's very annoying. I want to know how fast that out wide serve was. Serve speed is crucial to the players strategy. The people in the stands get provided that info but the at home viewer does not. How difficult would it be to show serve speed under the box score. They do it in baseball. ( pitch speed. ) The more info provided to the home viewer increases the enjoyment and understanding of the match. Love your podcast.
@andrew9913
@andrew9913 2 ай бұрын
You were made for this Andy. Wonderful podcast, love your takes!
@roblegault4587
@roblegault4587 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely loved watching the practice courts when my dad and I went to go see tennis at the ATP championships in Cincinnati. Watching Chang practice, Edberg’s habits, and the time when Sampras/Courier were hitting. Wow!
@davebudge4526
@davebudge4526 2 ай бұрын
Back in 1992 there was a tournament in America called the Lipton Championship Jim Courier was the defending champ he won the original sunshine double in 1991 as his first big ,big breakthrough, he played a early round match against Carl Steeb an excellent German player of the late 80s early 90s .The broadcasters had a amazing court angle about 10 feet above and 15 feet behind the server with the server at the bottom of the screen and it looked amazing you really felt you were there Couriers huge snappy serve and massive inside out forehand just hitting through the opposition, the angle was just incredible......and I harldly ever saw that court angle again. I suspect its to do with sponsors you can't really see the varoius logos and posters and causal tennis fans don't really care enough to ask for better court angles to watch a match. Its almost the curse of loving the game so much, you notice how these little things could improve it so much
@lauciannailor8884
@lauciannailor8884 2 ай бұрын
Improve it by making sure umpires and supervisors 'have to' review video evidence of a point, (say 500+ events) where a dispute is raised - Estoril, Jeez!!
@adamcravets5408
@adamcravets5408 2 ай бұрын
I’ll never understand why Hawkeye and Truebounce are not used on clay.
@sportslover2356
@sportslover2356 2 ай бұрын
this is happening from next year. It won't bring back the careers of so many emotional players who have been thrown out and lost their hearts through repeated terrible calls.
@Esprits4s
@Esprits4s 2 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you about more behind and closer to court level view instead of overhead!!!!!
@MrFloydroy
@MrFloydroy 2 ай бұрын
Behind court view! I have been thinking about those since watching day 1
@frenchlouiemusic-ew5dq
@frenchlouiemusic-ew5dq 2 ай бұрын
I've had this idea for some time now: An indoor court, lights very dim, with neon ball, lines, and net. Maybe players are required to wear black so it's more difficult to anticipate drop shots, slices, direction changes, etc. Sounds crazy but I think it would be amazing.
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I thought about Lazer Tag-Tron Tennis.
@paulelverstone8677
@paulelverstone8677 2 ай бұрын
It wouldn't hurt to flash some stats up at change of ends instead of end of set. Get rotation speeds/forehand/backhand/percentages/UE. Wider variation of speeds on surfaces. Despite hard/clay/grass there could be more done here with the variation of those...
@Mattsj91
@Mattsj91 2 ай бұрын
Andy you beast, great podcast
@Zentrum234
@Zentrum234 2 ай бұрын
Tennis must do everything possible to increase effective playing time. To me, everything else can take a back seat until then. Having to sit through, on average, five-ish minutes of breaks for every minute of rallying will always make it hard for casual sports fans to fall in love with the sport.
@GhostofGerulaitis
@GhostofGerulaitis 2 ай бұрын
100% It's not just that it's inconvenient; working people with kids literally can't do it. They don't have the time to watch Iga read from her diary or Rublev chewing on a chunk of banana. If they want this demographic to get into tennis, they have to do a better job with match time.
@adamcravets5408
@adamcravets5408 2 ай бұрын
But, baseball. Massive worldwide fan base and literally in a 2.5 to 3 hour game there is 11 to 12 minutes of actual action. A guy, some time back, timed all the action in baseball and gave 1 second for every pitch that didn’t result in action and came up with that average over 10 games.
@GhostofGerulaitis
@GhostofGerulaitis 2 ай бұрын
Baseball introduced a pitch clock a couple years ago. ​@@adamcravets5408
@nickwannn
@nickwannn 2 ай бұрын
the number of easy, good ideas here just shows how behind tennis has been for so long
@joelmvdqp
@joelmvdqp 2 ай бұрын
Tennis is my favorite sport but I have to say that the NBA excels at keeping viewers engaged with exciting camera work and crowd activities during commercials and timeouts. I recently watched the Estoril Open, and it felt so dull when a player took a bathroom break, there was no music - just people looking at their phones or the empty court.
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
DJs play loud music at tennis tournaments, announcers give out prizes, crowds do the wave, kiss cam, dancing, etc. Don't just watch one small 250 tournament that won't even be on the 2025 schedule and assume across the board.
@joelmvdqp
@joelmvdqp 2 ай бұрын
@@got2bjosh Hey, it's you again with your smug, know it all comments. Just wanted to let you know! :)
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
@@joelmvdqp Lol! I’m not smug, though I can be playfully shady with my puns.
@sportslover2356
@sportslover2356 2 ай бұрын
@@joelmvdqp Actually he's right about the singing and Mexican waves. They're a lot of fun - Sweet Caroline - many of the players get involved. Estoril can't afford that.
@intoto9739
@intoto9739 2 ай бұрын
I would really like to see tennis go to 1 serve only. This would eliminate all the serve-botting so we can return to faster courts and lighter balls to speed up the game and reduce injuries for the players. The ever slowing courts and heavier balls are killing the players with increasing shoulder/elbow/wrist injuries, and making tennis increasingly unwatchable especially for the Women's game which all look like in slo-mo. And still it doesn't eliminate the serve-botting, it just makes it even harder for the smaller/weaker players to survive the tour. Injuries have increased significantly especially for the women since WTA started pushing XD balls on all slow as mud North American hard courts since last August - Muchova, Burrage(both had wrist surgeries), Mirra Andreeva(wrist again), Keys, Rybakina, Kalinskaya, Fernandez(shoulder), Badosa, Andreescu, Krejcikova, Swan, Raducanu(back), Pegula(neck)...how many more? It's madness. WTA needs to return to RD balls ASAP but long term the only way to solve this problem is to go to 1 serve only. Patrick Mouratoglou did this for the UTT tour and the tennis is much more fun to watch, no one misses the big serves.
@Harderanger
@Harderanger 2 ай бұрын
Stadium seating would really need to change the paradigm. Like Aus open tried this year with the bar on the court, I wanna see people walking around like they did at the Copper Box, talking during points like UTS, enter whenever they want like Aus open did this year….. Would also like to see no second serve or lets too. Could work well.
@adamcravets5408
@adamcravets5408 2 ай бұрын
Agree with no lets. If I can win a point off a ground stroke that hits the net cord then why is the serve different? I believe they got rid of lets at the college level in the USA.
@SK-qu4wo
@SK-qu4wo 2 ай бұрын
Lets not be too hasty to change the sport too much. I agree with Andy about the need for better camera angles and consistency with the ball bounces. All of these ideas simply enhances an already quality product. I do however disagree with the other guy about tennis not being "cool" enough. The last thing we need is for this great sport to completely lose it's identity. No matter what you do, the casual fan just won't watch tennis and appreciate the level of skill and athleticism that goes into what these players are able to do at the highest level.
@SawyerQuinn
@SawyerQuinn 2 ай бұрын
I agree with all of these. For me though, the court level camera angle is the most important. the current angle from the space station is horrible. Nobody that likes tennis likes to watch it from directly above the court. Also, does tennis have like a commissioner? And can it be Andy?
@javagirl
@javagirl 2 ай бұрын
The more one knows about how the game is played, what the rules and challenges are, the more enjoyable it is for spectators. Little vignettes or tips in these areas might be nice. I have followed tennis since the 70s and I read about tennis, and there are nice KZbin videos, but one has to take initiative to learn. The TC can improve access to these things.
@chucklumb3500
@chucklumb3500 2 ай бұрын
Two best suggestions: camera angles, top points. Many of the others I don't like. I watch tennis every day, but mostly men's match highlights on youtube. The ATP should be producing and posting those videos. I might even watch an entire match if most/all of the dead time between points was excised.
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
Full matches, extended highlights, live streams, & shorter clips already exist on YT from the four Grand Slams, TennisTv / ATP Tour (both ATP Media), the various Masters, & smaller tournaments.
@chucklumb3500
@chucklumb3500 2 ай бұрын
@@got2bjosh Yeah, OK. I didn't realize that Tennis TV is the OFFICIAL live streaming service of the ATP Tour. I also watch a lot of Challenger Tour highlights with players such as Paire, Tomic, and Gasquet. Ditto for older matches with players such as Connors.
@minguyen2589
@minguyen2589 2 ай бұрын
Why do they have tendency to make hard courts slower these days? to make a match longer or what is the rationale behind?
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
Surface homogenization was introduced to induce European dominance after decades of American rule. Eurasian players tend not to be as good at serving, but are much better on return. Slower surfaces give Eurasian players more time on the ball. Such conditions allowed the Big 3 to dominate across the biggest tournaments. EVERYTHING was slower, even grass! But matches became way too long, injuries increased year to year, and now that the Big 3 are old & done people want faster courts again.
@Dman9fp
@Dman9fp 2 ай бұрын
Bring back Win by 2 in 5th sets of most majors (Us open can keep 5th set tiebreak, they've had it for decades). But have a sudden death point after like 5 deuce exchanges
@wearetemporary
@wearetemporary 2 ай бұрын
I still think ATP 1000 events (maybe even 500s) should have best-of-5-sets men’s finals.
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
Ain't nobody got time for that selfish perspective. Matches become too long, too exhausting for players, and injury inducing. Best of three is sufficient outside Slams.
@nicholashiggin1891
@nicholashiggin1891 2 ай бұрын
More behind the court view!!!!!!
@TimelyAdventure
@TimelyAdventure 2 ай бұрын
Generally agree. One thing: I'm an amateur, invest in SwingVision, and have the subscription, it's a great tool, but their AI shot tracking doesn't show things as fast as they are, I think. I plugged in some highlights from pros serving in the 120s and 130s and Swing Vision said they were serving in the 80s and 90s and low 100s generally, which made me feel a lot better about my serve but still
@novaxdjokovic9592
@novaxdjokovic9592 2 ай бұрын
Camera angles! Court level angles are so much better. When we get this bird's eye view, it really takes away from the game imo
@rayfong-pb8vd
@rayfong-pb8vd 2 ай бұрын
Roddick should be ceo of atp
@Keedy95
@Keedy95 18 күн бұрын
My issue is with streaming. Sooo many issues but I hate that WTA is behind an annual pay wall. Atleast tennis tv has a monthly option.
@gregwickstrom5479
@gregwickstrom5479 2 ай бұрын
Two out three sets for everyone at the majors. The first three rounds of the majors were two out of three from '72-'75 and in 1977, the last year the US Open was played on clay, the first four rounds were best of three. Now, everyone gets paid the same and they should all play the same. Also, if all matches were best of three it would help with the scheduling problems that are running matches into the middle of the night.
@chrislw9053
@chrislw9053 2 ай бұрын
Mic up players for TV, between sets have interviews, more team tennis
@garrydhintz8017
@garrydhintz8017 2 ай бұрын
Camera angles, add more flair and show these guy's personality in the tournaments. Let fans keep balls that they catch, throw them the worn out game balls that they are going to throw out anyway, get people interested. Let fans sit closer to the front after matches start. Lots of things can grow the sport.
@michaelstahl2967
@michaelstahl2967 2 ай бұрын
That's why many of us watch fan made filming on KZbin, better court level view.
@ngalawena
@ngalawena 2 ай бұрын
My god please change the camera angle!!! Yes !!
@joecunningham6939
@joecunningham6939 14 күн бұрын
Yes to the camera angle. I dont watch much tennis specifically because of the crappy birds eye angle they always insist on
@toddgack1287
@toddgack1287 2 ай бұрын
The scoring and tournament formats need to be mixed up. For example, have more round robins in tournaments (say groups of 4 with 1- set matches -> all players play 3 sets, all matches per group played in a day)
@davidhunternyc1
@davidhunternyc1 2 ай бұрын
In the early rounds, I hate watching tennis on TV where they split the screen to show two matches at once. I get motion sickness and I have to change the channel. Also, it's difficult to concentrate on both matches at the same time. When two important matches are being played at the same time, it's OK to introduce delays into each match. Don't take a second away from either one. Show both matches in their entirety. Even worse, this weekend I was watching golf and they split the screen. On the left was a small window showing the live golf game and on the right they were playing TV commercials. It was terrible.
@kpwand
@kpwand 2 ай бұрын
Court speeds won't change because it brings predictability to outcomes and sponsors like predictability.
@PeterFreemantennis
@PeterFreemantennis 2 ай бұрын
Put the linesman back on court. Some of our games greatest moments are arguments...who cares if the robots make the game more fair for the players...it is not about the players it is about the fans....everyone loves a good argument...even the fans who swear they don't...Andy has had some great confrontations and I love him for that. Robots calling lines are making the game boring...especially for people who don't watch tennis...even people who did not know tennis back in the day knew about McEnroe.
@PeterFreemantennis
@PeterFreemantennis 2 ай бұрын
i rest my case Medvedev pure gold...kzbin.info/www/bejne/an_XnneNjdasY6M
@davidhunternyc1
@davidhunternyc1 2 ай бұрын
Crazy idea but it's one John McEnroe promoted for decades. Bring back wooden rackets. It's not going to happen. I know that but imagine baseball being played with aluminum bats. Wooden rackets would bring volleying back to tennis and make the game far more entertaining to watch and there would be less injuries.
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
Changes in string technology and related tension have had a far bigger impact on the feel needed to execute various types of volleys compared to the racket itself.
@GhostofGerulaitis
@GhostofGerulaitis 2 ай бұрын
Agree with all of these suggestions, especially the "squatters rights" bit. I hope the powers-that-be listen. But why doesn't anyone talk about difference in cultures? The Queens audience isn't the UTS LA audience. We won't be able to make any changes at all if we can't acknowledge that a huge section of the fanbase (mainly old world Euros) don't want even the smallest tweaks. It would require them to give up power and privilege... and that ish aint happening, my friends.
@patrickhamning1734
@patrickhamning1734 2 ай бұрын
Have people walk across the court while a point is going on. Have music playing during matches, allow players to heckle and scream when their opponent is about to hit a ball. Oh wait, that's pickleball, somebody is already fostering these conditions
@lukeharris6144
@lukeharris6144 2 ай бұрын
Faster courts, faster courts and faster courts. I've watched tennis my entire life and it is becoming boring because all tennis is defensive everyone is double handed backhand and everything is a baseline battle. I want volleying to come back to tennis.
@davidhunternyc1
@davidhunternyc1 2 ай бұрын
Crazy idea but it's one John McEnroe promoted for decades. Bring back wooden rackets. It's not going to happen. I know that but imagine baseball played with aluminum bats. Wooden rackets would bring volleying back to tennis.
@supermodel2
@supermodel2 2 ай бұрын
@@davidhunternyc1also Bud Collins said that exact thing years ago”atleast baseball knew when to stop when aluminum bats were introduced but tennis didn’t” and was 100% correct. Going back to wooden racquets is probably a good idea but it would
@tomhathaway7530
@tomhathaway7530 2 ай бұрын
​@@davidhunternyc1 I suppose back in his day you could play either style
@orchidpanda2253
@orchidpanda2253 2 ай бұрын
JW from 02:59 to 03:47 has the answer to the question... mitigate the douche canal 🤣🤣🤣 Tennis is gonna implode like everything else if ticket prices keep soaring... middle class is losing jobs to AI. There were a lot of empty seats at Miami Final. Also, ATP/WTA should find ways to financially support talents like Dustin Brown - an extraordinarily GIFTED player who struggled financially -- apparently the big corporate sponsors didn't like his image enough to endorse him, but what a loss for the tennis fans that he didn't reach the top and is retiring this year. Somebody's gotta figure out the broadcast/streaming nightmare in the U.S. (maybe it's the same in Europe and elsewhere) -- young people are not buying cable packages like the old days and trying to watch tennis as an avid fan is a HASSLE! Tennis Channel has very limited coverage and you're stuck with whatever TC execs decide to cover ; Tennis TV is superb but only covers ATP and none of the slams - ESPN doesn't give you full coverage of the slams unless you get ESPN 2 and ESPN + ... seriously yuck! And then people are scratching their heads like, we're losing fans b/c Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are on their way out. NO! It takes a masters degree to figure out how to watch tennis in the US. Thanks for letting me vent. 🤣
@adamcravets5408
@adamcravets5408 2 ай бұрын
Agreed. You need, like, 4 App/tv packages to watch a season of tennis. I’d pay for Tennis TV or the TC if I knew I’d get access to ALL of the majors, and most of the 500 and 250 levels. ATP and WTA. But as it is you need a damned NASA department to figure out who is broadcasting which tournament. And agreed Dustin Brown was amazing!
@longgrayline8055
@longgrayline8055 2 ай бұрын
You don’t. Take some of the power out of the game by limiting the string and racquet power and let it become what it always was. It got popular for a reason in the 70’s and 80’s.
@gregranger6241
@gregranger6241 2 ай бұрын
Wish they could bring back more net play. Slow the game down a bit. Get some American men to challenge for No. 1 already
@got2bjosh
@got2bjosh 2 ай бұрын
A response to decades of American, serve-dominant rule across both tours, surface homogenization (i.e- slower court speeds across ALL surfaces) was introduced to return the edge to Eurasian players who tended to be weaker servers but stronger returners. Slower speeds allowed for more time on the ball which led to a decrease in net play and an increase in extended baseline rallying. Advancements in racket and string technology as well as player conditioning were contributing factors. These slower court conditions across all surfaces gave rise to the Big 3. Their rivalry in turn became big business for the tour, its tournaments, and their media outlets. Business like stable conditions. As such, the Big 3 were allowed to dominate across the biggest tournaments for decades through favorable, unchanging conditions. Less variety allowed for more sustained dominance utilizing a high percentage, counterpunching game style. The downside of a monolithic approach to tennis dominated by the few on slower surfaces is that as successive generations remain suppressed in the baseline wars, matches became too long and player injuries mounted year to year. Now the Big 3 are old and done and prohibitively high ticket sales have led to the average ages of live audiences skewing older. Business are looking to attract younger audiences who grew up on social media, prefer shorter running times, and want younger stars. The Next Gen cohort has become key in driving renewed interest. They have reintroduced aggressive net play into the game and have moved away from counterpunching extended baseline rallies as the default strategy. As such, the call for faster courts and shorter matches has increased. UTS and exhibition matches like Tie Break Tens have also spurred on innovation in the format. Since 2017, ATP has used Next Gen Finals as a key incubator event for innovation in the game.
@Aaron-fj1hl
@Aaron-fj1hl 9 күн бұрын
Make courts faster
@nvda2damoon
@nvda2damoon 2 ай бұрын
the camera angle is the number 1 issue!! tennis coverage has not evolved for like 50 years, still the same camera angle, the worst one possible.
@Deepggggg
@Deepggggg 2 ай бұрын
Just pay lower players better, we will have better players who don't have to stop playing because of financial issues. The level of tennis will be elevated.
@AFC730
@AFC730 2 ай бұрын
Great point
@adamcravets5408
@adamcravets5408 2 ай бұрын
Fully agree. The worst paid player in the NFL, NBA and MLB can easily make a living off the lowest paid salary. In tennis if you are outside the top 100 you have to hope fans will let you stay in their house and pay for a dinner or two so they don’t lose money to play a tournament. I’ll bet there are hundreds of players out there who can’t afford to fly and play who could compete with the best.
@OmegaMouse
@OmegaMouse 2 ай бұрын
How to improve tennis for audiences? Don't mix men's and women's tennis together on the same schedule and don't spoil the winners in the highlights
@simianmoonstudios
@simianmoonstudios 2 ай бұрын
Even before watching the video, I'm going to say: Fill all of those empty seats at tournaments with kids from local schools, wherever they are held.
@johnnyblackrants7625
@johnnyblackrants7625 2 ай бұрын
Unpopular opinion: ONE SERVE. So much of the down time is faulting and service return errors. Yes, aces are cool, but they’re a small price to pay so we can more than double the amount of rallies per time watched. Not only that, but it would dramatically reduce the height advantage in tennis, which would drastically mathematically increase the talent pool, and thereby the talent at the top as well.
@andrefilipe1592
@andrefilipe1592 2 ай бұрын
Lots of god ideais
@fam4449
@fam4449 2 ай бұрын
Stop treating fans like criminals for making any noise. Its sport, not surgery.
@jaygokhale2133
@jaygokhale2133 18 күн бұрын
No more 15-30-40 counting. It’s first to 4 win by 2 ya’ll. Not rocket science.
@martinap1961
@martinap1961 2 ай бұрын
Improvement : Stop showing the coaches on TV…Pretty please with sugar on top !
@sportslover2356
@sportslover2356 2 ай бұрын
You got different types of fans. Some want tons of stats and figures. Some want excitement and theatre. Some want elitism and cucumber sandwiches and strawberries. Someone like Kyrgios comes along and throws in the theatre, the language, the rapport with fans, the passion and emotion...and the cucumber sandwich brigade throw the book at him. The stats and figures guys call him a loser. The 'class' call him a clown. He clocks up the injuries and fines trying to please everyone and the media call him a tanker and a faker. So he turns his back on the sport. So you get two great matches per Masters 1000 and the rest is breadsticks. The comments say it's wonderful to have 'class' and good manners back. And you've lost huge percentage of your audience. Drama? Stats? Perfection?
@raghavchaudhary5748
@raghavchaudhary5748 2 ай бұрын
I would also like to add the AI driven line calls. Boring as heck.. They have just removed the thrill and suspense that comes from challenging the umpire's call, especially in the cliffhanger moments
@ttacka
@ttacka 2 ай бұрын
The current mens tennis nike and Adidas outfits are garbage. I remember one year adidas had a short that looked like a poopy diaper. GTFO with that nonsense. Fix the style and keep it classy.
@joelmvdqp
@joelmvdqp 2 ай бұрын
BORING! Hey, it sounds like the players' outfits bothered you. I see it differently - I think it's good for tennis to evolve and stay current. But hey, if you're into traditional "classy" sports like golf, more power to you!
@supermodel2
@supermodel2 2 ай бұрын
⁠@ttacka totally agree that kits from Nike, Adidas and New Balance all suck!!! Total dumpster fire. I cringed what Alcaraz wore in Miami and to think that Carlos and Sinner are going to be wearing that for years is so sad unless they get some new designers there. Plus those 3 labels dress like 80% of the tour and I hate it when players come out on court wearing the same thing. Not good!!! Tennis is an individual sport their agents and managers need to think more out of the box and I get it that Nike pays the most so it’s hard to say no to that. Taylor Fritz made a great move by getting the hell out of Nike and going to Boss. Boss is a luxury brand not a sports brand and they only dress Matteo Berettini so he’s in great company there and it’s just him and Matteo not half the tour. Nike sucks!
@ttacka
@ttacka 2 ай бұрын
@@joelmvdqp I meant classy in terms of how players should carry themselves. If you think thats boring then guess I am boring. Regarding the outfits tennis its objectively a disservice to the young up and coming pros and the audience if they look like they soiled their pants. Keep the style current obviously but you don't see the absurdity in design in the EPL, NBA, etc.
@acadieux000
@acadieux000 2 ай бұрын
Please make Hawkeye line calling COMPULSORY EVERYWHERE!!!!!! Can’t stand the drama and the pauses because of human line calling. The data is clear that the machine is better than humans at that!!!!!!!
@ranonanon2558
@ranonanon2558 2 ай бұрын
Disagree big time about the camera angle. I hate hate hate the view from just behind the player, where you can't see the ball on the other side. Bird's eye view is the only way to go.
@joecunningham6939
@joecunningham6939 14 күн бұрын
Most people hard disagree with you.
@felfigs9
@felfigs9 2 ай бұрын
Ban the nonsense grunting. Slow down the game in order to have more exciting rallies and reward talent/creativity instead of raw power
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