KFGO news director Paul Jurgens and I talked about this yesterday on the Mike McFeely Show: Women tennis players are being told to stop the shrill, carnal shrieking they utilize when hitting the ball. None other than former great Chris Evert has joined the chorus of complaints about the grunts, yelps and yips that permeate women’s pro tennis nowadays.
Evert says the shrieking is gamesmanship, used to distract opposing players, and it has no place in tennis. Martina Navratilova, a former Evert rival, concurs.
Bunk, I say. Tennis is not like golf, played in stone silence where a yelp or scream could cause a player to whiff. Tennis is played in stadiums that, while quiet, are not mausoleums. Noise is allowed. Seems like the whining is becoming louder than the shrieking itself.
Anyway, here’s a link to YouTube, complete with necessary audio, that covers the topic pretty well. Click here to view it.
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Shriek! Women tennis players told to keep their yaps shut
KFGO news director Paul Jurgens and I talked about this yesterday on the Mike McFeely Show: Women tennis players are being told to stop the shrill, carnal shrieking they utilize when hitting the ball. None other than former great Chris Evert has joined the chorus of complaints about the grunts, yelps and yips that permeate women’s pro tennis nowadays.
Evert says the shrieking is gamesmanship, used to distract opposing players, and it has no place in tennis. Martina Navratilova, a former Evert rival, concurs.
Bunk, I say. Tennis is not like golf, played in stone silence where a yelp or scream could cause a player to whiff. Tennis is played in stadiums that, while quiet, are not mausoleums. Noise is allowed. Seems like the whining is becoming louder than the shrieking itself.
Anyway, here’s a link to YouTube, complete with necessary audio, that covers the topic pretty well. Click here to view it.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 1:41 pm and is filed under KFGO, Mike McFeely. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.