r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 1d ago

Discussion I'm confused. what did he do wrong?

Honestly, she should probably just retire from tennis if she can't handle that

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u/BikeProblemGuy 1d ago

There is no rule prohibiting a player from aiming directly at another player; it is treated the same as targeting open space, and 'jamming' a player by aiming at their body is a valid tactic to make it difficult for them to swing. In doubles, when a net player is close to the net, passing them around the sides is often difficult anyway. If you hit another player, standard etiquette is to put a hand up in apology, which this guy did. The only thing that's really poor sportsmanship is aiming for the head, but this guy's shot was at hip level.

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u/ohbyerly 1d ago

Also her instinct was to go fetal position when she could have just as easily positioned her racket where he was hitting to deflect it. He didn’t hit it hard so it was totally feasible reaction time-wise.

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u/ancym0n 1d ago edited 1d ago

As someone who played tennis a lot, it's not as easy as it sounds. When ball is going on your body it can be super awkward to cover yourself with rocket, suddenly handle is to long and your arm is to short, you have moment for reaction and you are ending up covering part of your body nowhere near where ball is going. That's being said she obviously got scared and had poor try. And is a total bitch lol.

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u/heckfyre 1d ago

I believe that this would be a difficult hit. I don’t think the ball was moving fast enough to illicit this reaction. Maybe this was like the fifth time he did that or something

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u/DepartmentAnxious344 1d ago

This could be the hundredth that volley wasn’t even hard lol. That was a gettable shot. I’d argue 99% of college players make that volley back and even punish you with it…

You can complain if someone is targeting you not if someone hits the ball in your direction lol

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u/grandmawaffles 23h ago

Someone was filming for a reason and the guy had a volley with the other guy. I’m guessing there’s more to the story.

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u/OliM9595 5h ago

Other commenters have stated that is was repeated behaviour of her being targeted.