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**Ettiominiw** · 02-09-2008, 07:58 PM

I didn't see the J-Block this year but sat right in front of them at Blake-Koubek match last year. They really didn't bother me that much. They were sort of annoying and obnoxious but what sport doesn't have a few of those fans.

While the J-Block may not be my favorite, I think they have the right to exist and that they make things a little more fun.

I'll make another point which may be unpopular. I am puzzled why tennis has evolved as a sport where you have to be quiet during play and have to wait for 2 to 3 games before coming back to your seat from the washroom. I love watching tennis and love going to the U.S. Open but I really think the players could play through a little noise.

In addition, at Armstrong, there is constant noise coming from Ashe and the Grandstand as well as jets flying overhead whenever yet fans have to sit down, shut up and not move.

If Kobe Bryant can hit 2 free throws with the crowd going wild behind the basket and Derek Jeter can hit a 90 mile an hour fastball with constant noise, surely Mardy Fish can hit a serve with the J-Block yelling.

Speaking for myself, when there's a lot of distractions, my tennis game goes down the toilet. It's just a inevitable fact of the human brain's inability to handle a ton of information. Precision drops with sensory overload. Tennis players are out there trying to watch a ball going over a hundred MPH sometimes and then trying to hit it in precisely the middle of the racket. It's exceedingly difficult (it's why I respect tennis and tennis players in the first place). Making tennis matches like basketball games only serves to lower the quality of play and quality of the experience.

02-09-2008, 07:58 PM	#2
Ettiominiw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 697 Senior Member	I didn't see the J-Block this year but sat right in front of them at Blake-Koubek match last year. They really didn't bother me that much. They were sort of annoying and obnoxious but what sport doesn't have a few of those fans. While the J-Block may not be my favorite, I think they have the right to exist and that they make things a little more fun. I'll make another point which may be unpopular. I am puzzled why tennis has evolved as a sport where you have to be quiet during play and have to wait for 2 to 3 games before coming back to your seat from the washroom. I love watching tennis and love going to the U.S. Open but I really think the players could play through a little noise. In addition, at Armstrong, there is constant noise coming from Ashe and the Grandstand as well as jets flying overhead whenever yet fans have to sit down, shut up and not move. If Kobe Bryant can hit 2 free throws with the crowd going wild behind the basket and Derek Jeter can hit a 90 mile an hour fastball with constant noise, surely Mardy Fish can hit a serve with the J-Block yelling. Speaking for myself, when there's a lot of distractions, my tennis game goes down the toilet. It's just a inevitable fact of the human brain's inability to handle a ton of information. Precision drops with sensory overload. Tennis players are out there trying to watch a ball going over a hundred MPH sometimes and then trying to hit it in precisely the middle of the racket. It's exceedingly difficult (it's why I respect tennis and tennis players in the first place). Making tennis matches like basketball games only serves to lower the quality of play and quality of the experience.
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