OT: The Throwing vs Hitting Tennis Bet

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1C5, nick offered to play the racket side of the bet as well. i suggest you go for that. i have a feeling he'll back down.

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Anyone who like the glove side should play Nick w/ racket for high stakes. Any college baseball players on 2+2 ? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Tonight was a week before our tennis league started so I went out with my father to get a few sets in before the start of the season. I was telling him about this prop bet and he seemed interested in trying it out. Now my father played collegiate tennis and has played a good bit since. At this point my father is rated a 4.5, and estimates he was around a 6.0 when in college. Of course he has lost a lot of his mobility and a lot of his big power, but he still has a lot of good tennis skills. I am a strong 4.0 weak 4.5 player and when we play while competitive I really don't stand a chance. When we played this evening, he used the racket and I used my bare hands. I won easily, now there are some advantages that I had. I played baseball all of my life including college and it felt like I used a lot of those skills. I'm 6'2 and that helps with the serving part. I found my biggest advantage came with being able to catch and get rid of the ball quickly exactly where I wanted it to go. Now I didn't play a top flight college player, but I didn't play a slouch either and felt like I had a significant edge. The one down side is even after only 3 games my arm started getting sore, because it's tough on the arm to throw such a light ball hard.