Comments on: C’mon http://www.ds9r.com/dlog/archives/2005/01/27/cmon/ Happenings Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:44:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nivek http://www.ds9r.com/dlog/archives/2005/01/27/cmon/comment-page-1/#comment-42 nivek Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:01:54 +0000 /?p=77#comment-42 I think Lleyton gets in a zone when he plays. He's a nice enough guy afterwards in the interviews to be humble enough to say that that he hasn't won it yet and will take it one match at a time, respecting his apponents. I'm not sure if he saw Blake clapping, he turned his back right after the point to look at his support box. Definitely, kids should take inspiration from the skill and heart of Lleyton, not his how he psyches his apponents out. cheers I think Lleyton gets in a zone when he plays. He’s a nice enough guy afterwards in the interviews to be humble enough to say that that he hasn’t won it yet and will take it one match at a time, respecting his apponents.

I’m not sure if he saw Blake clapping, he turned his back right after the point to look at his support box.

Definitely, kids should take inspiration from the skill and heart of Lleyton, not his how he psyches his apponents out.

cheers

]]> By: rez http://www.ds9r.com/dlog/archives/2005/01/27/cmon/comment-page-1/#comment-41 rez Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:35:14 +0000 /?p=77#comment-41 Sure tennis is a tough game, but so is every other game that consists of the planets elite. I applaud Lleyton for his courageous performance last night, and I do agree he portrays the 'never say die' attitude very well. What I don't agree with is the psyching out of opponents. Maybe it is part of the game, but there are better ways of doing this instead of looking like an arrogant prick. Yelling out 'C'mon!' as your opponent misses a very important point adding to his list of unforced errors, is showing a tremendous display of bad sportsmanship. Something not everyone knows without watching the entire game itself, was when Lleyton failed to acknowledge any gratitude when his own opponent applauded him for a well played shot. Lleyton stood there staring blankly leaving his opponent clapping foolishly. In regards to Australias well known 'Tall Poppy Syndrome' problem, I beleive this is one poppy that needs to be cut back down to earth. Assuming you watched the match last night, I'm sure you would've noticed Lleytons hesitation at psyching his opponent out whenever his opponent missed a shot. Lets hope its a step in the right direction where this lad can learn something about being a little more humble. As for him being a good role model to kids, I don't think it would be a good idea for the youth of today to provoke an opponent if they made an error whether it be tennis, soccer, rugby etc etc. Bit of a rant there, thats just my honest opinion. Nice dlog dude ;) Sure tennis is a tough game, but so is every other game that consists of the planets elite.
I applaud Lleyton for his courageous performance last night, and I do agree he portrays the ‘never say die’ attitude very well.
What I don’t agree with is the psyching out of opponents. Maybe it is part of the game, but there are better ways of doing this instead of looking like an arrogant prick.
Yelling out ‘C’mon!’ as your opponent misses a very important point adding to his list of unforced errors, is showing a tremendous display of bad sportsmanship.
Something not everyone knows without watching the entire game itself, was when Lleyton failed to acknowledge any gratitude when his own opponent applauded him for a well played shot. Lleyton stood there staring blankly leaving his opponent clapping foolishly.
In regards to Australias well known ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’ problem, I beleive this is one poppy that needs to be cut back down to earth.
Assuming you watched the match last night, I’m sure you would’ve noticed Lleytons hesitation at psyching his opponent out whenever his opponent missed a shot. Lets hope its a step in the right direction where this lad can learn something about being a little more humble.
As for him being a good role model to kids, I don’t think it would be a good idea for the youth of today to provoke an opponent if they made an error whether it be tennis, soccer, rugby etc etc.

Bit of a rant there, thats just my honest opinion. Nice dlog dude ;)

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