Asians and Tennis

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<p>^^that’s what everyone is saying. you don’t have to be physically superior to be good at tennis. it’s one of the few popular american sports that doesn’t require this.</p>

<p>^^and silence if your going to quote me quote everything. i think you left out a sentence</p>

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<p>I know white people who play tennis… but srsly this thread is so racist :P</p>

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<p>^^in what fashion? just because we’re saying asians are more petite than other cultures and therefore are gentically hindered when it comes to certain sports? that’s not racism</p>

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<p>An earlier poster hit the nail on the head: It’s the lack of physical contact. Ditto for swimming. Both sports required coordination, skill, and endurance, so don’t put them down, but neither require physical contact. The Chinese national basketball team was criticized for years because they refused to play physically. Yao spent two years before the Beijing Olympics trying to teach his fellow players how to play more physical. The Chinese do not excel in any sport that requires physical contact, but they excel at many sports than do not. It’s just a cultural thing. And there’s nothing wrong with not wanting to get your brains bashed in playing football, water polo, wrestling, lacrosse, etc.</p>

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<p>Hahaha… I guess I didn’t mean “easiest to pick up”…</p>

<p>Have you looked at the lower JV Men/Women tennis teams?</p>

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<p>I think a lot of asians play tennis because good technique can help make up for lack of fitness. That being said, I don’t think it’s that asians “can’t” be good at contact sports - it’s just that they don’t get into them. I’m asian and I play tennis and basketball and I consider myself very fit, but I do know kids who stick to tennis or racquetball because they don’t think they can be good at basketball or football.</p>

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<p>A lot of Asians I know are weightlifting and working out in the gym.</p>

<p>More Asians need to do cardio imho… There are many Asians that I know of that are extremely awesome at sports (soccer and basketball) and can easily rival those of BLACK PPL!!</p>

<p>My little brother is taking weight gainers, working out in the gym, and wrestling + golf + track…</p>

<p>He is a little Asian boy :)</p>

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<p>It is more of a skills game. This doesn’t make the sport not worthwhile, as you seem to be implying.</p>

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<p>huh? what would I have to say about the statement: black people dominate football? “yeah, I’ve watched an NFL game.”</p>

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<p>What point are you trying to make? The JV team at your school is terrible therefore tennis is a worthless sport?</p>

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<p>What are you talking about? Michael Chang is in the international tennis hall of fame.</p>

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<p>Michael Chang is American.</p>

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<p>No, Michael Chang is Asian American. For example, if Michael Chang was a HS senior and he was filling out his college applications, he would put “Asian/Pacific Islander”</p>

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<p>The post you were replying to was talking about China’s athletic programs. Michael Chang has never been involved with China’s athletic programs. He was born in America.</p>

<p>He does provide a good counter-argument to the people yammering on about how Asians are horribly unathletic. Michael Chang was incredibly fast on the tennis court. He probably was one of the most athletic tennis players ever.</p>

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<p>When the original poster posted this, he was talking about ethnicity and not nationality. I was replying to the third post, which is by the original poster. I know that he mentioned “China”, but I am sure he was implying Chinese people as a whole. Just look at his first post.</p>

<p>But anyways, Kobe Bryant grew up in and played bball younger when he was in Italy. Does that mean he is Italian?</p>

<p>EDIT:And guys, there are so many wrong sterotypes in here. </p>

<p>As a counterargument for those sterotypes, the toughest player in the NFL I know is Hines Ward…and hes half-Asian, was born in Korea, and was mostly raised by his Korean mother.
<a href=“http://kdka.com/local/Hines.Ward.Kim.2.381616.html[/url]”>http://kdka.com/local/Hines.Ward.Kim.2.381616.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>This is an incredibly stupid thing to argue about but we are on the internet . . .</p>

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<p>The quote really was about the China athletic program, but I see your point.</p>

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<p>I don’t know, but he certainly isn’t on Italy’s basketball team . . . you could argue that he was a product of Italy’s athletic programs, but that may be stretching it. Wikipedia states that he played high school ball in America.</p>

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<p>Yes, this thread is pointless (why is this in college admissions?), and very untrue and sterotypical.</p>

<p>[YouTube</a> - Hines Ward Jacks Up Keith Rivers - www Super-Bowl-XLIII com](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0zTurm9yU]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0zTurm9yU) and take a look at this hit (note that Ward is giving up like 40 pounds and about 3 inches and hes a WR taking on a MLB)
if you want anymore proof of how this sterotypes mentioned in this thread are easily broken (google Hines Ward if you don’t believe me).</p>

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<p>I never knew that he was half-Korean. However, I bet bananasandwich15 is also going to bring up the fact that he is half-black . . .</p>

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<p>^And he was raised and introduced to football by his Korean mother, as she raised him starting sometime in elementary school. He grew up in more of an Asian culture (which contradicts what everyone is saying–that Asian culture does not permit contact sports)</p>

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<p>Pro baseball has a quite a few talented Asian players.</p>

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<p>Among racket sports, badminton is the fastest. I believe the fastest smash ever recorded is something like 332 km/hr. Table tennis is the most skill intensive, but if reaction time is your gage of “fast”, then you can argue that table tennis is the fastest.</p>

<p>What is interesting here is that both are European sports that are dominated by Asians. China’s domination of table tennis is so complete that it threatens the international development of the sport. As a result, The international federation have been trying to reduce their effectiveness to no avail. I remember they changed rules on service, scoring system, size of the ball, and recently even the glue you used to attach the rubber to the racket.</p>

<p>I notice the same thing is happening in badminton, attempting to head off the potential total domination by China. So far, they have changed the scoring system and an attempt is being made to restrict the number of players allowed from each country to participate in the Olympics.</p>

<p>Before changes to the scoring system, you could only score on the service, making it one of the world’s most grueling sports. The match in the 1997 World Championship between Sun Jun and Peter Rasmussen is considered the greatest match ever played. It was “painful” to watch. Don’t miss it if you can get it on the net.</p>

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<p>What about rowing? It is not a contact sport, yet not a whole lot of Asians participate in it.</p>