WHY ARE GRASS COURTS SO SLIPPERY?

WHY ARE GRASS COURTS SO SLIPPERY?



Andy breaks down why fresh grass courts are so slippery and how players have to completely change their movement strategy to survive. 🎾

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  1. With the breakthroughs in running shoe technology, surely some manufacturers can design more effective grass court tennis shoes.

    I've early onset OA and the new max cushioning running shoes I bought make a huge difference. Some soles are pretty tacky even on grass. I loved playing tennis on grass courts. After watching Wimbledon as a kid playing on grass let my brother and I understand it more. The ball having ludicrously low bounce, skidding through etc. was so much fun.

    Runners and basketball players seem to have most of the high tech materials in the shoes given to them. I'm certain new materials can reduce slippage on grass.

  2. week 1 Wimbledon is basically a different surface compared to week 2 Wimbledon
    that's why Nadal usually either loses early or goes deep, rarely anything in between

  3. At some point, they’re gonna stop calling them grass courts and start calling them dirt patch courts. The worst grass courts are at Halle the number of bad bounces and slips and falls makes it so unentertaining to watch at this point

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