Tennis Has a Mystery That Nobody Can Solve

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  • @Thoughty2
    @Thoughty22 ай бұрын

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  • @thENDweDIE

    @thENDweDIE

    2 ай бұрын

    Who get's payed once every three weeks...or a month..?? Perhaps it was a brand new job...

  • @ghostfaction45

    @ghostfaction45

    2 ай бұрын

    Its really is because of the min hand... but you fail to understand basics physics... humanity fails to understand basics physics...

  • @Henri-qq6xm

    @Henri-qq6xm

    2 ай бұрын

    did your foot get stuck in a tea pot mmmmm !

  • @allanshpeley4284

    @allanshpeley4284

    2 ай бұрын

    @@EatonShitson How is debt settlement immoral?

  • @admiralkaede

    @admiralkaede

    2 ай бұрын

    is this sponsor good or does it have hidden fees as i have a family member with debt

  • @sonicplanet9193
    @sonicplanet91932 ай бұрын

    What I've learned: When royalty plays with each other's balls in public, insanity ensues, and empires fall. Makes sense.

  • @notduhpopo

    @notduhpopo

    2 ай бұрын

    But when I do it I get arrested.

  • @isiomaagulebu891

    @isiomaagulebu891

    2 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @fraizie6815

    @fraizie6815

    2 ай бұрын

    They've got the balls to play with balls, quite ballsy

  • @subnoizesoldier2

    @subnoizesoldier2

    Ай бұрын

    Is the ball in my court now😂😂😂😂

  • @igbokwenu4934

    @igbokwenu4934

    Ай бұрын

    Balls Deep

  • @jarinazf9683
    @jarinazf96832 ай бұрын

    No idea why they used increments of 15. However how about this?: In a game favored and played by royalty, some King was neck-and-neck in a match when his opponent scored that third point and instead of pulling ahead by 15, King I. Neverloose suddenly declared that the third point only counted as 10. His opponent, I. Wannakeepmyhead, said , "Oh yes, of course!" and so it was. Remember, a foot was the size of "The King's" foot(which king? when? does it change with kings?) and we sill use that today. A bit fanciful but I think plausible. Always enjoy your channel!

  • @russlehman2070
    @russlehman20702 ай бұрын

    Another oddity: Once a game has reched "deuce" (40-40) it is no longer scored numerically. In order to win, you have to win two consecutive points, so it is either "deuce" (tied) or "advantage player", until somebody scores two consecutive points and wins. The score 30 - 30 is sometimes called "little deuce".

  • @davidlancaster8152

    @davidlancaster8152

    2 ай бұрын

    The whole thing is so strange. Thanks for trying to straighten it out

  • @seanwaston3892

    @seanwaston3892

    2 ай бұрын

    @@davidlancaster8152 you think that's strange wtf is pickle ball

  • @cheifreal

    @cheifreal

    2 ай бұрын

    I just asked a freind bout that a month ago as we passed a new pickelball court. Never heard of it till then.I'm guessin it's scaled down tennis fer us oldercockers that can't run no mo.

  • @davidlancaster8152

    @davidlancaster8152

    2 ай бұрын

    @@seanwaston3892 I have no idea 💡

  • @poindextertunes

    @poindextertunes

    2 ай бұрын

    I stg some rich spoiled child made up these rules as they were playing for the first time

  • @Scooby_Rogue
    @Scooby_Rogue2 ай бұрын

    Bring back Regular Thumbnails 😅

  • @deandrehoward1261

    @deandrehoward1261

    5 күн бұрын

    Piss off.

  • @deandrehoward1261

    @deandrehoward1261

    5 күн бұрын

    Shut the hell up.

  • @sidmaniam

    @sidmaniam

    3 күн бұрын

    I agree. These AI thumbnails seem so cringey & pretentious.

  • @fredriklundberg5097
    @fredriklundberg50972 ай бұрын

    One of the absolute best channels ever on KZread. Thank You.

  • @JustDaniel6764

    @JustDaniel6764

    2 ай бұрын

    Up there with the 'Whyfiles' if you haven't already check it out, i highly recommend

  • @dennisgalvin2521

    @dennisgalvin2521

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @646464mario

    @646464mario

    2 ай бұрын

    Been subbed to this guy since I was 14 in 2014 when he was just a small channel. He used to do a cool series called RIF (random interesting facts). I put Thoughty2 up there in the same ranks as Tom Scott.

  • @fredriklundberg5097

    @fredriklundberg5097

    2 ай бұрын

    @@646464mario he really is brilliant.

  • @h4tchetman
    @h4tchetman2 ай бұрын

    In the 1400s everybody was absolutely bloody mental... 2024 everybody is still bloody mental

  • @Blueknight1960

    @Blueknight1960

    2 ай бұрын

    More so now.

  • @Sniperboy5551

    @Sniperboy5551

    2 ай бұрын

    It’s okay, they can just “identify” as “not mental” and we’ll be fine

  • @edpenkalski8937

    @edpenkalski8937

    2 ай бұрын

    At least back then you wouldn't of been cutting your pecker off and forcing people to call you ma'am with the police and courts backing you up

  • @hippiedude2232

    @hippiedude2232

    2 ай бұрын

    True... But at least we don't have to worry about miasthema demons, dancing plague, or a pissed off monarch beheading peasants in the streets in 2024. In most countries anyway.

  • @onikamura888

    @onikamura888

    2 ай бұрын

    LOL 😂

  • @dailydoseofanimalsandnature
    @dailydoseofanimalsandnature2 ай бұрын

    It’s crazy to think I’ve been watching this channel since you had a few thousand subscribers…😂 when I scroll through your channel I’ve literally watched every video. Didn’t comment before I don’t think but just wanted to let you know I love sleeping to these videos 💪🤝 keep it up mate!

  • @johncharles2357

    @johncharles2357

    Ай бұрын

    I don't know if admitting to sleeping to the videos is really a compliment

  • @dailydoseofanimalsandnature

    @dailydoseofanimalsandnature

    Ай бұрын

    @@johncharles2357 depends on your perspective I suppose 😄

  • @petergray2712
    @petergray27122 ай бұрын

    I had a "Book of Facts" as a preteen that asserted that the tennis scoring system was based upon the weight of cannonballs (in lbs no less) fired by the opposing English and French navies during the 100 Years War. Even before the internet was invented, there were a lot of random interjections by uninformed spectators.

  • @danielbowman9366

    @danielbowman9366

    3 күн бұрын

    Your book of facts…..was a book of bs……sorry to infom you….

  • @One.Liners
    @One.Liners2 ай бұрын

    Love your storytelling and animations

  • @shaneannigans
    @shaneannigans2 ай бұрын

    I played Real/Royal Tennis at Macquarie University, Australia, back in the 90's. I never enjoyed modern Tennis, but really enjoyed this older, more enclosed, version of the game.

  • @kitefan1
    @kitefan12 ай бұрын

    When I was a teenager in 1970s USA the score history rumor was that the nobility used this strange system to keep the servants from figuring out the system and learning to play. Thanks for the story.

  • @brianb8003

    @brianb8003

    2 ай бұрын

    Honestly, while likely wrong, this actually makes the most sense lol Kings and nobles are notorious dicks to the peasant class ;)

  • @janemiettinen5176

    @janemiettinen5176

    2 ай бұрын

    I asked my husband about this years ago, he just shrugged and said “15-30-40 sounds more precious than 1-2-3”. I guess it does.

  • @ibrahim-sj2cr

    @ibrahim-sj2cr

    2 ай бұрын

    im guessing the servants are scoring the matches on the sidelines

  • @kitefan1

    @kitefan1

    2 ай бұрын

    @@ibrahim-sj2cr Yep, didn't perceive that one at the time.

  • @davidlancaster8152
    @davidlancaster81522 ай бұрын

    Geeze Thoughty! You just unscrambled my conundrum over tennis scores. Every time I watched a match I figured I missed something or was blacking out! (didn't think my pot was that good)

  • @chrischuter1530
    @chrischuter15302 ай бұрын

    You should be proud of the content you make, its often interesting, informative, and entertaining. Just saying in the hope it might "bring a smile to you face". All the best and thank you.

  • @allanshpeley4284

    @allanshpeley4284

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm sure the money he's pulling in has brought a smile to his face.

  • @chrischuter1530

    @chrischuter1530

    2 ай бұрын

    Absolutely, your right.@@allanshpeley4284 Being nice costs me nothing , and he produces an entertaining "show", sometimes its just nice to be nice.

  • @chesson6464
    @chesson64642 ай бұрын

    Great video sir. Been following you since the early years and it's been awesome to see you evolve. Keep up the great work.

  • @jimbean6934
    @jimbean69342 ай бұрын

    Thank you I love these videos I been watching you from 16k subs never would I think you’d be at the top of the search bar on many people KZread’s

  • @michaelabawi546
    @michaelabawi5462 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the video! I get excited and giddy when you post!

  • @paulvaz5846
    @paulvaz58462 ай бұрын

    Arran, thx for your content. I really enjoy them. Cheers from Portugal

  • @winter6292
    @winter62922 ай бұрын

    Thanks for all the videos!!

  • @Spinosaurus44
    @Spinosaurus442 ай бұрын

    What a way to die, playing tennis and drinking wine 😂

  • @Jules_Pew

    @Jules_Pew

    2 ай бұрын

    I used to drink G&T when changing ends.

  • @topxsoul

    @topxsoul

    2 ай бұрын

    Could be more French… he could have had some cheese and a baguette.

  • @Mario_has_a_gun

    @Mario_has_a_gun

    2 ай бұрын

    My dumb ass read that as drinking tennis and playing wine 🤣

  • @arindamrc5911

    @arindamrc5911

    2 ай бұрын

    He was probably poisoned.

  • @tundelle

    @tundelle

    2 ай бұрын

    And it's also sounds poetic! Really worth it

  • @douglasmackallor
    @douglasmackallor2 ай бұрын

    Tennis? Well, I LOVE ALL your episodes. Quite naturally.

  • @stevedenis8292
    @stevedenis82922 ай бұрын

    My brother is an avid Tennis player and he bring a huge bag of tennis balls for my dog when he visits . My dog loves him has never even thought of starting a war with my brother.

  • @street_sharq
    @street_sharq2 ай бұрын

    Another awesome video, keep up the great work! Always look forward to your content

  • @johnlynn8543
    @johnlynn85432 ай бұрын

    I've never given a toss about most sports and tennis is at the top of such a list. I'm more into archery, hatchet throwing, dueling, HEMA... that kinda thing. But you, Aaron, and your mojo are bloody effin' brilliant.

  • @scottbrowne4745
    @scottbrowne47452 ай бұрын

    Very interesting! I love your videos, man! One of my favorite channels!!!

  • @phantasmo9998
    @phantasmo99982 ай бұрын

    I wonder if the other king sending tennis balls was an insulting message based on something personal between them.

  • @jonathanwilliams1065

    @jonathanwilliams1065

    2 ай бұрын

    It was Henry V was quite young and had spent his youth partying and playing tennis The gift of balls was saying “go play tennis and drop your claim to these dukedoms”

  • @zariaillevacs9682

    @zariaillevacs9682

    2 ай бұрын

    ​​@@jonathanwilliams1065like a grow you're own girlfriend gift, get off mine... It looks such, but it's more too ..

  • @xandytee1041

    @xandytee1041

    2 ай бұрын

    I reckon it's "Even if I give you all these, I've still got more balls than you!"😂😂😂

  • @zariaillevacs9682

    @zariaillevacs9682

    2 ай бұрын

    @@xandytee1041 sadly, you're really wrong... But sorta not... It's a gay thing... You can tell by the scoring system too... Sorta a ball check the Vatican did too. Ish... Goes back to Pythagoras... Pi... Circle... American pie northwest passage even... See every 15... 1+5=6... Love, 6 6 10... The Aten, the Pythagorean perspective of 10... Hoop and stick game.... There's way more... It's created, when the Julian calendar is becoming unlivable... And they bring in the Gregorian. Now essentially if Jesus is killed then Julian calendar, and it's 11 days off by the time they "fix it" who did they sacrifice for the Gregorian? Two women. 11 11 make a wish... This is templars time ... 5 and 6 have meaning in the lunar calendar... And those numbers are at play in the scoring system of tennis... This is sorta George slaying the dragon and Nessie let's use Nessie... If you know who that is .. the separation from the far east and the new world... Lunar calendar is necessary... 28... 2+8=10... It's males... Gay rich males with nothing to worry about so they cause problems and love it's called. Unless you're educated college level at least and country club lifestyle there's no way you have educational ability to figure out what they're doing. This is why they burn books and fake education. And it's not a female friendly bunch.... They'll kill to make sure a female DOESN'T FIGURE IT OUT... FIGUREHEAD.... I'M ONE OF THE FEW FEMALES THAT KNOW... AND BOY THE ABUSE.... These are the males that promote the "housewife" and shopping. All are mason's. In reality, and I myself have been working on this, since my pops, brought home a cobalt masonic ashtray circa 1984... Because they have secrets they demand you lie to spouse to cover, and in reality lying to spouse is grounds for annulment. Especially if the spouse, is merely demoted to fag hag baby maker for a playboy gay boy.

  • @aegoni6176

    @aegoni6176

    2 ай бұрын

    @@xandytee1041 I would have guessed it was: "Seeing your lack of BALLS as a king, here are a few"

  • @derekfaircloth4661
    @derekfaircloth46612 ай бұрын

    thanks for posting i love your content!

  • @thundernlightning
    @thundernlightning2 ай бұрын

    Hey Aaron, glad to gain more knowledge

  • @wendypetersen7529
    @wendypetersen75292 ай бұрын

    I look forward to your videos every week and have your books. Thank you.

  • @slayer8actual
    @slayer8actualАй бұрын

    6:33 "The popular game we all know and *zero* today, evolved from an earlier sport called Real Tennis..." Had to get that in there, didn't you?

  • @jaeger4703
    @jaeger47032 ай бұрын

    "The popular sport were know and zero today" LOL

  • @MrJayehawk

    @MrJayehawk

    2 ай бұрын

    It was a good line.

  • @h-dvlpm

    @h-dvlpm

    2 ай бұрын

    Can you kindly explain me the meaning of his joke in that line? because English is not my native language 🙏

  • @jaeger4703

    @jaeger4703

    2 ай бұрын

    @@h-dvlpm so in the video he says the term 0 in tennis doesn't exist, it's called "love" so it wouldn't be "the score is zero to thirty" it would be "thirty, Love". Thoughty2 uses this terminology when he says the usual saying "Know and love" to make it "know and ZERO".

  • @h-dvlpm

    @h-dvlpm

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jaeger4703 ahh i see, thanks a lot for the clear explanation

  • @drsiege3434
    @drsiege343424 күн бұрын

    Informative as always 👍🏼

  • @sylviawambui8743
    @sylviawambui87432 ай бұрын

    I love the channel and how you narrate in your videos love from kenya

  • @dr.floridaman4805

    @dr.floridaman4805

    2 ай бұрын

    Birthplace of Obama!

  • @danielvazquez5985
    @danielvazquez59852 ай бұрын

    THE ORIGINAL TENNIS SCORE WAS CALLED THOUGHTY 2😊😅😊

  • @utkarsh698
    @utkarsh6982 ай бұрын

    One of the best channel on KZread!! Love from India❤️

  • @poolboy1690

    @poolboy1690

    2 ай бұрын

    Except his episode about Oak Island, its full of unsubstantiated assertions. His accusations of the show's fake-ness are a projection of his own fabrication. His take did not age well, and is based on fiction, and not the actual carbon dating of artifacts recovered. Perhaps he should issue a correction.

  • @richardbottom9843

    @richardbottom9843

    2 ай бұрын

    @@poolboy1690 maximum cope

  • @tennisjiujitsu
    @tennisjiujitsu24 күн бұрын

    I’ve played tennis my entire life. I’ve thought about the scoring and I think it’s actually very simple and less confusing if you were to score 1,2,3,4 game. I know it sounds weird but in the heat of the moment it’s easier to remember 30-15, 30-30, 30-love 40-15 than 2-1, 2-2, 2-0, 3,1. Most people get confused about the score during tiebreaks which are scored 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (tiebreaks end when a player gets to 7 first but ahead by at least 2 points). Most disputes about the score happen during tiebreaks which indicate when under pressure it’s hard remembering simple number patterns. Just my thoughts from experience. Love the history of Tennis! Great Video! 🙏

  • @MrHaiti29
    @MrHaiti292 ай бұрын

    Thanks for these wonderful contents 🙏🏽

  • @darkflip
    @darkflip2 ай бұрын

    Hella cool video! just wanna say, that thumbnail gave me an interesting deja vu that helped me in one of my hobbies of conscious research. hella cool bruh!

  • @Suicaedere666
    @Suicaedere666Ай бұрын

    I watch this channel because your a fantasic fact teller, not because of your thumbnail.. thank you for your work and dedication Thoughty❤

  • @markojojic6223
    @markojojic62232 ай бұрын

    6:40 I'm 99% certain that "real" meant royal in Old Spanish, can somebody confirm?

  • @harkamelrandhawa7125
    @harkamelrandhawa71252 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I love these videos

  • @truth_hunter
    @truth_hunter2 ай бұрын

    Since I was a kid I played many sports often and for several years. The summer before I started High School, my mom thought to Sign me up for tennis since she seen teenagers play to before and thought it looked fun. When she said I had tennis lessons I wasn’t happy. She said just go and try it. So I did. It ended up being a sport I enjoyed and was naturally good at. Even the tennis instructor said I’m a natural at tennis. In high school I played all 4 years. Varsity, we had to play 7 sets. Of course, was on the JV team as a freshman. Anyways, I love smashing the overheaders and the opponent was so mad at me. 😂 But that’s what I was taught in tennis lessons to smash them hard so I could get an easy win for points. I was mostly a singles player meaning just me against 1 opponent. There are doubles meaning 2 people play against two other people and they have to work together and call if they think they can return the ball. My backhand hits when so good it’s somewhat difficult for some people. Anyways, I never was good enough like those tennis pros, but good enough to win some matches at least. 😆

  • @thaddeustwumasi
    @thaddeustwumasi2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the periodic dose of knowledge

  • @sechuan
    @sechuan4 күн бұрын

    although probably not a reason for the scoring i think one important thing to mention is tennis' scoring results in a totally unique phenomenon where its not only about winning more points than the opponent, but winning important points. this has transformed it into a game of mental strength and pressure plays. you can lose more points than the opponent and still win

  • @solemnbuddhist
    @solemnbuddhist2 ай бұрын

    Amazing video like always thoughty I never miss a video!

  • @myscreen2urs
    @myscreen2urs2 ай бұрын

    Cribbage has a very similar scoring system. Maybe they share a common element🤔

  • @corymoore2292
    @corymoore22922 ай бұрын

    Thank you for another wonderful video!

  • @nettejakobs2501
    @nettejakobs25012 ай бұрын

    Thank you for another awesome story 😊

  • @squirrelprooffeeder
    @squirrelprooffeederАй бұрын

    Nice Big Lebowski reference at 14:52! Well done, sir.

  • @ajwinberg
    @ajwinberg2 ай бұрын

    Great video as always. 😊

  • @debottombose4064
    @debottombose40642 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video 🙏

  • @ColeHalford
    @ColeHalford2 ай бұрын

    I use to play Tennis in high school 🎾 Never won a single match but I had fun

  • @m3bbas139
    @m3bbas139Ай бұрын

    I’m so happy you are talking normally.. I couldn’t finish any of your videos before.. acting natural is always the way to go ❤

  • @haraank4905

    @haraank4905

    Ай бұрын

    What do you mean?

  • @josephcooter5763
    @josephcooter57632 ай бұрын

    Tennis is the game where All you need is love.

  • @mazamonty710

    @mazamonty710

    2 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣 Especially if you want to net a win

  • @8998bh

    @8998bh

    2 ай бұрын

    This is going RiiiGHT over people's heads. But it was a knee slapper fursurrrre. 😭☠️🤙✌️🖖

  • @joe-zj8js

    @joe-zj8js

    2 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a beatles song

  • @tedspens
    @tedspens2 ай бұрын

    Obviously, they changed 45 to 40 to make Thoughty2 sound like 42, and I don't know how but it works! Thanks for the tennis history lesson, Forty... oops, I mean Thoughty2.

  • @JustDaniel6764

    @JustDaniel6764

    2 ай бұрын

    Is his name a little joke on that film were every answer to every question is 42? I forget the name of the film right now 😂

  • @jasonroberts4470
    @jasonroberts44702 ай бұрын

    Nicely done 😊

  • @Fate6025
    @Fate60252 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot! I appreciate all of your work, and can't even describe how grateful I am. :)

  • @neotoxsin
    @neotoxsin2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for making learning fun again!

  • @danawahll4481
    @danawahll44812 ай бұрын

    you are awesome, i really enjoyed this video thank you :))

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee2 ай бұрын

    The comic in you sure came out in this video. Love it! “We’re going have to go all the way back in time to the 💥.” 😋 6:21 “The game we know and zero today. . . “ ROTFL 🤣

  • @davewellslives
    @davewellslives22 күн бұрын

    These are great videos! Fun. Where does the title thoughty2 come from?

  • @navret1707
    @navret17072 ай бұрын

    Thoughty, since you did such a stellar job explaining the backstory of tennis, I have a challenge for you: I have never found anyone who can successfully explain CRICKET to me. It makes no sense whatsoever to the casual observer. There, take the challenge, if you dare.

  • @finleyrosebud5791

    @finleyrosebud5791

    2 ай бұрын

    I legitimately began to attempt it and yeah there's soooooooooooooooo much to explain.

  • @finleyrosebud5791

    @finleyrosebud5791

    2 ай бұрын

    tbf, I don't think it's any more confusing than American football if you've grown up with it.

  • @JustDaniel6764

    @JustDaniel6764

    2 ай бұрын

    What i find totally weird about American football is some players can go a whole career without ever touching the ball.

  • @neWworlDmaN83

    @neWworlDmaN83

    2 ай бұрын

    @@JustDaniel6764 and 99% of the players never touch the ball with their foot

  • @JustDaniel6764

    @JustDaniel6764

    2 ай бұрын

    @@neWworlDmaN83 😂😂Well yeah, Hand egg ball maybe

  • @sirpotatato
    @sirpotatato2 ай бұрын

    I enjoy your thumbnails Immensely, thank you for your content.

  • @noahharris9093
    @noahharris90932 ай бұрын

    That hidden UwU caught me so off guard nearly spit out my drink 😂😂

  • @kevinqwen221

    @kevinqwen221

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm not alone😂

  • @myscreen2urs

    @myscreen2urs

    2 ай бұрын

    Time stamp please

  • @noahharris9093

    @noahharris9093

    2 ай бұрын

    @@myscreen2urs4:34 listen closely

  • @tiagobuarki
    @tiagobuarki2 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Big fan for a long time now.

  • @tberry79
    @tberry792 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video

  • @MrComawhite
    @MrComawhiteАй бұрын

    Love ya Thoughty2 !! My Homie! 😎

  • @Mr.Unacceptable
    @Mr.Unacceptable2 ай бұрын

    I know a guy that served with his racket at an angle which made the ball spin backwards returning to him. no way to return the serve. Don't know why it wouldn't be a legal serve. He could make it return over the net or off to any side he aimed for.

  • @Alexander-ry4pv
    @Alexander-ry4pvАй бұрын

    Thanks for the vid!

  • @MiPointIs
    @MiPointIs2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the interesting video, it’s amazing that no one has an answer!! I never really got going with tennis as the tennis courts at my school were positioned so that the players on one side of the court were blinded by the sun!!

  • @kennethnielsen3864
    @kennethnielsen38642 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @ZanTan
    @ZanTan2 ай бұрын

    4:30 bru

  • @ChrisChris-np4wn
    @ChrisChris-np4wn2 ай бұрын

    As a french I love how cute it sound when you say "jeux de paumes" , good job.

  • @adambattersby8934

    @adambattersby8934

    2 ай бұрын

    That's French with a Lancashire accent.

  • @dorian7661

    @dorian7661

    2 ай бұрын

    Jus de poums!

  • @Ivan-Gutierrez6969
    @Ivan-Gutierrez69692 ай бұрын

    Great video mate

  • @jaepayne5844
    @jaepayne58442 ай бұрын

    The counting system that uses approaching the nets makes a lot of sense. While not quite as prevalent today, my dad talked about how "attacking the net" was what everyone did, nearly every game. Today people still stalk about "net game" meaning how good a player performs when they are close to or approaching the net. While a player choses when to approach the net, I wonder if historically one approached the net as a rule. Perhaps as time went on, certain players didn't want to approach the net so they made "house rules": Call out your score, but both players start at the base line and choose where they go from there. Modern tennis has gone the way of much more power and faster tennis ball speed, while we see players use the net less in singles tennis. In doubles...someone is usually at the net.

  • @hzrdging3r201
    @hzrdging3r2012 ай бұрын

    You and Danny Duncan are the only KZreadrs I’ve watched every video from for years now love the vids

  • @h.k.347
    @h.k.3472 ай бұрын

    well done! feels almost like your older work..

  • @outerlast
    @outerlast2 ай бұрын

    can't wait till you make videos about how modern fencing got its rues and scoring system

  • @EauRouge
    @EauRouge2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for everything mate!!

  • @pascualdiezodogherty4813
    @pascualdiezodogherty48132 ай бұрын

    Thanks man!!

  • @raisedbrow01
    @raisedbrow012 ай бұрын

    I read a book a while ago about tennis that included the history of the points system. According to the book, it was based on the clock face as suggested. The 40 came about due to duece - whoever got "advantage" was moved to 45 on the clock face so the third point was kept at 40. This is what I read, and nothing was mentioned about the sets as far as I remember... although I tempted to go back and see if it is. To me it makes sense and possibly it's 6 for a set as a best of three sets needing 12 games - the 12 on a clock. This would mean each person has a clock face each, a minute hand for points, hour hand for games. That part is just a guess though 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @eventhorizonabyss9337
    @eventhorizonabyss93372 ай бұрын

    The fastest I have ever been! Claiming no 13 as my own. 😊

  • @robertbretschneider765
    @robertbretschneider7652 ай бұрын

    Thanks, never knew that scoring system!

  • @NurseGi
    @NurseGi2 ай бұрын

    Great narrator 😊 👍🏽

  • @VicJang
    @VicJang2 ай бұрын

    Great video! I’ve always wondered about the reason but never bother to look it up. Turns out there wasn’t a concrete answer anyway.

  • @Natures_Symmetry
    @Natures_Symmetry2 ай бұрын

    Great video! In my opinion the 3 guys who invented this game in their back yard decided to score it like that. It can happen today and it for sure is could happen then. No complex or logical explanation is needed. I always thought that it was scored like that to differentiate it from other games. Look at soccer, rugby, American football, basketball, bowling, golf, etc. Each game has its own way of keeping score. Also, since it's a game that started with novelty, it would make sense that the rich will want to differentiate themselves from the poor by scoring it differently than 1,2,3. To make it more 'intelligent'. But then they'd go to war if someone gave them the wrong gift.

  • @DhavalBrahmbhatt2627
    @DhavalBrahmbhatt262719 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the video

  • @olasteer2197
    @olasteer21972 ай бұрын

    Back to the Big Bang had me good 42, also i found it very fascinating about the minute hand being invented later on in time.

  • @HeyokaMushi
    @HeyokaMushi2 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Like a bunch. From all the years. Thanks

  • @Abyss-Will
    @Abyss-Will2 ай бұрын

    2:18 damn that's a nice set up

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil57182 ай бұрын

    Don't forget The INFAMOUS Tennis Court Oath (1789). It was *a key moment that set off the French Revolution.* On June 20, 1789, the Tennis Court Oath was taken. There, the men of the National Assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established. Actually, the members of the French Third Estate took **the Jeu de Paume Oath** (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume) in the tennis court which had been built in 1686 for the use of the Palace of Versailles.Their vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established" were intro to French Revolution (1789)

  • @marievaleur7877
    @marievaleur78772 ай бұрын

    This was absolutely fascinating! Thanks for bringing all of that history to life, who knew tennis was so instrumental in European history!

  • @caw7007
    @caw700728 күн бұрын

    Thanks! Somehow I’ve miss notifications. Catching up. 💖

  • @Johnnybgood76
    @Johnnybgood764 күн бұрын

    Henry V supposedly spent his youth in various forms of debauchery and frivolity, including games of tennis, rather than being serious about the responsibilities involved in eventually becoming a king. The Dauphin's gift of tennis balls was meant as an insult, highlighting Henry's past dereliction of duty and insinuating that he (Henry) was unfit to rule.

  • @goofyoperatorr
    @goofyoperatorr2 ай бұрын

    I eat gun for breakfast

  • @dr.floridaman4805

    @dr.floridaman4805

    2 ай бұрын

    You're doing it wrong. Make sure it's loaded first

  • @dimesack-drunkenmaster6742

    @dimesack-drunkenmaster6742

    2 ай бұрын

    I like eggs 🥚

  • @pondreezy

    @pondreezy

    2 ай бұрын

    Does anyone else want to eat mademoiselle crabaletta with some butter?

  • @andrewbegley6754

    @andrewbegley6754

    2 ай бұрын

    That 1st bite a spicy meatball

  • @austin8518

    @austin8518

    Ай бұрын

    There’s no health benefits it’s an old doctor myth. That’s not good for your health

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations2 ай бұрын

    Fascinating!

  • @bakerzermatt
    @bakerzermatt2 ай бұрын

    Jeu de paume: the last word is pronounced like 'pawm'. Think 'paw' (pronounced with an English accent) plus the letter 'm'.

  • @alphalunamare
    @alphalunamare2 ай бұрын

    Zero Today ... :-) Well said Sir! 10:25 After 45 the counting became unclockable so they stopped it and chose 40 as a sign that this was the new way of scoring the game. Initially at 40:40 it was Ducks as in cricket but the posh toffs chose Deuce instead as it seemed less plebian. It is apocryphal but some say that in those days to have so many repetative ducks one needed a lot of Djuice in one's loins.

  • @christophecamus3295
    @christophecamus32952 ай бұрын

    Very interesting video thanks

  • @timkelly4954
    @timkelly49542 ай бұрын

    Just a thought ... number 1 we haven't scored tennis the way we always did because as you mentioned the 45 got changed to 40 at some point for some reason ... Whatever reason they had to change 45 to 40 was obviously not so you could say the number faster ... because if that was the reason for change ... then why not change Fifteen to Ten for the same reasons ... Perhaps they changed it to 40 because 45 put you right onto the net which meant you could reach over the net to make a play ... so to prevent this they changed the last movement to 40 instead of 45 ... but who really knows ... Thus tennis's scoring system is truly an enigma ...