i ve just seen this sport been waching some videos last couple of days . for me it seems that fast players and defensive ones wins most maches and i mentioned Nadal for his defence . but just a first opinion
That looks like a lot of fun. I played Adam Hassan a few years ago at normal tennis, he destroyed me. He's a really nice guy so he was very nice about it, but he destroyed me.
Wow I expected this to be really lame but it was really fun to watch actually. Must also be amazing to play, but sadly the sport is very small so can't practice it here.
Ryan Duyon no joke. You’re mad! Federer would win at a boxing match with Tyson if he had an hour of boxing practice! The guy isn’t human! He’s The G.O.A.T!
touchtennis Can an ordinary tennis player (hobby tennis), can become a pro in this tennis format, because damn I fell in love with this "touch tennis"? What is the age limit and rules of becoming a licensed pro or to participate in tournaments:)?
Lol this sport is a joke. I play D3 college tennis and I would bagel these mofos. I would just constantly attack the net...such a small court. It looks like it's hard to hit good passing shots.
Simon Roberts is a former professional tennis player and is also a coach on TH-cam, I think Hassan is as well, most of these are pros who didn’t make it too high up in the rankings
XOCARROLL you sound like a barrel of laughs. You clearly don’t get it! We get together and have fun. We don’t take ourselves seriously. Do you really think any sport is life or death? They’re all poor copies of murderous events in ancient days. If we stop having fun playing this we’ll just stop. You need to get out more.
touchtennis oh ok! Thx! And the ball is made just for this sport or is it a tennis? What’s the surface? (Sry I am asking too much but I am new to the Game and really want to know something about it) 8)
Andrew Roberts very easy. There are some nuances. But the main hurdle for a lot of tennis players is not taking themselves as seriously! We encourage fair play and a huge slice of humour mixed with a little talent!
ItzaHyperMeme because the matches go on forever, the server has a stupidly huge advantage and every other racquet sport is one serve. Only tennis has two.
Nate Hill yes. We’ve had two events in NC this year and Missouri last year. Some guy just built a sick court in his garden in San Jose. Quite a few players dotted about.
G G it really depends how good their hands are. Some tennis pros in the top 200 even, get destroyed. But the guys like Santoro would be unplayable within 5 minutes of playing.
touchtennis I don’t mean for it to be insulting but it’s pretty much tennis. These guys look like they can play tennis so why not just play that instead.
Chad 90% of our tour aren’t tennis players. Or many of us like Hassan above can’t play tennis anymore because he destroyed his arm beyond repair playing as a junior.
Shouldn't they play serve&volley all the way? The width of the field makes me think that a good s&v player could easily cover all the angles, but I never tried touchtennis so I could be wrong.
kamo313 it’s so easy to get passed. They slap the first at you hard (from a few metres away it’s tough to avoid and hard to volley effectively) then they pass you on the second ball.
hellovanite please do. As long as you remember we’re not trying to hurt tennis participation. touchtennis has increased tennis participation. Our players (80%) have now taken up tennis or returned to tennis.
Aggressiveness seems missing from backhand here.So I guess left-handed pushers automatically have the inside track BTW they’re allowed to talk during the break LOL
Free Me From It yeah it does seem lacking aggression but his slice is actually really nasty. Courtside you get to see how low it stays. But you may have a point about lefties.
Well this is all well and good but this ain't nothing compared to ultimate touch tennis ... where you play with a flaming ball ... and you don't have any pants on
Anthony Trumble dan Evans got to top 50 ATP and had his ass handed to him! Marcus Willis played for years on our tour and used touch instead of power as it’s not easy to control the ball with raw power!
I like the some ideas of touch tennis. It does not take much space and it is all weather indoor. Please make it more challenging to attract more players. It is not about the court, the balls are too slow. Please make the balls a little harder, firmer, heavier or even smaller. I want to see some speed of touch tennis otherwise it is only grandpa's game.
Keith Lee have you ever played it? It’s certainly not just an indoor game. Al miotto and Stu Searle serve rockets. If the ball was faster no one could return it.
This sport is soooo weird !! looks like a video game .... I thought it was a joke at first. it's like when u play in your backyard when u're bored with a beach tennis ball .... Not a huge fan of this one. I prefer padel if I have to choose an alternative sport for tennis.
of course and don't get me wrong. At first I thought it was a joke because I didn't even know such a sport even existed. It's a different way to play "tennis" maybe an easiest way especially if you don't have Inside courts (I guess this sport is played mainly in GB? weather an issue to play outside? ). Even if I think it's weird ... who cares !! there are players, spectators, tournements etc etc ... Who knows maybe one day it will be worldwide (already is?)
alcalec no we play outdoors mostly. Its just the best videos are indoors where you can control the elements. It’s better for tennis players or aspiring tennis players than paddle because it’s a strung racquet and we use the same spins as tennis! Yeah 27 countries now!
Yeah right ... padel racquets are a bit weird at first. Well basically, it's like playing on a mini tennis court with a shorter racquet and a soft ball. I will check your website ...... to get some info. Thanks anyway .... Good luck on promoting this sport then.
alcalec thanks. Worst thing we’ll achieve is getting more people active. Best case scenario we get millions active, millions more people into full size tennis (80% of people that play touchtennis then play more tennis or start)!
this is stupid and irrelevant when we already have tennis. i would however kill to have one of these courts to play matches where i can focus on my feel (with actual tennis balls)
@@alephnull4044 yeah I started it with my friends in my garden. Occasionally you get someone thinking they’re McEnroe but 99% of people show up for the beers. The prize money is also a fun addition. Bragging rights.
This is so funny. The single person clapping. The pseudo-professionality of all this. The fact that Roberts has won multiple "slams" and yet has only earned a few thousand dollars in prize money. It's interesting that a small-scale version of tennis was created, when it will forever be in the shadows of real tennis.
Joseph Lee you must be a barrel of laughs at a party! The whole sport is tongue in cheek. We just get together and have fun. You should try it. Having fun I mean.
Ishaan Sati yeah but these guys have to play six matches in one day to make the final so they end up playing about three hours! We like making them suffer to win! 🤣
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This is how a regular tennis court must feel to Karlovic and Isner
DEVANSH and anderson
And Raonic
there's even a ball boy. it's just so hard to take this sport seriously, after years of watching tennis this one is just so damn cute.
SuIlIllIIlI please never take it seriously. We never do. It’s just a bit of fun.
Ethan istanforCBE if you watch the spirit in which the matches are played, it really is played fairly and with the element of fun taking priority!
This looks fun to play.
It is a lot of fun. It’s nice because it’s easier than tennis
if u put Nadal on this type of tennis he will not lose a game in the next 50 years
i ve just seen this sport been waching some videos last couple of days . for me it seems that fast players and defensive ones wins most maches and i mentioned Nadal for his defence . but just a first opinion
and how u cant hit balls on this court without topspin as the court is so small ? ? ill play every shot with top spin on this court
Nadal would still beat any of these players even if he just sliced every ball. Trust me. There is no comparison.
Yeah i think all top 100 will beat this guys , as they seem not be really profesionals , people with belly :D
Simon Roberts was 747 ATP
That looks like a lot of fun. I played Adam Hassan a few years ago at normal tennis, he destroyed me. He's a really nice guy so he was very nice about it, but he destroyed me.
A really enjoyable looking sport. Hope this becomes a lot more popular in the U.K.
Alan Hutton thanks Alan. We’re trying!
Imagine federer playing this after he retires
big john he'd probably be beasting until 2050
he would be even more goat. if ya know what i'm saying ;)
Angejo ‘ can you be the GOAT when you have a losing record against your 2 main rivals? Nah
Rafa Nadal1987 - simply put- yes. Hahaha kidding my man. They are all three so amazing to watch I don’t even care which one is “the best”
Rafa Nadal1987 also, I’m guessing you’re a Novak fan? Haha
Hassan is a fan fav but for this match in the beginning he looked tired!
Its funny to see them doing slices when the ball comes veeeery slowly hahaha❤️
God Level 2017 it is a lot faster when you’re playing! TV makes it look slow.
Also, slices can be very effective as it keeps the ball low.
touchtennis I wish I can play once🙃
Wow I expected this to be really lame but it was really fun to watch actually. Must also be amazing to play, but sadly the sport is very small so can't practice it here.
MrPatrickbuit just buy your own kit and play in the street.
I play on a badminton court in my small town. Gotta start somewhere.
Could Federer compete at this level of this sport if he had 1 hour to practice😂😂?
It was kind of joke, I'm sure this sport has a little different feel than tennis.
Ryan Duyon no joke. You’re mad! Federer would win at a boxing match with Tyson if he had an hour of boxing practice! The guy isn’t human! He’s The G.O.A.T!
touchtennis Can an ordinary tennis player (hobby tennis), can become a pro in this tennis format, because damn I fell in love with this "touch tennis"? What is the age limit and rules of becoming a licensed pro or to participate in tournaments:)?
Of course Fed is the Goat
Lol this sport is a joke. I play D3 college tennis and I would bagel these mofos. I would just constantly attack the net...such a small court. It looks like it's hard to hit good passing shots.
Simon Roberts is a former professional tennis player and is also a coach on TH-cam, I think Hassan is as well, most of these are pros who didn’t make it too high up in the rankings
Sauron The nerd 1001100 Hassan works for a clothing company! 🤣
@@touchtennis
Lmao 😂
you know how some people have a "spirit animal"?
I think this is my "spirit sport"
Karlovic would have field day with this type of tennis.
Such a dope sport.
mr73pogue thank you. This genuinely means a lot to us.
It seems to be pretty fun!
How is this kinda balls like? Comparing to tennis balls
PadKal 75 we use dense 8cm cut foam touchtennis balls.
What is all that stuff on the floor?
I think Agassi and Rafter would do amazing at this.
Imagine if somebody as tall as isner plays this . He can volley shots from the baseline xD
Siddharth Raghuvanshi but he can’t change direction like a shorter guy!
touchtennis agility is key brudda
@@xocarroll5351 You could say the same for squash. Or racquetball. Why don't 6 foot 10 players win those tournaments?
@@touchtennis can you lob people in squash? Squash is slightly less of a joke anyway.
XOCARROLL you sound like a barrel of laughs. You clearly don’t get it! We get together and have fun. We don’t take ourselves seriously. Do you really think any sport is life or death? They’re all poor copies of murderous events in ancient days. If we stop having fun playing this we’ll just stop. You need to get out more.
Met Adam at my tennis club I play at. He’s a great normal tennis player too
cool sport!! looks way better than the emerging "paddel" spanish tennis thing, which is also fun though. but this just seems way better for sure!
tobiassssssssssss thanks. We prefer being able to play singles and use spin which separates the two.
You can't even find touch tennis balls on amazon.
Bits of Pulp we sell 100 dozen balls a week on amazon! Try spelling touchtennis together without the space.
Hassan's forehand is like Verdasco's.
Where can i watch the matches on live stream? This channel runs it?
infractapullus no we only live stream on Facebook. facebook.com/touchtennis
This. Is. Amazing. Just discovered this, so much fun! Is there a hawkeye system?
Danilo Jelovac thanks! No not yet. Some day!
touchtennis Well, good luck! And keep up with uploads, I think I found new fav sport. :P Hope you'll come to Serbia someday. :D
Danilo Jelovac thank you! Very soon I believe. There’s already one touchtennis court there!
touchtennis Hope to visit it, then! Thanks for the info! :)
Estimados, cuáles son las medidas de esta cancha??
12 x 5 singles. 12 x 6 doubles.
OMG I used to play this with my sister's foam training ball...
Chris H. Addictive isn’t it?!
Amazing game- we need a proper set up in north yorkshire
Jamie Jarman they have weekly sessions in York I believe.
The raquets are made just for this sport or there are smaller tennis raquets?
Alex Tube2007 both. We have specially made Babolat touchtennis racquets but you can use any 21” junior tennis racquet.
touchtennis oh ok! Thx! And the ball is made just for this sport or is it a tennis? What’s the surface? (Sry I am asking too much but I am new to the Game and really want to know something about it) 8)
Alex Tube2007 no it’s a special ball and we play on all surfaces. Grass, hard, clay.
How come nobody rushes the net?
How easy is the transfer from actual tennis to touch tennis? I feel like 18 years of tennis would translate pretty well to touch tennis
Andrew Roberts very easy. There are some nuances. But the main hurdle for a lot of tennis players is not taking themselves as seriously! We encourage fair play and a huge slice of humour mixed with a little talent!
How was this sport made? How long has it been around?
William Schwartzman about ten years as an open sport. Before that it was just in one man’s garden.
so how many racquet/paddle sports are there?
johnyc3953 no idea. Tennis and touchtennis are the only ones we care about!
17:35 look at the ballboy lol
What are these courts made of? Anyone know?
Pookie Vanderbilt interlocking foam backed carpet tiles. But we also play on clay, hard sand, grass and hard courts.
I would love to play this. No pickleball for me
I played this shit with my cousin in the late 1970's with a nerf ball and mini court. why didnt we organize it then... damn.
Can't you just go up to net like 80% of the time and win the point lol
Cold Socks no. You’d eat the ball as they’d slap the first one straight at you. It’s not as easy as it seems.
Cold Socks from watching this game I think volleying is against the rules
They can challenge too?
Harry Rb no.
Hassan needs to play on the ATP tour
what is the money prize for the 1st place and 2nd ?
ivan tucko the winner got a car. All quarter finalists won £1000.00.
What surface is this played on?
Robert Owens we play on clay, grass, hard or carpet like this video.
Would you think about possibly implementing 2 faults instead of one?
ItzaHyperMeme we used to. Never again.
touchtennis why not?
ItzaHyperMeme because the matches go on forever, the server has a stupidly huge advantage and every other racquet sport is one serve. Only tennis has two.
If I have any knock on this it's that the server rly doesn't get any sort of large advantage
This is way better than the pickle ball.. hope those pickle player is watching this and learn from it.
Where is the place of the tournament?
Nicolo Borgogno London at the national tennis centre.
why is top spinned serve generally used？
Douglas MacArthur very short service box and relatively high nets make it safer. You only get one serve!
can they try to play a stop ball?
Shakermaker78 do you mean a stop volley? They do.
Do they have this in USA?
James Dekle not at the moment. We sell a load of kit to the states but no structured sessions out there.
Must be great workout..
Pavel Jakl it is. We average 800 calories an hour.
touchtennis I play tennis and would like to try this touch tennis one day..
Pavel Jakl just get some touchtennis balls and make your own court!
Where are you playing
Nate Hill this was in London. We have events in 9 countries.
Do you ever play in the us
Nate Hill yes. We’ve had two events in NC this year and Missouri last year. Some guy just built a sick court in his garden in San Jose. Quite a few players dotted about.
I tried watching pickleball and it’s like watching paint dry.
Julius Mendoza 🤣🤣🤣🤣
What is with the large quantity of bananas?
Martin Gavrilov we like to take care of our players!
Thats awesome and the sport looks awesome as well!
Martin Gavrilov thanks Martin.
Hey touch tennis how old are the players?
Treo Villas between 16 and 60 on tour.
Serious question - Would a professional tennis player win easily in this or is it much difference compared to "real" tennis?
G G it really depends how good their hands are. Some tennis pros in the top 200 even, get destroyed. But the guys like Santoro would be unplayable within 5 minutes of playing.
Imagine Ivo Karlovic playing this...
He'll be covering the net right after serving... :O
It seems harder than you think guys
What kind of ball??
Rainily its a dense special cut foam ball.
what is the point of this game?
Chad what’s the point of any game?
touchtennis I don’t mean for it to be insulting but it’s pretty much tennis. These guys look like they can play tennis so why not just play that instead.
Chad 90% of our tour aren’t tennis players. Or many of us like Hassan above can’t play tennis anymore because he destroyed his arm beyond repair playing as a junior.
Shouldn't they play serve&volley all the way? The width of the field makes me think that a good s&v player could easily cover all the angles, but I never tried touchtennis so I could be wrong.
kamo313 it’s so easy to get passed. They slap the first at you hard (from a few metres away it’s tough to avoid and hard to volley effectively) then they pass you on the second ball.
Makes sense : )
It's really a great game 🧐
arent these the same commentators in tennis?
Yeah they are.
Adam Fielder and Nick Cavaday.
Giants playing tennis, a giant net for them too
So defensive... Tennis is just more exciting
gille simon vs dzumhur
Image Isner playing this tournament
He would still have to break serve to win!
is this for real
This game should be for dwarfs not trying to be be rude but yar
This guy sounds like the Pokerstars commentator
вот что случилось, когда ввели теннис до 10 лет. теперь взрослые играют поролоновыми мячами в детский теннис.
wee tennis
Interesting
I think I'll just keep playing regular tennis
hellovanite please do. As long as you remember we’re not trying to hurt tennis participation. touchtennis has increased tennis participation. Our players (80%) have now taken up tennis or returned to tennis.
touchtennis Actually that's pretty cool.
I would serve and volley every point...every time you see them open up their racquet face, just take 3 steps forward and put away the floating volley.
Sean and they’d get used to it and lob you or tag you. It sounds so easy in theory.
Put Nadal on this and the word lose will be permanently erased from his dictionary
apgplayz 6307 he hardly loses at tennis! He’d probably be a world class cricketer if he wanted!
Aggressiveness seems missing from backhand here.So I guess left-handed pushers automatically have the inside track
BTW they’re allowed to talk during the break LOL
Free Me From It yeah it does seem lacking aggression but his slice is actually really nasty. Courtside you get to see how low it stays. But you may have a point about lefties.
This is like Murray VS Djokovic. Defensive games all around. Not as exciting as aggressive attacking games.
Watch any match with Matt Golledge! Much more attacking!
this is so cute
Well this is all well and good but this ain't nothing compared to ultimate touch tennis ... where you play with a flaming ball ... and you don't have any pants on
MrAtaguas I want to play that game!
They should just go to the net every point
The commentators are so biased. After Roberts got one point they start praising him like Jesus
Matthew Boudreau you’re kidding right?! Cavaday is practically best mates with Hassan!
This seems like fun but as a powerful tennis player idt it would be fair if i played lol
Anthony Trumble dan Evans got to top 50 ATP and had his ass handed to him! Marcus Willis played for years on our tour and used touch instead of power as it’s not easy to control the ball with raw power!
No way to hit a winner on touch tennis. It is way too slow. Unforced error is the only way to lose a point.
Keith Lee not true at all. This is just a ridiculously slow surface. Have a look at the playlist “outright winners”
I like the some ideas of touch tennis. It does not take much space and it is all weather indoor. Please make it more challenging to attract more players. It is not about the court, the balls are too slow. Please make the balls a little harder, firmer, heavier or even smaller. I want to see some speed of touch tennis otherwise it is only grandpa's game.
Keith Lee have you ever played it? It’s certainly not just an indoor game. Al miotto and Stu Searle serve rockets. If the ball was faster no one could return it.
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This sport is soooo weird !! looks like a video game .... I thought it was a joke at first. it's like when u play in your backyard when u're bored with a beach tennis ball .... Not a huge fan of this one. I prefer padel if I have to choose an alternative sport for tennis.
alcalec it is a joke. We have fun. That’s all. Everything else is a bonus.
of course and don't get me wrong. At first I thought it was a joke because I didn't even know such a sport even existed. It's a different way to play "tennis" maybe an easiest way especially if you don't have Inside courts (I guess this sport is played mainly in GB? weather an issue to play outside? ). Even if I think it's weird ... who cares !! there are players, spectators, tournements etc etc ... Who knows maybe one day it will be worldwide (already is?)
alcalec no we play outdoors mostly. Its just the best videos are indoors where you can control the elements. It’s better for tennis players or aspiring tennis players than paddle because it’s a strung racquet and we use the same spins as tennis! Yeah 27 countries now!
Yeah right ... padel racquets are a bit weird at first. Well basically, it's like playing on a mini tennis court with a shorter racquet and a soft ball. I will check your website ...... to get some info. Thanks anyway .... Good luck on promoting this sport then.
alcalec thanks. Worst thing we’ll achieve is getting more people active. Best case scenario we get millions active, millions more people into full size tennis (80% of people that play touchtennis then play more tennis or start)!
These people cant progress the hotshot stage! Omg!
Jamie Zafir yeah Simon Roberts who reached 700’s atp.
Tiny tennis yeah😂
You’re funny. Can we hang around with you?
This kind of tennis that will teach to never use your legs
what is this, tennis for ants?
Whhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
Malligrub 1 why not?! Just fun.
No aces? Id expect a tall guy would be hitting aces on all serves
jorge javier the second flight decreases in speed dramatically.
this is stupid and irrelevant when we already have tennis. i would however kill to have one of these courts to play matches where i can focus on my feel (with actual tennis balls)
dhd it’s a good sport for people that want to play tennis but can’t because it’s always raining outside.
We already have an easy version of tennis, it's called badminton.
so you never played badminton
@@Swissfreehosting plenty. I can have long rallies with ease, with power. That takes a lot of time in tennis
@@Tesla_Death_Ray ah so you didnt play with good players got it 😂
@@Swissfreehosting point was you don't need to be good to have long intense badminton rallies. You need to be good to play tennis that way.
niveau tres faible
Such a dumb sport but looks so fun to play lol
@@alephnull4044 almost as dumb as the comment. It’s meant to just be fun. It’s a game not a sport.
@@touchtennis Agreed it's dumb. And agreed it's fun. Didn't know it wasn't classed as a sport though, makes it a bit more sense.
@@alephnull4044 yeah I started it with my friends in my garden. Occasionally you get someone thinking they’re McEnroe but 99% of people show up for the beers. The prize money is also a fun addition. Bragging rights.
@@touchtennis Just wish there were more opportunities to play it at tennis clubs!
@@alephnull4044 a block of chalk and a mini net. You’re all set!
This is so funny. The single person clapping. The pseudo-professionality of all this. The fact that Roberts has won multiple "slams" and yet has only earned a few thousand dollars in prize money. It's interesting that a small-scale version of tennis was created, when it will forever be in the shadows of real tennis.
Joseph Lee you must be a barrel of laughs at a party! The whole sport is tongue in cheek. We just get together and have fun. You should try it. Having fun I mean.
Anywhere in Belgium
What the hell is this!? Lazy persons tennis!?
it doesnt seem lazy at all actually i think its more demanding that real tennis its more like a box match.
It's a fascinating accelerated format. I mean. It doesn't seem lazy. Check out the footwork and some of lengthy rallies.
Ishaan Sati yeah but these guys have to play six matches in one day to make the final so they end up playing about three hours! We like making them suffer to win! 🤣
Ishaan Sati hey no problem. I got that. Just wanted to share their suffering with you, and my delight at it! 😂
joke tennis lol
P Zack we think so too.