grunting

hey ppl, when i play my topspin shots, i tend to have a habit of grunitng, like saive or primorac. When i grunt, it helps with my timing and placement of ball?

Who grunts and who thinks it is just  a waste of breath?
and who thinks otherwise?

opinions please.

hahahahah, yeh i guess. i dont grunt like a sharapova, just say like a.. timo boll. is that acceptable?

Be careful that you dont have a certain system of grunting though, for example I know a player who used to stomp only when did a specific serv. That way I would know excactly what to do when he stomped, and it took him quite a while to quit the stomping ^^

I find it's annoying

I grunt all the time, usually when I am going for a clean winner.  In tennis, I grunt on every first serve, and also when going for a clean winner.  It just helps me really unwind on the ball.  There have been times in tennis where my first serve percentage dropped as I got tired, and grunting helped me put a little extra energy into my motion to overcome this. 

I can see how it would get annoying if someone in tt grunted on every single shot.  It would be pretty absurd to grunt on a little push or something.

grunting (well, not really grunting, grunting is just a side effect of holding in the breath and then letting it go at a specific moment) helps timing and power. 

I played against a good chineese pen hold player - he may be in his 60s. Every time he misses a smash, he says AYO in chineese and sreams like a lion. I don't have a problem with that. But things like making noise every stroke, also making comments like I"M MAD, I"M GOING TO COME BACK AND WIN etc.. has caused me grief.