British Juniors?

[mozzer]

Why dont you go to a shop on your own and buy one.

[SaunderS]

Its a really nice bag. I have it as well. The only problem is that it doesnt have any pockets :x

yes it does.

[Petekbladetour1]

:rolleyes: then you probably got a fake bag!
Unless you mean the sidepocket?
it doesnt have any inner pockets

[Petekbladetour1]

Thats what i mean, but my parents won't let me.....................

With your own money?????
you have the right to decide what to do with your money!
not your parents

[mozzer]

:rolleyes: then you probably got a fake bag!
Unless you mean the sidepocket?
it doesnt have any inner pockets
Why the hell do you need pockets inside the big pockets?

[robertg06]

It's got sidepockets, and plenty of room for me :D I'll post some pics tomorrow, it's quite sexual if I do say so myself haha

[SaunderS]

did you get the six or super six?

[robertg06]

Six, it seemed big enough for me. Oh, and I got some smiley and sad face dampeners hahaha :)

[Seblad2k8]

Six, it seemed big enough for me. Oh, and I got some smiley and sad face dampeners hahaha :)

lol im might get some 2:)

[Petekbladetour1]

Why the hell do you need pockets inside the big pockets?

coz it gets very messy inside the bag

[mozzer]

How the hell do you get mess inside your tennis bag?

[Seblad2k8]

got a shropshire tennis box league match tommorow :) anyone else got any matches or tennis tommorow?

[Fintendo]

I love my wilson bag. It's the army green and lime green wilson super 6. I don't like the gold on the black bag.

[SaunderS]

Whats wrong with the gold on black? the green one is ok, but fairly distracting.

[Fintendo]

I just don't like gold in general. I prefer the green because no one has it either.

[Petekbladetour1]

How the hell do you get mess inside your tennis bag?

coz i just throw some deo, grips, dampeners, sweatbands, phone, watch, racket head tape in my side pocket. u understand ;-)

[SaunderS]

all that can fit in the side pocket easily.

[Seblad2k8]

just got back from my shropshire box league match i won 6-2 6-0 :)

[Petekbladetour1]

all that can fit in the side pocket easily.

yes but thats what i mean. it gets messy in the my sidepocket without small pockets inside tha sidepocket

[Fintendo]

The side pocket of my bag gets messy too. I'd quite like a little pocket for my phone and wallet mainly.

[Seblad2k8]

The side pocket of my bag gets messy too. I'd quite like a little pocket for my phone and wallet mainly.

agreed both my bag and my backpack have two sidepockets very small ones on the backpack for phone ect... and my bag has 2 resonable sized pockets one i use for phone ect one for grips ect....:)

[Petekbladetour1]

fintendo, where do u play?

[robertg06]

Fintendo, what racket do you use?

[Teamtomo]

I have a smilyface dampener lol.

[Teamtomo]

Rob don't forget to post pics of your new bag.

By the way what bag did you use before???

[robertg06]

Hahaha I love it. I look at it and it reminds me to be encouraging and positive haha :D

[robertg06]

Yeah I'm planning to post tomorrow, cos I'm on my dads comp as mine isnt working right now. I had a Wimbledon bag :)

[Petekbladetour1]

oh a wimby 1 racket bag? ha :-)

[Fintendo]

Fintendo, what racket do you use? I use the K95 and I play in the south. Usually in Chichester and Brighton.

[Petekbladetour1]

k95?
have you ever tried the kblade?

[robertg06]

Ooooh, K95, same as Tofi haha :)

[Petekbladetour1]

nope tofi has k90

[Seblad2k8]

Ooooh, K95, same as Tofi haha :)

hahahahaha:twisted:


where is tofi now days lol?

[SaunderS]

what racket and strings do you use Seb? and what bag?

[Seblad2k8]

okay......

Babolat Aeropro drive (black and yellow) with Pro Hurricane strings

and my other Babolat Aeropro drive (black and yellow) had pro hurricane strings but they broke and i got it re strung the other day. It had blue head strings lol i wasnt paying attention when i got the strings i just said to string it with a similar string to pro hurricane cause they didnt have it in stock:(

my backpack is: Babolat Aeropro Backpack Black/Yellow/Silver 08

and my bag is: Babolat Pro Player Tennis 12-Pack Bag

[SaunderS]

So, explain your avatar

[Fintendo]

I haven't used the Kblade even though I'd like to. There's a chance I could get a sponsor from a local sports shop for rackets so I might try it if the agree. I would also like to try the microgel radical. Seems like my kind of raquet.

[Petekbladetour1]

if you like the kblade theres no chance u gonna like the microgel. the rackets are on diferent planets

[mozzer]

Clearly they are both on Earth! Kblade 98 would be a bit similar no?

[SaunderS]

Clearly they are both on Earth! Kblade 98 would be a bit similar no?

picked up a nadal habit!

[Fintendo]

picked up a nadal habit!

:lol: I've got to hope I get the sponsor before worrying about rackets. Would be a nice problem to have though.

[mozzer]

I take spanish at school, i cant help it! Speak it all thetime with my friend, especially when wep lay tennis.

[Fintendo]

When I lived out in spain I would have to think my words through in Spanish and then translate them in to english. lol I didn't speak any english for months. I still say no quite alot :P

[robertg06]

Hahahaha, I feel like getting my tennis racket and hiting snowballs at people :)

[Petekbladetour1]

Clearly they are both on Earth! Kblade 98 would be a bit similar no?

i have the 98 as well. Its not nearly the same racket. the 93 is loads better

[robertg06]

I very nearly got the 93, but decided against it last minute and got the AG 200, it was kinda the extra £60 that swayed me in the end.

[mozzer]

Seb, just posted the entry for to the grade 4 at Welti, hope i can still enter LOL

[Seblad2k8]

Seb, just posted the entry for to the grade 4 at Welti, hope i can still enter LOL
http://www.welticompetitions.co.uk/20.html

entry deadline has now been extended to the 7th

[westy]

Westy, im taking A level PE next year too, whats it like?

It's pretty good, a massive step up from GCSE! Literally huge. I got a B last year but re-took a module in January. Only need like 3 marks so hopefully will bump up to an A! I'd recommend it for sure.

I've got some videos of me. Hopefully put them up soon.

[westy]

http://uk.youtube.com/user/bwest91tennis

Some videos of me playing. try to watch both side and back views, gives a pretty different perspective! Unfortunately i dont think ive got enough content in their for my course so i'll have to go out videoing again! Not realyl going for it in the videos just rallying.

[robertg06]

Nice forehand swing, nice and smooth. What racket is that?

[westy]

Slazenger quadflex 305 with weiscannon supercable main and prince tournament nylon crosses at 60/64.

[westy]

Plus there is a little bit of lead in the handle. Thought i'd give you all the details haha!

[robertg06]

Oooh, a slazenger haha never seen one of those in my life.

[Seblad2k8]

yea i use to use slazenger rackets nice...:)

[mozzer]

Looks good, volleys look beastly. Seb, have you entered the grade 4 at Welti?

[SaunderS]

westy how old are you? and whos the guy your playing with? by the way, on the vid of groundstrokes-side view, that dog is well funny!

[Seblad2k8]

Looks good, volleys look beastly. Seb, have you entered the grade 4 at Welti?

yep:) 16's and 18's what did you enter?



westy how old are you? and whos the guy your playing with? by the way, on the vid of groundstrokes-side view, that dog is well funny!

yep quality shots all round some were quite short tho but then again that can be handy in a times so yea good:)


next time i play ill try 2 video it

[westy]

Looks good, volleys look beastly. Seb, have you entered the grade 4 at Welti?

Cheers! 10

[westy]

westy how old are you? and whos the guy your playing with? by the way, on the vid of groundstrokes-side view, that dog is well funny!

I just turned 18 on friday. I'm playing with my 14 year old brother, I mentioned him earlier in this thread. Yeh i saw the dog! Funny stuff!

[westy]

yep quality shots all round some were quite short tho but then again that can be handy in a times so yea good:)


next time i play ill try 2 video it

Cheers, how can you see where my shots are landing?:confused:

[Seblad2k8]

Cheers, how can you see where my shots are landing?:confused:

the behind view (you can sort of see through the net)

[Petekbladetour1]

Nice forehand swing, nice and smooth. What racket is that?

Really?
not to be rude or anything but i thougt it was completely opposite:confused:

[westy]

What did you think then? Horrible and rough?

[Seblad2k8]

Really?
not to be rude or anything but i thougt it was completely opposite:confused:

you can't say mush considering his rating is 6.2 and yours is 8.2 and his shots are very good actually:neutral:

and i changed my mind after watching again its about 70/30 most the balls go deep and the ones that go in the service box are very low which is actually very useful

[mozzer]

How many will be in the main draw Seb, just 8?

[Seblad2k8]

How many will be in the main draw Seb, just 8?

i dunno i talked to the organizer today and i ased if theirs over 16 in each draw (cause their was only 36 people in the whole tourny at that time) he said yea and their has now been over 70 entries lol:)

so yea their could be 64 depending on their restrictions and how many people enter each event ect...:)

[mozzer]

The website says there are 9 entries in the u16's as of today haha D:D::D What a silly tournament :(

[Tofi]

hahahahaha:twisted:


where is tofi now days lol?

hey all im here. mozzer sorry about the argument i dont really care much now. my interent company where being nobs so my dad canceled with them and i was left with no interent for a while. anyways yes i do use a k90 and im happy with what i did last week. aced a guy twice with my kick serve. i dont think my courts will be in good enough condition to play on after the snow that i have had for the past week. i'll check tomorow. btw welcome to the forums fintendo and wow what a great record you have do you train everyday???

[mozzer]

llololol no probs. Yeah, entered a tournament first week of half term and probably wont play untill the 2 ddays before because of the snow. Last time i played was last Sunday, so will be 2 weeks :/

[SaunderS]

wow, not been on here for a while tofi! hows the tennis?

[Seblad2k8]

The website says there are 9 entries in the u16's as of today haha D:D::D What a silly tournament :(

that sucks! im gonna enter another tourny at half term than:twisted:

so ill do both lol

[Tofi]

wow, not been on here for a while tofi! hows the tennis?

im gonna try to get some one to one coaching my mum is paying for it i hope its twice a month that i get this. my serves are so good. reason i was netting them was because i threw the ball to low which ment i rushed the serve but that was fixed on saturday with a little hit with an assistant coach. i might try and become an assistant coach because i need the cash £20 a week aswell. my back hand has become much better. i also got a 7A in my english exam. so happy.

[Petekbladetour1]

my serves are so good. reason i was netting them was because i threw the ball to low which ment i rushed the serve but that .

:rolleyes: then it means ur serve is not that good;-)

[Tofi]

:rolleyes: then it means ur serve is not that good;-)

what i ment by that was i used to net them. :rolleyes: read the whole thing. also if they have alot of spin on then that means they are good not bad.

[Petekbladetour1]

i read the whole thing. But i bet you dont hit 80mph kickserves do you?
I do :-)
and dont say im boasting now. remember what you said. My serve is so good

[Petekbladetour1]

you can't say mush considering his rating is 6.2 and yours is 8.2 and his shots are very good actually:neutral:



yeah his shots arent bad but i could hit those kind of shots all day long without missing. what i meant about the fh was that i dont think it looks very smooth. it gets the job done but its not as pretty as a djockovics or mine (i know though that how a forehand looks like doesnt matter much)

[Tofi]

i read the whole thing. But i bet you dont hit 80mph kickserves do you?
I do :-)
and dont say im boasting now. remember what you said. My serve is so good

yeah for me it is. do remember i have only dont tennis for 1 year and a month and i have only played for 3 months in 2007 which is included in that year and a month. i dunno what MPH i hit at as i never have tested it.

[Petekbladetour1]

okay but ive only played for 2 years and conistently hit 95-110 mph serves

[Tofi]

i dont hit as much as you in a week i hit around for probabley 4-6 hours a week seperated on two days. plus they canceled the session tonight because of snow.

[Petekbladetour1]

oh. play indors then like me :-D

[Tofi]

cant no indoor courts.

[Moz]

i read the whole thing. But i bet you dont hit 80mph kickserves do you?
I do :-)
and dont say im boasting now. remember what you said. My serve is so good

“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”

[SaunderS]

im lucky. indoor courts are 10 minutes away. btw, what motivates you guys to play tennis

[Petekbladetour1]

to become number 1 in the world of course

[Fintendo]

I get motivated because most of the time I love playing. Also the fact that I want to be pro. I think if I stopped believeing that I could make it I'd quit.

[SaunderS]

same here Fintendo. I dont play as often as you, so in a way it makes me play better, because it wanna play that much!

[Petekbladetour1]

Fintendo did u see westys video?

[mozzer]

The fact that i love to play tennis (and its the only sport i play outside of school ahha)
Peter, shut up, You would get nailed by Fintendo.

[Fintendo]

“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”

Ha ha, seems like Andy Murray better watch his back.

[BestLefty UK]

okay but ive only played for 2 years and conistently hit 95-110 mph serves

I've faced a 110mph serve and I've also faced a 6"0 15 year olds serve, I'm sure you cant hit 110mph consistenly cause if you did you wouldnt have such a crap rating and low ranking. So please read Moz's saying and shut up. And stop dreaming of becoming number 1 in the world because you won't ever become one with that attitude of yours. Imagine it:
"Radar gun reading: 85 MPH
Pete: You cannot be serious! That was definitely 140mph"

[Fintendo]

Ha ha ha. You can imagine him becoming the first player in history to get a warning over arguing the serve speed.

[Petekbladetour1]

ha ha. I see that there is no use trying to convince u guys something that u dont want to believe even though its true. im not saying i serve 110mph all the time. i just said that my fastest serve is around 110 and that i usually serve between 95 to 110 mph. I first got a rating september 2007. Since then ive gone from 10.2 to 8.2. Ive gone up in every ratings run(except the first one in sep 2007 coz i hadnt played any matches yet back then)twice. The only ratings run i didnt go up was this last one in december coz i didnt play enough matches. What ive been trying to tell you is this. I only got a rating 1.5years ago and since then ive improved faster than my ratings been allowed to go up.

[Petekbladetour1]

Ha ha ha. You can imagine him becoming the first player in history to get a warning over arguing the serve speed.

:rolleyes: Thats not the kind of thing i do.

[Tofi]

I've faced a 110mph serve and I've also faced a 6"0 15 year olds serve, I'm sure you cant hit 110mph consistenly cause if you did you wouldnt have such a crap rating and low ranking. So please read Moz's saying and shut up. And stop dreaming of becoming number 1 in the world because you won't ever become one with that attitude of yours. Imagine it:
"Radar gun reading: 85 MPH
Pete: You cannot be serious! That was definitely 140mph"

lol i must say i dont think you would get that far in 2 years my friend has been playing for 4 years and his serves are only 80mph so yeah i dont believe you that much. i'm lucky i got this far in a year and a month and if i get better i think i would make my school team and thats one of my goals for this year.

[mozzer]

:rolleyes: Thats not the kind of thing i do.
You argue about things that you THINK are right, eventohugh everyone else KNOWS you're wrong. Eg racket stiffness.

[Tofi]

hey guys say youve won 8 matches in the lta in one quarter of the year would you go up 2 ratings or will you just go up to the next rating???

[Fintendo]

Just learn a bit of humility because however special you may be you're not special enough to act like such a knob.

[mozzer]

Tofi, you can only go up 1 rating each run. Now there are 4, you cant doublejump.

[Ash_Smith]

PeteKblade, let me get this straight, you are a 14 year old 8.2 rated player who can hit a kicker at 80mph and hits a 110mph first serve? I've played with national players who don't serve that big! There are only 2 players called pete, with your age and rating in the UK and I used to coach the other one, so looking at your tournament record why aren't you playing G5's and G4's, as an 8.2 you should get into all G5's and G4's for your age group, and with a 110mph serve you'll destroy everybody. Post a vid if you can, as if all you say is true you can come and train in one of my squads for free!!!

[Tofi]

Just learn a bit of humility because however special you may be you're not special enough to act like such a knob.

was that to me or pete???

[mozzer]

LOL, Ash to the rescue, nice one.

[Tofi]

btw thanks for answering that mozzer. i think ash is being sarcastic........ btw ash are you a really good coach and if so what club do you coach at???

[Ash_Smith]

Tofi, I like to think I know what i'm doing!!! I've worked with a few full time players, one I coached from 14 till he retired injured at 22, he played a few ITF's and such like. I've coached a couple of world ranked wheelchair players too. So I must have a fair idea!!!

However, as much as I think I know, I know I don't know everything as a coach and every player I work with I learn something more about how to approach this game!!! Every day's a school day kids!!!

to ansewer your other question, I'm the Head Pro at a David Lloyd and a coach tutor for the Registro Professionel de Tenis

[Fintendo]

was that to me or pete???

Pete lol. 10 char

[Tofi]

Tofi, I like to think I know what i'm doing!!! I've worked with a few full time players, one I coached from 14 till he retired injured at 22, he played a few ITF's and such like. I've coached a couple of world ranked wheelchair players too. So I must have a fair idea!!!

However, as much as I think I know, I know I don't know everything as a coach and every player I work with I learn something more about how to approach this game!!! Every day's a school day kids!!!

to ansewer your other question, I'm the Head Pro at a David Lloyd and a coach tutor for the Registro Professionel de Tenis

hey do you know if a new coach came to the david lloyd club around october november time??? is his name adam ???

[Ash_Smith]

Tofi

Depends which LLoyds you're talking about, there are about 80 clubs in the group now!!!

[Tofi]

the one in hatfield well thats what i heard.

[Petekbladetour1]

PeteKblade, let me get this straight, you are a 14 year old 8.2 rated player who can hit a kicker at 80mph and hits a 110mph first serve? I've played with national players who don't serve that big! There are only 2 players called pete, with your age and rating in the UK and I used to coach the other one, so looking at your tournament record why aren't you playing G5's and G4's, as an 8.2 you should get into all G5's and G4's for your age group, and with a 110mph serve you'll destroy everybody. Post a vid if you can, as if all you say is true you can come and train in one of my squads for free!!!

hey im not gonna do grade 5s. im gonna start doing grade 3s soon.
To everybode who does not believe that its possible for a 14 year old to hit 110 mph serves then read this.
THere was one guy who was with the australian team pracising at sutton. I saw this guy he was16 year old. He has a 142mph serve. if a 16 year old can have a 142mph serve then a 14 can have a 110 mph serve.
btw that guy played the wimbledon junior doubles

[mozzer]

Ash, is Next generation in Dudley joining the David Lloyd group?

[Ash_Smith]

hey im not gonna do grade 5s. im gonna start doing grade 3s soon.
To everybode who does not believe that its possible for a 14 year old to hit 110 mph serves then read this.
THere was one guy who was with the australian team pracising at sutton. I saw this guy he was16 year old. He has a 142mph serve. if a 16 year old can have a 142mph serve then a 14 can have a 110 mph serve.
btw that guy played the wimbledon junior doubles

You may struggle to get in some G3's with you rating, especially the bigger events, you'd be better playing 5's and 4's to get your ranking up and get some easy wins against fellow 8's. As for the serve, there is a big physical difference (in general) between boys at 14 and 16 which would account for some of the increase in speed, but 142 at 16 would mean the speed gun is either misplaced or mis registered. I once hit a serve at 347mph on the one at our club. Like I say, if you're as good as you say you are, and have improved as quickly as you say, post a vid and you can come and train with our squad if it looks good?!

[Tofi]

ash where exactly in england are you???

[Ash_Smith]

South West, under about a foot of snow!!!

[Tofi]

oh.... i live in the south east next to london in a county called hertfordshire. we also have about 25 cm of snow.

[Teamtomo]

What drives me is my love of the game.

[Petekbladetour1]

You may struggle to get in some G3's with you rating, especially the bigger events, you'd be better playing 5's and 4's to get your ranking up and get some easy wins against fellow 8's. As for the serve, there is a big physical difference (in general) between boys at 14 and 16 which would account for some of the increase in speed, but 142 at 16 would mean the speed gun is either misplaced or mis registered. I once hit a serve at 347mph on the one at our club. Like I say, if you're as good as you say you are, and have improved as quickly as you say, post a vid and you can come and train with our squad if it looks good?!

g5??? you joking ive never played a g5 in my life. i started off playing g4 in wich, I came to the semis, won one, and made it to the wuarters in a third. THis was in the summer so i have improved since then. I dont think that guys radar gun was misplaced. It was an official measurment. And also ive seen it when i played at sutton tennis academy. I promise you that guys serve is huge!!!
Thanks for your offer about playing in your squad, but ive left squad playing behind me. Instead ive got myself a private coach whos name is carly homewood. shes been number 600WTA. What David Lloyd do you coach at?
when i play with Carly, i usually play with her down at DAvid Lloyd in southampton. Otherwise i play with her in Reading, or in Sweden

[Ash_Smith]

Ash, is Next generation in Dudley joining the David Lloyd group?

Yeah, all Next Gens are being rebranded, with the exception of Next Gen Swindon, which will remain the only NG in the country.

[Ash_Smith]

Instead ive got myself a private coach whos name is carly homewood. shes been number 600WTA.

Cool, say Hi to Carly for me, I havent seen her in years!!!

[Petekbladetour1]

do you know her?
whats your name?

[Petekbladetour1]

how can i say hi to her from you if she doesnt know your name?

[mozzer]

My guess is that hes called Ash Smith :/

[Ash_Smith]

My guess is that hes called Ash Smith :/

bingo!!!!!!

[Petekbladetour1]

okay. do u think she will remember u?

[Fintendo]

You train at sutton pete? I'm up there sometimes. Surely you should be in the elite squad with your mad skillz.

[Petekbladetour1]

no not anymore. Yes i did play in the best squad for my age group.

[robertg06]

Did no one notice Tomo's claims of his inspiration? haha :twisted:

[Fintendo]

no not anymore. Yes i did play in the best squad for my age group.

Well I would expect nothing less for a top talent. You really should be winning futures by now though pete.

[Petekbladetour1]

ha ha why are u being sarcastic?
It was you who asked me in what squad i used to play. I played in the scolarship squads. i sometimes played the 10.30 squad. And sometimes the 1.30 squad. But i usually played the 3.15 squad together with to private lessons a day. I really want to know why no ones believing me, oh i know why its coz i have a false rating of 8.2 i guess.
To ash smith, yeah i will say hi to carly on Monday when i meet her. She doesnt coach me on weekends, coz i usualy play matches.

[Fintendo]

No it's because you're so damn cocky. Ok we get your the best thing since Federer, we're just trying to have normal chat and you come in constantly boasting and saying how you can do everything better than everyone else. Again if you were so good we would've heard of you buy now.

[Tofi]

hey ash how much do you charge for lessons??whats a next gen club and how come all clubs are turning into DLs???

[Fintendo]

The OP asked what is your best achievement in British tennis. I said that. If I wanted to be really cocky I could. I've got a hell of a lot more to boast about than you. I don't mind baosting it's ok, but when you keep insulting people's games and saying things like, I could do that all day and My serve is way bigger than that etc. It just sets you up to be inuslted yourself.

[Moz]

Petekbladetour

Frequently people denigrate the game of others. The reason is usually because they feel it reflects well on their game. The problem is that to the impartial outsider it has the opposite effect.

Often the real root cause of this behaviour is insecurity. So that's what people see when they see that all your posts are either a criticism or denigration of other peoples game or a promotion of your own game.

That is partly the reason you are having a problem with credibility with your serve - your other posts have turned people off believing you. Your claims are unlikely but they could be true - unfortunately your boastful and immature attitude has made it impossible for people to believe you.

A bit more humility will help you improve, persuade others to help you improve and will result in people pulling for you rather than against you.

[Petekbladetour1]

ive just made an account at vimeo. ill be posting vids here tomorow

[westy]

yeah his shots arent bad but i could hit those kind of shots all day long without missing. what i meant about the fh was that i dont think it looks very smooth. it gets the job done but its not as pretty as a djockovics or mine (i know though that how a forehand looks like doesnt matter much)

I really hate having to bring my rating up again but if you can hi those kind of shots all day long without missing why are you only an 8.2? I look forward to your video.

[Petekbladetour1]

sigh, Read my earlier post and u will se

[westy]

i'll wait for the video, thanks.

[Petekbladetour1]

sorry but i have some problems uploading them. can u guuys help?

[Teamtomo]

I don;t now about vimeo.... I use Youtube.

[Petekbladetour1]

maybe i should try youtube

[Tofi]

yeah i use youtube. much easier to use i still am waiting untill i can try to find a friend to video my self.

[Petekbladetour1]

the problem i have is that when i try to upload the vid is that i cant find it ón the computer :-(

[Tofi]

youtube has a list in your menu where it has a hyperlink to your video's i think. i havent been on it in two weeks. i must see the rest of Saw.

[Petekbladetour1]

ive signed up to youtube as well but i havnt got an email yet

[SaunderS]

so you do have a video of you pete?

[Petekbladetour1]

yes but i cant seem to find it on the computer :-(

[Tofi]

maybe you should try uploading them on your pc from your cam???

[Petekbladetour1]

i have. i think im gonna do it again on another computer

[Tofi]

kk you do that

[SaunderS]

is it a decent quality camera? what angle etc?

[Petekbladetour1]

camera quality is good. Angle on the serve is from behind, but the serve on that video is only maybe around 95 mph. Ive got some groundstrokes from the side as well. I will tell u as soon as i get em uo. i think it will be later tonight coz im going out down to winchester now

[SaunderS]

cool, got back from tennis about an hour ago. It seems that when i wear certain clothes, i play better!

[Tofi]

cool. it seems that i play better when i'm happier and not think much about winning.

[Petekbladetour1]

Tofi, youre spot on!

[Tofi]

yeah i relised this when mozzer and fintendo spoke to me yesterday about this. i relised that when i won a couple of games in a set i won because i wasn't thinking about winning.

[Teamtomo]

I have a lucky nike shirt!

[Tofi]

all nike apparel is lucky.

[Ash_Smith]

hey ash how much do you charge for lessons??whats a next gen club and how come all clubs are turning into DLs???

NExt Generation Clubs were started by Scott Lloyd after they sold David LLoyd Leisure to Whitbread PLC around the year 2000. Whitbread sold David LLoyd in late 2007 to a venture capitalist firm who also happen to own Next Generation. It was decided to rebrand the whole group as David LLoyd as the brand has the bigger name and also more sites (70ish DLL to 16 NG). The group also own the two Harbour Clubs and the Amida chain of clubs.

As for a lesson you're looking at £35 per hour.

[SaunderS]

how many tennis 'outfits' do you have? and do you wear your best even for practise?

[SaunderS]

Ash, where abouts in SW are you?

[Ash_Smith]

Sorry SaunderS, not gonna give out my exact location on a public forum!!!

[Teamtomo]

SaunderS, how many rackets do you have??

[SaunderS]

I have a few, but only use 1. Ash, i dont mean exact address, just town or county.

[Tofi]

NExt Generation Clubs were started by Scott Lloyd after they sold David LLoyd Leisure to Whitbread PLC around the year 2000. Whitbread sold David LLoyd in late 2007 to a venture capitalist firm who also happen to own Next Generation. It was decided to rebrand the whole group as David LLoyd as the brand has the bigger name and also more sites (70ish DLL to 16 NG). The group also own the two Harbour Clubs and the Amida chain of clubs.

As for a lesson you're looking at £35 per hour.

wow and i thaught £20 is alot for an hour. you must be an excellent coach. anyways i have around 10 different out fits with mixing and matching my 3 or 4 different tee's with my 3 shorts or my track suit bottoms. and i would wear my best in practise but i'm saving my best for my tourny at the end of march.

[SaunderS]

whats your best Tofi?

[Tofi]

my new tee and the new shorts. the ones i gave pics of. how about you??

[Petekbladetour1]

fintendo is your name possily jack, and your a assistant coach at sutton?

[mozzer]

Wheres the video pete. If you dont post it, people will think you are lying even more so.

[Tofi]

what mozzer said is possibly true.

[Petekbladetour1]

sigh, im really struggling to put it up, I really dont know how to do it :-( :-( :-(

[Tofi]

Hey erm go on msn and give me the vid i'll upload it on my youtube account.

[Teamtomo]

Man, its easy, almost 1 click.

[Petekbladetour1]

i dont have msn in england. only in sweden.

[Tofi]

download it then.

[Petekbladetour1]

im uploading my first video now. its gonna take 17 min before its finished

[Teamtomo]

I know, the upload time is lengthy as there are so many users.

[Tofi]

hey guys is £11 for alu rough a great deal??? i'm thinking of buying it off the bay as i dont think its worth £17

[Moz]

You can have as many packs of Luxilon Big Banger Original rough off me for £10 a pack including postage if you're interested.

[Tofi]

coh thanks moz i'll order later when i feel like i need to re string and yes i'm getting to blue gear but that probs in march when my uncles give me enough money to pay for the 2 reels. anyways thanks moz i'll keep that in mind.

[Teamtomo]

2 reels???

Do you string your own rackets???

[Petekbladetour1]

hey guys is £11 for alu rough a great deal??? i'm thinking of buying it off the bay as i dont think its worth £17

man alu rough is in e of the best strings out there. My vid is finished in 14 min it says now. this first vid will be about my groundstrokes. ill do another vid after this one with the serve

[Tofi]

no i dont string my own racket but they only sell you the strings in reels from the company and it works out much cheaper so yeah. if its £5 a set from tennis tech and i pay £75 for 2 reels including shipping from the company then it works out cheaper.

[Petekbladetour1]

heres the vid i just had a few weeks off so i wasnt playing my best herehttp://www.vimeo.com/3121571

[Tofi]

thats really slow video. it keeps stopping.

[SaunderS]

Pete, not bad there. but 5 hours a day and you cant do a 'through the legs'?:)

[AceOnTheLine]

g5??? you joking ive never played a g5 in my life. i started off playing g4 in wich, I came to the semis, won one, and made it to the wuarters in a third.

Peter

Your tournament results don't back this statement up at all, you played one Grade 4 in the Winter and lost your first match (to an 8.2) after a bye in round one. Everything else has been grade 6 matchplays. If you have improved so much since the summer what's going on with your results?

[SaunderS]

AceOnTheLine, Are you from the UK?

[Petekbladetour1]

i can do it sometimes. ive just not practised on ot alot. Once i did it i managed to get a slice curve trhough legs and the opponent was at net lol i passed him. so what u think? im better than a 8.2 right? ill come with the serve later

[Tofi]

i hate through the legs. i hit my balls last time and i can tell you the pain went to my guts.

[SaunderS]

haha tofi!:) I always bang my knees! Pete, i would say you play like your rating. Didnt see much of your backhand, though.

[Moz]

Now I'm confused....you say this.....

I first got a rating september 2007. Since then ive gone from 10.2 to 8.2. Ive gone up in every ratings run(except the first one in sep 2007 coz i hadnt played any matches yet back then)twice. The only ratings run i didnt go up was this last one in december coz i didnt play enough matches. What ive been trying to tell you is this. I only got a rating 1.5years ago and since then ive improved faster than my ratings been allowed to go up.

But your last 6 lta results show that you beat two 8.2's and lost to one 8.2 but your last 3 matches were all losses to 8.1's....

So why do you think you are better than an 8.2? Seems about right to me.

[Petekbladetour1]

yes i did loose to so called 8.1s who in reality at least one of them played like a 6.2, its true he did!
the other guys i ost to was coz i had a really hard day and wasnt mentaly ready to play a match that day

[Petekbladetour1]

http://www.vimeo.com/3122113heres my serve. NOTE this is not my fastest serve!

[Moz]

Well, unfortunately the results are the only thing that count, not the videos. I have never heard of people being bumped up by sending links to vimeo to the LTA. You also can't attach excuses to the results.

I thought your technique looked pretty sound in the videos, although your footwork lacked a bit of purpose on your push-off and recovery steps. Do you do footwork drills in training (I don't mean warm-ups)? I have found they helped me.

[Petekbladetour1]

Peter

Your tournament results don't back this statement up at all, you played one Grade 4 in the Winter and lost your first match (to an 8.2) after a bye in round one. Everything else has been grade 6 matchplays. If you have improved so much since the summer what's going on with your results?

FIrst in this tourny i was not very strong mentaly. second this guy was way better than his rating. i know its a bad excuse but its true

[Petekbladetour1]

Well, unfortunately the results are the only thing that count, not the videos. I have never heard of people being bumped up by sending links to vimeo to the LTA. You also can't attach excuses to the results.

I thought your technique looked pretty sound in the videos, although your footwork lacked a bit of purpose on your push-off and recovery steps. Do you do footwork drills in training (I don't mean warm-ups)? I have found they helped me.

yeah i do. i was a little lazy in that vid coz i was just playing with my dad

[SaunderS]

Pete, really, what your saying is - judge me on when i play my absolute best, not my consistent 'averageness'.

[mozzer]

LOL @ the through the legs!!!
http://www.vimeo.com/3122113
That is one of the worst serves i have seen at around my level.

edit- is that your kermitt the frog outfit?

[Petekbladetour1]

you cant be serious. i know it doesnt look like federers serve or something but remember. how pretty the serve looks like doesnt matter. its how good it is. now that is one first body serve at around 100mph. then its a 2nd out wide serve at around 70-80mph

[Tofi]

that looks a little like andy roddicks serves and they look really crap.i'm not trying to be hard on oyu but seriously you should adapt a more of a nadal type serve as your a lefty. i am hoping to be able to get up some vids of me during the half term as me and my friends will probs be out on court then if it isnt snowing.

[Moz]

you cant be serious. i know it doesnt look like federers serve or something but remember. how pretty the serve looks like doesnt matter. its how good it is. now that is one first body serve at around 100mph. then its a 2nd out wide serve at around 70-80mph

The first serve on there looks about 80 mph tops.

[BestLefty UK]

That serve is definitely not capable of 100+ and those serves weren't anything over about 80. Sorry but 8.2 seems spot on.

[mozzer]

The first serve on there looks about 80 mph tops.
I was thinking that, but ofcourse you must remember Moz, hes not trying his best!

And seriously, "2nd out wide serve at around 70-80mph" I wouldnt have to move to return that, hardly what i would call wide?

[Petekbladetour1]

guys i dont think u know waht a 100mph serve looks like. And how in the world can anyone think that the first serve was a topsin??????
that was a flat 100mph serve!

[Petekbladetour1]

And considering you guys are only 9.1 10.2 etc you dont know that much about tennis either. Lets see what someone like fintendo ash smith and westy has to say

[Tofi]

who said that was top spin?? i certainly didnt i said that you need to adapt to the nadal style as it'll probabley be better for you.

[Moz]

Sorry mate - I'm a 4.2 also. It really was nothing like 100 mph.

[westy]

And considering you guys are only 9.1 10.2 etc you dont know that much about tennis either. Lets see what someone like fintendo ash smith and westy has to say

Take into account the fact that I haven't seen the videos yet. You shouldn't take our opinions as more valid and truthful just cos we are higher rated. We are all tennis players and im sure we all know what good technique is.

And can you please stop saying "8.1 plays like a 6.2" etc etc. if they played like a 6.2 they would get up to a 6.2. I'll take a look at your videos now.

[mozzer]

Im 9.1 and will be going up next rating run, so maybe you should listen to what i say? Arrogant little boy.

[Petekbladetour1]

wait 1 year and i promise u that guy will be a 6.1. His name is Nick Halden

[mozzer]

Well yes he can, if he goes up a rating each rating run! Which should be easy if he plays players that should be 3.1 like you.

[westy]

Yeh i got them working.

To be honest you seem like a solid 8.2, maybe an 8.1. One thing that has annoyed me slightly was that you said about my play "i could easily hit those type of shots and never miss" or something to that point. In your video you dont seem to be hitting the ball with as much pace as i do and at one point you hit two in a row straight into the net. Please don't feel the need to lie about your ability, no-one here is going to look down on you cos your not as good as someone else. you seem to be younger than me anyway. And you said my forehand wasn't smooth?

To me the serves are barely hitting 80.

[Petekbladetour1]

Hey remember i said i was rusty. and also my serves are faster than they look in the vid

[westy]

OK but to be honest, you stink of desperation.

[Petekbladetour1]

Yeh i got them working.

that has annoyed me slightly was that you said about my play "i could easily hit those type of shots and never miss" or something to that point. In your video you dont seem to be hitting the ball with as much pace as i do

To me the serves are barely hitting 80.

when i saw ur shots from behind and i remember how i hit these shots i hit them harder. Its just becouse of the angle i think. Ill try posting some vids with me from the back later.

[SaunderS]

i will try to get vids of me, but i have nobody to hit with, apart from my dad, who doesnt play tennis.

But i dont guarantee anything

[westy]

when i saw ur shots from behind and i remember how i hit these shots i hit them harder. Its just becouse of the angle i think. Ill try posting some vids with me from the back later.

Pete I'm just going to stop listening to you. Sorry but I'm starting to get frustrated. I'm 18, 6 foot 3, 6.2 and have recorded serves in the 120's. I think i hit the ball harder than you. Sorry to everyone else im starting to sound as arrogant as Pete!

[SaunderS]

Hey, someone needs to put him in his place.

[SaunderS]

i think you're too optimistic.

[BestLefty UK]

I remember last time i used a speed gun in june i got 91 mph. since then my serve now is alot faster. thats how i know its around a 100mph. i just cant believe that you think its 80mph. Look here is what a 104 mph sere looks like mesured with a radar gunhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmzvK...eature=related
Now dont you tell me that this is alot faster than my serve

Can you stop saying we don't know an 100mph serve looks like. I've faced a 110mph which I hardly touched and I've been to pro tournaments so I can see what an 100+ mph. That is not an 100mph serve... I really believe someone's been telling you that you're better than you actually are. Your forehand technique is just plain weird (not as smooth as westy's). Let me reiterate, that is not.. I repeat.. is not 100mph maybe 100kmh

[Petekbladetour1]

100ks i can do with 1/3 pace

[Jonnyf]

100ks i can do with 1/3 pace



:-o:-o:-o So, you've got an 180+ mph serve ;-)

[mozzer]

Man, i was just about to post that :(

[Jonnyf]

Man, i was just about to post that :(

Too Slow Boss ;-)

[Petekbladetour1]

well what i meant is that i dont need any effort at all to get 100k

[Tofi]

Hey look pete sorry but i have to say this. if Moz says your an 8.2 then your an 8.2 ok. moz plays for a living so i think he knows what he's on about. THE END!

[SaunderS]

You are 14. Moz makes a living from tennis. It's his full time job

[BestLefty UK]

hey i play for a living to and i know what im taliking about and most of you dont THE END!

Mate you said you've been playing for like 2/3 years, how on earth do you think you can say you know more than us. I'm pretty much certain I/we know more than you. If you knew so much then you would know that you don't play tennis for a living because you are still in education. You are not classed as playing for a living, I know people that play full-time and need to skip school and travel to ITF's... You on the other hand do not, you do not play full-time in a live-in academy travelling to tournaments in other countries and doing schoolwork via internet.

[mozzer]

Yes, i play once or twice a week but from the videos, i wouldnt say you are better than me. And anyway, i wouldnt be jelous if you were, there is more to my life than tennis. Do you have a social life at all? :/
Gute nacht!

[SaunderS]

You haven't even seen any of us play. How do you know? And before you say " I'm a better rating" remeber what YOU said. Rating doesn't mean anything

[Petekbladetour1]

I have a social life at tennis. i don think you can say ur better than me when you didnt even see where the balls landed. i can infor myou that almost every ball landed in the corners and that might be one reason you guys didnt think i played better than a 8.2 in the vid. also if you would have looked from an angle from the back you would have seen that the shots where a lot harder too

[SaunderS]

Thought you were a little rusty? Yet you still get them ALL in the corners?

[Fintendo]

FIrst in this tourny i was not very strong mentaly. second this guy was way better than his rating. i know its a bad excuse but its true

Yeah you're right it is a bad excuse. A lot of guys play above their ratings sometimes but can't get the consitent results. And I'm mentally unprepared for a lot of matches but if I lose I don't put my loss down to that. You need to man up a bit mate and stop making such bold claims.

[Ash_Smith]

And considering you guys are only 9.1 10.2 etc you dont know that much about tennis either. Lets see what someone like fintendo ash smith and westy has to say

Pete,

I've watched your videos and taking into account every thing you've said on here, for your age you're spot on an 8.2. In your groundies video you hit the ball pretty hard off the forehand (although compressed video always makes shots look faster than they are), but it's very inconsistent.

Have a chat with Carly about your transition from preparation-backswing-acceleration on your forehand. You have a small pause at the back, where you lay the racquet off behind you which causes you to miss-time some shots. You also don't contract you elbow prior to accelerationg your left hip - which causes your elbow to rise rather than stay down, this affects the pre-stretch in your forearm and can cause the racquet angle to be variable at impact, most commonly too closed - hence the netted shots.

Your serve isn't over 80mph in that vid, but with a bit of tweaking it has the potential to be as you get older and stronger. You have a pretty good "trophy" position with your upper body, but your foot work affects your hip line and rotation. Your back foot moves around the side of your right foot which causes your hips to open too early. This will result in loss of potential power through contact and over rotation through the swing. Look at your right foot after the serve, it finishes pointing toward the right net post and all your weight is moving in that direction rather than into the court. This footwork will also affect you ability to go shoulder-over-shoulder at contact, a major source of leverage and therefore power. Ask Carly to have a look at either working to get you into a better pinpoint stance or even stay platform

Oh, and listen to Moz - footwork can make the difference.

That'll be £35 please! :)

[Petekbladetour1]

Pete,

I've watched your videos and taking into account every thing you've said on here, for your age you're spot on an 8.2.


actualy ave played equal to a 16 year old 7.2. Thanks for the uh coaching. i might show Carly this post see what she says

[Fintendo]

But the ratings aren't consistent, there are some 8.2 players who are much better than others technically but they can't win matches and vice versa. Just because you play level with a 7.2 doesn't mean you should be one. I used to play with a 2.1 regularly and I would beat him in sets quite a lot, but it never made me think that I should definitely be a 2.1 just because I beat him. Just keep working and don't get too obsessed over rating, playing well and improving is more important. : )

[mozzer]

I had a dream about this thread and was looking forward to reading it. It delivered.

[Fintendo]

It's good to believe in yourself, I mean you can't really teach it. I have pretty bad self confidence when it comes to tennis due to being put down by coaches at academies etc. But don't get dillusional about your play. You've got be humble aswell in order to improve.

[Moz]

Moz, a professional player

I would describe myself as a full time player rather than professional, in part because I'm way off the standard required, but mainly because the income wouldn't keep an Ethiopian in sandals for a year!

In my experience the people that over achieve have a combination of self-confidence but realism. Meaning they will win against the odds because they have the essential belief that they can do it - i.e. they are not held back from winning a match because they think they do not yet deserve to. But it must also be tempered with honest realism which will help facilitate the optimal development of their game in the parts that need it. It's also prevents you from coming off as a bit of a tosser which is always nice.

Ash - is the £35 an hour including the court time? That's impressively detailed advice you give there. I took up your recommendation on the Jez Green DVD. Some interesting stuff that I have incorporated in my training. The only negative would be that it's delivered in a way that leaves a lot unanswered when coming to design a training program from it.

[Tofi]

Guys lets just leave this problem its been going on scince last night so come on new day new start ok. i'm probs gonna hit against the wall today as i fell like i wanna play

[Ash_Smith]

Ash - is the £35 an hour including the court time? That's impressively detailed advice you give there. I took up your recommendation on the Jez Green DVD. Some interesting stuff that I have incorporated in my training. The only negative would be that it's delivered in a way that leaves a lot unanswered when coming to design a training program from it.


Hey Moz

Yeah, the £35 includes the court, i'm nice like that!!!

That was just what jumped out from Pete's video, although he comes across as cocky he genuinely seems to believe he has a chance to make it as a player, so for me those are things he needs to get nailed down pretty quick.

If you look at top players in this age group in the UK they miss rarely when under no pressure. If you look at international 16's they basically never miss, even when pressured. Peter doesn't have time on his side as he's only been playing for 2 years so he needs to play catch up real quick - he's working with an ex player which doesn't automatically mean a great coach. I'd love to see more video from better angles to make a full detailed assessment!!!

Yeah, the Jez DVD gives you a lot of ideas for drills for footwork patterns etc, you need either a PT or a coach to work them into your routine I guess. I tend to go HIIT-monday, Plyometrics & footwork - tues, HIIT - wednesday etc etc through the week, with weights on footwork days for my full time players.

How's the elbow btw? Is the man-bra helping?:)

[KwangSunPark]

I played for the first time in 4 month today!
My shoulder finally repaired!
I was rusty at first, but later I hitting my forehand so hard and controlled!
I am getting a new racket soon!

[SaunderS]

22 quid an hour for me. Ash, what coaching qualifications do you have?

[Teamtomo]

22 quid an hour for me.

Same here. 30 for an hour and a half. (What i usually have).

[mozzer]

I have never had a private lesson, but my coach charges £10 haha

[Teamtomo]

Really?? Is that per hour??

[Tofi]

the head coach at my club charges between £20 - £23 and hour or it can go a little more hence the price and the other coach charges £19 - £21 an hour. the head coach is the best technicle coach but he isnt exactly that great in the sessions and might give me a little bit of a hard time and thats why i'm gonna go with the other coach as he's not gonna give me much of a hard time and is as good as the head coach. i'm hoping to be able to get a session with him on saturday next week. hopefully it doesnt snow and the snow melts.

[SaunderS]

I went for a knock about before with my brother. i was gonna film but he didnt take his phone. Anyway, no tennis for me for abit now. Im away in london 12th-15th and matchplays on 20th. When i get back from london though i gotta play a bit coz i cant go into matches after 2 weeks off!

[mozzer]

I went for a knock about before with my brother. i was gonna film but he didnt take his phone. Anyway, no tennis for me for abit now. Im away in london 12th-15th and matchplays on 20th. When i get back from london though i gotta play a bit coz i cant go into matches after 2 weeks off!
Yeah, i got a tournament next monday and wont have played for 2 weeks too, except today when i played with my sister who really cant play :/

[Petekbladetour1]

Hey Moz

Yeah, the £35 includes the court, i'm nice like that!!!

That was just what jumped out from Pete's video, although he comes across as cocky he genuinely seems to believe he has a chance to make it as a player, so for me those are things he needs to get nailed down pretty quick.

If you look at top players in this age group in the UK they miss rarely when under no pressure. If you look at international 16's they basically never miss, even when pressured. Peter doesn't have time on his side as he's only been playing for 2 years so he needs to play catch up real quick - he's working with an ex player which doesn't automatically mean a great coach. I'd love to see more video from better angles to make a full detailed assessment!!!

Yeah, the Jez DVD gives you a lot of ideas for drills for footwork patterns etc, you need either a PT or a coach to work them into your routine I guess. I tend to go HIIT-monday, Plyometrics & footwork - tues, HIIT - wednesday etc etc through the week, with weights on footwork days for my full time players.

How's the elbow btw? Is the man-bra helping?:)

im planning on posting at least 2 more better vids later today

[Jonnyf]

Yeah, i got a tournament next monday and wont have played for 2 weeks too, except today when i played with my sister who really cant play :/



My heart bleeds for you mate, I'm just about to hit 5 months exactly of no play (Horrible Tennis Elbow) It's actually sore when I'm just sitting about-Still :-S

;-) :-P