DIRECTORY: Clubs, Groups & Societies

[Mountain Ghost]

For those of you who are thinking of joining (or have already joined) a club:
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Tennis Styles: (Quick Grip Guide (http://mountainghosttennis.com/tennisgrips.html))

- Eastern/Extreme Eastern Forehand Grip Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=165882) 11/8/07
- Two-Hand Backhand Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=171896) 12/20/07
- Serve and Volley Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=174002) 1/06/08
- Semi-Western Grip Forehand Group (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=179177) 2/2/08
- Western Grip Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180327) 2/9/08
- One-Handed Backhand Community (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=193069) 4/20/08
- Semi-Western Backhand Grip Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=244444) 4/10/09

Abilities & Attributes:

- Pathetic Serve Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=173136) 12/31/07
- Short Persons Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=179272) 2/3/08
- Hit The Fence Community (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180125) 2/8/08
- Super Spin Dropshot Alliance (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180751) 2/12/08
- Overhead Smash Organization (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=187532) 3/23/08
- 100+ mph TW club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=223867) 9/29/08

Equipment:

- Rubber Band Dampener Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=126387) 4/2/07
- The Cheap Players Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=179863) 2/6/08
- Mixed Brands Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=182458) 2/22/08
- Dinosaur Racquet Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=188469) 3/27/08
- The Fischer Faction (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=188648) 3/29/08
- Wilson nTour and kTour Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=199790) 5/26/08

Other:

- TW Clan Warfare (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=173154) 1/1/08
- I'd rather have tennis then a girlfriend club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=179597) 2/5/08
- The Unorthodox Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180861) 2/12/08
- Tennis Dad Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180868) 2/12/08
- Anti-Pushing Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=181460) 2/16/08

Legacy:

- Calling all two-handed backhanders! (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=116118) 1/31/07
- Calling all one-handed backhanders! (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=163803) 10/27/07
- One-Handed Backhand Society (elite club) (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=172774) 12/28/07 (Retired)

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Personally, I’m a faithful member of the “I-Don’t-Join-Clubs” Society!

MG

[soyizgood]

Thanks for the listings. You might also want to add links for the clan warfare j0llyr0ger started and the racquet brands.

Good idea to have a directory. :)

[Mountain Ghost]

Clan Warfare (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=173154) sounds fun, but not exactly a club of like minds regarding tennis styles.

However, although not officially called “clubs,” I must mention these two Ross K threads . . .
since he was, in essence, ahead of the curve:

Calling all two-handed backhanders! (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=116118) 1/31/07
Calling all one-handed backhanders! (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=163803) 10/27/07

MG

[SystemicAnomaly]

...

Personally, I’m a faithful member of the “I-Don’t-Join-Clubs Society"!

MG

MG, sign me up. I'd love to join your elite club.

[Mountain Ghost]

Ironically (and I’m sure you’ll understand), I was hoping nobody would join me, so I could remain true to my deep-seated belief system. The only workable solution would be for you, and anyone else interested in secretly “joining” my mythical and member-less club, to post a detailed testimonial professing your emphatic disdain for clubs, chant whatever twisted incantation suits your visualization of the non-event . . . and then proceed to leave me alone.

Welcome!

MG

[SystemicAnomaly]

Ironically (and I’m sure you’ll understand), I was hoping nobody would join me, so I could remain true to my deep-seated belief system. The only workable solution would be for you, and anyone else interested in secretly “joining” my mythical and member-less club, to post a detailed testimonial professing your emphatic disdain for clubs, chant whatever twisted incantation suits your visualization of the non-event . . . and then proceed to leave me alone.

Welcome!

MG

Sounds good. Will we have a secret hand shake?

[bukaeast]

Sounds good. Will we have a secret hand shake?

That I assume will be a secret...

[Rickson]

For those of you who are thinking of joining (or have already joined) a club:
Personally, I’m a faithful member of the “I-Don’t-Join-Clubs Society"!

MG

The most secretive society of all.

[Mountain Ghost]

Just don’t go secretly shaking my hand in public, or while I’m not looking. We need to set some well-defined stealth boundaries here. And if you think you DO possess the rarified qualities required to NOT be associated with me (and the “Others”), STATE THEM NOW . . . or forever hold your OWN shaking “clubby” hand.

My hope is that our non-society, consisting of those free spirits not willing to join the group consciousness of any association, will attract non-members who thrive beyond the illusion of shelter and the sense of unsubstantiated correctness found in large numbers of fellow pledgelings.

Amen!

MG

[Rickson]

Just don’t go secretly shaking my hand in public, or while I’m not looking. We need to set some well-defined stealth boundaries here. And if you think you DO possess the rarified qualities required to NOT be associated with me (and the “Others”), STATE THEM NOW . . . or forever hold your OWN shaking “clubby” hand.

My hope is that our non-society, consisting of those free spirits not willing to join the group consciousness of any association, will attract non-members who thrive beyond the illusion of shelter and the sense of unsubstantiated correctness found in large numbers of fellow pledgelings.

Amen!

MG

Hypocrite! You're just as bad as we are! We club, society, group founders knew there was an alterior motive to your directory.

[Mountain Ghost]

You’re not bad . . . the “Directory” shall be faithfully updated . . . and all groups are welcome!

MG

[Rickson]

I think you forgot about the rubber band club.

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

MG

[soyizgood]

Some of these club names are comical and the content even more comical. The short person's club doesn't know what height is the cutoff for being declared short, yet you have 6'2" guys asking for membership...LMAO Then again there was a thread where a guy said he would rather be short than tall, so it figures the short people would do anything to stand out. :P

[Rickson]

Some of these club names are comical and the content even more comical.

I made you the number 2 club. Without the popularity of the OHBS, your club would have fizzled away. We're number 1!

[soyizgood]

I request you add The Cheap Players Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=179863) to your list. Thanks :)

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

MG

[Rickson]

Why don't you list the threads by popularity? For example, OHBS number 1 and the 2hbc number 2 etc..

[Mountain Ghost]

The DIRECTORY is not going to keep “score” and will not be measuring the amount of in-club traffic occurring anywhere.

However, a very good way for any club founder to demonstrate the “popularity” of their club would be to regularly edit and to update the club’s ORIGINAL and Founding Post (#1) with a CURRENT LIST of the club’s membership. That way, viewers can quickly and easily (click on any link to) see HOW MANY MEMBERS a club has.

Clubs will continue to be listed in the order they were founded, but you are welcome to (judiciously) use this thread to announce any bona fide milestones your club may have reached.

MG

[Rickson]

Clubs will continue to be listed in the order they were founded, but you are welcome to (judiciously) use this thread to announce any bona fide milestones your club may have reached.

MG

That's great! The OHBS is about to become the first organization with 1000 posts. We're number 1!

[soyizgood]

BTW, the 2HBH club still has more members than the OHBS.

It wouldn't surprise me if the Cheap Players Club hits 50 members by tomorrow. 40 members in less than 2 days! :)

[Rickson]

The OHBS is clearly number 1.

[Loco4Tennis]

good post, i just joined 3 more clubs because of it :-)

[Rickson]

Mountain, we need an update. I started the Hit The Fence Community.

THTFC (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180125)

[Mountain Ghost]

Directory Updated: 2/8/08

Added: Hit The Fence Community (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180125)


**** FOUNDERS ALERT ****


Dear Club Founders,

For the betterment of all societies involved, and to ensure that neither the DIRECTORY, nor any club listed in it, gets forcibly exiled to the Odds & Ends (or any other) Category of the TW Talk Tennis forum, I encourage you to promote club activities that are relevant to Tennis Tips & Instruction. This could be as simple as adding “How To” dialog to your regular gregarious banter.

The Directory “Management”

MG

[Rickson]

As most of the groups are tennis related, I will fight for the right of most groups and this directory to stay in the tennis tips section.

[user92626]

The OHBS is clearly number 1.


What's OHBS? One handed backstabber? :shock:

[Rickson]

Mountain, don't worry about a thing. This directory was founded for the clubs in this section of TW. I know some people went astray by making some non tennis related clubs in the tennis tips section, but I believe the best home for this directory is right here. If any admins or mods are reading this thread, we believe the directory belongs here and nowhere else.

[soyizgood]

One-Handed Backhand Club (uniters, not dividers) is a dead club. Hey I gave their leader advice to get more members and compete with the OHBS, but would he listen? Of course not.

[soyizgood]

The Cheap Players Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=179863) now has 50 members! Only took 3 days to achieve this feat!

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Western Grip Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180327) 2/9/08

MG

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Quick Grip Guide (http://mountainghosttennis.com/tennisgrips.html)

MG

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Super Spin Dropshot Alliance (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180751)

MG

[Rickson]

Updated!

Added: Super Spin Dropshot Alliance (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180751)

MG

Thanks and you'll be glad to know that I'm starting 5 more threads for your directory tomorrw!

[Rickson]

Actually, I've retired from club making. I just wanted MG to work some OT.

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: The Unorthodox Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180861) & The UN-DIRECTORY: Stupid Club Ideas (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180801)

MG

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: The PRE-DIRECTORY: Good Club Ideas (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180971)

MG

[Strawberry]

Anybody interested in making a Dunlop > * club?

[Rickson]

Anybody interested in making a Dunlop > * club?

Go for it!

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Anti-Pushing Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=181460)

MG

[soyizgood]

Add the Mixed Brands Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=182458) please. :)

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Mixed Brands Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=182458)

MG

[soyizgood]

Looks like I'll soon be the first club founder to have 2 clubs with 200+ posts. Already founded 2 clubs with 60+ members which is likely another first on TW. :)

[Rickson]

Looks like I'll soon be the first club founder to have 2 clubs with 200+ posts. Already founded 2 clubs with 60+ members which is likely another first on TW. :)

LMFAO! Is that all you've got? Try the first tennis tips thread with over 1000 posts. You're trailing big time, son, big time.

[soyizgood]

LMFAO! Is that all you've got? Try the first tennis tips thread with over 1000 posts. You're trailing big time, son, big time.

Post count means practically nothing. Men outnumber women here, yet the Girls Only thread has nearly 2000 more posts than the Guys Only thread. Besides, I'd rather have a close-knit thread than something huge with information/propaganda/bashing scattered all over the place (a problem for both backhand clubs especially the OHBS).

You founded a club for the Semi-Western Grip while I created the Cheap Players Club. Considering the SW grip is the most common grip and the CPC caters to a certain bunch (started 4 days after your SW grip club) one would think your thread would be more popular. Yet look at the post count 2/23/08 10:30AM PST: CPC 203, SW 135.

I basically jump-started a dormant club movement while you added fuel to the fire. For that we both deserve recognition for getting posters more involved and participating in discussions more actively. We disagree on practically everything, but we can agree that TTWers are generally glad we promoted the rise of the clubs and societies.

[Rickson]

I basically jump-started a dormant club movement into a club-fest while you added fuel to the fire. For that we both deserve recognition for getting posters more involved and participating in discussions more actively. We disagree on practically everything, but we can agree that TTWers are generally glad we promoted the rise of the clubs and societies.

I don't know about that. I have to believe the Society made all this popular.













Ok, I'm messin with you, soy. Good job, soy.

[soyizgood]

There's also the Tennis Dad Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180868&highlight=tennis+dad+club)

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Tennis Dad Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=180868) 2/12/08

MG

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Overhead Smash Organization (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=187532) 3/23/08

MG

[Djokovicfan4life]

Just started the Fischer Faction!

[TenniseaWilliams]

Could I nominate the Dinosaur Racquet Club, or has this thread died out?

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Dinosaur Racquet Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=188469) & The Fischer Faction (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=188648)

MG

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: One-Handed Backhand Community (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=193069)

MG

[Rickson]

Updated!

Added: One-Handed Backhand Community (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=193069)

MG

From the ashes, something good will arise. Why certain posters chose to make a mockery out of the largest thread in tti history, we may never know, but such flaming and hatred will not happen in the Community. This thread will be for backhand tips and only tips. No name calling or flaming. Have a good day.

[Djokovicfan4life]

MG is pretty quick to update here, kudos to him!

[soyizgood]

Please add Wilson nTour and kTour Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=199790)

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Wilson nTour and kTour Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=199790)

MG

[soyizgood]

Please add Anti-Doubles Federation (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=183440&highlight=anti+doubles+federation)

[Rickson]

MG, do me a favor please. Don't update anymore. I fear this thread along with a lot of "clubs" will go into odds/ends out of an admin's dislike for clubs in this section. This will be my last post in this thread and I urge you to do the same and never post in this thread again.

[Djokovicfan4life]

Why don't you like doubles, Soy?

I guess I probably like it because I usually play with my brother, and he's better than I am. :)

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: 100+ mph TW club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=223867)

MG

[soyizgood]

I was actually thinking of putting together a directory since I was not sure if you were still around. Saved me a bit of trouble. :)

[Mountain Ghost]

Updated!

Added: Semi-Western Backhand Grip Club (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=244444)

MG