It looks higher than 4.5 level. Could it be because it’s a highlights video? I think I can make a highlights video of mine looking half level higher than my actual level.Move over fake 4.5s of tt - here's a real 4.5 match play. These guys make tt 4.5 claimants look 3.0 at best.
It looks higher than 4.5 level. Could it be because it’s a highlights video? I think I can make a highlights video of mine looking half level higher than my actual level.
I need to see some grind it out rallies where they're not getting open court. Maybe a second serve or a backhand at some point? They have some good strokes but I can't really evaluate their game from highlights.
I said I could make myself look like a half level higher player with a highlights video. Didn’t say it would look great!They are officially rated 4.5 currently, though they have played at higher levels several years before. Good luck with making your video looking great! I'm sure you can do it - rooting for you!
they are hamming up the banter for the video, they both mention at the end how they are friends and trash talk each other usually.Great players but some of the things the guy with the bleached tips says irritates me "I know it's a good serve; I hit it" and that thing about McDonald's breakfasts.
I know you're meant to tell yourself things to keep your spirits up and clearly it's working for him but I just find his self-commentary to be a weird mix of machismo and excuse making.
I said I could make myself look like a half level higher player with a highlights video. Didn’t say it would look great!
Yeah, he is a showboat to some degree.Great players but some of the things the guy with the bleached tips says irritates me "I know it's a good serve; I hit it" and that thing about McDonald's breakfasts.
I know you're meant to tell yourself things to keep your spirits up and clearly it's working for him but I just find his self-commentary to be a weird mix of machismo and excuse making.
Yeah I know but he did that in the last video he was in, if I remember correctly something about not eating whole pizzas or whateverthey are hamming up the banter for the video, they both mention at the end how they are friends and trash talk each other usually.
That's some pretty kick-*** 4.5-level play!
Kind of reminds me of the level of @timtennis or @tofast4u05 [both of whom might be 5.0 now].
Those guys look beasty. Mark says Scott was hovering around 5.0-5.5 level, so if he's an actual 4.5 now this might be something outside this highlight reel.
Yeah Scott looks pretty 5.0ish. His face has so much sun damage I discounted him being any good - but its clear he can really smack it. He is not a 5.5 though. Saw some guy in Atlanta who is a 5.0 player who would demolish Scott IMHO. That guy is 5.5 as that the highest they have in league.
Is 5.5 in a local league equivalent of NTRP 5.5? most likely not even close. A lot of folks rated 4 or 4.5 in their local areas/leagues think they are NTRP 4/4.5, but coaches I talked to say it's usually a lot lower in terms of NTRP. (at least by 0.5 and in most cases by one full level)
Atlanta is unique due to ALTA which is a local league with some serious talent.
How can you have a C rating and it not be your ‘real’ NTRP?A lot of folks rated 4 or 4.5 in their local areas/leagues think they are NTRP 4/4.5, but coaches I talked to say it's usually a lot lower in terms of NTRP. (at least by 0.5 and in most cases by one full level)
I think he is talking about non-USTA local leagues and club ratings. If you play USTA leagues, you will get a computer NTRP rating after a minimum number of matches played that is official.How can you have a C rating and it not be your ‘real’ NTRP?
Surely by definition if the computer rates you a 4.5 then you are a 4.5 (barring sandbagging or any other deliberate manipulation).
If computer ratings don’t define what a ‘real’ 4.5 is, what does? Some coach’s opinion? Surely not, that’s just self-rating by another name.
Wow, as a non-American I had no idea - from reading this forum it seemed like USTA was the main form of competitive tennis in the US.90% or higher of members don’t play USTA leagues
I think my club has somewhere between 1,500 to 2,000 members and probably about half are male. There are only three (3.5, 4.0 and 4.5+) men’s teams in a given USTA season and about 15 members on each team. I think the women don‘t even have a 4.5 team and there might be one or two mixed doubles teams. So, it is likely less than 100 players who play on any of the USTA teams. In contrast, there are about 15 ladies teams in local weekday county leagues at any given time and at least 25% of the female members might be playing on one of those teams. Unfortunately, there are no local non-USTA league teams for men at my club.Wow, as a non-American I had no idea - from reading this forum it seemed like USTA was the main form of competitive tennis in the US.
Wait so NTRP is only self rated ? You guys don't have national tournaments, or an equivalence system between local and national leagues ? Some people say I could be NTRP 3.0 from watching me hit, but from simply match results I'm something like 1.0 or 1.5. Why would anyone self-rate his level ? That's completely flawed, very few people don't overrate themselves, it's a natural human bias.
I think 4.5 arguably describes the widest swath of the ntrp ability level scale.
Maybe in theory, but 1.5 and 5.5 don’t exist, at least in my part of the country.The smaller the sample size, the more variable the results, typically. So I'd expect to see bigger variations at 1.5 and 5.5.
Maybe in theory, but 1.5 and 5.5 don’t exist, at least in my part of the country.
So now, looking at the actual match play with lack of service returns, double faults and errors added back in instead of the highlight reel, does it change anyone's opinion?
It does for me.So now, looking at the actual match play with lack of service returns, double faults and errors added back in instead of the highlight reel, does it change anyone's opinion?
Did anyone notice?