Tennis Warehouse-Mid Atlantic Chapter

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
^^^Don't know, but if the real Jessica Alba shows, I'm there, dude, I'm there. :shock:

Hollywood, what Lotto shoes do you wear? The Syn-Raptor Xtreme? I like the green on them, but they look heavy at 16.6 ounces. My Resolutions are a good 2 ounces lighter.

Any place around here to try them out? I hate to buy a shoe without at least trying it on first.
 

Topaz

Legend
^^^WTF is up with the the Alba post???

She's posted here before...

I'm new to the region. Does people here still play? I'm new to the game so please go easy. Are there any girls in this group? thanks

hello everyone again. I'm glad there are more female players in this web forum now. I've been visiting this thread every once in a while and it's really hard to catch up. I hear rumors of maybe another meet so can i get more info?

thanks

Maybe it is Claire Forlani...finally coming to see her many admired TWMAC fans?
 

Sup2Dresq

Hall of Fame
She's posted here before...


Maybe it is Claire Forlani...finally coming to see her many admired TWMAC fans?

Maybe. Will Jessica Alba be there?

i sure hope so, especially if it's clair forlani but most likely it'll just be one of zap's twins.


P.S where's alice?

I was thinking claire florlani too!

Then again I was just downing a beer and another.. and another.. when.. wait.. what was I saying? *burp*

p.s. Sappy you suck. I was looking forward to Friday. Now I have more of "nothing to do". Thanks.
 

hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
Good job dude.

My buddy in Hawaii was a huge lions fan and Teddy Lehman (right after they drafted him) answered one of his questions in a live chat. He was stoked like 2 weeks.

I dont think teddy Lehman is in the league anymore either.
 

sapient007

Semi-Pro
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hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
^^^Don't know, but if the real Jessica Alba shows, I'm there, dude, I'm there. :shock:

Hollywood, what Lotto shoes do you wear? The Syn-Raptor Xtreme? I like the green on them, but they look heavy at 16.6 ounces. My Resolutions are a good 2 ounces lighter.

Any place around here to try them out? I hate to buy a shoe without at least trying it on first.

I had the Syn Pulse Raptor 2. Its the same shoe just a different color.

I cant compare to Rez 2. But compared to Rez one there really was no difference in the weight. I honestly dont think you will be dissapointed in them.

I bought mine from the bird and got a 6 month warranty. They have the new ones as well and have the warranty. I got too many shoes to eat through a warranty though.
 
I live in Falls Church, and am thinking about joining either the YMCA in Arlington or the Four Seasons (closer to my home). I do not make a ton of money, and want a nice and friendly place to play -- I take lessons at the Y now and am very happy with that.

Any thoughts?
 

Sup2Dresq

Hall of Fame
I live in Falls Church, and am thinking about joining either the YMCA in Arlington or the Four Seasons (closer to my home). I do not make a ton of money, and want a nice and friendly place to play -- I take lessons at the Y now and am very happy with that.

Any thoughts?

Can you give us a price breakdown? membership? lessons? perks?
 

TheJRK

Rookie
I was hoping that some people on this thread might be familiar with one or both of these places.

When I first moved to the DC area I took private lessons at the Arlington Y. I hadn't played tennis in a few years and I wanted to really "jump-start" myself back into the game. It was $80 an hour, or if you paid for 10 lessons up front ($800) then you would get an 11th lesson free, which is what I did.

It's a nice tennis facility, the only problem is that it's ONLY a tennis facility. It is not associated with the gym next door, so all you can do is play tennis and leave. Also, parking can be a real pain in the @ss since they only have like 10 spots and the rest is street parking (which is in a neighborhood). A few times I ended up parking pretty far away.
 

Sup2Dresq

Hall of Fame
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Sup - Lotto called this morning and said. Nahnahnananah!!!!!!

Ha! "the jerk store called..." /end seinfeld reference.

I heard Lotto is coming this fall to TW US. And Europe should get some more stuff. I am not even thinking about clothes since 1) haven't checked out Xisbum stuff and 2) it's not Nike.

I'm not happy it's taking this long to just find one shirt. How can they build any brand loyalty!

On a side note. There is a kid research test with marshmallows. They put a kid in a room with a marshmallow and tell him/her that she can get a second one if he/she doesn't eat this one by the time she returns.. OR they can just eat that one now. Some studies say how the kid reacts is how the person will be their entire life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW1vpz1ybo

temptation.jpg


I said this on another thread,... but Sups thoughts:

-Kid Drakulie would have it down his pants before the researcher could explain the rules.

-Kid Topaz would break down in tears waiting for the researcher's return, only to faint from exhaustion.

-Kid Zapvor would ask for the shower and some hot dogs

-Kid Hollywood would whip out his JO dispenser and start chowing down.

-Kid PurePrestige would ask the swingweight of the table and plate and calculate how much lead it would take for it to lean enough to roll the marshmallow into his mouth.

-Kid PPL would ask for fries and a coke.

-Kid Sappy would mcbail on the research, but send an email requesting they mail his marshmallow to him.

-Kid JRS would run around the room yelping like a wookie eagerly awaiting the researchers return.

-Kid Xisbum would be so suspicious of the marshmallow that he wouldn't take it or the second one upon the researchers return.

-Kid TFM would slice and dice the marshmallow and put delicious sauce on it using a hot place and fudge.

-Kid Shcmad would ask if Safin eats marshmallows.

-Kid Magma would still be wearing tinted glasses and calculate the amount of calories.

-Kid Dats would shock the researcher upon her return by having several other varieties of marshmallows in front of him. When the researcher questions why he didnt eat just one.. he would answer "I couldn't make up my mind".

-Kid Auzzie would sweat.

-Kid Han would smack the marshmallow hard on the wall causing a rip in time.
 

JRProstaf9

Rookie
I've played at both the Y and at 4 seasons. While they are both good facilities I have a tendancy to lean toward 4 seasons b/c of the bigger player pool. Also I know for a 1 year membership at 4 seasons it was only $99 and got you reduced prices for lessons/clinics/and reserved court time. Not sure what membership is @ the Y and whats included... although if I remember right they did have a mens 4.0 drill clinic available. Not sure if its still around though.
 

TheJRK

Rookie
I've played at both the Y and at 4 seasons. While they are both good facilities I have a tendancy to lean toward 4 seasons b/c of the bigger player pool. Also I know for a 1 year membership at 4 seasons it was only $99 and got you reduced prices for lessons/clinics/and reserved court time. Not sure what membership is @ the Y and whats included... although if I remember right they did have a mens 4.0 drill clinic available. Not sure if its still around though.

I believe there is a one time $350 join fee for the Arlington Y, in addition to the $350 per year. I do remember that there are no court fees though from May-October. After that (during the winter) it is $15 an hour. It's not too bad. If I had never met Sup and the rest of the TWMAC gang, I would've joined that club. Condy Rice and Rumsfeld play there.
 

TheJRK

Rookie
On a side note. There is a kid research test with marshmallows. They put a kid in a room with a marshmallow and tell him/her that she can get a second one if he/she doesn't eat this one by the time she returns.. OR they can just eat that one now. Some studies say how the kid reacts is how the person will be their entire life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW1vpz1ybo

temptation.jpg


I said this on another thread,... but Sups thoughts:

-Kid Drakulie would have it down his pants before the researcher could explain the rules.

-Kid Topaz would break down in tears waiting for the researcher's return, only to faint from exhaustion.

-Kid Zapvor would ask for the shower and some hot dogs

-Kid Hollywood would whip out his JO dispenser and start chowing down.

-Kid PurePrestige would ask the swingweight of the table and plate and calculate how much lead it would take for it to lean enough to roll the marshmallow into his mouth.

-Kid PPL would ask for fries and a coke.

-Kid Sappy would mcbail on the research, but send an email requesting they mail his marshmallow to him.

-Kid JRS would run around the room yelping like a wookie eagerly awaiting the researchers return.

-Kid Xisbum would be so suspicious of the marshmallow that he wouldn't take it or the second one upon the researchers return.

-Kid TFM would slice and dice the marshmallow and put delicious sauce on it using a hot place and fudge.

-Kid Shcmad would ask if Safin eats marshmallows.

-Kid Magma would still be wearing tinted glasses and calculate the amount of calories.

-Kid Dats would shock the researcher upon her return by having several other varieties of marshmallows in front of him. When the researcher questions why he didnt eat just one.. he would answer "I couldn't make up my mind".

-Kid Auzzie would sweat.

-Kid Han would smack the marshmallow hard on the wall causing a rip in time.

Hahaha, I don't know why, but this one made me laugh the most.
 

JRProstaf9

Rookie
I believe there is a one time $350 join fee for the Arlington Y, in addition to the $350 per year. I do remember that there are no court fees though from May-October. After that (during the winter) it is $15 an hour. It's not too bad. If I had never met Sup and the rest of the TWMAC gang, I would've joined that club. Condy Rice and Rumsfeld play there.

$350 up front and ea year... intersting. Not bad although not great either. Granted I think the most I've ever paid for a tennis membership was at the Aspen hill Club in Silver Spring, MD. Can't remember exactly but I think i was shelling out $90-125 each month for membership granted that was for gym and tennis membership. Programs there are for members only (wasn't too kosher w/ that) and they were still a bit on the pricy side especially for the 1 night a week advanced drill I did for about a year... Granted the 1 girl from UMD and the other that went to the Naval Academy were fun to play tennis or work out with when they werent at school.
 

sapient007

Semi-Pro
Ha! "the jerk store called..." /end seinfeld reference.

I heard Lotto is coming this fall to TW US. And Europe should get some more stuff. I am not even thinking about clothes since 1) haven't checked out Xisbum stuff and 2) it's not Nike.

I'm not happy it's taking this long to just find one shirt. How can they build any brand loyalty!

On a side note. There is a kid research test with marshmallows. They put a kid in a room with a marshmallow and tell him/her that she can get a second one if he/she doesn't eat this one by the time she returns.. OR they can just eat that one now. Some studies say how the kid reacts is how the person will be their entire life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW1vpz1ybo

temptation.jpg


I said this on another thread,... but Sups thoughts:

-Kid Drakulie would have it down his pants before the researcher could explain the rules.

-Kid Topaz would break down in tears waiting for the researcher's return, only to faint from exhaustion.

-Kid Zapvor would ask for the shower and some hot dogs

-Kid Hollywood would whip out his JO dispenser and start chowing down.

-Kid PurePrestige would ask the swingweight of the table and plate and calculate how much lead it would take for it to lean enough to roll the marshmallow into his mouth.

-Kid PPL would ask for fries and a coke.

-Kid Sappy would mcbail on the research, but send an email requesting they mail his marshmallow to him.

-Kid JRS would run around the room yelping like a wookie eagerly awaiting the researchers return.

-Kid Xisbum would be so suspicious of the marshmallow that he wouldn't take it or the second one upon the researchers return.

-Kid TFM would slice and dice the marshmallow and put delicious sauce on it using a hot place and fudge.

-Kid Shcmad would ask if Safin eats marshmallows.

-Kid Magma would still be wearing tinted glasses and calculate the amount of calories.

-Kid Dats would shock the researcher upon her return by having several other varieties of marshmallows in front of him. When the researcher questions why he didnt eat just one.. he would answer "I couldn't make up my mind".

-Kid Auzzie would sweat.

-Kid Han would smack the marshmallow hard on the wall causing a rip in time.


-kid sup would char a nike swoosh on it to sell back to the researcher. The net profit of 4 additional marshmallows would be used to:
1st marshmallow: tease kid topaz
2nd ...: make fun of kid zap
3rd ...: trade in for mercedes
4th ...: repeat step 1



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p.s need
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6gz3_ez2lk
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...as-indoor-segway/story-e6freuyi-1225779163570

obligatory cat pic
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JRstriker12

Hall of Fame
I've played at both the Y and at 4 seasons. While they are both good facilities I have a tendancy to lean toward 4 seasons b/c of the bigger player pool. Also I know for a 1 year membership at 4 seasons it was only $99 and got you reduced prices for lessons/clinics/and reserved court time. Not sure what membership is @ the Y and whats included... although if I remember right they did have a mens 4.0 drill clinic available. Not sure if its still around though.

$99 for year or $99/month?????
 

TheJRK

Rookie
So Sappy, JRK, etc., you playin' Saturday or not? am or pm? Your place or mine?

I'd be down to hit Saturday, weather pending of course. I'm not sure where though. Sappy, Dats, and I tried to hit last Saturday at Kenmore and the courts were reserved for ACTA. The courts were also reserved at Wakefield HS, and Bluemont Park. We ended up playing at my condo.

How would it be on your side of NOVA?
 

Topaz

Legend
I have to take an exam Saturday morning, but I'd be up for hitting after that...if you guys decide on a meeting place, post it here please.

JRK, I've posted courts in other areas around Alexandria that should work, too...if you need me to post them again, let me know.
 

sapient007

Semi-Pro
I'd be down to hit Saturday, weather pending of course. I'm not sure where though. Sappy, Dats, and I tried to hit last Saturday at Kenmore and the courts were reserved for ACTA. The courts were also reserved at Wakefield HS, and Bluemont Park. We ended up playing at my condo.

How would it be on your side of NOVA?

vote for you condo as i enjoy the constant fire alarms and rows of spectators. we should sell tickets
 

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
I'd be down to hit Saturday, weather pending of course. I'm not sure where though. Sappy, Dats, and I tried to hit last Saturday at Kenmore and the courts were reserved for ACTA. The courts were also reserved at Wakefield HS, and Bluemont Park. We ended up playing at my condo.

How would it be on your side of NOVA?

Well, Nottoway fills up fast; we'd have to get there early. There is a park not far from me at 7900 Lee Highway - Jefferson District Park. Would probably need to reserve a court or two, since it fills up fast, too.

Thought your condo association banned all us unwashed nonresidents???
 

hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
Whats the specs dude? Give it sup so he can RDC that puppy :)

Although you probably should have wsent with the dunlop aerogel 300 junior. Its gets the best reviews thats for sure

Comments: Best ever for a 2-year-old! Heavy topspin and a real slicing racquet.
From: Ben, Quincy, Florida, USA. 3/08
 
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