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    USA ITF Futures: Suspicious 1st rounds matches

    Seems pretty suspicious, a polite way to say it is rigged. So, are you saying the draws are done randomly by computer and that is why it is hard to fix? In this tournament in Rochester, about to be played right now...
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    Noah rubin goes pro

    Met DB and his dad at Carson last year, good guys.. TCF/BB thread wars were legendary, and DB became a household name among TT.
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    Player sponsorship / "staking" a tennis player

    Dad sounds like a grifter.
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    Player sponsorship / "staking" a tennis player

    I know a young tennis player who has finished his college career and is now going to play futures this summer and I believe he has the potential to get far - perhaps top 200 in a couple of years.... ....I am thinking it would have to be something like a percentage of the player's income from...
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    another fail for college tennis...

    At Baylor last Friday, Nate Hilgenkamp, a 20-year-old religion major who wants to be a pastor, was excited to learn that the match between Oklahoma, the top-ranked team in the nation, and second-ranked Baylor would welcome hecklers. “Oh, we got him! We got him!” Hilgenkamp shouted after a...
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    Crazy Tennis Parent

    This is probably one of the biggest issues in junior tennis, the cheating. And if I had to place blame it would be: 1) The lack of accountability by the USTA sections to set penalties on juniors ( and their parents) After 6 years of watching, it is the same few kids behaving badly year after...
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    2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships

    I feel like I am missing something here. This event is taking place at the USTA National Tennis Center. Why wouldn't there be live streaming to watch the matches?
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    2014 Saint Francis ITA Men's All-American Championships - Tulsa, OK

    I think the answers might have been different if it was anonymous. They seem to be saying what their coaches are saying.
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    Transfers for 2014-15 Season

    Thanks for posting. Too bad for Michigan.
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    Transfers for 2014-15 Season

    Cameron Norrie ended up at TCU instead of Michigan?
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    Nishikori rscquet paintjob?

    It's interesting that his racquet length is only 27.25, and I would think he would be using a racquet that is 27.50 Plus, his coach, Michael Chang, was so well known for his extended length at 28.
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    Why are Collin Altamirano and Noah Rubin not playing in US Open juniors?

    http://tenniskalamazoo.blogspot.com/2014/09/qualifier-dolehide-celebrates-birthday.html 9/5/2014 (QF match - US Jr. Open) Tiafoe said he felt like he was going to throw up and was struggling physically, adding that the medical time out he took at 1-1 in the third set was to get some rest, not...
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    Coaching changes

    What about Paul Goldstein then?
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    College Tennis Recruitment Video (still under construction)

    Very nice that you are helping him out. Couple of thoughts: - You have two videos here, coaches are tight on time and probably won't be able to look at both in the depth you want. Very compelling story, but time is always an issue here. - The hitting video: Need an intro at the...
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    Current and future college players in ATP events

    DB http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=492935 Per TCF - signed with a sponsor and have officially gone pro.
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    Can a TD deny a player's entry if...

    I haven't posted on here for a while, as I really dislike that when a poster has a problem and looks for help here, they are met with sarcasm and ridicule...... Many new tennis parents have told me they started out here looking for advice and left... Wonder why? It is a USTA sanctioned...
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    Can a TD deny a player's entry if...

    Retrospin - You state that the TD can bar a child because of disruptive parents "but they may well have the right to bar one because of disruptive parents." So, you are saying that writing truthful comments about a tennis tournament experience on a blog is "disruptive" and therefore the child...
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    I think since he is a pro now...

    Congrats to DB and BB Very nice to see DB follow his dream! Best of luck to him, Junior Tennis fans will be rooting him on!
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    Ivy League

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    ELO ratings need to be used for junior rankings

    Any good coach is not just looking at rankings. It's a combination of many factors, rankings is just one part. But, if you wanted to say which rankings, it's not your sectional ranking. Most college coaches are looking at Universal Tennis rating and ITF rankings. ( no knocks against TRN, it is...
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    Small D1 Conference tennis

    Your son should ask the coach if he can arrange for your son to spend a weekend ( Saturday night) at the school. Your son would then sleep over ( on the floor, he would bring a sleeping bag) in a room with one of the teammates. He can interact and get a better feel of the guys that way without...
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    National Signing Day

    There are many positives and negatives with foreigners playing tennis. The biggest upside is they raise the tennis level, the biggest negative is that they take spots away from Americans. Overall, I believe it lessens the chances that future American parents will pay into an expensive sport...
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    College Tennis video advice

    Just wondering if you need to post something in the beginning. Title page? Name, email, graduation class. Maybe, he speaks for a minute in the beginning. His goals, played in Europe, etc.. Very nice player btw.
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    Tennisrecruiting.net a crippled bird?

    Congrats on having your daughter play college tennis. I know you posted this as a heads up to other juniors and parents, and it was definitely worth reading. Sorry to be posting on the college site, but the junior site is gone. , I was just browsing through the girls' ratings on...
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    How to counter a hard hitter

    He is homeschooled now, and also gets to train part time in Boca. ( yep, another one sucked into the USTA PD lore, must have been the wild card for singles for the US Open juniors) And btw, suppose to be no junior names anymore.
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    The Emperor Has No Clothes (reblogged from 10sBalls.com)

    1) typing on my phone, so please ignore typos. 2) This was not written by Wayne Bryan, he has no problem signing his name, and his style of writing is a bit disorganized, although the message is on target. Also, Wayne would have complained that the USTA is doing nada about the large percentage...
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    The Emperor Has No Clothes (reblogged from 10sBalls.com)

    End ACTION ITEM THREE The greatest wealth of tennis wisdom rests in the minds of men and women who are nearly done raging against the dying of the light. Let us not be thrust into darkness. The USTA should allocate dollars to document the knowledge from the game’s elite coaches. Send out an...
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    The Emperor Has No Clothes (reblogged from 10sBalls.com)

    Part 4 ACTION ITEM TWO In a quest to repudiate the USTA PD’s belief that they are responsible for producing the next generation of US players, and in the hopes that the USTA will stop cherry-picking America’s top players in the search for a champion, I herewith offer another solution for...
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    The Emperor Has No Clothes (reblogged from 10sBalls.com)

    Part 3 ACTION ITEM ONE After twenty-five years of abysmal non-performance, the USTA player development program needs to reassess its purpose. According to the establishment’s current mission statement, “To grow the game…” they should be directing their resources toward community tennis...
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