holy batman i dont check thread for like 2 days and there's all these posts about...stuff
FYI
Sure all you guys have a team for the summer but anyone want to switch and play usta 4.0 men's nova singles? our team can pretty much guarantee a bunch of matches.
yes, RJ.
my bad, its men's 4.0 NOVA.
Oh I knew that...wasn't thinking of me but a friend of mine who...has already been heavily recruited by your captain.
Sorry man. Already signed up for the team from last year.
I feel like Nanook of the North all the way up here in Maryland, when everyone else ('cept my buddy HW) gets to talk league this and league that in NoVA.
Guess I'll go build my igloo now. I hear ice fishing ranks almost as popular as tennis in these parts.
I feel like Nanook of the North all the way up here in Maryland, when everyone else ('cept my buddy HW) gets to talk league this and league that in NoVA.
Guess I'll go build my igloo now. I hear ice fishing ranks almost as popular as tennis in these parts.
JO, Crabs, Cars, me saying the WNBA sucks, me crushin you in pong, The question getting mad because its called table tennis.
Just more of the same to me.
One of the perks of belonging to a not very big club.
lol yea but the ladies are interjecting
What club would that be? Hilton? Bare Hill?
hahahhaa
i dont eat the hebrew kind or use V05. i think i usually have ballpark and right now i have some crappy cvs brand? i dont remember
Carroll Tennis Center
Ah, yes, is that Saturday night "tennis speed dating social" you're referring to?
I play Carroll Cup and do the occasional doubles social, but singles is more my game. I got my arm twisted to sub in a womens' doubles league tonight.
Where in Towson are you?
That sounds like fun. I was going to say, there is a weekly single/doubles round robins at Green Spring every Friday night. GS also are forming a ladies single & doubles team right now, not sure if you're interested in that.
I live a block away from Baltimore County police HQ...trying not to giving too much away on the interweb...
I totally hear you on giving out information. I work in Towson, which is why I asked. When the weather breaks, we should hit at TSU or someplace nearby.
Isn't it TSU's courts are private nowadays? Haven't been to their courts since...1993? :-?
I've actually played there and they were open..this was maybe 2 years ago like in after-work hours...probably 6:30 or 7pm. That could've changed since then. In the Towson area, I prefer to play at Loyola or Goucher if I have time (i.e. daylight)...Towson High's courts are lighted, but I don't prefer them.
Goucher has a disc golf course.
I could make a day out of it. Huck a few rounds of golf, blast a few tennis balls, and then drink a few natty bo's.
Seriously? Disc Golf? That actually sounds kinda cool. I've only played there after work when nobody else was around, so I've never had the privilege of being run off by renegade tennis coaches.
Topaz - This is off point, but do you have any recommendations for violin teachers for a beginning 8 year old in Arlington? Thanks
It sounds easy but its tough. I think thats why i like it so much. Plus you buy all the equipment you need for under 50 bucks. until you start to get real good you only need about 4 or 5 discs. Bag for discs and water bottle is optional but nice.
If you ever wanna give it a go, Ill can meet you at coucher and we play a round before we play tennis. Actualy a round of disc golf would be a quality warm up for tennis.
People ask me from time to time to teach them how I hit my kick serve.
I show them the grip I use and how I swing at the ball. I then tell them to hit 10,000 of them and they will start to get the feel of it. Most of the people who ask me are not willing to put that much work into it.
I hit 2500 serves a week practicing and it took me a good 8-10 weeks before my kick really became a consistent serve. Then it took about 6 weeks to get where I could place it wherever I wanted to. For me it was hard because the grip and the toss were totally new.
Finally got my MGPP back with the Alu Power Rough strung at 50#.
We played dubs Friday, and I didn't feel like I got to really evaluate the string like I wanted.
However, it must have been doing something good as my opponent remarked that all my serves looked like they were going to go out, but dipped in at the last moment, and the other guy keep complaining about the spin when he shanked a return.
Spin was good and with it strung around 50# felt comfortable, not harsh at all, almost multi like. Found the ball going long the first few swings surprisingly.
Anyway, I'm going to play AY Monday and that should give me the sort of hit I'm looking for to get a real feel of if I really like it or not.
I think I'm on the opposite end...I like my strings strung at a higher tension..right now I'm playing at 60lbs. The Head racquet I demo'd was at 57. 50 seems way low. But congrats on getting the spin.
Lux at 60# = elbow death.
FWIW- Luxilon recommends that you string their poly strings at at least 10% below what you would normally string a synthetic. I normally string gut / multi's around 55#-57# so 50# was a good experimental tension for me.
Also, I've been reading some stuff that shows that polys are at their best at lower tensions, so I decided to experiment a bit.
Then again, I found I had to string my PDR's at 60# just to tame the power of that racket, but I was stringing Blue Gear and not Lux.
I've not had elbow problems...maybe I'm just weird (and I've been hitting with this setup for over 2 years). I do Hurricane pro tour at 60lbs and have no issues...and I typically go between 57-60lbs. I demo'd a head with gamma (and I'm not exactly sure what they strung it with) at 57 pounds and felt like I wasn't getting as much control. Prestige Pro...I may take Paulman's advice and buy the racquet (because I did like it)...but replace the pallet since the grip is too big. Small hands.
But you know what they say...small hands, big heart
JRs, I might have to agree with BPeeps on the tension. Just about all poly manufacturers tell you to string polys 10% lower than your usual tension with multis, but I found out it's way too loose that way. Polys lose a lot more tension than most other strings after being strung, so I would say it's typically 3-5% lower. But then again, I'm notorious for stringing my stiff frames at very high tensions...luckily without killing my arm. I've strung my APD at 67 lbs with WC Scorpion and it actually felt pretty good but I think I've decided 63 lbs on it might be a bit better.
I strung your gut Isospeed hybrid at 55/61 (55 base tension), so I would I have strung your ALU Rough at 53 or 54 even as ALU has good pop too. But maybe you'll find that a little loose spin friendly poly might be what you're looking for?
got my new RDIS200s in the mail today. woot.
i bought epoxy and balsa wood to possibly make them 27.5" long
but dunno if i can do it to them. especially since i have no proof
that it will make me even .0001% better. it might make my backhand
5% better but everthing else 5% worse.
hrmm. better leave it alone for now.