Official Club Tennis Thread

NickH87 · 09-25-2009, 02:54 PM

For those of us who arent up to par with college level players, but who get to enjoy the competitiveness of the club level at universities and college, this shall be the thread to discuss how your practices run, your matches go, and your tournaments pan out.

For my school, we just started this fall and out members arent as big as we hoped. Around 30 people showed up to the meeting but maybe 10-12 showed up for the practices. Either due to classes during practice or not caring. We have out first match next weekend and I will probably be the number 3 or 4 player on mens singles. I would rate myself a 3.5.

Evry1hateslefties · 09-27-2009, 09:38 AM

I'm a 4.0-5.0 and am good enough to paly in D3 or D2 but am planning on going to stanford, or columbia, and I'm not good enough for D1. I'm already warmin up to playing on a club team.

NickH87 · 09-28-2009, 11:47 AM

One thing that bothers me is that we have to drive ourselves to the matches and the first one is 2 hours away....its BS.

Itagaki · 09-29-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Evry1hateslefties

I'm a 4.0-5.0 and am good enough to paly in D3 or D2 but am planning on going to stanford, or columbia, and I'm not good enough for D1. I'm already warmin up to playing on a club team.

Standford's Club team is pretty good, i think they have about 2 or 3 teams that play tournaments and such so you should have fun with that

As for the club team im on, its a little unorganized as of yet since we havent had a coach for at least two years

It's mostly just for fun, but we hope to be able to enter more tournaments this year, but we dont have any matches otherwise

dantespark33 · 09-30-2009, 12:22 AM

i'm an officer of club team, and taking it over next year

i would say i'm about 3.5 we have some solid 4.5 maybe 5.0 players

d3vi1b0y6592 · 10-27-2009, 07:07 PM

just asking, does Stanford have an intramural club?

d3vi1b0y6592 · 10-27-2009, 10:28 PM

no? im a noob to this forum. senior in high school

wyutani · 10-27-2009, 10:30 PM

wahahha, this is hilarious.

d3vi1b0y6592 · 10-28-2009, 06:18 PM

gee .. thanks ... for the comparison.
such a great help

Itagaki · 10-29-2009, 01:49 PM

Apparently editing posts doesnt go in this forum, oh well

as for devilboy's question, yea they have some kind of club team going on, i dont know too much about it, but i've seen at least 2 or 3 teams in a tournament. Speaking of which, this year's is coming up in a couple of weeks

the club team(St Marys) im in should be there, hopefully we wont get beaten too bad

SlapChop · 10-29-2009, 02:22 PM

When are the matches for these clubs? Are they mostly on weekends? I will be going back to University soon and I might have an interest in joining. What are the eligibility requirements?

Itagaki · 10-29-2009, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SlapChop

When are the matches for these clubs? Are they mostly on weekends? I will be going back to University soon and I might have an interest in joining. What are the eligibility requirements?

I cant say anything for stanford, but the USTA tournaments club teams participate in are on weekends

NickH87 · 10-30-2009, 01:03 PM

Yeah they are usually on weekends, practices during non varsity hours.

budkid · 10-31-2009, 01:23 AM

Anybody a part of USTA's Tennis on Campus club teams? Like your school actually takes part in the Tennis on Campus tourneys?

Fedace · 11-01-2009, 07:14 PM

hey, these guys aren't half bad. UCLA club tennis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QngtA...eature=related

Itagaki · 11-02-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by budkid

Anybody a part of USTA's Tennis on Campus club teams? Like your school actually takes part in the Tennis on Campus tourneys?

Yea, im apart of the Saint Marys College club team, but due to the fact that our stuff is extremely unorganized, the team has only been in one Tennis on Campus tournament since i joined, but im pretty sure we're going to the Stanford tournament November 14-15

skyzoo · 11-02-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Fedace

hey, these guys are terrible. UCLA club tennis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QngtA...eature=related

I'll agree with that

Fedace · 11-02-2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by skyzoo

I'll agree with that

You have to remember that this is Club tennis and not Varsity tennis. Club tennis is supposed to be 4.0-5.0 level, so this is about what i expected. Actually these guys have pretty good Zip on the forehand side...

NickC · 11-02-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by skyzoo

I'll agree with that

Well, they aren't horrible, to be honest. Guy in white has a pretty big serve, or atleast it sounded like he did. Guy in blue had a decent forehand, not a ton of deph, but he hit it pretty cleanly and with a decent amount of pace. I mean, they aren't the UCLA varsity, but they're OK. A lot of guys who play #1 for clubs at, say, USC, Florida, Georgia, UCLA, Stanford, etc... could easily play D1 ball for any team that isn't top-25 nationally.

skyzoo · 11-03-2009, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by NickC

Well, they aren't horrible, to be honest. Guy in white has a pretty big serve, or atleast it sounded like he did. Guy in blue had a decent forehand, not a ton of deph, but he hit it pretty cleanly and with a decent amount of pace. I mean, they aren't the UCLA varsity, but they're OK. A lot of guys who play #1 for clubs at, say, USC, Florida, Georgia, UCLA, Stanford, etc... could easily play D1 ball for any team that isn't top-25 nationally.

definitly, I was just joking around. Those guys are solid and could play for a middle of the road d1 team

09-27-2009, 09:38 AM	#2
Evry1hateslefties Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 131	I'm a 4.0-5.0 and am good enough to paly in D3 or D2 but am planning on going to stanford, or columbia, and I'm not good enough for D1. I'm already warmin up to playing on a club team. __________________ ~no passing zone~

09-28-2009, 11:47 AM	#3
NickH87 Semi-Pro Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 443	One thing that bothers me is that we have to drive ourselves to the matches and the first one is 2 hours away....its BS. __________________ Prince O3 Speedport Red Technifibre Red Code 16 @ 55lbs

09-30-2009, 12:22 AM	#5
dantespark33 Rookie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 358	i'm an officer of club team, and taking it over next year i would say i'm about 3.5 we have some solid 4.5 maybe 5.0 players __________________ For anyone with question about capping: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=233780

10-27-2009, 10:30 PM	#8
wyutani Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: hong kong Posts: 4,747	wahahha, this is hilarious. __________________ Western Grip, Counter-puncher Lefty... Dunlop Maxply Mcenroe (Serve), Dunlop Aerogel 4D 300 Tour (Return)...

10-30-2009, 01:03 PM	#13
NickH87 Semi-Pro Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 443	Yeah they are usually on weekends, practices during non varsity hours. __________________ Prince O3 Speedport Red Technifibre Red Code 16 @ 55lbs

11-01-2009, 07:14 PM	#15
Fedace G.O.A.T. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,201	hey, these guys aren't half bad. UCLA club tennis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QngtA...eature=related __________________ Ignore list: Joeyg, andfor, goober, Mighty Manfred wonder, LMAO.....