Have you been served Humble Pie?

[86golf]

You keep watching, thinking that I'm going to win some more points, but it keeps playing out the same way!

More folks should post videos of their humble pie. A long drawn out text story of how you played your A game but some 94 year old guy with a wooden racquet kept sending your deep ww topspin groundies back and won 56-54 in the third set tiebreaker; just doesn't have the same impact of seeing it live.

Originally Posted by corbind

I've watched this video maybe four times now. Every time I turn on my computer it plays. I'm very impressed with the old man. To me he seems to have a strange baseline strokes. Is it because he's swinging slow and the motions are in slow motion?

Nevertheless, that old man ruled the court using what he knows and the shots he's comfortable with. Imagine if that guy had the body of a 30-year-old. I think he'd cause some people quit tennis after being served humble pie....

[dizzlmcwizzl]

Originally Posted by 86golf

More folks should post videos of their humble pie. A long drawn out text story of how you played your A game but some 94 year old guy with a wooden racquet kept sending your deep ww topspin groundies back and won 56-54 in the third set tiebreaker; just doesn't have the same impact of seeing it live.

Unfortunately, few folks video tape and even fewer would take the time to set up a camera when you think you are going to demolish the opposition. By the time you realize you should be recording this for further humiliation you have already eaten your pie.

[Spin Doctor]

Originally Posted by 86golf

A couple years ago a senior player with old school strokes took it to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJrfD14M2U

After losing the point with a back hand squash shot at 3:33, I was ready to go home and kick the dog.

Great video! Kudos to you for posting it and even editing it to show your losing points.

Funny that some here consider the old man a pusher. To me, he is not a pusher at all. Dude is crafty and was hitting the right angles at the right time and going for shots when he saw an opportunity. T

[tennismonkey]

the video posted by 86golf is a really nice example of the crafty older player. not a pusher though. he has some junky slices for sure but can hit winners and passing shots when needed. just really good command of the ball. also funny to see him not moving between shots AT ALL.

[Bhagi Katbamna]

Amazing vid. That guy just knows where and how to hit the ball to cause the greatest chance of error from the opponent.

[Off The Wall]

That old guy did one thing really well that 86golf didn't: split step. Old guy had a true split step at the correct time and always hustled to split step at the correct place.

On the other hand, 86golf might do a little hop, but frequently brought one foot down and then the other (which commits you to only one direction),...and that only after old guy had made contact. At least once, 86golf didn't split step at all. (That was the 2nd to last point. Old guy lobbed while 86golf was closing on the net to put away an easy volley we was sure was going to happen.)

Another instance of thinking he had ended the point prematurely was at 1:55. 86golf hit a short forehand CC. 86golf stood and watched old guy run after it. Only when he realized old guy was going to hit it back did 86golf move to cover old guy's DTL. Too late.

So, take a tip from old guy. Study his hustling recovery back to the middle and his effective split step.

[LeeD]

Problem here is that I see "old guy" as a solid 4.0 while his younger opponent is a weaker 4.0 without strategy or a good game plan to make the old guy look old.
Old guys usually have some tennis experience, but maybe not the legs or eyesight to compensate for short angles or weird spins.
Younger guy here basically just hit the ball medium pace and expects old guy to miss, while old guy moves youngster around probing for weak points.

[GRANITECHIEF]

Originally Posted by 86golf

A couple years ago a senior player with old school strokes took it to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJrfD14M2U

After losing the point with a back hand squash shot at 3:33, I was ready to go home and kick the dog.

Great example of how to make a good tennis video. Excellent perspective to see how the point develops and also the vertical aspects.

Hopefully I can be cool and school some young whippersnappers like that old guy in a few years!

[LeeD]

Not that I"m at your level, but last year, I was schooled by a 67 year old who was going to the finals of the local 65's. Too bad he's quicker than me, faster, and in better shape. He said he was a pretty solid 4.0, me a falling 4.0.
No matter where you go, if you look hard enough, there's someone bigger, faster, and more skilled.

[chollyred]

Originally Posted by LeeD

Not that I"m at your level, but last year, I was schooled by a 67 year old who was going to the finals of the local 65's. Too bad he's quicker than me, faster, and in better shape. He said he was a pretty solid 4.0, me a falling 4.0.
No matter where you go, if you look hard enough, there's someone bigger, faster, and more skilled.

How about EVERYWHERE I go?!

[GRANITECHIEF]

I got served humble pie big time last nite by my own kid, who only allowed me 2 games. I guess all that effort, all those late nite practices, all that driving to tournaments, all that $$, etc.. makes a pretty good and bittersweet pie. I guess i shouldn't be too bummed, he is a bluechip.

[LeeD]

You shoulda took the lessons WITH him, rather than ferrying him to the courts so he can learn and prosper.
Buncha old timers I play with have/had kids playing Div1 on both coasts, probably more than 4 guys. The old timers still play the old way, eastern flat strokes, turn sideways, and very inflexible strategy.
Their kids play like they belong in the top 300, which 3 of them did at one time.
Always fun when the kids show up at the RoseGarden, where they are king beyond dispute, and it's always great fun to try to take a point from them in doubles. No chance in singles, of course.

[GRANITECHIEF]

My boy just served all his opponents in a Mens Open Draw a large serving of Humble Pie, capturing his first Open division title, at the tender age of 15.

I don't feel as bad about my pie now, HAHAHA!

[tennismonkey]

that's not humble pie granite. that's a healthy heaping of pride pie. grats to you and your boy!

[anantak2k]

Originally Posted by 86golf

A couple years ago a senior player with old school strokes took it to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJrfD14M2U

After losing the point with a back hand squash shot at 3:33, I was ready to go home and kick the dog.

My god... does that old guy miss a single shot the entire match? 0 errors it seems.