New Years Resolutions for Tennis

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by Angle Queen

[*]Now, from the skillset/toolbox set, I need a serve "out wide." Mostly for that diminishing singles game but a nice variety to have in doubles (if properly scripted with my partner)
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2013 will be a transition year for me personally. My youngest child will begin Kindergarten in the Fall and that will begin a full week of daytime playing opportunities that I've never had before.

I am thankful the area I live in has plenty of terrific women to play with during the weekday.
I am thankful, at my age, to be able to play, at all.
I am thankful to be....alive!

I second the serve out wide! For me, it is doubles, especially mixed, that has gotten me in the 'serve down the T' rut on both sides.

And AMEN to the last paragraph!

And yay for more time to play during the week!

[emilyhex]

No f-bombs or other vulgar language on the court.

[maggmaster]

To win a 4.0 tournament, to win rounds in a local non moneyed open. The second one is a stretch goal for this year.

[AR15]

My new years resolution (regarding tennis) is to get to know the people I play tennis with better. Make more friends. To be seen more on the courts as an example of a good Christian, and less as the self absorbed tennis junkie some may have seen me as.

[beernutz]

4. I want to better control my temper on the court, especially with regards to partners who are making mistakes, but also not get angry at myself for UEs.
3. I want to improve my backhand to the point where it is actually an offensive weapon I can count on.
2. I want to get bumped a level and play better in the post-season.
1. I want to play LeeD.

[Surecatch]

1. Drop twenty pounds and improve fitness.
2. With added fitness, give up on fewer points
3. Continue rapid improvement in all areas.
4. Make my serve a consistently effective weapon instead of an occasionally effective weapon.
5. Start winning more and continue to progress to possible upgrade to 4.0.
6. Above all and in the mostly general way, taking into account all facets of the game...be a better player at the end of the year than I am at the beginning of the year.

[Ipster]

I have one tennis goal for this year.

I started playing tennis September 2009 and my goal is to move from 3.0 to 3.5 at the end of this year. I'm going to play singles exclusively this year and I'm focused on being the best singles player I can be.

[heninfan99]

1. Survive holidays (almost there)
2. Improve cardio
3. Continue to play with joy
4. Reverse slice serve would be fun

[J_R_B]

Originally Posted by darrinbaker00

As a long-time 4.0, I would like to:

1. Drop 20-25 pounds and improve my footwork.
2. Drop 20-25 pounds and improve my footwork.
3. Drop 20-25 pounds and improve my footwork.

If I do those three things, in that order, everything else (winning more matches, moving up a level) should fall into place.

This. And suck less.

[Avles]

Strengthen my legs and improve my footwork.

So far my leg-strengthening program has consisted of doing a ton of holiday eating. I figure my legs will get stronger from carrying all that extra weight around, then I'll lose the weight and my strong legs will be good to go!

[tennismonkey]

1 - lose 10 pounds and keep it off.
2 - hit more first serves in play.
3 - stop lolly gagging to the net.
4 - remember to sit down during changeovers and have a quick drink.

[Rorsach]

Start playing again this year. I haven''t been able to play well for about a year and haven''t played at all for about 6 months due to health problems.
Hopefully these are all behind me and i can start enjoying tennis again.

[Fuji]

I plan to be competitive at 5.0 by the end of the year, and lose about 20lbs.

(How sad is that? Since school started I'm 18lbs over where I was this summer... )

-Fuji

[sureshs]

Serve serve serve

[IA-SteveB]

1. Spend time with the ball machine working on lessening my shanked volleys. Those make me entirely too mad.
2. Increase first serve %
3. be more aggressive with poaching, but see #1

[JRstriker12]

1-Get back to playing USTA league after the birth of my twin girls (fingers crossed).

2-Lose 30lbs which is the rest of the weight I put on during my wife's pregnancy.

[AtomicForehand]

1. Improve first-serve percentage (it's a killer when it's on, but depending on the day I hit it in somewhere between only 20-60% of the time). I would like my first-serve percentage to never be lower than 50%--and that would be on a bad day!

2. Dare to hit kickers and sliders as my second serve whenever I am up 30-0, 40-0, or 40-15. Current second-service delivery is a homemade underspun thing (which no one is really able to attack successfully actually. But still. I want to be a big girl someday)

3. Sneak in some serve-and-volley play (again, when I am up in the score)

[Fuji]

Originally Posted by AtomicForehand

1. Improve first-serve percentage (it's a killer when it's on, but depending on the day I hit it in somewhere between only 20-60% of the time). I would like my first-serve percentage to never be lower than 50%--and that would be on a bad day!

2. Dare to hit kickers and sliders as my second serve whenever I am up 30-0, 40-0, or 40-15. Current second-service delivery is a homemade underspun thing (which no one is really able to attack successfully actually. But still. I want to be a big girl someday)

3. Sneak in some serve-and-volley play (again, when I am up in the score)

It's amazing what confidence a solid kicker can bring to your game. I rarely double fault anymore for the sheer fact that I have a huge kick serve that I can place well. Even if I'm feeling not so confident, I can throw in a kicker on the first serve and keep percentages up in pressure situations if need be.

-Fuji

[Timbo's hopeless slice]

State 45s Champion..

(ok, so that's a pretty big ask, but I have been runner up twice now!)

so, go hard at the first serve every single time..

[AtomicForehand]

Originally Posted by Fuji

It's amazing what confidence a solid kicker can bring to your game. I rarely double fault anymore for the sheer fact that I have a huge kick serve that I can place well. Even if I'm feeling not so confident, I can throw in a kicker on the first serve and keep percentages up in pressure situations if need be.

-Fuji

I rarely double-fault either, but still, I'd like to have more of a pro-looking second serve. What would you say is the key to consistency with your kicker?