What the hell is wrong with my coach

[jessey]

Three posibilities.
1. You didn't improve as much as you think so it's your own fault.
2. Your coach hates you. In that case you need to work on your people's skill and work things out with him.
3. Your coach just didn't notice the improvement. This is the easiest problem to fix, and many have already suggested excellent ways to fix it.

[WildVolley]

Most coaches will allow you to play challenge matches.

Don't get discouraged yet, and ask your coach nicely if you could challenge a player on the team that you think you could beat.

[fluffy Beaver]

Originally Posted by Headshotterer

I improved from 2.0 to a 3.5-ish level, and I believe I am good enough for varsity(our area is so-so)

You made this quote in November last year

Originally Posted by Headshotterer

Estimated NTRP:3.5-4.0

As some have said, you are most likely not as good as you think you are. I'm not trying to put you down, but there are always so many kids who say I can't believe I have to play "insert low level". And when the opportunity arises to make it up a ladder, there are always excuses.

In conclusion, stop complaining on the board and take it up with your coach.

Originally Posted by Headshotterer

For some reason, I do not think he likes me. I have done nothing wrong against him and he does not give me advice during games, when he gives everyone else advice. He does not look at me or say anything to me.

Also, he treats everyone on the team specially and people not on the team badly.

And he may not even place me on the team

This post right here makes it sound like all you do is complain and don't do anything about it. As Roddick said "grow some sack".

[fluffy Beaver]

Okay after reading some more of your post, you really do live in your own dream world and think too highly of yourself.

Originally Posted by Headshotterer

Tryouts:There are about 60 people trying out. Half of them suck and are 3.0 below. The other half is 3.5+ with 4.5 being the highest.

Originally Posted by Headshotterer

i believe on my best days, i can play at a 4.0 level, possibly 4.5
on my worst, i'm 3.0

So lets get this straight, 4.5 is the best on your team and you yourself play at a 4.5 level sometimes.

I now conclude you are one of those people who believe everyone is out to get them. You get a bad grade it must be because of the teacher, but in your case, it's because your "coach" hates you *sigh*

[Headshotterer]

i recant the 4.5 thing

[RoddickAce]

Originally Posted by Steady Eddy

Not to be cynical, but I'm more pessimistic about your coach recognizing how much you've improved. Whoever sees you when you're a beginner, will always see you that way. He knew you when you were a 2.0? That's how he'll continue to see you. That's, too often, how people are. When I returned to the club where I started tennis, they still assumed I had my 10 mph serve. Stupid, who's going to serve like that after playing for 5 years?

Also, your size, body type, and style of play might be working against you. Bobby Riggs at one time was not picked for the Davis Cup team, even though he consistently beat all the players picked ahead of him. Riggs was short, and played steady, unspectacular tennis. They just didn't see how good he was. So try some of the suggestions here, but don't be too surprised if they don't work. A good thing about tennis is you can pursue it without being on a team. That's good, because then you can avoid all the politics that inevitably comes with being on teams.

I agree, this is a psychological. Nalini Ambady and Robert Rosenthal used a case study to support the idea that first impressions lasted even if the ending situation was different.

[Master Flow]

Originally Posted by BullDogTennis

i have a feeling your not as good as you think you are. how long have you been playing? i mean the coach KNOWS tennis(i assume) so i assume he knows what is goin on.

It shouldnt matter how long hes played if hes good hes good. While coaches do know tennis i think they have prefferences. Mine likes consistant strokes with little power. I have the power and faily good consistancy, but he dislikes me. thus y i was low. So i believe that if the coach seeds his players then he goes for favorites, and what he has preached.

[BeHappy]

Originally Posted by RoddickAce

I agree, this is a psychological. Nalini Ambady and Robert Rosenthal used a case study to support the idea that first impressions lasted even if the ending situation was different.

a case study isn't scientific, this poster's situation is a case study for eg.

[Djokovicfan4life]

Headshotterer, don't be discouraged by the comments on your level. It's not Fluffy's business to judge you for estimating your level of play, whether you exaggerated it or not. If he was really trying to help he'd have just posted advice rather than focusing on proving that you aren't any good. Just don't let it get to you.

As I said earlier, movement is a huge liability for many high school tennis players. There's lots of great info on this site and many others about footwork techniques, drills, exercises, etc. If you work on this you will be wiping the floor with those other guys and their "pretty" strokes.

Best of luck to you.

Matt

[some6uy008]

Sometimes people have to take a good long look at themselves and be honest in order to improve themselves.

I don't think the people who posted about your past comments did so to be malice towards you, but maybe to point out the fact that you made have overestimated yourself and your improvement and even underestimated other people and your teammates in the past, and maybe possibly still doing so.

Have you played the people ahead of you, what were the results?
How do you improve your rank at you school, is it through challenges or is it arbitrarily assigned?

Honestly, since I neither know you or you coach, I'm incline to give your coach the benefit of a doubt in placing you where you are on the team. Afterall, I'm sure he has a lot more experience with tennis and judging tennis players than you.

[Tempest344]

Start flogging the people he plays you against

[JustBeginning]

At least your coach didnt forget to put you in 6th period tennis for 2nd semester. -.-"

[Alafter]

If you kill everyone everyone on the team who can beat you, you are guaranteed a spot. Dead people can't play tennis.

It is your only solution.

[randomname]

Originally Posted by Alafter

If you kill everyone everyone on the team who can beat you, you are guaranteed a spot. Dead people can't play tennis.

It is your only solution.

well, there could be some kind of wacky "weekend at Bernie's" type situation, but that could only last for so long.

[Djokovicfan4life]

Can you make your email public for a little bit, by any chance, HS?

[Bungalo Bill]

Originally Posted by Headshotterer

I came into contact with him and showed him some of my skills, and I have been improving ever since. I improved from 2.0 to a 3.5-ish level, and I believe I am good enough for varsity(our area is so-so)But he does not see or recognize how much I have improved and continues to think I suck and plays me against bad people and is thinking about giving me a bad position on the team.

He does not realize how much I have improved and how good I am compared to everyone else

Hard for me to believe that your coach spent this much time and effort to watch you improve and thinks you suck. I dont know of one coach that does not recognize when their players have improved. Why wouldnt they? That is what they are suppose to be there for. Something isn't making sense.

[Djokovicfan4life]

Originally Posted by Bungalo Bill

Hard for me to believe that your coach spent this much time and effort to watch you improve and thinks you suck. I dont know of one coach that does not recognize when their players have improved. Why wouldnt they? That is what they are suppose to be there for. Something isn't making sense.

I get the feeling that the coach either just doesn't give a crap (like the Stillwater coaches, ARRRGGGGHHHHH!) or the OP is being lazy when he plays and he simply chooses to pass him by because poor footwork led him to believe that he would be wasting his time with the guy in the first place.

Matt

[EPaps]

Can you play a challenge match against another higher ranked person on your team?

[Bungalo Bill]

Originally Posted by Djokovicfan4life

I get the feeling that the coach either just doesn't give a crap (like the Stillwater coaches, ARRRGGGGHHHHH!) or the OP is being lazy when he plays and he simply chooses to pass him by because poor footwork led him to believe that he would be wasting his time with the guy in the first place.

Matt

Could be. What it sounds like to me is although the player has improved, he has not improved to the level the coach needs him to be at to play him. I doubt that the coach thinks he "sucks" but instead is working with him to bring him up to speed so to speak. He is just not there yet.

I might be wrong and we probably should wait for his response to shed some more light. Something isn't quiet right about his post.

[Djokovicfan4life]

Originally Posted by Bungalo Bill

Could be. What it sounds like to me is although the player has improved, he has not improved to the level the coach needs him to be at to play him. I doubt that the coach thinks he "sucks" but instead is working with him to bring him up to speed so to speak. He is just not there yet.

I might be wrong and we probably should wait for his response to shed some more light. Something isn't quiet right about his post.

Agreed. The reason for my last reply was simply judging by what I've seen from watching the Stillwater high players. Not that we're exactly the golden standard of tennis though, haha! My little bro will most likely dominate all the way through high school, provided that our level remains stagnant throughout the next few years. It doesn't have to though.

Did you get my email yet? I think you'll really enjoy it, although I certainly understand that you are a busy man with plenty of other responsibilities.