My Tennis Journey

[BHiC]

If anyone is interested, I am going to start a blog about my experiences going through the USTA Juniors. I will be giving you a perspective on the USTA system and tennis in general from a junior who is going through it trying to reach my goal of playing D1 college tennis. I will keep the blog updated with my training and tournament results as I finish up my last 2 years in High School. Also y’all can feel free to ask me any questions you may have about, well, anything. I would love it if y’all followed me or just let me know you are interested here as the more followers I have the more motivated I will be to keep it up to date.

EDIT: I see the link was removed, I am sorry - for some reason I didn't remember I couldn't post it here.

For anyone who wants the link - just send me an email through my profile.

Thanks TW Staff for taking the time to edit my post and not delete my thread.

[Lukhas]

I'll check then. Do you plan on posting videos of you hitting sometimes?

[BMC9670]

Thanks for sharing. As a tennis parent of an 11 year old just getting into competitive play, it will be good to hear the perspective of a player a few years ahead.

Can you give us some background about how you learned and trained up until now? I would love for my son to one day play in college, but not able/willing to spend the cost of a college education to get him there. I'm interested in how kids train that don't spend big money on coaches and academies.

Thanks.

[BHiC]

Originally Posted by Lukhas

I'll check then. Do you plan on posting videos of you hitting sometimes?

Alright, thanks. I had not thought about posting any videos and I might have to use my phone, but I will see what I can do.

[BHiC]

Originally Posted by BMC9670

Thanks for sharing. As a tennis parent of an 11 year old just getting into competitive play, it will be good to hear the perspective of a player a few years ahead.

Can you give us some background about how you learned and trained up until now? I would love for my son to one day play in college, but not able/willing to spend the cost of a college education to get him there. I'm interested in how kids train that don't spend big money on coaches and academies.

Thanks.

Awesome, glad to hear you will be reading! I started tennis at 6, and got kind of serious around 10-11. I wasn't exactly a prodigy as I finished the 12's ranked 72 in the state, but by the end of the 14's I got up to #9. All of this was through working with a private coach and doing fitness with my dad (I was always one of the slowest kids in my class, so I did a lot of fitness). From there I worked with that same coach up until the end of 2012, when I went to work with a small group ran by a great guy who got up to 316 in the world.

For fitness I don't belong to any gyms but use some dumbbells and a weight set in the garage. Because of potential choices for college, my current workout is pulled from the Air Force Academy website.

I hope that helps answer your questions, and don't hesitate to ask anything else.

[TomT]

Originally Posted by BHiC

If anyone is interested, I am going to start a blog about my experiences going through the USTA Juniors. I will be giving you a perspective on the USTA system and tennis in general from a junior who is going through it trying to reach my goal of playing D1 college tennis. I will keep the blog updated with my training and tournament results as I finish up my last 2 years in High School. Also y’all can feel free to ask me any questions you may have about, well, anything. I would love it if y’all followed me or just let me know you are interested here as the more followers I have the more motivated I will be to keep it up to date.

Sounds awesome. I'll be reading it. Post some videos as well. Best of luck on your tennis journey.

[BHiC]

Originally Posted by TomT

Sounds awesome. I'll be reading it. Post some videos as well. Best of luck on your tennis journey.

Thanks a lot. I will see what I can do with the videos, I will try to at least get one up of me practicing my serve tomorrow.