NTRP (estimated) 2.5 Wall Practice (Video)

[TomT]

Originally Posted by psv255

If you keep your left arm across your body a bit longer (instead of jerking it away early), you might have a more coiled/well-timed shoulder turn.

Thanks psv255. That's sort of what I was thinking as well.

[TomT]

Couple of points from recent play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ZwAptS-4s

[TomT]

Some more riveting 3.0 serving practice from this evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D8vs4jQ4e0

[Wegner]

Originally Posted by TomT

Some more riveting 3.0 serving practice from this evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D8vs4jQ4e0

TomT, is this the park where Jimmy Evert used to coach? I lived and played at the Tennis Club of Fort Lauderdale a few decades ago. What a great place to live at. From your living room to the courts !!!!! And I used to race catamarans at the beach. I miss Florida, and especially Fort Lauderdale. What a beauty !!!

[TomT]

Originally Posted by Wegner

TomT, is this the park where Jimmy Evert used to coach? I lived and played at the Tennis Club of Fort Lauderdale a few decades ago. What a great place to live at. From your living room to the courts !!!!! And I used to race catamarans at the beach. I miss Florida, and especially Fort Lauderdale. What a beauty !!!

Oscar Wegner, nice to hear from you. I like your stuff. To answer your question, no, Jimmy Evert coached at and managed the (mostly) clay courts at Holiday Park, which are now called the Jimmy Evert Tennis Center. I used to watch Chris Evert and her brother John and sister Jeanie, as well as John Lloyd, practicing there. All wonderful tennis players.

The park where I play and live close to has four poorly maintained (but lighted) hard courts ... Florence Hardy Park. It's only a few miles from Holiday Park (the Jimmy Evert Tennis Center).

Yeah, Fort Lauderdale is great for old timers like me. I've been back here for about 3 years now. Love it.

The Tennis Club of Fort Lauderdale isn't very far from Holiday Park. Nice place from what I hear.

[TomT]

For anyone's amusement and comments, a couple of videos from a match tonight:

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxvZ_yA5i14

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q7iRXE3ItE

[ShoeShiner]

You have good serve, reliable slice, and quite amazing movement even 65 years old.

[TomT]

Originally Posted by ShoeShiner

You have good serve, reliable slice, and quite amazing movement even 65 years old.

Thanks for the encouraging comments ShoeShiner. Post some vids of your play.

[TomT]

A few more points from recent 3.0 to 3.25 match play for amusement and comments. (I'm the righthander, the older guy).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVFqYdFX_yM