posters who you want to see hit.
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sennoc
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My problem are uneducated and low skilled tennis players who seem to be oracles on the internet forums.
Actually, at my 3.5 thru 4.5 level, none of them ever even considered vid 'ing themselves or their friends. Gotta consider, some ugly strokes on the screen, like most of what pops up here.
Of the 20 or so guys I play tennis with, NONE have a decent service motion.
I have the worst forehand. Yea, I'm number ONE!
Most hit second serves like girls...or you guys.
Some bend their knees just fine, most don't at all, but the ones who do are the worst players.
The best doubles guy, maybe a true solid 4.5 in doubles, uses the same face of the racket for all shots....yet he digs up low and half volleys with no problems.
Almost every one of us have some debilitating injury that would keep most tennis players OFF the courts until recovery. Yet we still forge on and play.
You want to see such carnage?
And the best guy, an inshape 30 year old, who hits like a 5.5 at times, still can't serve or volley well, and is constantly injured.
Of the 20 or so guys I play tennis with, NONE have a decent service motion.
I have the worst forehand. Yea, I'm number ONE!
Most hit second serves like girls...or you guys.
Some bend their knees just fine, most don't at all, but the ones who do are the worst players.
The best doubles guy, maybe a true solid 4.5 in doubles, uses the same face of the racket for all shots....yet he digs up low and half volleys with no problems.
Almost every one of us have some debilitating injury that would keep most tennis players OFF the courts until recovery. Yet we still forge on and play.
You want to see such carnage?
And the best guy, an inshape 30 year old, who hits like a 5.5 at times, still can't serve or volley well, and is constantly injured.
maverick66
Hall of Fame
Jolly hate kinda makes me nostalgic. Those were some fun days of name calling back and forth. Sure nothing got accomplished but I was entertained for a little.
Dude its a forum take a chill pill. Is Leed a bs artist sure but he isnt hurting anyone. You act like he is tying down virgins and sacrificing them to the gods.
BounceHitBounceHit
Legend
dozu
Banned
Yes. What he said!8)
Originally Posted by tennis_balla
I started playing my best when I stopped worrying about winning and losing and started concentrating on how to play well and making sure I'm doing what set out to do in the match ie. game plan. The winning always takes care of itself...and if not, and you lose and you gave it your all, well he was just better, move on, tomorrow is another day. Gallwey in Inner Game talks about this and explains it very well.
I wish I read this last night after leading by 4 strokes after the front 9.... at which point I started thinking overtaking the course record, and what kind of trash talking I can put on my opponent.
T1000
Legend
It was very entertaining, especially since it was usually j011y, joel, and dennis against drak, topaz, and tw mac. Pretty fun days, now it's just listening to LeeD's ridiculous posts
BounceHitBounceHit
Legend
aimr75
Hall of Fame
some well placed comic relief
TonLars
Professional
First off, Im hitting with a 4.0 player in the video you posted of mine. You may like how another stroke looks better than mine, but ill take my forehand with almost anyones. From a front view in this video there is no racquet head speed difference at all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwVEKGSVJBQ
You think 12 and 14 year olds are better than division 1 college players though so I cant be surprised with any garbage you say.
aimr75
Hall of Fame
Just as much as i know you didnt.. EVER
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sennoc
Guest
Dude, you do not understand that people here are looking for real advices? The last thing they need are semi-smart advices of an uneducated and low-skilled tennis player who seems to know everything and who seems to play as Federer (or better). This is a real problem for me. This should be a real problem for you, too.
Sure, but consider...
I claim about 110 nowadaze. I'm 62. I assume I hit a faster serve then, as would you.
Now about the 110. Nobody wants to hit with me, and you know I"ve posted my phone # more than 10 times. Rain happens often, and the one solid lead was for hitting on Monday at around 7PM, when I had to be in Oakland at 5;30PM, the other side of the flyover traffic and tied up with g/f. AND, I didn't get the notice until 11AM that day. Could you get notice at 11AM, then drop everything on a day rain was supposed to hit by evening, to forego finish dimensions on g/f's cabinet's, to be done with said g/f, just to chance a possible hit with somebody who had to drive 40 miles into BayArea traffic?
You poo poo my "110". Consider, I have played doubles with a few Div1 singles players, and a few Opens. Mostly they stand in, close to the baseline, to return serves. I hit a few right at them, and they stand back 4' to return my first serves. They don't stand that far back for anyone else's serves.
I claim about 110 nowadaze. I'm 62. I assume I hit a faster serve then, as would you.
Now about the 110. Nobody wants to hit with me, and you know I"ve posted my phone # more than 10 times. Rain happens often, and the one solid lead was for hitting on Monday at around 7PM, when I had to be in Oakland at 5;30PM, the other side of the flyover traffic and tied up with g/f. AND, I didn't get the notice until 11AM that day. Could you get notice at 11AM, then drop everything on a day rain was supposed to hit by evening, to forego finish dimensions on g/f's cabinet's, to be done with said g/f, just to chance a possible hit with somebody who had to drive 40 miles into BayArea traffic?
You poo poo my "110". Consider, I have played doubles with a few Div1 singles players, and a few Opens. Mostly they stand in, close to the baseline, to return serves. I hit a few right at them, and they stand back 4' to return my first serves. They don't stand that far back for anyone else's serves.
HunterST
Hall of Fame
This is all irrelevant. You said you have a better serve than a touring ATP pro. How can you defend that statement?
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sennoc
Guest
Ask them for cameras.
HunterST
Hall of Fame
Only one way to solve this. We all have to convince Clint Thomson to play the upcoming 15,000 dollar opens tournament in Victoria. Then we could have the TTW showdown: Tonalrs vs. Clint
AlpineCadet
Hall of Fame
I predict a thread lock before the 1500th post.
maverick66
Hall of Fame
Are you serious with this. There is so much bad advice given here on a daily basis but you choose Leeds to attack. Sure he makes up more crap than anyone else but his advice is on the same level as most of the other average posters. There are very few people on here that give out solid advice.
And its not a problem for me. I would never ever use an internet forum to fix my tennis stroke. Seriously think about that. Someone who has never seen you hit or hit with you is gonna fix your stroke?
Fun days indeed. I wish it hadnt been at a nice guys expense but it kept everyone busy for a little.
I would take Clint in that match up but I will say that Tony would give him a hell of a match. If you watch Tony hit there is no way you are beating him with ease unless you are a top 200 caliber player. He is quick, consistent, and his strokes do not break down. That is a recipe for a tough player to beat.
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sennoc
Guest
Oh, I thought you said you turned 63 in Jan.
maverick66
Hall of Fame
He did what? He attacked you? He doesnt really attack as much as say he could do something better than someone that he couldnt. That isnt attacking that is a lie.
Djokovicfan4life
Legend
Well, unfortunately a video wouldn't show how good Lee's serve "was." Like my grandpa says, "the older you get, the better you were."
You know, your grandpa is a sage.
But if you see my serve now, extrapolate back 35 years, you MIGHT be impressed.
What do they say? You lose about 10 % for every 10 years after 30?
So I lost 32%. Even if I spin a fast second serve in at 100mph, something I can do with a really high percentage that bothers most players more than my flat 110 serve, you'd have to think I could hit that serve around 115 in my younger years. So extrapolate what additional speed I'd get for a pure flat, and it might be right arouned the mid 120's, like I always said! :shock:
Kinda like...my average first try no warmup standing long jump right now is right at the 6'6" mark. 45 years ago, with no warmup and first attempt, right around 9'. Well, I've gained over 30 lbs since, have a currently swelling sprained ankle, and out of shape from 3 years of no running or jogging.
But if you see my serve now, extrapolate back 35 years, you MIGHT be impressed.
What do they say? You lose about 10 % for every 10 years after 30?
So I lost 32%. Even if I spin a fast second serve in at 100mph, something I can do with a really high percentage that bothers most players more than my flat 110 serve, you'd have to think I could hit that serve around 115 in my younger years. So extrapolate what additional speed I'd get for a pure flat, and it might be right arouned the mid 120's, like I always said! :shock:
Kinda like...my average first try no warmup standing long jump right now is right at the 6'6" mark. 45 years ago, with no warmup and first attempt, right around 9'. Well, I've gained over 30 lbs since, have a currently swelling sprained ankle, and out of shape from 3 years of no running or jogging.
Did did you sprain the ankle?
Sprained ankle..
Couple Sept's ago, I windsurfed a few days barefeet (I normally wear 3mm booties), so I tightned the straps on a different Mike'sLab slalom board and went out whoppee. But the winds rose, and 6.0 sail in 27mph gusts mean big chop for jumping. After a few, the straps slipped bigger, and I landed hard so foot slid forwards and twisted the front of my ankle severly. Barefeet in 57 degree waters, I didn't feel much pain, so I sailed for another hour.
I've lived with it ever since, no jogging, no running, no jumping (no land jumping)
Life is tough, then you die.
Couple Sept's ago, I windsurfed a few days barefeet (I normally wear 3mm booties), so I tightned the straps on a different Mike'sLab slalom board and went out whoppee. But the winds rose, and 6.0 sail in 27mph gusts mean big chop for jumping. After a few, the straps slipped bigger, and I landed hard so foot slid forwards and twisted the front of my ankle severly. Barefeet in 57 degree waters, I didn't feel much pain, so I sailed for another hour.
I've lived with it ever since, no jogging, no running, no jumping (no land jumping)
Life is tough, then you die.
dozu
Banned
that sounds like a line from a 60+ .. I have some friends of this age range... although they are very optimistic people, they use similar lines in a humourous way with reference to death.
HunterST
Hall of Fame
Finally. The conclusive proof we've all been looking for.
TonLars
Professional
Haha, serve you probably have me beat but Ive got you on the standing jump. At the Olypmic training center last fall they had a place on the floor that measured it out, and I did it for fun and got about 9 3/4 feet.
HunterST
Hall of Fame
Damn, you must have some strong legs. I guess that's why you have great movement on the court. Do you do any exercises or has just playing tennis built it up?
Yes, and that is why I've always respected TonLar's game. He has movement, but more important, he's WILLING to move for each point. Lots of guys, like Monfils, can leap huge distances...in his case, easily 10'. But it's the willingness to use your athletic ability on every point that makes a player stand out from all the posers.
You can look up SanFrancisco's AbrahamLincoln standing long jump record all around the top of the boy's gym. From 1964 thru 1982, I had the 10'2" record. In my mid '30's, going there to play 3 on 3, I saw my name was no longer up there, some guy did 11', but I don't know his nationality or size.
By the time I started tennis at age 24, I'd already collected two compound fractures of my tib/fib on different legs, one collarbone, several dislocates.
You can look up SanFrancisco's AbrahamLincoln standing long jump record all around the top of the boy's gym. From 1964 thru 1982, I had the 10'2" record. In my mid '30's, going there to play 3 on 3, I saw my name was no longer up there, some guy did 11', but I don't know his nationality or size.
By the time I started tennis at age 24, I'd already collected two compound fractures of my tib/fib on different legs, one collarbone, several dislocates.
Larrysümmers
Hall of Fame
I didn't picture this when I started the thread.
TennisCoachFLA
Banned
Yes, the guy who thought a successful pro was a 4.0 and thinks TonLars is even in the same league with Clint
Of course if someone had a good jump, you must have had a better one. You are good for a laugh I must say.
TennisCoachFLA
Banned
Wow, this is a comedy routine. Tony slaps at his forehand for goodness sakes. Clint has amazing racquet head speed and was once in the top 500. Give me a break.
NaeviusTennis
Rookie
it's serious on these boards!! :shock:
:shock:
TonLars
Professional
Yeah, he has got the ranking and who can say different that he is the better player? But what is your issue with me? I have told you that I have beaten and played close with guys similar to that ranking and level. You dont like the way my forehand looks, but that doesnt mean a thing. I dont play futures and tour around, but when I beat or play close with those kind of players at open events it makes you look stupid when you keep ragging on me.
Hey Tony I thought you swtiched to APD GT, did you try out the PST GT find it better?
Power Player
Bionic Poster
Does this make any sense to you?
mikeler
Moderator
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
Hey I went to Lincoln too. My year was the last good year (last class to graduate without taking that stupid exit exam too). Lincoln went to **** after my year.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Larrysümmers
Hall of Fame
Tonlarz
so with a faster swing. you get more topspin with the power, correct?
so with a faster swing. you get more topspin with the power, correct?
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