So, I am a 14-year-old who started playing tennis about a month ago, I have been playing pretty much every day now for about the whole month, including a few lessons, and I just entered my first level 8 USTA Juniors tournament. I have been told by the coach I was taking lessons with that I should get practice via tournaments and matches, and should try for the HS team at my local HS next year when I go. Based off of my EXTENSIVE research, (like seriously I have been nonstop on this site and YT vids), I am about a level 3.5 NTRP player, and the coach I was working with confirmed that. I have a decent serve, proper form but cant hit with too much power and have slight consistency issues but can get it done, a pretty solid 1HBH, but my main weapon is my forehand. I can absolutely crush my forehand that I have tried to almost completely base of Thiem and Nadals, tons of topspin and depth, and I can consistently hit them for winners. I mainly play like an aggressive baseliner, working my opponent, and my favorite thing to do is construct a 10-12 shot rally that I can end with my big forehand either after drawing my opponent out wide one way and smashing it cross-court the other, or DTL. I play considerably worse in doubles, I lose faith in my serve and start double-faulting like Zverev , and simply missing shots that in singles I would easily hit. I play with a Pure Aero 2016 edition, with Hyper-G 16 at 54 pounds, and I just wanted some feedback on how to overcome my mental blocks and play well in the tourney and not let DF's and other simple mistakes cost me.
If you made it this far, thanks for reading, and I hope you have some good feedback!
If you made it this far, thanks for reading, and I hope you have some good feedback!