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There was supposed to be a facility built here in the Round Rock suburb of Austin, TX with groundbreaking scheduled for April 2020, but the developer has been silent since then. No idea if it's still on or not, but we would be a great location for nationals.

Yes, if the noon lesson wants to get in line at 8 AM and wait around until the instructor relinquishes the court at noon (allowing everyone behind them to go ahead of them on any other open court), then invite the instructor to join them at noon, I'm all for it. But it's the student's court...

Just picked up 8 pairs from Shoebacca of all places after a Houston based tennis specialty shop neglected to tell me my preordered pairs would not be delivered until I called them a month after the expected delivery (4 months after I put in my order). Hopefully that'll keep me for about 2 years...

If you haven't posted in the "USTA Southern California 18-39 Tennis Network" group, try there; there's a good number of 3.5 SFV players that frequent the group.

I play at a club where one of the NOHO guys is a pro, and he really is at just another level with effortless movement, incredible control and the absolute heaviest ball I've played against. He played top level college tennis, but not in America; he wouldn't be out of place playing at a...

I think they're saying that they don't enjoy/can't find someone to play with in 3.5 at club because their partners aren't OK with them hitting powerful shots, not that OP is unable to hit the shots. But this screams inconsistency if they're not able to dial it down on the power side.

I'm moving to Texas but I'm still going to join teams in LA and San Diego since I'll use it as an excuse to see my tennis friends /shrug . Not the same idea, but there can be legitimate reasons to have someone from another section playing.

What happens to the player who threads the needle and gets 3 strikes at level X putting their DNRTP slightly above X+0.5, but the matches are not strikes at the X+0.5 level? For example if player is playing as a 3.0S and gets strikes and maintains a DNRTP of 3.54 with a threshold of strikes for...

I recorded this close 3-setter with a friend a couple months ago, figured I'd share it now. I'm going to try and record more of my matches going forward, and throw in some commentary to enhance the video enjoyability.

I'll be there 3/17 or 18 through 3/21 and might drop in to a clinic at DTC... if I can wake up early enough for it.

I always did "A or V" for Head, and similarly "M or W" for Wilsons. Babolat I'll specify that I'm choosing long line up or down, and Yonex balls up or balls down.

I ended up going with something in Highlands at Mayfield Ranch, but construction time is insane at this point; it looks like I'll be able to move in late Fall 2021. I'm excited for the move!

I'm considering a move to the Austin area in the immediate future, and I saw that a new USTA Facility is going up in Cedar Park (https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/texas/the-future-of-texas-tennis.html) . What sorts of adult programming are available at the other USTA sites like this one...

I'm almost certain that I played a Tri-level match there yesterday; a match was played but whether I played in it or just stood there and watched the ball fly by me for an hour is debatable. I've also seen that San Gabriel Valley is organizing a singles Tri-Level league that is supposed to...

Yes, San Diego is playing.

One thing that I'm really happy to see here is that the local tournaments won't be single elimination. No more paying $50 to enter and then driving an hour each way to play for an hour and go home.

Game Ready machine for ankles, and maybe shoulders/elbows if they're sore.

I've got the WTT matches on right now, and in between sets of the 7/17/2020 Chicago - NY match they were highlighting the teams practicing soccer tennis. From personal experience, I've also hit on a court next to the UCLA team playing this on one of the courts. The footwork, agility, and body...

Courts here in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles are open.

My bonus hits next Friday. Maxing out my 401(k) with it for the year.

My apartment building just closed all common areas (except mail room and dog runs) including our in-building gym, but my tennis club still hasn't announced a closure. It's only a matter of time.

Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow?

SoCal tournaments off through 4/21, league through 3/31... https://southerncaliforniatennis.org/tennis-news/covid-19-tournament-cancellations-and-suspension-of-tennis-activities-and-events/

Probably tri-level 3.0-4.0

I work at Farmers and we have an active tennis group. A few of us are on USTA teams, and there's been some light talk of us trying to put a team together.

Another strange situation almost came up for me last night. I’m at net and my partner hits a very short floater that is going to barely clear the net. Opposing net player coming in with a swinging volley and I’m coming in to try and just block it back from as close to the net as possible. I...

I was playing a match the other day and my opponent hit a ball that hits the net cord and bounds a few feet up. It then bounces within a foot of the net and then bounces over the height of the net and bounces for the second time on my side of the court. I'm pretty sure the first bounce was on...

This facility is basically my home away from home. Jim, Dora, and the team are absolutely incredible. If you're there between November and April, make sure to do the Grand Slam Round Robin on Monday/Thursday morning where you play a mix of doubles matches on all 3 surfaces, and in these months...

Graph seems a bit deceptive - for 3.5 the 34.3% bar is shorter than the 34.2% bar. I get that this is since the bar's length is in absolute number of players, but this representation seems a bit deceiving.

It's mostly that left service box, where each of the pieces of exposed concrete has the elevated lip around the edge. I've tripped a few too many times in those.