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  1. TomT

    Do Extra Duty Balls Damage Har Tru Courts?

    Thanks for replies so far. Common sense says that the extra felt balls shouldn't have any noticeable bad effect on clay. But I figured I'd ask about it on this forum in case I was missing something. What about the effect on the arm? Again, my common sense tells me that the differences are...
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    Do Extra Duty Balls Damage Har Tru Courts?

    The question is the thread title. A friend of mine insists on using regular duty or soft court balls, because he says that the hard court balls damage the synthetic clay surface. I'm curious as to just exactly how a 'hard court' tennis ball with nylon felt (added to the wool-only felt of soft...
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    Any ideas on how to find tennis partners?

    http://tennisnewyork.com/
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    Best items you found at thrift stores (Goodwill)?

    Got a Head Genesis 660 for $3 at GoodWill about 2 weeks ago. Photos at 11.
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    Tennis League Network EOY East Coast National Tournament

    The Tennis League Network's (TLN) East Coast EOY (End Of Year) national tournament will be held Oct 31 to Nov 2 at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on Key Biscayne in Miami (where the Sony Open ATP tournament is held each year in March). This year begins the splitting of the national level...
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    Has there ever been another player ranked #2 outside of his prime?

    My two cents: Pancho Gonzalez was ranked world no. 2 in 1961 when he was 33 years old, and (arguably) past his prime. Ken Rosewall was ranked world no. 2 in '65, '66, and '67 when he was 31, 32 and 33 years old, respectively, and (arguably) past his prime. John Newcombe was ranked world no. 2...
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    Cincinnati Masters (2014) - Semifinal: R. Federer [2] vs. M. Raonic [5]

    So who's winning Roger-Milos? I don't know where to stream. Need updates.
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    Best Username at TTW?

    I don't know if it exists as a username at TTW, but if it did I would vote for "Fangman Dislik - Subtrahend of the Antarctic". Which is the title of a confusing short story that I wrote some years ago. (If you order the story, then you also get a cd with some really amazing contemporary...
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    Federer to tank cincy?

    "Tanking" means deliberately playing at a lesser level than one is capable of. I don't think that champions, especially champions of Federer's ilk, ever do that. He's a supremely well-conditioned athlete. There's really no reason for him to give a half-a**ed effort in any of his Cincy...
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    TW posters, post your videos - here's mine - add yours!

    Thanks easywin, that was most enjoyable to watch. Some really good serving, groundstroking, and movement by both of you guys, in my basically unqualified opinion. Anyway it's always fun to watch matchplay between better players. I thought your serve looked pretty good there. That's rough...
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    What motivates you to play?

    I forgot about this. I totally agree that to a very large extent the good physical feeling that is associated with playing is definitely a primary motivation for me to play. It's almost like a sort of post match or practice 'high' that I get every time I go out and play or just hit. Maybe...
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    What motivates you to play?

    In how one plays tennis, not how one's body looks. Ok, maybe not primary, but I think that a significant aspect of many rec players' motivation is to look good and impress others in the way they play tennis. Whether real or imagined, positive feedback regarding how we play is a motivator...
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    S&V

    Ok, you get the benefit of the doubt. Assuming you can get 33% first serves in at around 120 mph, the advice for you to successfully S&V remains the same as you've been given by several posters, I think. Slow it down so you get more serves in and can get to the service line in time to reach...
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    S&V

    I meant the mechanics of his strokes other than that weird thing he does at the beginning of his forehand. :) He says he developed that habit in an effort to stay loose on the shot, and, as you noted, he is pretty loose indeed. :) Ok, I guess that's some bad, or at least unnecessary...
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    S&V

    Not necessarily. Just misses sooooo many routine shots. He has great technique. Bad execution during matches. Go figure. Hence ... headcase!! :)
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    S&V

    Also, I think I can safely say that when I was playing back in the day, I would never let a player like him (or me) into a point. Not one point. I would beat guys like that (and me) 0 - 0 and only give up a few points in an entire match. By contrast, in our match, I was actually "in" every...
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    S&V

    He's a bit of a head case. :)
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    TW posters, post your videos - here's mine - add yours!

    I agree with your assessment Velvet Ga el. I don't compete very well now for a number of reasons, but guess that I used to play at about 4.25 to 4.5 level (although we didn't have NTRP in the mid '70s) in the olden days when I was young and could run and hit hard ALL DAY. hahahaha OP's serve...
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    TW posters, post your videos - here's mine - add yours!

    Ok!! You look good there. Any matchplay vids?
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    TW posters, post your videos - here's mine - add yours!

    You look to be a very good player. Any more vids? Any matchplay?
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    TW posters, post your videos - here's mine - add yours!

    Some very nice placements and touch shots. Nice tennis. Hope your ankle is ok. Don't rush it. Wish I was about 40 years younger, as I think we would have some very good/fun matches. Now ... well, never mind. :) Still, if you're in Fort Lauderdale, then look me up. At least you can...
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    S&V

    Just for sh*ts and giggles, check out the serve (the fast ones, not the slow ones) of the younger guy (the guy in the dark uniform, on the far side at the start of the video) in this video. It's about maybe 75% of what he's capable of. He's a currently a 3.5 in our non-USTA league. Pretty...
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    S&V

    Yes, I would have guessed at least 5.0. 3.5 to 4.0 players just don't serve that well. At least not so far in my personal experience.
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    Is the mental game overrated?

    I don't know if the mental aspect of tennis is necessarily over or under rated. Depends on who you're asking, I suppose. My two cents is that they're both important. It might be argued that for players who have marked deficiencies in technique, characteristic of under 4.5 players, then they...
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    S&V

    Well, that's a REALLY FAST serve for a rec player, imho. What level are you?
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    What motivates you to play?

    I agree. At the recreational level it's primarily vanity. No more, no less. I mean, I could achieve the same, or probably better, physical conditioning by doing solitary exercises. So I'm clearly not doing tennis for that. Pride based on vanity is what might be called the bad sort of...
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    S&V

    I agree with the posters who say that your first serve probably isn't anywhere near 120 mph. At 3.5 to 4.0 you don't have to hit the T for a serve that fast to be either an outright winner or at the very least to elicit a very weak return. However, assuming that your serve is getting to your...
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    TW posters, post your videos - here's mine - add yours!

    Thanks for the thread caugas. You and some other posters hit very well indeed. Since really low level players seem to be underrepresented in this thread, I felt it my duty to contribute some video (from yesterday) of scintillating 3.0 tennis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEQ8lMBeNBo...
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    Rosewall: "The Australian Championships was still a difficult tournament to win...."

    I have to agree with those who put Rosewall among the greatest tennis players of all time. Like right up there with Laver. According to knowledgeable tennis pundits Rosewall was the best player in the world in 1961, 1962, and 1963. There were eight other years when he either shared the no. 1...
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