100+ mph TW club

you probably misunderstod me. what i meant was this. i mesured the time from the ball left the racket untill it hit thee backfence. i did this on both me and the other guys 104 mph serve and it was just the same time
 
Petekbladetour1 said:
you probably misunderstod me. what i meant was this. i mesured the time from the ball left the racket untill it hit thee backfence. i did this on both me and the other guys 104 mph serve and it was just the same time
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Really? I mean really? because Imho that's absurd..and a lie. Just face it, the videos you posted don't show an 100mph serve. Noboday here cares if you can hit 10mph or 140mph..The only reason people are saying anything is because you've been posting some things that just aren't displayed in the videos of your play. If you just admit you're talking out your arse..no-one will care.
 
You do know that the fence/tarp can be farther away or closer to the baseline from club to club, right? Go find out what frame per second your camera shoots, the distance your ball went from your racket to the place it hit the ground, and how many frames it took. Then use the speed calculator, and give us "PROOF".

I personally want to do so, but I cant find what my camera fps is, or how many frames it took. Assistance would be nice :D
 
Sovereignty said:
yep, and if you feel so desperate to point out the serves that are out, there is a thread in tips/suggestions just for you. All I want to know is how fast those serves are, since I cant find a way to view fps in windows movie maker.
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......................anybody can whack a ball at 100 mph, and I literally mean ANYBODY...,

Not everyone can serve at 100 mph. Huge difference, but whatever.
 
I am going to fool around with it some more when I get home from work. But I am thinking that maybe the frame counter is a bit high on the predicting scale ;)

I ran it on the first ace in my ace reel video, and it came out to just over 125mph.

On an out wide serve with a 6'+ kick, when I promise you I was hitting 40-50% effort. That is some pretty high MPH reading. Maybe it is calibrated like that French Open speed gun of last (possibly 2 years ago) year.

Here is the picture at the apex of the bounce of the serve that the frame calc said was 125+. The ball is just over the right netpost, about to hit the back curtain.

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So for now "The Jolly" is skeptical.

J
 
pabletion said:
......................anybody can whack a ball at 100 mph, and I literally mean ANYBODY...,

Not everyone can serve at 100 mph. Huge difference, but whatever.
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I can guarantee you not everyone can hit 100mph. The whole point of this thread is to point out who here is capable of hitting 100+ mph. If you feel so desperate to talk about this, then stop wasting your time here and go to the thread in Tips/instructions I made.
 
Well, well, well. I know it was a while ago but, looking at these vids, I would say that my serve was right in line and we never talked about speed when I played, we talked about placement.
 
ok let the people oin the other thread figure out the speed of this other serve ive posted. just one question. do i qualify for this club?
 
Sovereignty said:
I can guarantee you not everyone can hit 100mph. The whole point of this thread is to point out who here is capable of hitting 100+ mph. If you feel so desperate to talk about this, then stop wasting your time here and go to the thread in Tips/instructions I made.
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what the hell, man....

The premise of this club is simple: This club is for those who can consistently serve over 100 mph and can provide sufficient video proof. It is my belief that the majority of TW members should be able to break 100! If you cannot serve over 100 mph, DON'T WORRY, you will get great tips here.
Rules: Must be a TW member, must have adequate video proof.
Videos: Post your videos and we can determine the speed.
Disclaimer: like all advice on these forums, please take our tips as a helpful guide - not a rule - how to serve fast. Thanks.

be a hack if thats all youre worried about, whacking a ball over 100mph with no control, no placement no real direction... just for the fun of it. I wasnt trying to bring anyone down, but the reality is that, if you cannot serve consistently over 100mph, and notice the word SERVE, you dont qualify; Those are not my words, thats the OP.
 
J011yroger said:
But I am thinking that maybe the frame counter is a bit high on the predicting scale ;)

I ran it on the first ace in my ace reel video, and it came out to just over 125mph.

On an out wide serve with a 6'+ kick, when I promise you I was hitting 40-50% effort. That is some pretty high MPH reading. Maybe it is calibrated like that French Open speed gun of last (possibly 2 years ago) year.
So for now "The Jolly" is skeptical.

J
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Nope, not jacked up unless you are at 5000 feet. Were is the link? Correct distance is key.. A little off and that can make a big difference.

Edit: It is hard to see because of the slow shutter being used, however First serve in the video is around 14 frames and a total guess of distance. at 60ft, that is 104mph. a few latter with down the line a little flatter serve comes in at ~13 frame and assume 59ft that is around 110mph. Looked like it might have hit the taped line and maybe that is why it bounced odd. And I add very ruff estimates because of the video and distance unknown.
 
pabletion said:
what the hell, man....

The premise of this club is simple: This club is for those who can consistently serve over 100 mph and can provide sufficient video proof. It is my belief that the majority of TW members should be able to break 100! If you cannot serve over 100 mph, DON'T WORRY, you will get great tips here.
Rules: Must be a TW member, must have adequate video proof.
Videos: Post your videos and we can determine the speed.
Disclaimer: like all advice on these forums, please take our tips as a helpful guide - not a rule - how to serve fast. Thanks.

be a hack if thats all youre worried about, whacking a ball over 100mph with no control, no placement no real direction... just for the fun of it. I wasnt trying to bring anyone down, but the reality is that, if you cannot serve consistently over 100mph, and notice the word SERVE, you dont qualify; Those are not my words, thats the OP.
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Agreed. Anyone can do it, with proper technique and an efficient allocation of practice time.

Matt
 
I see what you mean, even though "consistently serve over 100mph" means serve over 100 mph at will. If you are that determined to enforce the rule that a ball is a 6 inches to a foot out, then fine, I will give up. I was doing all of this for the fun of it, not to prove something to you guys.
 
Fedace said:
^^If you can regularly hit 100+ MPH, you would be Regularly playing in the Futures or challenger level or Division 1 level tennis. Does all these players qualify to say that ???
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That is a horrible statement. I know a few people that are 4.0
that serve over 100mph continually. It is their groundies and volleys that suck *** and lack consistency.
 
Petekbladetour1 said:
you guys said this was a 100mph. my serve is at least as fast as these
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Not a one of these serves was even close to being in!!

petekbladetour1 I really wanted to stick up for you but after looking at your serve I'd have to say it was about 75-85. Your groundies look awesome though!! Build up your triceps and shoulders and keep working on your form and I'm sure your serve will get there. Get a radar gun then you can know for sure where you're at.
 
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super_forehand said:
my opinion: that video looks really strange, like frames were removed. and your serve is very ugly.
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Wow, that's... friendly.

I have also gone through the pain of doing DV-> QT-> Vimeo and the same thing happens. The video always gets choppy.

Gunbuster, try to run the video through a different program than Quicktime after importing the DV to your hard drive. Use DivX, Final Cut, Adobe... anything else, really. I have always had the same issues. Something about the streaming compressor in QT just always screws up videos made for online play.

Also, you could try a different file type and a different compressor. Reset the video specs (i.e. custom export) and DON'T run it for streaming compression.

Nice serves, btw, from what I can see so far.
 
It's well know that youtube and similar video uploads sites massively degrade the content and until we get fiberops to every home don't expect hd streaming.
 
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Has anyone ever figured out whether there is an issue between camera frame rate and video compression encoding frame rates (which vary depending on target file size and compression codec)?
 
J011yroger said:
And his outstretched overhead racquet, and the 12' high back curtain ;)

J
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Man I dunno if you're joking or not, but he clearly whiffed at the ball around his head level, and if that back curtain is 12 feet tall your buddy is around an 8 footer himself.
 
No offense but the 100+ club isn't too hard to get into if you have height and some luck getting it in.

I've been convinced of that when I saw a professional hockey player hitting what appeared to be 110+ serves with little to no problems and no form.

Now if you are well under 6ft and made the club. My hats off to you .. like Drakulie and others.

Here is a video of this Washington Caps player



p.s. The Slovakian player is 6'4 and 233lbs
 
drakulie said:
^^^LOL. That guy is so big, he could probably head butt the guy and get in the 100 range.
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My case in point.

Tall guys who have any slight level of athleticism could hit over 100+. Say a skinny guy who uses a heavy racquet and stands 6'3 could easily hit a ball over 100+. Even if he has terrible technique and spreads delusional claims about his tennis abilities? Maybe not pro spin, consistent or pro speed, but definitely over 100+

Do you agree Drakulie?
 
Well, I proposed a while ago that to be in the club you should be able to consistently hit above 100 mph, and consistently get it in, cause in my opinion, practially ANYBODY can get a racquet, a ball and smack the snot outta it and eventually get a serve in, which is gonna be above 100 mph. I mean, I dont serve at 100% when Im playing, and I think most players dont, but I think my 1st serve is above 100 mph (with some spin), and my flat first is definitely above 100 mph. I know....................... put ut or shut up ;) vids to come, promise.
 
pabletion said:
Well, I proposed a while ago that to be in the club you should be able to consistently hit above 100 mph, and consistently get it in, cause in my opinion, practially ANYBODY can get a racquet, a ball and smack the snot outta it and eventually get a serve in, which is gonna be above 100 mph. I mean, I dont serve at 100% when Im playing, and I think most players dont, but I think my 1st serve is above 100 mph (with some spin), and my flat first is definitely above 100 mph. I know....................... put ut or shut up ;) vids to come, promise.
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So maybe the vids should show a serve or two or more 100+ serves that have gone in.
 
Whats so great about hitting 109 with wood? Its a heavier racquet that if swung at the same speed as a regular racquet will develop greater force at impact. If it hits the sweet spot it should go that fast.

100mph aint that big of deal with any racquet if you have decent height to get the levearge and angle.
 
pabletion said:
Well, I proposed a while ago that to be in the club you should be able to consistently hit above 100 mph, and consistently get it in, cause in my opinion, practially ANYBODY can get a racquet, a ball and smack the snot outta it and eventually get a serve in, which is gonna be above 100 mph. I mean, I dont serve at 100% when Im playing, and I think most players dont, but I think my 1st serve is above 100 mph (with some spin), and my flat first is definitely above 100 mph. I know....................... put ut or shut up ;) vids to come, promise.
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perhaps start a new club:

"Posters who frequently hit serves over 100 mph, Club. "
 
IMO any strong male player who's 5'8" or over should be able to hit over 100 MPH... with enough practice.

The hard part is breaking the 120 MPH barrier. And the 130 barrier is something even some pros have trouble with. Then again, I could be talking out of my ass as I've never clocked or taped my serves. But trust me, they're fast when they're 'on.' It takes good string and the right condition of ball to make them reliable though.
 
Nanshiki said:
IMO any strong male player who's 5'8" or over should be able to hit over 100 MPH... with enough practice.

The hard part is breaking the 120 MPH barrier. And the 130 barrier is something even some pros have trouble with. Then again, I could be talking out of my ass as I've never clocked or taped my serves. But trust me, they're fast when they're 'on.' It takes good string and the right condition of ball to make them reliable though.
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I agree with you about the 120 MPH barrier. Many of the kids at the Nats were hitting in the 100 - 110 range. Now, keep in mind that the guns are displaying about 7-10 mph slow. I've heard this from multiple kids who have been radar measured before and by different sources so they know their typical range. What they say is also collaborated by their speeds from last year being higher and some the year before that adds an additional year of higher speeds that I've personally seen. In the 18's there were some who were clearly seemed to be breaking 120. Given the discrepancy I finally broke into the one teens myself, though just barely. I didn't think I would make it this year as the past three nights I had only been hitting in the high nineties. Tonight I concentrated on being as relaxed as possible and I finally did it!!! PHEW!!! :)
 
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