The girl that beat Sharapova at the US Open in 2009 is on it
The girl that beat Sharapova at the US Open in 2009 is on it
He told me that he would let me play line 5 against some of the weaker teams. This is only my 2nd ALTA so my snack game is pretty weak
I was told this team takes fireball shots before matchesYou have entered the Twilight Zone or Night Gallery. Basically, you are on a Mixed 10 or 10.5 team. Enjoy the experience cuz there are very few posters at that level. Expect EVERYTHING including the proverbial kitchen sink to come back with interest. As far as snacks, guys are cool with beer, hearty sandwiches and chips. [2 foot long deli sandwiches cutted into 2-3" chunks will suffice} Ladies desire something different. Fruit, sparkling waters, cheese, crackers, wine coolers, iced coffee are more to their interest. [Though some ladies will have a beer etc with the guys afterwards.
especially during playoffs
I don’t know what to rate them. I’m assuming 5.0 to 5.5
There are 8 teams.
It's great that ATL has a place for college players to play once they start their "real" jobs. I see a lot of smart college players with a decent degree that go into coaching or teaching or if they have generous relatives play the low level Futures for 6-18 months because they dont want to to give up their tennis. ATL is a city where they can have both-a career and keep up their tennis.
If a player was top 125 ITA ranking or earned a point at a Future in the last 5 years, the minimum ranking is 6.0 until 30+. Considering the teams listed above, some of those ladies are probably former top 125-glad there is ALTA for them.
We need a solid player, that is why we are inviting you!
Psych! Bring nachos!
Enlightening...I dont think I will ever see any one better than who we played....unless its on tv or I am sitting in the stands watching and if I do they will have beaten me so quickly I won't eve know what happened. It amazes me that that level exists and that there is levels well above it. Two things stood out to me: The girl moved extremely well, she looked to be late 30s early 40s and pretty sure played D1 or ITFs until she found a real job coaching, she ran down a lot of winner balls...especially volleys. 2nd thing is the placement of serve and shot. The guy (prob a couple of years out college) was around 6'4 so he hit a lot of heavy kick above my head and I'm 6'1 and a heavy/hard first serve. Not something I see at any time just playing 4.0. The girl didnt have a killer serve but she hit with a lot kick and she could hit spots easily especially out wide on the deuce side.
Tricked? LOL
Ahh I see. Would definitely love to watch you guys play one of these days. I honestly joined ALTA cause I feel like USTA is a bunch of politics, but I also heard that ALTA has a great program overall.
This team is usually in the final 4 so I can let you know if or when that is.
Enlightening...I dont think I will ever see any one better than who we played....unless its on tv or I am sitting in the stands watching and if I do they will have beaten me so quickly I won't eve know what happened. It amazes me that that level exists and that there is levels well above it. Two things stood out to me: The girl moved extremely well, she looked to be late 30s early 40s and pretty sure played D1 or ITFs until she found a real job coaching, she ran down a lot of winner balls...especially volleys. 2nd thing is the placement of serve and shot. The guy (prob a couple of years out college) was around 6'4 so he hit a lot of heavy kick above my head and I'm 6'1 and a heavy/hard first serve. Not something I see at any time just playing 4.0. The girl didnt have a killer serve but she hit with a lot kick and she could hit spots easily especially out wide on the deuce side.
I did get pegged by a line drive overhead that was headed to the fence
My partner was no slouch but I was no help to my partner from Northwestern, we took the L at 1-0
Definitely has the potential of helping my game. Ive already seen that in the Wednesday night drill that I go to.
Thank you.
Anything AA is definitely no joke. A lot of the veteran captains know how to hide the D1/D2 players especially the ones that have not played ALTA before.
Here’s what ALTA/USTA conversion ranking:
Yep definitely lines 1 & 2. 3-5 usually below that. I played line 5 for a A1 team and I mostly saw 3.5s
Seniors doubles (B-5) a few weeks ago, I came up against a guy who played at Young Harris back in the day. Big strokes but I was able to get him off his game and won 2 and 2. I still swear I'm not that old...
Nice, I think that definitely goes back to how captains can hide players.
I am currently on an A3 men's team and playing line 5. There is competitive tennis and I enjoy playing it. Won my first match 1-3 against a team from Capital City TC and then lost my 2nd match 0-3 to the Bitsy Grant team.
