Am I a 5.0? (asking for a friend)

[BetaServe]

(Sorry for the quality - can't seem to get the right resolution when uploading to Youtube)
Asking for a friend.
"What is my level? I know my BH needs work but is there any chance I'm a 5.0 or at least a 4.5?
If it's hard to tell my level from video, what about my strokes? Are they 4.5+ level?"
He'd like answers from people who don't know him or haven't played him only.

 

[undecided]

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[2nd Serve Ace]

Rally shots don't tell much. Point play is everything.

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[BetaServe]

Rally shots don't tell much. Point play is everything.

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He also asked about his strokes mechanics. Are they 5.0 level?

 

[jersey34tennis]

Come on, that's courier

 

[tennis347]

(Sorry for the quality - can't seem to get the right resolution when uploading to Youtube)
Asking for a friend.
"What is my level? I know my BH needs work but is there any chance I'm a 5.5 or at least a 5.0?
If it's hard to tell my level from video, what about my strokes? Are they 5.0 level?"
He'd like answers from people who don't know him or haven't played him only.

Your strokes look good but there’s no way to tell with the view on the video that you are 5.0. I need to see you playing out some points before a determination can be made.

 

[KineticChain]

7.0 at best

 

[2nd Serve Ace]

He also asked about his strokes mechanics. Are they 5.0 level?

Could be. Advanced players are only as good as their midcourt shots are.

I know 3.5s who can force a short ball with ground strokes but then mess up the shorter ball.

 

[Dartagnan64]

He’s a 5.0 if he can compete with 5.0’s. Without seeing where the ball is going and how fast, I can’t comment on the strokes. He might as well be shadow swinging and even a 3.5 makes decent shadow swings.

 

[tennishabit]

is the ntrp only measured by win/lose results:?))) or visual/audio effect as well..........lololololol man..............
even though dis guy's footwork reasonably ok n the missing small steps 'fine tune' might just bcs seemed like warmup hitting, but bit arming the fh, the torso rotation just kinda 'showy only' not much functionality there n missing stretching etcetc, man. the loaded/charged energy only released aft the rh/ball contact ie the ammo/food etc logistic support only arrived aft the battle.......................casualty gonna be bit high if keep doing dis man....................

 

[GrandSlam45]

Was the video shot in 1990? Why is it so blurry?

 

[BetaServe]

is the ntrp only measured by win/lose results:?))) or visual/audio effect as well..........lololololol man..............
even though dis guy's footwork reasonably ok n the missing small steps 'fine tune' might just bcs seemed like warmup hitting, but bit arming the fh, the torso rotation just kinda 'showy only' not much functionality there n missing stretching etcetc, man. the loaded/charged energy only released aft the rh/ball contact ie the ammo/food etc logistic support only arrived aft the battle.......................casualty gonna be bit high if keep doing dis man....................

LOL

 

[tennishabit]

LOL

also dis guy's kinda of murray blurry type, who's the other end:?)))........a kid junior toura or something or a young rec lady there:?)))

sometimes in order to keep rally going, have 2 go w/o stretching kinda well controlled 'broken kc'...........otherwise the ball won't come back n keep picking up balls no fun at all man........................

dis guy might just go easy on the other end as he's directing all the shots to opponent's bh(righty) or fh(lefty) n not making any error w/ nice trajectory, but the other end kept netting or missing even no pace or 'warm up pace', though still the other end might b a 4.5 or 4.0....................lololololol manohman......................

 

[ByeByePoly]

Come on, that's courier

let’s hope so ... world doesn’t need two of those BHs.

 

[DNShade]

(Sorry for the quality - can't seem to get the right resolution when uploading to Youtube)
Asking for a friend.
"What is my level? I know my BH needs work but is there any chance I'm a 5.0 or at least a 4.5?
If it's hard to tell my level from video, what about my strokes? Are they 4.5+ level?"
He'd like answers from people who don't know him or haven't played him only.

Sigh. That's Jim Courier from quite a few years ago when he was using the Wilson nSix-One Tour 90.

 

[BetaServe]

Sigh. That's Jim Courier from quite a few years ago when he was using the Wilson nSix-One Tour 90.

You ruined the party.

 

[habssuck69]

No wrist lag, guy is a 2.5 at best

 

[SDCHRIS]

Troll

 

[heninfan99]

Come on, that's courier

exactly

 

[ByeByePoly]

@BetaServe ... your sneaky point/observation was a good one ... your first reaction is "how can that be even a 3.5 2hbh"

 

[sureshs]

Forehand is not modern so 3.0 at most

 

[ChaelAZ]

(Sorry for the quality - can't seem to get the right resolution when uploading to Youtube)
Asking for a friend.
"What is my level? I know my BH needs work but is there any chance I'm a 5.0 or at least a 4.5?
If it's hard to tell my level from video, what about my strokes? Are they 4.5+ level?"
He'd like answers from people who don't know him or haven't played him only.

What's his 4.5 record?

 

[dimkin]

Seems like solid hitting ... would be useful to see hitting on the run, serve etc ... but If I had to guess ... this is a strong 4.5+ hitting

 

[BetaServe]

Seems like solid hitting ... would be useful to see hitting on the run, serve etc ... but If I had to guess ... this is a strong 4.5+ hitting

It’s Jim Courier. Here’s the original vid. He looks like a 4.5 doesn’t he

 

[Topspin Shot]

It’s Jim Courier. Here’s the original vid. He looks like a 4.5 doesn’t he

The lower you rate Courier, the lower your own level is.

 

[Kevo]

NTRP is based on competitive play. No way to tell from a one sided video.

Now as for Jim Courier, he's got to at least be a 5.0 still right? Has he actually played any matches recently?

 

[BetaServe]

The lower you rate Courier, the lower your own level is.

lol you get me wrong, I was joking I'm a big fan of Courier. I was looking for comments like "No way he's a 5.0", "He's a 4.0 at best", "He doesn't have modern technique, 4.0 at best", etc.
The story is that some people tend to judge other people's level based on hitting video, which is completely ridiculous. That's why I made this thread to show that you cannot judge someone based on their hitting video and Jim Courier is a perfect example of that

 

[ptuanminh]

lol i am pretty sure there are a lot of people will say 4.0 4.5.

 

[tennishabit]

if the other end's a 4.5 or 4.0, in order to keep the rally alive he's got to be something similar, man. a kindaf demo joker/bull vs ball boys/girls scenario ie 'when u in rome, speak rome'...........lololololol, quite simple man...............

the only thing different's the well controlled placements, the 'down geared' guy directing every shot to the trainees fh or bh in his/her comfort zone w/o errors n the ball coming back spreading everywhere, n quite often the trainee getting impatient or annoyed or naughty or watava thinking to hit some winners.........hilarious man, but instead all ue.........

 

[tennishabit]

is dat the gr8 commentator jimmy:?)))..............gee, a bit like andy murray though, the gr8 jump back w/ dat bh n body weight fall forward to counter the incoming ball............not many 4.5 can do dat man........................

 

[dimkin]

Seems like solid hitting ... would be useful to see hitting on the run, serve etc ... but If I had to guess ... this is a strong 4.5+ hitting

good one ... his technique always did seem weird ... but like I said - from that video tough to gauge the depth and placement ...

 

[dimkin]

I always wanted to paste this video and see what people thought ... but too lazy to remove the title

 

[heninfan99]

I always wanted to paste this video and see what people thought ... but too lazy to remove the title

Look at his feet. Even in casual warm-up he's hopping around like a rabbit. Judge players by their footwork is the way to go.

 

[NLBwell]

good one ... his technique always did seem weird ... but like I said - from that video tough to gauge the depth and placement ...

Yes, but you can see that the ball comes off his racket really fast for the apparent amount of effort. Still, I will say that Courier has an ugly backhand stroke.

 

[Cashman]

lol you get me wrong, I was joking I'm a big fan of Courier. I was looking for comments like "No way he's a 5.0", "He's a 4.0 at best", "He doesn't have modern technique, 4.0 at best", etc.
The story is that some people tend to judge other people's level based on hitting video, which is completely ridiculous. That's why I made this thread to show that you cannot judge someone based on their hitting video and Jim Courier is a perfect example of that

You didn't need to post a video of Courier for that. A couple of months ago someone tried to convince me that a French satellite player with ATP points was 4.5.

 

[tennishabit]

lol you get me wrong, I was joking I'm a big fan of Courier. I was looking for comments like "No way he's a 5.0", "He's a 4.0 at best", "He doesn't have modern technique, 4.0 at best", etc.
The story is that some people tend to judge other people's level based on hitting video, which is completely ridiculous. That's why I made this thread to show that you cannot judge someone based on their hitting video and Jim Courier is a perfect example of that

lolololol man, fan of wat:?))) thought all the funny fanny stuff was swamping around 3goats............lolololol.........

i knew dis guy's a very very good commentator on tv n >90% wat he said very educational tenniswise n 000x better than most of ytb 'coaching' vids.............................

 

[ChaelAZ]

(Sorry for the quality - can't seem to get the right resolution when uploading to Youtube)
Asking for a friend.
"What is my level? I know my BH needs work but is there any chance I'm a 5.0 or at least a 4.5?
If it's hard to tell my level from video, what about my strokes? Are they 4.5+ level?"
He'd like answers from people who don't know him or haven't played him only.

Subpar footwork
Arms the forehand
Baseball backhand
Wears a hat...


3.5 at best.

 

[ByeByePoly]

Subpar footwork
Arms the forehand
Baseball backhand
Wears a hat...


3.5 at best.

Unfair to baseball

 

[ChaelAZ]

Unfair to baseball

Backhands against humanity!

 

[user92626]

(Sorry for the quality - can't seem to get the right resolution when uploading to Youtube)
Asking for a friend.
"What is my level? I know my BH needs work but is there any chance I'm a 5.0 or at least a 4.5?
If it's hard to tell my level from video, what about my strokes? Are they 4.5+ level?"
He'd like answers from people who don't know him or haven't played him only.

I haven't looked at any of the replies to see other's opinion. I wanna keep my answer pure.

I think your tennis level is weak 4.0. Your video recording skill is around 2.5.

You should come to this place more often to seek our wisdom. Good luck.

 

[BetaServe]

I haven't looked at any of the replies to see other's opinion. I wanna keep my answer pure.

I think your tennis level is weak 4.0. Your video recording skill is around 2.5.

You should come to this place more often to seek our wisdom. Good luck.

This 4.0 would bagel 99.99% of ttw members

 

[ByeByePoly]

This 4.0 would bagel 99.99% of ttw members

BBP <- 00.01

 

[tennishabit]

This 4.0 would bagel 99.99% of ttw members

lololololol man..............apparently he's former top atp-er n surely he will bagel 99.99% of ttw-ers even w/o touch a rkt for yrs............

wat:?))).........wait, bagel ttw-ers:?))..........lololololol, wat4:?))).............kindaf like a billionaire pulls off his lamborgini to show off @ front of a homeless begger in street............from tennis pointview, manohman, unless u pay him $200/hr when he's not busy...........to begal u...................

love his n a few others' tv commentating.......very educational due to their personal experiences................

 

[DNShade]

NTRP is based on competitive play. No way to tell from a one sided video.

Now as for Jim Courier, he's got to at least be a 5.0 still right? Has he actually played any matches recently?

Played any matches lately? Jim runs and plays the Invesco series tour and plays competitively all the time against guys like Haas, Fish, Blake, Roddick, McEnroe etc.

So yeah - I think he's probably at least a 5.0 - LOL.

And some of the other replies here. Wow - this place sometimes.

 

[dnguyen]

No wrist lag, guy is a 2.5 at best

I tried it but didnt work for me, so i had to go back to old one like Pete Sampras’s forehand.

 

[tennishabit]

LOL

btw who's the other end:?)).............a 4.5 or 4.0 equivalent young boy or girl or maybe a 5.0:?)))....................lololololol manohman......................