I was curious if there is any attempt at a correlation between hours played/practiced and NTRP level? I know someone said 10,000 hours for going pro, but what about the other levels? I'm sure the lower the level, the less hours between levels.
I went ahead and thought back through my entire life of tennis. I started playing slightly over 7 years ago, with a 2 year hiatus up until this past August. I did an estimate of the number of hours I've played before and after this summer. I'm trying to find a pattern in my hours played and improvement. Here goes.
Total Hours Played: 338
From September 99 to August 06: 211 (62%)
From August 06 - February 07: 127 (38%)
Here is my estimate of hours played as each NTRP level:
2.5 - 30
3.0 - 225
3.5 - 83
So this basically took me from 2.5 to weak 3.5. I know that my calculations are just guesses and that some hours (particularly the latest ones) are more valuable than others. Does this look reasonable to anyone?
I know you must think I'm crazy, but I'm really bored right now.
I went ahead and thought back through my entire life of tennis. I started playing slightly over 7 years ago, with a 2 year hiatus up until this past August. I did an estimate of the number of hours I've played before and after this summer. I'm trying to find a pattern in my hours played and improvement. Here goes.
Total Hours Played: 338
From September 99 to August 06: 211 (62%)
From August 06 - February 07: 127 (38%)
Here is my estimate of hours played as each NTRP level:
2.5 - 30
3.0 - 225
3.5 - 83
So this basically took me from 2.5 to weak 3.5. I know that my calculations are just guesses and that some hours (particularly the latest ones) are more valuable than others. Does this look reasonable to anyone?
I know you must think I'm crazy, but I'm really bored right now.