FiddlerDog
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I try to ensure the score board balls are visible at least for league matches.
You can just call out the score.
Or just the game score on change of serve
I try to ensure the score board balls are visible at least for league matches.
I do but for brevities sake I edit to the moment right before the serve is struck.You can just call out the score.
Or just the game score on change of serve
I’m going to have to revoke your pusher analysis license.Even if I understand "this guy is better than you"-comment and admits there is some truth to it, it's also a wrong statement, depending on how you frame it. You are clearly a better tennis player, by a long margin. You can execute combos/patterns this guy's not even close to.
I’m going to have to revoke your pusher analysis license.
Lol (I like your comment). The only way the second guy could get a legit 4.0 rating is that there are so many 3.5-4.0 willing to shot themselves in the foot ;-)
We're not talking Green Shirt Guy or the guy from the first video, that have movement and variety in their game. He (guy #2) would lose 0 and 0 against a legit 4.5. Against a 5.0 he wouldn't win a single point; dead serious.
That's depressing lol. Tennis is such an idiotic sport and that guy is a cheater.After a routine win last weekend, here's todays result.
I swear. This next result is me attempting to incorporate some of the criticism and tips mentioned here. And I lost again in a TB. I don't even with this next guys serve. I don't even comprehend how it works. All I know is I couldn't buy a topspin backhand today more than ever before. My opponent did not hit a single winner the entire match. Something's changed with my nerves, I almost feel numb and detached. All of a sudden I have trouble seeing the ball at all. Idk, something's wrong with me. Maybe @Nostradamus was right.
@FiddlerDog @smalahove @Curtennis @S&V-not_dead_yet I'm so sorry. I tried. I don't blame you if the camera view prevents you from making it through another video but you guys in particular I wholeheartedly thank for trying to help me. I really tried to keep the ball out of the middle unless I was trying to tee off on it. And umm, at least I came to the net a lot... and it was close score wise. But there's no excuse for not getting the win today. I feel like 2 months ago this guy goes down 2 and 2 to me. Not a 3/6, 6/4, 0-1 loss.
Either he’s suffered some kind of injury along the way, making it difficult to assess his prior self based ok his current form OR the NTRP ratings in the league in question is way off.From 2014-2018, the second guy went 15-25 as a 4.5 singles player, winning over 40% of total games. He did suffer several thrashings among those losses, but he never once lost 0 and 0.
Perhaps now he would do much worse in 4.5, which he never plays anymore, but he has stayed consistently dominant in 4.0, going 48-13 since 2018 (all singles), and he is currently rated 3.94 on Tennisrecord.
Very nice match! Some observations as I have watched the last 3 you posted.I'd like to cap off this thread with todays match. I really was in the zone today, played some of my best tennis in months. I think my serve was on fire for 90% of the match. If you've stuck it out in this thread I appreciate it. I feel like a better tennis player, or like my old self before a couple human backboards made me lose my marbles. I really take all tips and critisism to heart, heck I even copy pasted a BUNCH of them into my phone to consult between sets like Maxime Cressy and his notepad.
You know what's funny, is before these last few matches, I pretty much never came to the net except to finish off an easy lob. And now I'm doing it all the time lol. It really is the way to get ahead in these 4.0 matches.
I guess at this point there’s 3 different matches I posted, which one is this comment referring to?I know I’m not a 4.0, but if I had to verse a player like you I would just push the ball back in and let you make the mistakes.
There are a lot of rallies where even I felt like I would of gone for broke - his second serve. In addition, he has no movement, why didn’t you move him up down and laterally- a lot of the rallies were you hitting nice forehands… but they were literally right at him. He didn’t even have to move. Just block and push back the ball.
Serve is nice but no variety. Everyone will adjust to a flat serve if it becomes predictable. Unless you are John Isner.
Either way, this match wasn’t a waste of time and not to beat yourself up on. I match against lower ntrps for set sessions and focus on areas to crush. If this were my opponent, I would prob work on slice serves out wide with a plus one finisher. Mixing shots up and down to move him vertically. And then going for broke on his second serve.
Although I don wonder what my opponents think when going for broke on a friendly match second serve crush. Or when you are practicing an out wide serve on a guy who physically can’t move. Slice serve plus one on deuce side and then kick on ad plus one. I doubt he would of gotten it. Alternate with flats in between to keep him guessing. Oh well that’s tennis.
I'd like to cap off this thread with todays match. I really was in the zone today, played some of my best tennis in months. I think my serve was on fire for 90% of the match. If you've stuck it out in this thread I appreciate it. I feel like a better tennis player, or like my old self before a couple human backboards made me lose my marbles. I really take all tips and critisism to heart, heck I even copy pasted a BUNCH of them into my phone to consult between sets like Maxime Cressy and his notepad.
You know what's funny, is before these last few matches, I pretty much never came to the net except to finish off an easy lob. And now I'm doing it all the time lol. It really is the way to get ahead in these 4.0 matches.
Darn right I do lol. This guy kinda plays like a worse version of me so I know how to get him into situations where he’ll make lots of errors.You prefer this type of opponent.