My Journey to 6.0 Has Ended... Can I Still Improve? (TennisProdigy Video Diary)
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mad dog1
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BallBag
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Mine is 7.16 but I think it's a bit high from playing a couple UTR tournaments against juniors.
MaxTennis
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UTR should log all USTA data including leagues and tournaments.
PrinceMoron
Legend
Seen kisses blown harder than that serve
Man up and get a tomahawk
You need some forward intent, a desire to kill.
At the moment it looks like you are trying to go under the ball and then change your mind at the last minute.
Get someone to push you over every time your leg swings out like that and you will soon stop.
Put a hoopla hoop in front of you and try and end up with both feet in it after contact.
Just done a hatchet job on your serve. You could probably serve better underarm, which would at least give you time to forget everything you are doing wrong right now. Either that or electro shock therapy
Man up and get a tomahawk
You need some forward intent, a desire to kill.
At the moment it looks like you are trying to go under the ball and then change your mind at the last minute.
Get someone to push you over every time your leg swings out like that and you will soon stop.
Put a hoopla hoop in front of you and try and end up with both feet in it after contact.
Just done a hatchet job on your serve. You could probably serve better underarm, which would at least give you time to forget everything you are doing wrong right now. Either that or electro shock therapy
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Keendog
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If your plannin on going supersaiyen then your hair is going in the wrong direction
TennisProdigy
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It is proven that people of very high intellect have an increased chance of being afflicted by mental illness. Ludwig van Beethoven, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Isaac Newton, Judy Garland, Jaco Pastorius and Robert Schumann have shown classic markers of having mental illness.
TennisProdigy
Professional
EST will not be necessary at this point in time. With my newfound mindset, I will be playing much more like Federer rather than Simon from this point onwards. I will be going on a rampage and any opponent who steps before me should think twice before doing so.
If your plannin on going supersaiyen then your hair is going in the wrong direction
SSJ1 is not required at the 6.0 level. With that being said, if I reach 6.0 and want to climb higher, then I might consider growing out my hair + bleaching it blonde.
TennisProdigy
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I just made a UTR account, I am unranked and it shows my last UTR match against “Strong Kirchheimer” back in 2013 who is currently UTR 13.98.
I remember that guy being pretty good but nothing that special tbh...
yossarian
Professional
I wouldn’t consider many of them to be role models but you do you
What is Luis UTR?
megamind
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TennisProdigy
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Unranked like me.
TennisProdigy refuses to consider any of our feedback (unless it is positive)
We might not be able to get through to him, but maybe The Sureshs will
Can Sureshs take a set off me or does he have any qualifications to give coaching advice? If no to both, I will not be considering any advice he has for my game.
Slowtwitcher
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Another post that has nothing to do with the thread or the OP...
Or do you have a smart uncle too?
mad dog1
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Dragy
G.O.A.T.
In my opinion, he struggled exactly because of your all-defence style. He couldn't reliably hit by you, didn't come up with a clear plan how to win more points than loose, didn't fully trust his net attacks. But manned up and played shot after shot, point after point. His mental toughness allowed his better skills to carry him through the match, in my opinion.
If you played more risky game you would miss more and sooner, and it would be more fun, but less competitive.
Your speed is truly good, but cannot go faster than the ball once you play high level big hitters. An counter-punching should be punching, not pushing
I also agree no angles were used enough for a singles match of this kind.
Dragy
G.O.A.T.
Zverev won Acapulco hitting number of 2nd serve kickers in 70s range, and a couple even aroung 68... Not that it was any good for him, and on other occasions he used two firsts in 130s... But still a fun fact.
megamind
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He is indeed a USPTA certified coach. Definitely qualified to give you advice
Dragy
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Slowtwitcher
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In my opinion, he struggled exactly because of your all-defence style. He couldn't reliably hit by you, didn't come up with a clear plan how to win more points than loose, didn't fully trust his net attacks. But manned up and played shot after shot, point after point. His mental toughness allowed his better skills to carry him through the match, in my opinion.
If you played more risky game you would miss more and sooner, and it would be more fun, but less competitive.
Your speed is truly good, but cannot go faster than the ball once you play high level big hitters. An counter-punching should be punching, not pushing
I also agree no angles were used enough for a singles match of this kind.
On top of everything else... TP is a pusher!
Dragy
G.O.A.T.
In my opinion, he struggled exactly because of your all-defence style. He couldn't reliably hit by you, didn't come up with a clear plan how to win more points than loose, didn't fully trust his net attacks. But manned up and played shot after shot, point after point. His mental toughness allowed his better skills to carry him through the match, in my opinion.
If you played more risky game you would miss more and sooner, and it would be more fun, but less competitive.
Your speed is truly good, but cannot go faster than the ball once you play high level big hitters. An counter-punching should be punching, not pushing
I also agree no angles were used enough for a singles match of this kind.
TP, the stats show what happened with first set vs 2nd set. Luis stopped making unforced errors on service return and was much more aggressive coming to the net to neutralize your movement.
Those combined swung the point difference from 53/47 to 67/33.
Looking at your service stats. Your kick serve is reliable going in ~85%. Luis was able to return with good pace and depth and immediately start off points on the offense. That’s understandable for a second serve but you are going to struggle vs 5.0s if you can’t get easy or “free” points from your first serve. You will DF more if you hit flat/slice first serve more aggressively but you won’t beat 5.0s without taking more risks.
On his serve a lot of your returns were short and allowed him to attack with S+V and +1s.
Translation: you need a bigger first serve for freebies/easy points and return with more depth. Ideally upgrade second serve too so the points can start off more neutral.
Those combined swung the point difference from 53/47 to 67/33.
Looking at your service stats. Your kick serve is reliable going in ~85%. Luis was able to return with good pace and depth and immediately start off points on the offense. That’s understandable for a second serve but you are going to struggle vs 5.0s if you can’t get easy or “free” points from your first serve. You will DF more if you hit flat/slice first serve more aggressively but you won’t beat 5.0s without taking more risks.
On his serve a lot of your returns were short and allowed him to attack with S+V and +1s.
Translation: you need a bigger first serve for freebies/easy points and return with more depth. Ideally upgrade second serve too so the points can start off more neutral.
PrinceMoron
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OP is too nice to succeed
I would drill my opponent at the net in the warm up to see which way he moved to volley.
You need to read the art of war and get with the programme. Give them nothing but despair and laugh at their inadequacy. They should know they are defeated before the battle begins.
I am not happy until they have smashed all their racquets and wept.
I would drill my opponent at the net in the warm up to see which way he moved to volley.
You need to read the art of war and get with the programme. Give them nothing but despair and laugh at their inadequacy. They should know they are defeated before the battle begins.
I am not happy until they have smashed all their racquets and wept.
He absolutely is a pusher
Slowtwitcher
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You have not read The Art of War, Moron.
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He is Strong, but I expected him to be Stronger
mad dog1
G.O.A.T.
In 2013, Strong was a high school senior and was a blue chip recruit.
https://www.tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp?id=248405
https://www.tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp?id=248405
PrinceMoron
Legend
Actually I have, but build them a golden bridge to escape sounds naff. Also read The Prince in the original Italian so just need to get through winning ugly by Brad and I should be good to go.
Anyway SABT sneak attack by Tennis Prodigy might be his only hope. Ain’t going to win **** with those strokes
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Slowtwitcher
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Nonsense. When The Prince was written there was no Italy or Italian.
yossarian
Professional
Dude played at Northwestern but is "nothing special"
I guess I have 6.0 potential because I also had the honor of losing to a blue chip recruit when I was 13
Slowtwitcher
Legend
I bet you know how to serve, which means you have 6.5 potential.
yossarian
Professional
I don’t know. I don’t have superhuman reflexes from years of video games, and I can only dunk a soccer ball at 6’0 tall. But I did play travel baseball with a now minor league pitcher when I was 9 and was better than him.
7.0 maybe?
Roger Federer has had coaches most of his career.
Of course, if Sureshs had coached him Federer would have been undefeated.
Yes, but we'd do the same to Djokovic.
MaxTennis
Professional
Djokovic is just a pusher, and we all know 3.5s hit harder than the pros.
OP can serve 100 mph but chooses to hit 50 mph lollipops.
TennisProdigy
Professional
In my opinion, he struggled exactly because of your all-defence style. He couldn't reliably hit by you, didn't come up with a clear plan how to win more points than loose, didn't fully trust his net attacks. But manned up and played shot after shot, point after point. His mental toughness allowed his better skills to carry him through the match, in my opinion.
If you played more risky game you would miss more and sooner, and it would be more fun, but less competitive.
Your speed is truly good, but cannot go faster than the ball once you play high level big hitters. An counter-punching should be punching, not pushing
I also agree no angles were used enough for a singles match of this kind.
I agree with you that I couldn’t “counter punch” against Luis in the indoor conditions. The ball just moves too fast and the bounce too low, that’s why I was able to beat him in tiebreakers in outdoor conditions.
I am very fond of using angled shots outdoors, I just can’t seem to time them properly in indoor conditions...
I will not be “slice” blocking returns in the future anymore, my reflexes are too good and it results in a weak return. I agree that against an opponent like Luis, I need to upgrade both my first and second serve so I can at least start the point in a neutral position.
my 50 mph lollipops were enough to get me bumped up into the 5.0 league here
yossarian
Professional
i also forgot to add I got a combined 324 on the GRE with a perfect writing score so my future children will be genius level poets at age 4
TennisProdigy
Professional
I wish I could see y’all’s faces one year from now when you witness what I will achieve.
megamind
Legend
pencilcheck
Hall of Fame
Well then you have to do it. But given the track record if you don't change your way of life, or sacrifice something that you are used to then I would say it would be a monumental task.
PrinceMoron
Legend
Actually the title is Latin and the text is Italian unless you are talking about the limited print run before the writer’s death. Guessing you never got past the front cover
Oh and thanks for telling me about Italian unification too.
“Although The Prince was written as if it were a traditional work in the mirrors for princes style, it was generally agreed as being especially innovative. This is partly because it was written in the vernacular Italian rather than Latin, a practice that had become increasingly popular since the publication of Dante's Divine Comedy and other works of Renaissance literature.[4][5]”
Wiki
That’s you squashed like a fly in a Garibaldi biscuit
Go and take a self imposed ban of a hundred days
Non capisci un’acca
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Keendog
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Your vids are actually pretty good viewing hopefully you keep making them
Slowtwitcher
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Troll level: Master of the Universe.
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