FiReFTW
Legend
I went to the courts to practice my serve a bit, and there was a young guy there on the next court, and he came to me after a while and said if I just wanna hit a bit, cuz his friend can't come (with whom he had arranged the session).
So we had a bit of a hitting session and then played some points till 11.
This guy was so good, I mean if I look back at miself I made great progress since I started playing tennis, my technique is quite solid and sound and my strokes improved a TON, and keep improving constantly, I mean if I played miself from 3 months ago I would destroy miself.
But I can't believe this guy's shots, they had INSANE spin and pace, its hard to tell you exactly how much, but much faster and much much more spin that what ive ever encountered and its not even close.. I felt a bit bad and pissed on miself, because I was so horrible and alot of my shots went way long or were misshits, I couldn't handle this, I was seriously pissed, I mean after 1 year and a half I should at least do a bit better, so pissed at miself.
And this guy was so much better than me, his shots were so fast and spinny and accurate that it almost made me disapointed how much better than mine they are, and his control and touch...the level difference is so big I don't think I will get such shots if I train and play alot for 1 more year or even 2 maybe.
He told me later that he is 18 years old and in the junior selection at the club , and that he plays since he is like 5 years old and he plays official national tournaments and all, so yeah..obviously he is great considering this... but still I feel a bit disapointed in miself, he is 18 years old afterall, and to be so much better than me that I can't even be in the same breath feels a bit deflating and pisses me off and im a bit disapointed in miself.
Of course aswell as being disapointed and absolutely furious, I also got even more motivation to improve now and to really work hard, because I can't let miself be embarassed like this.
So we had a bit of a hitting session and then played some points till 11.
This guy was so good, I mean if I look back at miself I made great progress since I started playing tennis, my technique is quite solid and sound and my strokes improved a TON, and keep improving constantly, I mean if I played miself from 3 months ago I would destroy miself.
But I can't believe this guy's shots, they had INSANE spin and pace, its hard to tell you exactly how much, but much faster and much much more spin that what ive ever encountered and its not even close.. I felt a bit bad and pissed on miself, because I was so horrible and alot of my shots went way long or were misshits, I couldn't handle this, I was seriously pissed, I mean after 1 year and a half I should at least do a bit better, so pissed at miself.
And this guy was so much better than me, his shots were so fast and spinny and accurate that it almost made me disapointed how much better than mine they are, and his control and touch...the level difference is so big I don't think I will get such shots if I train and play alot for 1 more year or even 2 maybe.
He told me later that he is 18 years old and in the junior selection at the club , and that he plays since he is like 5 years old and he plays official national tournaments and all, so yeah..obviously he is great considering this... but still I feel a bit disapointed in miself, he is 18 years old afterall, and to be so much better than me that I can't even be in the same breath feels a bit deflating and pisses me off and im a bit disapointed in miself.
Of course aswell as being disapointed and absolutely furious, I also got even more motivation to improve now and to really work hard, because I can't let miself be embarassed like this.