Playing Level of Division 2 Players?

[ohhgourami]

since ill be going to college next year, im wondering what playing level are division 2 players.

im thinking about joining the team but im not very good. my friend says im a 2.5 but if i improve my serve (which is horrible) id be immediately a 3.5 because my groundstrokes are solid. im willing to work hard to improve so maybe i can outgrow my expectations.

if i cant make the team, i dont mind. i love tennis either way. i started out playing for fun anyway.

 

[Djokovicfan4life]

I would guess that you have to be 5.0 or higher, you're chances are slim to none. Harsh, I know, but that's the truth.

Most people never make it to the 5.0 level. Just hope that you aren't one of those people.

 

[WBF]

ohhgourami: It really depends on the college. Some teams have top national players. Others have players who could have been plucked off a bad high school team. I would say if you think you might improve to a 3.5, if you find a terrible D2 college you might be able to play. No offense, but unless you work very hard to improve, there is a very small chance that you would even make a D3 team.

 

[ohhgourami]

the school is UCSD (university of california san diego)

i dont mind if i cant make the team. i never considered tennis as a future, just a hobby.


well on the bright side of things, im getting another K95 tomorrow! yay!

 

[i8myshirt]

I don't think you can. Isn't california big on tennis? Also, ucsd is a pretty big school, so that doesn't help your chances.

 

[quicken]

hey~ i got accepted there too, but i won't be going there rofl.
anyways
ucsd is pretty good i heard, so no you won't make it.
prolly around 5.0 + range if you ask me.

 

[A.Davidson]

Ha ha! Good for you! So many people are obsessed with winning - good to see someone who remembers that tennis is about FUN!

That said, it would be tough to go from a 2.5 to a college-level player in a year.

But, hey, give it a shot - you never know! Best of luck!

 

[i8myshirt]

Yeah if you can, get a private coach and start seriously playing.
Also, winning is fun =D

 

[MegacedU]

I played DI at a Big East school and I'm a solid 4.5

 

[chess9]

I was watching some Division 2 players today. Frankly, I don't think any of them were under 5.0 and it's a rather small school.

UCSD is a big school, with grants in aid for better players I'm sure, so competition would be very stiff. Do they have any American players? You are competing against the world for a slot, and you are 5-10 years behind.

Good luck, and don't be afraid to follow your dreams. You are only young ONCE.

-Robert

 

[goober]

the school is UCSD (university of california san diego)

i dont mind if i cant make the team. i never considered tennis as a future, just a hobby.


well on the bright side of things, im getting another K95 tomorrow! yay!

UCSD is very good D2 school. Most players will be 5.0+. At the bottom of the bench there may be some strong 4.5s.

Just play intramurals You will find a lot of competition there.

 

[Tennisman912]

ohhgourami,
As a former DII tennis player, if varies widely. The worst I have seen are around the 4.0 level. But I have seen some on up to 6.0. As in the top 5 in their country. I would say the avg. at a good school is a strong 5.0. Good luck to you.

tennisman

 

[goober]

UCSD Men's team is currently ranked #6 nationally in D2 FYI

 

[NLBwell]

I imagine even the intramural teams at UCSD would probably have some 5.0s. When I was in college we had a top international junior (Orange Bowl, etc.) who didn't play on the team. (His country's government paid for his college to get an engineering degree) Kept trying to recruit him for intramurals but couldn't convince him. A dedicated student.

 

[ohhgourami]

what exactly is intramural?

 

[ohhgourami]

i know im playing people in my school, but how is that set up?

 

[2ndServe]

any school in socal is going to be top notch. Hell I've seen NAIA schools with so many top foreigners I'd pit them against a Div 1 school.

 

[NLBwell]

what exactly is intramural?

Competitions between teams within the school. Just for fun stuff. Though at our school we took it pretty seriously, especially football, where most guys were ex-high school players (it was in Texas).

 

[Fedace]

since ill be going to college next year, im wondering what playing level are division 2 players.

im thinking about joining the team but im not very good. my friend says im a 2.5 but if i improve my serve (which is horrible) id be immediately a 3.5 because my groundstrokes are solid. im willing to work hard to improve so maybe i can outgrow my expectations.

if i cant make the team, i dont mind. i love tennis either way. i started out playing for fun anyway.

With 3.5 rating, it maybe difficult to make the Club team tennis. If not there is always intramurals. Varsity team is not an option. College club tennis is mostly 4.0-4.5 guys and girls. I say with some improvements, you can make the club tennis. Lots of hot girls play in it so there are some benefits to this afterall.

 

[10ispro]

the specific school asked about is a top d2 school so obviously the level of players will be higher.

but in general, people's assessment at what level many college players are at various schools are way off the mark. Its almost like people feel its an injustice to themselves if player playing collegiate tennis arent at least 4.5 or above.

when realistically D2 can give you a wide wide range from 3.0 and above
even smaller D1 school can have players that are 3.0 and barely above.
Schools outside the top 50 at any level have a very wide range of ability level players and there are hundreds of schools all over the country, many of which have anyone who can hit a tennis ball filling in the rosters just to have numbers so the programs dont shut down,especially on the Men's side.

 

[randomname]

I dont know about other club teams, but at A&M we have everyone from 3.0-5.0 playing so odds are you can play on the club team which I highly reccomend, its a ton of fun. You get to play other schools and go to tournaments but its not nearly as stressful as varsity

 

[chess9]

the specific school asked about is a top d2 school so obviously the level of players will be higher.

but in general, people's assessment at what level many college players are at various schools are way off the mark. Its almost like people feel its an injustice to themselves if player playing collegiate tennis arent at least 4.5 or above.

when realistically D2 can give you a wide wide range from 3.0 and above
even smaller D1 school can have players that are 3.0 and barely above.
Schools outside the top 50 at any level have a very wide range of ability level players and there are hundreds of schools all over the country, many of which have anyone who can hit a tennis ball filling in the rosters just to have numbers so the programs dont shut down,especially on the Men's side.

I find it hard to believe any Division I schools would have a 3.0 player, even on JV. I played Div II, and I don't think I ever saw anyone under the equivalent of 4.5, and we played some truly awful teams.

-Robert

 

[10ispro]

I find it hard to believe any Division I schools would have a 3.0 player, even on JV. I played Div II, and I don't think I ever saw anyone under the equivalent of 4.5, and we played some truly awful teams.

-Robert

and how many schools have you really ever seen at the d1 and d2 level?
I played D2 as well and still follow schools pretty closely b/c i have players applying all over the place to play in college. When I played, I know for a fact that many schools had players who could barely swing and make any contact with a ball just to fill a roster.

Division really has little to do with quality. by definition it simply has to do with the number of sports offered for Men and Woman which then translates into amount of insurance coverage for the schools.
Of course, bigger schools then have more money, can offer more incentives to attract better players etc...But at the root differences between divisions is simply a separation of school who can offer more sports per gender.

what about schools like Univ MD Eastern Shores? University of Evansville, Loyola college (MD), UDC,
I am sure there are lots more obscure schools who have players that can barely meet a 4.0 requirement, but they are all Division 1 schools.

 

[bronco_mba]

I roomed with a guy in 1998 who played men's tennis at UCSD and hit with him a few times. He wasn't a starter on the team and he was easily a 5.0 player.

UCSD intramurals are great. I'm sure you can find quality matches through IMs or RIMAC.

 

[DDRnrgONxtc]

yeah the UCSD team consists of all 5.0+ players and theres also a competitive club team there that you could try out for and they play other schools but they're all about 4.0/4.5

IMs are really fun at UCSD with 3 different levels so yeah you should probably try that out

yeah i go to UCSD

 

[Dedans Penthouse]

Dee-One; Dee-Lite

I was watching some Division 2 players today. Frankly, I don't think any of them were under 5.0 and it's a rather small school.-Robert

I think that's pretty much spot-on. Then again, one could ride the pines at, for example, a low (i.e. lowest-rung) Big East school tennis-wise, where one's NRTP rating would only have to be on a par, roughly-speaking, with a B-grade cumulative index; say 3.0-3.5.

 

[35ft6]

Top 50 or so teams, their whole singles lineup is 5.0 and above. The top 50 singles players are probably all at least strong 5.5, and the very best can make almost any D-1 squad.