Want to start league tennis-relatively new. I have questions!

[myalterego]

I play Varsity tennis for my high school, and now that the season is over, I just play tennis with my friends. However, I want to play more competitively and such, so I'd like to start playing tournaments, and I have a few questions.

Are there many tournaments in the NYC/Long Island area?

How much do tournaments usually cost?

Since I'm kind of a beginner (2 years playing), I don't want to enter a tournament and not win a single game. Do they have tournaments for beginners?

Thanks!

 

[Miami83095]

Yes there are tournaments on Long Island and NYC for beginners. On Long Island they are called L3's.

 

[myalterego]

How competitive are the L3's, exactly? And how "beginner" is a L3 tournament?

 

[Miami83095]

Its a timed round robin with other beginners.

 

[myalterego]

I'd consider myself maybe a 3.0 player; do you think I would be competitive for beginner tournaments?

 

[myalterego]

Also, would I be playing against people around my age? I'm 17, by the way.

 

[in[k]]

Not sure about your specific area, but tournaments are almost always seperated into age groups.

An average cost would be like $50.

 

[scraps234]

im sure the l3 tournys are cheaper though... but the bigger you go the higher the price like some will go to around 80

 

[Miami83095]

No, L3ąs are the same cost as level 2ąs and 1ąs.

 

[myalterego]

Thanks for the info. What can I expect from a beginner touranment-level player? Will he or she be able to hit powerful groundstrokes and serve incredibly fast? I just don't know how "beginner" a beginners tournament really is.

 

[myalterego]

Any thoughts on the matter?