Hello, everyone! I am new to tennis at age 33. I started playing for the first time last month. I take lessons right now. Just for fun, I plan on playing in a 2.5 tournament in December. What should I expect? What should I be able to do? What will the players be able to do? From lurking on this board, I saw that tournament players tend to play over their rating so should I expect 3.0 play? The USTA thing for 2.5 says maintain a slow rally...Boy, that leaves out a lot of information! *wink*
I don't have an official rating as I have never played before. I think 2.5 is a good place to start and my pro seems to think so too.
Right now, I am working on hitting my forehand and backhand actually over and not into the net on a consistent bais! LOL I can hit the ball hard and correctly but not consistently and am working on my ability to aim my shots.
We started to cover volleys and serves. Boy, the serve looks so easy on tv but is really so dang hard! LOL I have yet to hit one in! Yikes!!!
So, that's where I am at. Do you all think I will be ok in the tournament? Thanks so much! :-0
I don't have an official rating as I have never played before. I think 2.5 is a good place to start and my pro seems to think so too.
Right now, I am working on hitting my forehand and backhand actually over and not into the net on a consistent bais! LOL I can hit the ball hard and correctly but not consistently and am working on my ability to aim my shots.
We started to cover volleys and serves. Boy, the serve looks so easy on tv but is really so dang hard! LOL I have yet to hit one in! Yikes!!!
So, that's where I am at. Do you all think I will be ok in the tournament? Thanks so much! :-0