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Old 07-01-2010, 09:36 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I've gotten into tennis hardcore this spring/summer and just joined my first team. I got a practice saterday and my first match is july 12th. I'm pretty syked. Anybody else here play tennis competitively? Its a sick game.
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Old 07-01-2010, 09:51 AM   #2 (permalink)
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ive always wanted to play tennis but never got around to it. used to tear up the ping pong table, tho
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Old 07-01-2010, 09:54 AM   #3 (permalink)
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ive always wanted to play tennis but never got around to it. used to tear up the ping pong table, tho
Just goto any public courts in your area and there is almost certainly some one you can hit with. I've made a bunch of friends just going and hanging out at the park and asking random people to take me on.
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I played in high school and I used to be a member of a tennis club. I don't play much anymore though cause I don't have anyone to hit with. But I'm pretty good except my serve sucks major balls. I have a good backhand and a decent top spin though. I'm scared to play net though so that's where I get beat a lot. Then I get pissed and smash my racquet.
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I played in high school and I used to be a member of a tennis club. I don't play much anymore though cause I don't have anyone to hit with. But I'm pretty good except my serve sucks major balls. I have a good backhand and a decent top spin though. I'm scared to play net though so that's where I get beat a lot. Then I get pissed and smash my racquet.
do you know your ntrp rating? I'd say i probably fall between a 3 and 3.5.

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^yeah i'm probably a 2.5 or 3, considering a 6 is "nationally ranked".
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I'm totally sports-deficient. I couldn't even hit a baseball until I was in my 30's (still can't catch with a mitt). The only thing I could use a tennis racket for with any skill would be air guitar.



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I'm totally sports-deficient. I couldn't even hit a baseball until I was in my 30's (still can't catch with a mitt). The only thing I could use a tennis racket for with any skill would be air guitar.



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it takes practice... if you never play you'll never be good
Yeah man keep jammin that air guitar rev, it just takes practice...

Pretty soon you'll be able to play air bass with little effort at all....
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