haha aw surm
any ilxors play USTA?
― jag goo (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
have u, kev?
u guys.
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
i rly don't know what to tell u about what just happened.
i mean, my backhand was there. felt great. but ... my courtesy shot! mfg!
my partner said i seemed to do better getting hard, fast forehands. generating the pace on that side is really fucking with me right now. it just goes to show how much practice does. crazy.
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
going to try again now.
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 23 June 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
I assume a lot of you guys are members of clubs? How would you feel about an absolute beginner joining your club?
― Fruit, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
!! where do u live?
little better today
― j lol (surm), Friday, 24 June 2011 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
― j lol (surm), Wednesday, June 22, 2011 9:18 PM (Yesterday)
yeah i'm a 4.5
it rained today, so i played basketball indoors
― jag goo (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 June 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
awesome. good night for some indoor ball.
― j lol (surm), Friday, 24 June 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
there was a really cute guy playing basketball no the courts tonight. he was in a wifebeater.
― j lol (surm), Friday, 24 June 2011 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
been practicing in my apartment
― j lol (surm), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Surm do you wear a cute white headband when you play tennis?
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes! when my hair is longer it's a must
― j lol (surm), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
I want to custom-make one for you that says like SMILE! or something in yellow glitter.
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
But then the glitter might get in your eyes and that would be unpleasant; you would probably not even smile.
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
:) you have to be careful applying sunscreen to the forehead for the same reason -- stings like a motha
― j lol (surm), Monday, 27 June 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
Is that why nobody bought my Stevie D Deluxe Glittery Sunscreen??
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 27 June 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
:D maybe
― j lol (surm), Monday, 27 June 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
Inside out crosscourt forehand return from the ad side <3
Play 4 days a week.
― uberweiss, Monday, 27 June 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
so excited to get my inside out back
― j lol (surm), Monday, 27 June 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
anybody in brooklyn want to play today?
― j lol (surm), Friday, 1 July 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
bye bye backhand. it just kept going SHORT! ugh. but my slice was working ...
― surm, Monday, 10 October 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
i would much rather go long than short in practice
on the upside my inside out is back
i'm really tall so why the fuck is my serve not, like, 100mph :( i hate using chopper grip. that's probably why. also because i never practice it. serving takes too much effort and is boring. groundstrokes are much more fun because no two shots are ever the same
― uberweiss, Monday, 10 October 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
yess
― surm, Monday, 10 October 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
didnt play enough tennis this summer :(
― just sayin, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
ive started playing @ a nearby club, it's cool you can p much play any weeknight vs a random opponent for $25 as a nonmember. id been fairing p well vs 3.0-ish level folks but last night got paired against a 4.0 who i could barely stay on the court w/. really strong forehand that he could place perfectly & he moved so well for a dude in his prob mid-50s. it was still fun, even though he crushed me 6-0, 6-2, 6-4. i needed to get in more first serves.
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
ayo technology i bought this thing, only used it once so far but its p crazy how much it helped my game
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61QBzrc7S2L._SL1500_.jpg
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:33 (ten years ago) link
I haven't played in years :((((( quit to focus on running. I miss it.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
that's like giving up on sex to focus on heavy breathing
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:58 (ten years ago) link
been playing singles like 2x a week for the last two months, i'm prob like .500 m/l
theres 1 dude whos easily 65 yr old & serve/volleys and who owns me, hes sick
had a good comeback last night from down 1-6, 2-4…….i ended up winning 1-6, 6-4, 10-4
was hobbling today from a foot blister tho ow
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 November 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link
this is my personal tennis blog thread now
i think ive won 5 straight matches or so, and beat a dude tonight who ive never before beaten
my 1st serve has gotten really solid somehow. like i prob only get like 1-2 clean aces per set but it otherwise leads to maybe 1 free or easy put away pt per game nonetheless, makes a big difference
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link
Lols
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 03:37 (nine years ago) link
ive been working on the one-hand down the line backhand, thats a hard shot for me so the few ive hit recently have been p cool; ive also gotten ok @ inside out forehands off of service returns for winners
i had a rematch vs the old man serve & volley dude and he still beat me 6-7, 1-6, i made a tonne of errors :<
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 17 January 2015 03:34 (nine years ago) link
my worst shot is definitely the smash. 99% likely to miss it. total panic whenever i have to hit one.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:27 (nine years ago) link
Volleying is the only thing I'm actually good at. Or was when I played regularly.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:46 (nine years ago) link
indoor season winding down, rn im 21 wins/15 losses
mostly happy to have not suffered any serious injury for playing so regularly
played a couple tough like ex-marine looking 50 yr old types w/ huge serves. fortunately, im p good @ timing returns and at least getting them back in play and both guys regular fh/bh games were not that great & I won both matches in 3d set tiebreaks
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 April 2015 12:32 (nine years ago) link
i've played like 10 times in the last 3 years :(
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 April 2015 12:45 (nine years ago) link
you play USTA, jc?
nah just @ a club, like a ladder sitch
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 April 2015 12:48 (nine years ago) link
Passing shot, duh
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 3 April 2015 13:07 (nine years ago) link
nice
i used to play v regularly, played USTA for a few summers, but have been moving a lot lately and haven't had reliable hitting partners
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 April 2015 15:05 (nine years ago) link
what racquets have you all had good/bad experiences with? it's time to get a new one for me. i really enjoyed using a head titanium recently and am torn between that and the oversize wilson one?
(i am short, not great at generating power but instinctively play aggressively because my strokes are too inconsistent to just get the ball back. it's not a great combination. oh and i can't serve or smash at all lol)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 15:26 (nine years ago) link
I have the same Prince Michael Change Graphite Longbody racket that I had in High School. It's 20 years old and beat to shit, but I can't imagine playing with anything else. Maybe I'm missing out on some new tech that would make me awesome.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
I still use the one I posted upthread - prince O^3 silver -- its oversized and pretty forgiving and produces good power; the owner of my local tennis store when I went to get it restrung derogatorily called it a grandpa racket lol, and im sure that's right but I find it still has enough touch for me and I rarely hit w/ heavy spin so don't care so much abt maybe lacking that control
I also have a head graphite racket and a smaller faced prince (I think the model isner uses) and each feels kindof like a pea shooter in comparison, I don't like the head 1 @ all
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link
i hate serving so much. have no idea what i'm doing when i walk up to the service line, no control over my motion, on the rare occasion it's working it only takes one or two DFs for it to go completely to shit because i don't know what i was doing right or what i'm doing wrong. completely affecting my enjoyment of playing in general. played one and a half sets at the weekend, after four straight service games of four straight DFs i had to stop. i basically have no idea how to get it over the net and into the service box. when i tried to just tap it in it still didn't go in :(
― lex pretend, Monday, 28 September 2015 12:50 (eight years ago) link
yea that's tough. hard to give advice on it but m/l don't overthink it. so much of it is just timing. for me, I get screwed up if I don't wait like that second or two for my toss to peak/come down a bit. when I just played on sat my serve was really working well and smooth, it felt good. I feel like I took a bit from novaks motion and how relaxed it is
― johnny crunch, Monday, 28 September 2015 12:59 (eight years ago) link
get some lessons, lex
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Monday, 28 September 2015 13:06 (eight years ago) link
I have some imo great advice: don't serve!
I play with a friend, and a couple of years ago we decided to skip the serves. They take a lot of energy and rhythm out of the game, and unless you're really good at it, what's the point? And if you're really good, then acing the serve just ends the ball - and what's the fun in that? Instead we start the ball with an easy underhand - makes it a lot more fun to play. Have seen others at the club do the same.
Ofc doesn't work if you're playing competitively :P
― niels, Monday, 28 September 2015 13:08 (eight years ago) link