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Hey guys. I have been playing indoor hard court tennis my whole life, and I have never gone outdoors to play. I play pretty well indoors (barely miss, I serve 80+ mp/h sometimes (I’m 13), my shots are accurate), but today I had my tennis tryouts outside.

I walked on the court, expecting it to be a lot similar to indoor courts, but I was appalled at how different it was. When I play indoors, I always tend to "feel" the court, but when I played outside today, I did not feel the court at all. It’s hard to describe how I felt.

So then I started serving. The wind blew my toss to the right and I shanked it. Second serve. I tossed it a little to the left (because the wind was blowing it to the right), but when I tossed the ball up, there was no wind so I shanked it again (this time it hit of the left frame).

And the wind is not even the main problem. My feet weren’t moving, the balls bounced weirdly, and I didn’t feel like I was playing tennis. Everything felt wrong, and my confidence kept dropping and dropping, until at the end I almost gave up in frustration. Every other day, after school, I play at an indoor racquet club. When I went to the indoor club to play after school, I played fine!

I just don’t get it. I want to tell the coach how I feel, but at the same time I don’t want to because he will think I’m making excuses. I’m a good player, but I lost both of my matches today against people who I would probably have demolished 6-2, 6-3.

Does anyone have any suggestions on different tactics and strategies to use when I’m playing outdoors? I think I’m having more of a mental issue, rather than a physical one. Or maybe I’m having both…

I really want to make the team, and I know that if the tryouts were indoors, I definitely would.

Please, post any suggestions you all have!

Thanks in advance!

Your just not used to playing in outdoor tennis courts. What I suggest you do is start practicing on outdoor courts instead. Tennis overall is mainly played outdoors. Outdoor courts are definitely not similar to indoor courts. The difference is the conditions your in. Indoor courts have perfect conditions, there’s no wind, no nothing. Outdoor courts on the other hand, you have to deal with the weather, it may be sunny and perfect, but at times can get pretty windy, cloudy, cold, hot etc.

With tennis, you can’t always expect to have the best weather conditions. If you want to play tournaments or even be a professional tennis player, then you’re going to have to try playing under different conditions, The more you play, the more you’ll get used to it.

So don’t feel bad about your first few matches on the outside courts. You can’t expect to play your best under different conditions for the first time. Like I said, play in outdoor courts more often and eventually you’ll get used to it.

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I am getting married next year at the Coto de Caza Golf and Racquet Club in Orange County. Originally I wanted the wedding in May 16, 2009, but that date is already taken. My alternative date is either 5/30/09 or 6/20/09 (both Sat).
Do you think it’s too hot to get married in June? I am having both an outdoor ceremony and reception.

Also, if anyone had a wedding (or been to a wedding) at the Coto de Caza golf club – what are your thoughts on the location? I haven’t confirmed with the place yet, but I need to do it soon. Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

AWESOME! I was just there! Okay… definitely May… way to hot for June, especially if you are having both outside! Congrats! Anyways you can get married one month earlier… so why not?

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Just last night I took my daughter to the first tennis match of the year for our local high school which is a smaller country school in a smaller class, 3A, but we are near a very large city, Kansas City actually. I wanted her to see the playing level she needs to be at in a couple years. She is twelve and in seventh grade. Since I took custody of her, I had her in private lessons all summer and just joined a racquet club this past weekend, where she’ll start her first six week clinic.

I was amazed at what I saw yesterday at this match. All the players, varsity and jv, were just tossing the ball a foot above their heads and tapping the ball with their feet planted on the ground for a serve. Here my daughter already has a full serving motion and knocks in around fifty percent of the balls in play from our hopper.

The players were hitting balls over the fences, straight into the air and landing back next to them on their side of the net, and so on. I’m afraid the way my girl is dedicating herself she’ll be way more advanced then what I saw last night. Would a coach hold her back and force her to play this summer picnic badminton style play? or would a normal coach jump for joy if they landed a great player coming in as a freshmen. I basically told my daughter that it looks like the majority of these girls probably wanted to play tennis when they arrived in high school, their parents bought them a racquet, and this is the only way they can probably serve and get the ball into play right now. Let me know if this is typically the case at other schools? Thank you for any replys.

A lot of what your daughter does has nothing to do with a coach.

My daughter played tennis in a high school of about 1800 students and most of her time was spent on a backboard and with me just hitting the ball and perfecting her strokes. She read a lot about the game too. By her senior year she made #3 on the team. She did not start playing until her sophomore year.

Just look at the Williams sisters and who their first coach was.

i have been playing tennis for 8 months now and i am going to get a new racquet

i have had tennis leason for that whole 8 months from a club coach

i have a powerful swing and i very tall 6ft,3 and i am 15 year old and i would like a suggestion of a tennis racket for me which is medium weight and not made of an alloy

any suggestion appreciated

wilson
i have it

started a new job , and they have discounts to certain gyms , these are those choices that i have.
Bally’s
Crunch
New York Health and Racquet Club
New york Sports club.

i have been a member of Ny sports club and really liked it , but thats all my last job offered , so in your preference which is better?

they are all gonna be the same kinda thing, choose the cheapest with the discount.

it’s been a while since i played competitive tennis. about 6 years ago, the club pro rated me a 5.0. i still have 4 wilson prostaff classic 6.1 sticks, but i was thinking i’d try out some of this new technology that’s developed over the last decade.

does anybody have some recommendations for racquets? i would love to try some before buying, but there are no clubs around my area that allow raquet demos.

Wilson K Factor sticks are the closest relative of the good ole 6.1s. Because the new line is more expanded, you can fine tune the rackets a bit better. Some models come with 18/20 string pattern rather than just the 16/18 as well. There is a "team" version as well – it is lighter, and you can customize it with the lead tape. Tennis-warehouse.com has a mail-based demo program.

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Does anyone know the cost for the norfolk health and racquet club every month please? (:

i pay 31.50 a month for my gym..
and u can expect your gym to cost you $ 25 – 50 dollars a month..
being somewhere in the middle

u can call around an also negotiate prices with them… just don’t sign any contracts.. and see if u can pay monthly..