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pcmodem wrote:

Coach MD! :applaud:

Coincidentally, my tennis coaches were also ladies. :bow:

Too bad I still suck at tennis! :hehe: :ashamed:

Don't aim for speed, KT, aim for good technique. Speed will come. Start with a flat serve and don't try to kill the ball.



Cheers, :drink:
PCM

yes, good advice, it is all in the stroke, technique, and form, the power will come by itself. Practice and more practice, and you will improve.
don't over do it and you will excel in your level of tennis.

Tennis.

I had a hard time playing that sport. Could never get good at it. My ex gf used to take me to school all the time. :beaten:

qilver wrote:I just found out, that i did not get accepted into the teaching program for AEON, how disappointing,......right now i am going to apply to some more, but GOD only knows what is next in my life, i think my confidence level just took a big plummet downward..... :doh: :shakehead: :mecry:

Ah. sorry for u man, but i am sure u are determined to be in japan no matter what, so i am sure u will find something even better ..

just keep trying ... :thumbsup:

ahochaude wrote:Tennis.

I had a hard time playing that sport. Could never get good at it. My ex gf used to take me to school all the time. :beaten:

I always hit the ball too darn hard.. no matter how soft I try and hit it, it goes right out of the court.

K.T.Tran wrote:I think i hurt my shoulder a bit again from Tennis...I over did my serves couple weeks ago and didn't play tennis as much...but it seems my serves gets faster when my shoulder is hurting a bit :sweat: I didn't try to over do it today because I might be playing badminton later on this week and i don't want my shoulder hurting while playing that.

The one thing I noticed....smashing in Tennis is a LOT!!!!! harder :beaten:

whow whow man ... relax .. play to enjoy not hurt yourself.

alhtough i have never laid my hand on tennis, i am a somewhat regular squash player ... 1+ hr of hard core squash and u r done for the day.

i think most important - is to have a very good warmup to prevent these muscle pulls n stuff

SubaruWRX wrote:

I always hit the ball too darn hard.. no matter how soft I try and hit it, it goes right out of the court.

Umm Hmm. Same with me. I hated being beat by a girl. Since it was my gf (at the time), it wasn't as bad on the pride.
Tennis isn't as easy as it seems, admittingly.

Time to hit the sack and get some rest. Another 13 hour day for me tomorrow.



Good night, my people!

SubaruWRX wrote:

I always hit the ball too darn hard.. no matter how soft I try and hit it, it goes right out of the court.

power without control = crazy shot, that usually lands into the fence :hehe: , and usually way out of bounds.

power with topspin and control = winner, ball hit inside the baseline, great shot. :hehe:

@Subaru: I know what you mean man. That use to happen to me before i started practicing more. I'm getting the hang of topsins now....but sometimes the ball flys into the net. Gotta love that net :usuck:

@Z: Yea i play to have fun :mrgreen: Just that going to play 3 days in a row and playing 2 games a day...it got a bit much for my shoulder. I don't hold back on my serves when I'm playing with my friend...he gets easy winners if I serve it soft. At my best...I got about 10 aces on him :hehe:

@Aho: If you were good at tennis....would you have let your girl beat you anyways???

K.T.Tran wrote:@Aho: If you were good at tennis....would you have let your girl beat you anyways???

True, true.
However, it would've been nice to know that I could actually beat her even if I let her win or not.

K.T.Tran wrote:@Subaru: I know what you mean man. That use to happen to me before i started practicing more. I'm getting the hang of topsins now....but sometimes the ball flys into the net. Gotta love that net :usuck:

@Z: Yea i play to have fun :mrgreen: Just that going to play 3 days in a row and playing 2 games a day...it got a bit much for my shoulder. I don't hold back on my serves when I'm playing with my friend...he gets easy winners if I serve it soft. At my best...I got about 10 aces on him :hehe:

@Aho: If you were good at tennis....would you have let your girl beat you anyways???

topspin, control, and placement, the power will follow later.
if you can have a good rally, and then eventually play some games, a good serve and volley will be good, and good ground strokes, both backhand and forehand. A big plus if you can hit in corner deep near the baseline, keep practicing.

lol I'm good at Badmitten but Tennis lol I have to work on that.. But I have no one to Play with :(

pcmodem wrote:KT, aim for good technique. Speed will come. Start with a flat serve and don't try to kill the ball.

thats a good quote too, try to have consistency first and worry for the speed later, it will come.

just reminds me, im eyeing on this ball machine on ebay that cost like $600+ .. :puppydog: but i need to save more..

kt> maybe you need to change your grip? :sweat: and i know thats even harder to get use to


how was your trip PCM?

Fingers are sore from shooting this Consert..

367 Pictures it's going to take awhile to edit them all.

MixxDreamer wrote:thats a good quote too, try to have consistency first and worry for the speed later, it will come.

just reminds me, im eyeing on this ball machine on ebay that cost like $600+ .. :puppydog: but i need to save more..

kt> maybe you need to change your grip? :sweat: and i know thats even harder to get use to


how was your trip PCM?

a ball machine for $600, that is expensive. ebay sells everything, eh?
you play a lot of tennis? I used to. I think i might eventually need to get a new racket. Yeah, a grip is very important in tennis, there are different kinds of grips... :victory:

qilver wrote:

a ball machine for $600, that is expensive. ebay sells everything, eh?
you play a lot of tennis? I used to. I think i might eventually need to get a new racket. Yeah, a grip is very important in tennis, there are different kinds of grips... :victory:

WOW!!!! $600+.....i can only imagine how far $600 will take me :mrgreen:
The tennis racket i'm using is just a cheap $20+ racket i got from my godbrother. The racket i used before was an old one my uncle used in high school and I broke the strings on that. I don't want to spend $$$ on grip for tennis racket until i get a good one....I want a yonex racket i saw online, it looks sexy :mrgreen:
For me...even when i change grip....it lasts for like another month or so...my hand gets sweaty, so the racket moves in my hand anyways for both tennis and badminton :sweat:

My racket was like $60. It's a Wilson Titanium one.

Speaking of that I have a Tennis ball that sounds like it's got water in it.. Is it a training ball?

And call me odd but I love opening a new can of tennis balls lol the smell.

qilver wrote:a ball machine for $600, that is expensive. ebay sells everything, eh?
you play a lot of tennis? I used to. I think i might eventually need to get a new racket. Yeah, a grip is very important in tennis, there are different kinds of grips... :victory:

hehe yeh, its easier for me cuz i dont have anybody to play with, might as well practice with my hits. i remember i borrowed one from my cousin's friend and it felt so good! hahah which part of cali are u from qilver? hehe lets play :mrgreen:

@kt> how much is grip now? i remember it was like $3.50 back then heheh i bought like a lot of 'em cuz theyre pretty cheap plus my friend works @ a racquet shop. .. and um, what type of grip are you holding when you smash?

ooh what racquet are u looking at? i love yonex too, i like mid-size racquets cuz theyre not too heavy not too light.. i got prince too the one that michael chang has heheh

I'm not sure if there is any difference between the girp i use for badminton and the one that is used for tennis...but i think its around that price if not a buck more . Grip... when smashing....its the same as when i serve or hit forehands and backhands....I remember a little of this from Prince of Tennis....I believe my grip when holding the racket is eastern... When i stick my hand out, I see the frame of the racket and not the face...if that makes any sense to you Mixx :sweat:

I got to find the pic of that racket again.... :beaten:

MixxDreamer wrote:hehe yeh, its easier for me cuz i dont have anybody to play with, might as well practice with my hits. i remember i borrowed one from my cousin's friend and it felt so good! hahah which part of cali are u from qilver? hehe lets play :mrgreen:

@kt> how much is grip now? i remember it was like $3.50 back then heheh i bought like a lot of 'em cuz theyre pretty cheap plus my friend works @ a racquet shop. .. and um, what type of grip are you holding when you smash?

ooh what racquet are u looking at? i love yonex too, i like mid-size racquets cuz theyre not too heavy not too light.. i got prince too the one that michael chang has heheh

yeah, you are in SoCal, cool. yeah, we should hit some tennis balls, i haven't played in a very long time. It'll be cool if Kt_tran could join us for some tennis, find someone else and we can have a doubles match.
yeah, i remember having a cheap grip tape around my handle, wish i used a better more expensive one. I also remember having a foam like one that was bright colors, well not that bright, but got it from the tennis shop, i use to take lessons and play for the city, but i wasn't that good. Although i can hit a mean forehand with a lot of topspin that will land in most of the time. :hehe: