Jazz Burks

48, Male

Evanston,Il

United States

Profile Information:

I am a:
Tennis Fan, Casual Player, Tournament or League Player
Neighborhood or other helpful location info:
Chicago,Il
Random things about me (hobbies, occupation, tennis history, favorite band, etc.):
On the court I'm a hard serving flashy shot maker who is trying to become an Open level player.
Well the Open dream is dead. Age + arthritis have killed it. Just got bumped down to 3.5. Looking to work my way back to 4.0
Favorite pro tennis player(s):
Roger Federer
My tennis skill (please check your NTRP if you know it):
NTRP 4.0, NTRP 4.5
On the court, I am a:
doubles partner, singles player, bomber, acer, one-hander, gamer, choker, top-spinner, double faulter, all courter, gracious winner, gracious loser
My favorite local courts:
Northeastern University, Touhy Park, Clarendon Park, Hamlin Park, Northwestern University, Chase Park, Roosevelt Park.
Relationship status:
Married
Favorite website:
http://tenniswarehouse.com

Comment Wall:

  • Mark / The Mayor

    Hi Jazz! So glad you are here!

    Welcome to the "community-based" tennis social network which connects tennis players, fans, coaches, and you. We created this place in December and it has been a wild ride ever since - we've gone viral and now we're "almost famous".

    What can you do here?
    At Tennisopolis, you can:
    - meet other players. Here's a primer on how to find partners.
    - join a Group. Members have started over 190 Local Groups (and other types of Groups too.) Search for one in your area, or start your own.
    - follow the pros. There are over 900 blog posts on Tennisopolis. Have a good read, or write your own.
    - improve your game. Get tips in the Forum and check out video lessons.
    - post your own Videos or embed your favorites from youtube.
    - add your own Photos.
    - and just hang out and connect with great people.

    To get started, please upload a photo or avatar for yourself (if you haven’t already.) Whether it's of you, your dog, or your racquet it doesn't matter, but it helps people remember you. You can also personalize Your Page with pictures, links, RSS feeds, colors and more here.

    Thanks to everyone inviting their friends, we now have over 13,000 members and we're growing by 90 new members a day. Invite yours too!

    If you need any help, let me know.
    M

    Sep 21, 2008

  • Mark / The Mayor

    Yo Jazz, you haven't heard that one before?
    It may be dead and gone, but when I was a kid, we used it a lot. That dude is a whaler. He has no control, he just whales on every shot. (just enourmous swings without much control - it's derogatory).
    M

    Oct 19, 2008

  • Bill

    i'll wreak as much havoc as i can. the 7.0 group should be interesting, i'm looking forward to getting under way !

    Oct 27, 2008

  • Jill Werts

    Hey, Jazz -- yes, I think we can thank Karen's kids for that. She had a soccer game or something like that. :-) Now, we just need to have fun AND kick butt. First chance to think about some of Nancy's comments in an actual match...

    Oct 30, 2008

  • Rachel

    go ahead lol and thanks!

    Nov 8, 2008

  • Mark / The Mayor

    Dude, your pad is looking good. You just got featured.

    Nov 10, 2008

  • Mark / The Mayor

    Cool! Thanks for telling everyone. The site just gets better and better the more true tennis fans we have in here.
    M

    Nov 11, 2008

  • Jill Werts

    I'm kind of bummed, actually. :-) I think you and generally do really well together...altho I think you'll like Karen. She's got a lot of energy and she's probably the best female player on our team! She's also a great person...

    I suspect you two will do better than Kevin and me, but you never know... :-)

    Nov 22, 2008

  • Jill Werts

    ...and keep in mind that this is kind of developmental season for us -- we're trying to figure out partnerships and get experience playing at this level together...and once we get it figured out, we're going to kick butt! :-)

    Nov 22, 2008

  • Nickk

    Thanks Jazz,
    Your page lays me to waste, I gotta get to work!

    =:-)

    Nov 25, 2008

  • Jonjie Baniel

    Jazz,
    Thanks for making me fill your spot monday, had fun and played really well, the guys were good. I hope they ad fun with me. I will play much better next week with Karen. Some tuesdays i could play let me know. 9 box for 2 hours at mcfetridge is perfect, very cheap. Let me know if you need subs for mondays too. Thanks man. Happy thanksgiving.

    Nov 25, 2008

  • Mark / The Mayor

    Cool, gettin' a little public enemy in the morning.
    Glad you are down with it.
    Gotta run now, but I'll break it down for you in another message.

    M

    Dec 3, 2008

  • Jonjie Baniel

    Thanks. Its 3 am and i'm up. Not good.

    Dec 7, 2008

  • Bill

    well, jill and i gave 'em a good match but came up a little short.....6-2,7-6(5). they were beatable. we really played a good 2nd set and i stepped up my net play in the 2nd set to put a little pressure on. unfortunately..... i had too many errors in the tie breaker including a double fault and lost the tie breaker :(

    good new though....i'm retaining my amateur status for the time being

    Dec 7, 2008

  • Jill Werts

    Hey, Jazz, thanks...as Bill said, we came up a little short, and we spent the drive back from there discussing what we could have done differently and how to change things up. It was great to have him to drive there and back with -- makes the drive go a LOT faster. :-) He was right -- they were beatable, so it's disappointing. Well, we got our money's worth -- we were out there almost 2 hours. :-)

    Dec 8, 2008

  • Jill Werts

    Apparently Jonjie and I won't be playing together -- Peter said Jonjie can't make it, and I'll probably be playing with Peter. Maybe Jonjie didn't want to play with me? :-) Nah, couldn't be that!!!

    Dec 12, 2008

  • Mark / The Mayor

    No, you are the first to report a loss of data. actually, that "maintenance" down time that occurs hasn't deleted anything in the past (that I know of). So hopefully it wont happen again. Can you reupload the photo of your son?
    M

    Dec 13, 2008