I will comment on it..... there is a ton to really think about it...

lil bg backhand

blind volley

Mark, thank you for creating this wonderful site. I liked you on facebook and uploaded a few pictures. Already, I have hit with a few folks in the area and am loving it. I just started getting back into tennis after a 30 year layoff. No time like the present. Besides, so sick of running, biking...golf is too slow and boring for me, not enough exercise...tennis seems just about right for me. Besides, we have so many nice public courts in the SF Bay area. At any rate, thanks, Jeff

Thanks for the warm welcome Mark...I'm going to be visiting family in the Tampa area soon, so I've put out feelers on your site for players or drop-ins.

I"ll let you know the feedback I get.

Thanks again and Happy & Healthy New Year!

Tim

You're welcome

Harley Electra glide  .. road; KTM 450exc ... dirt, Honda TLR 200 ... trials not very good at any of them

Don't fly as much as used to  2-3 times/mo in season, 34yr vet,take the lessons you'll give up tennis I did 34 yrs ago

I was riding a HD fatboy........good time!  There is great riding here in New England.

But sorry to say........I sold my bike a few months back. There will be another one someday.    Happy New Year!

Congrats on the new ride!  That's fantastic, good fun...  Which one did you get?  I have a trio of bikes, a 2004 Harley Sportster (for heavy road/canyons), a 2005 Harley Road King (for trips with my wife), and a 1975 Honda CB 750 (for zipping around town and vintage rides).  My friends own a Triumph shop in Long Beach called B.A. Moto.  (It's not a "gang" it's a club)  Great mechanics if you ever need anything done.  Keep the rubber side down, and have a great time!  If you ever make it out to California, let me know.  Greg

I ride a 1988 Honda Hawk NT650 GT. This year the bike turns 25 and I'll be able to put QQ plates on it. The bike is mostly stock with performance improvements to the wheels, suspension and seat.

It's really a fun bike to ride but aside from a small tank bag there is no room to carry anything.

Which leads me to wanting to get a second bike for longer trips and space for some tennis gear.

Rain and single digit temperature right now isn't good for too many outdoor activities.

Hi Mark - actually I was riding a 2002 Triumph Daytona 955i, but had to sell it a couple of years ago.  Now I'm thinking of getting another bike and leaning toward Triumph again - i loved the Daytona and am now thinking of the Speed Triple.

Kawasaki Ninja 650. Haven't rode it in a while, I just got a battery charge from amazon, hehe. 

Not exactly, mine is grey. So you have the Hawk in addition to the Triumph? Where do you live because I think I've seen this blue Hawk parked on the street in Manhattan. Mine doesn't have a center stand.

Hi Mark!!!  Newbie to Tennisopolis, but not to the game.  Thanks for the suggestion to post my profile picture.  I will look for a good one to use, hopefully one of me playing tennis (and hitting a winner).  :-)  MAJOR PRAISE for battling the spammers/scammers.  I was VERY surprised to hear from the Deema Abdel scammer.  The scammers must be desperate to hit Tennisopolis...lol.  Like Steve Polhamus said...YOU DA MAN.  I really appreciate all that you do, and I've only been a member for one week!!!

Hi Mark! Thanks for the message! Hope all is well.  I was wondering though, since i'll be back down in Florida, if you have any networking opportunities that I may be able to work for a club or as a coach/instructor.  I just want to dive deep into the Tennis Community and involve myself for a very…long time. 

Hi Mark.  Sorry for the late response.  Haven't been on here in forever.  I have 2 Harleys  - 99 Sportser 1200, 2000 Softail Night Train, 1 Kawasaki KLR 250 and an 85 Honda XL350R.

Same here.  This weather is already old.  Having difficulty finding tennis partners at the non-competition level but then I must confess I haven't tried all that hard to look.  I starting filtering profiles for my area and sending messages to hook up.  I'd like to meet up 1-2 times and week and smack the ball around, burn some calories.

http://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot I though you were mark......not archi-BOT..... are you real?

It took a while to select a pic, but I finally did it...lol.  Thanks for the reminder...and for being an outstanding Mayor!

Lol...yeah, I am a big proponent of honoring past champions while cheering for the current ones.  This is why I love to watch exhibition matches where the past greats play with or against the current champions.  I especially liked the 2010 Hit for Haiti charity event at Indian Wells featuring Sampras/Federer vs. Agassi/Nadal.  It was only a short match consisting of a single abbreviated set, but the event quickly sold out.  I wished they had played best of 3 full sets, or at least 1 single full set.  I think the whole match was over in 30-45 minutes.  It was awesome and fun to watch, but it was way too short.

I want to make a video describing how to navigate this site. Many of my friends, who i have join get lost with everything you can do.  beginners to internet , players looking to find other players News Entertainment, Free coaching and tennis advise Blogs Fan Groups help me out here. Points to get across. so that new users can see how to navigate tennisopolis

what classifies an article VS blog. will it be news worthy?

How are we to use the forum posts VS engaging other members.

Hi Mark,

I like your site.  Good job!

thanks, mark. I will try to upload a photo and also check out what you told me.

Hannah

SLICE is for SUCKKers & thats a fact. if you watch the pro tour, the player who is slicing is usually in trouble. 

The Video is horrible and is missing many the points. But i have already added GARY to the best of the worst lesson play list. 1 video per person is fine  until my playlist takes off.

Lastly Using Slice effectively in a match varies upon the movement timing and rhythm of a match.  Slice at the wrong times is a death sentence.

There is about 3 major slice shots. The use of this will be death by details if i explain how to use them.  the 3 major slices are SLICE Drive,  Slice finesse ( kinda like slicing short &/OR deep in the same type of swing), and Slice Drop Is slicing to prevent the ball from moving forward ( this results many times as the ball sitting up.)

Mark how about making a Home town Search. to make it easier for Tennis players to find older tennis partners from way back when....example is Home town Bronx but players moved to Ca or the state of washington and I want to connect to them and maybe get some rematches.  is there a way of doing a search like so>u/p>

Thanks Mark

Uploading my profile photo is failing.  I've created gifs, jpg, an png photos that are running about 50KB.   No luck, I just get the message to try another photo.

I found a group near my area and have reached out to 2 of them regarding a possible meet-up.

As to meeting more people, I already have 4 people I know of whom I play tennis with or hopefully will be playing with in the near future.  I do not plan on putting too much into this site yet as I am not sure if I have much of a use for it yet.

-Louis

Nope, I don't think I've ever posted it on CL.  Summer seems to be here but we can never be too sure.  My USTA team is in first place at the moment though in our flight, so hopefully we keep it up!

Haha, no.  Seems to be a very common name.

Nice to hear from you. Thanks for the comment.

Kailash

Sure thing. I have more from Madrid Open as well I'll upload in a few days.

current spamm accounts

http://tennisopolis.com/profile/julinvrgil?xg_source=activity

http://tennisopolis.com/profile/leandercyprn

Hi The Mayor, 

I discovered Tennisopolis a few days ago, and will speak with great pleasure to everyone I know and attend my network!

Thank you for creating this!

See you on line...or at the court:)

Gretting from Europe, 

Francesco

Mark,

I can't upload a photo.  I have tried several, even compressed photos down to 23K.  Can you help?

Thanks,

Jim