"I teach private lessons, and also taught high school tennis. The problems you seem to be mentioning have a lot to do with your instructor. From what you describe your problem to be, your instructor is just guessing and doesn't know much about…"
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- Neighborhood or other helpful location info:
- San Francisco, California
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- I have next to no experience playing tennis but I'd really love to learn! A friend is informally teaching me about once or twice a month, but I could definitely use more practice so I can start "loosening" up enough to start actually controlling where the ball goes. If pressed, I'm probably a 2.0-2.5.
Would like to play against other beginners like myself so I don't feel too bad about my moon balls - unless you're game enough to try and hit them anyway. ^_~` The bottom line is that I just want to play more, because you can't get better if you're not practicing!
- My tennis skill (please check your NTRP if you know it):
- Just started., What's NTRP?, Don't know my what my rating is.
- On the court, I am a:
- singles player, one-hander, beginner, moon baller, gracious loser
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One wrong thing messes it all up
Posted on February 18, 2008 at 1:28am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Ever felt that there was something missing when you were learning something? You see how it's done, you know you can do it, and yet over and over you just can't and you don't know why. And then something clicks, and all of a sudden, you've got it, no prob.
This happened to me when I was learning the "dinky serve", that fall back serve where you throw up the ball and tap it into the other court. The first time I tried it, I couldn't get it to go consistently into the other… Continue
This happened to me when I was learning the "dinky serve", that fall back serve where you throw up the ball and tap it into the other court. The first time I tried it, I couldn't get it to go consistently into the other… Continue
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 5:18pm on March 17, 2009,
Mark / The Mayor said… - Happy Birthday!
You deserve some tennis. Get out there and play!
M
- At 4:02pm on March 17, 2009,
Farouk Merchant said… - Happy Birthday.
- At 4:02pm on October 13, 2008,
Pete C said… - wanna play some time?
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