i WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY OLD MSGS AND DECIDED TO RESPOND TO ONE YOU SENT ME OVER A YEAR AGO ABOUT USTA RATINGS NOT BEING CHANGED IF ONE PLAYS DOUBLES. I will say this, I did try to call USTA after my team lost the 50 & up Northern Calif. Sectionals when I saw that my rating went up from a 3.0 (that wasn't right either... more a 3.5 at that time, currently prob. a 3.0 due to one year out of playing re: injuries) to a 4.0 When I called to protest, the told me in fact that my rating changed due to the fact that my partner and I won almost all of our matches in that current year! Also.... I have ONLY been playing dbls (almost exclusively mixed) for the past 8 or 9 years. Just wanted to let you know that in fact, my rating did change from a 3.0 to 4.0 due to the ratio of games won to lost in that last year of USTA 50 & over team play.
Finally, also after recovering from a fractured ankle, and now after starting to run again & having recently moved to Alamo, I would be very interested if you know of a reg. group of players in the Danville, San Ramon area of which I can join.
This is going out only to my friends on Tennisopolis. I'm trying to build some buzz on facebook for Tennisopolis. I couldn't think of anything extremely clever, so I figured giving away cool stuff always works! I need your help today; To enter, just LIKE the post our our fb page. And stay tuned, we're going to be having more giveways on fb in the near future.
Hey bud, good luck with your tournament this weekend. As they say in Hawaii, "Give-um". Bring the trophy home. We can catch up later about you coaching for me this Summer. I will send you the 6-week course curriculum to review. Aloha Brah.
Yeah, I know..... unbelievable. I recently started running after finally having healed a bad case of shin splints. Was ready to go re: getting back into tennis. Gained a little weight so I guess that sort of leads to a variety of stupid additional injuries. I'll ice, ice, ice, and hope that in a week or two, carefulloy I'll be able to start playing.... especially after all of this rain.
Prob. will come out to watch & meet you all next Tues.
Well I was going to come out tomorrow evening for the first time, went for a run tonight, fell & thought I broke my ankle, but now thinking I've got a bad sprain. Drat! I was just getting back into running, tripped over something!
After going to the doctor romorrow am, if I haven't broken it, I may hobbble out there just to meet you all and see you all play. If not tomorrow, for sure next Tues.
I hope it's just a sprain! Can't believe it.... just when I found a group out here!
Yes, I definitely will be going tomorrow evening. Wanted to go Tues. but looked like rain. Surely that's all over now!
Anyway, I am a pretty competitive player,k but what I was trying to say is that although I am USTA rated as a 4.0, I think I really am more of a mid 3.5. I really get annoyed at the way they change one's ratings all the time jsut if you happened to be on a team with another partner, where you wipe people out. Previously I was rated a 3.5, then played on a bottom of the barrel team, where we literally lost everything! It was horrible, but then I was lowered to a 3.0 because of that. So.... the next two teams I was on, I was almost always partnered with a strong 4.0 man, and my not being a push over, we won every single match, which took us to the NorCal over 50 mixed finals. That was 2 years ago, now. So, after a few injuries I am now playing recreationally still w/my old group in Stockton once in awhile. It def. is not enough and too far, but I was desparate to play.
Anyway I have a very strong serve, and somewhat lethal forehand , need a little work on backhand & some volleying. Other than that, I just like to have fun, but fun is playing hard & w/passion! Would be fun to meet up. I'll def. be there tomorrow evening.
Thanks for writing, see you tomorrow if you make it.
I just thought that maybe because you won, you were now a member of the board for this website, and therefore no longer allowed to be listed on the Leader Board. : p
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Hey stranger, how are you Mike?
where have you been, mike? hope all's well with you.
i WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY OLD MSGS AND DECIDED TO RESPOND TO ONE YOU SENT ME OVER A YEAR AGO ABOUT USTA RATINGS NOT BEING CHANGED IF ONE PLAYS DOUBLES. I will say this, I did try to call USTA after my team lost the 50 & up Northern Calif. Sectionals when I saw that my rating went up from a 3.0 (that wasn't right either... more a 3.5 at that time, currently prob. a 3.0 due to one year out of playing re: injuries) to a 4.0 When I called to protest, the told me in fact that my rating changed due to the fact that my partner and I won almost all of our matches in that current year! Also.... I have ONLY been playing dbls (almost exclusively mixed) for the past 8 or 9 years. Just wanted to let you know that in fact, my rating did change from a 3.0 to 4.0 due to the ratio of games won to lost in that last year of USTA 50 & over team play.
Finally, also after recovering from a fractured ankle, and now after starting to run again & having recently moved to Alamo, I would be very interested if you know of a reg. group of players in the Danville, San Ramon area of which I can join.
any thoughts?
thanks, Laurel Dahlgren
Mike, I know you like free things! :-)
This is going out only to my friends on Tennisopolis. I'm trying to build some buzz on facebook for Tennisopolis. I couldn't think of anything extremely clever, so I figured giving away cool stuff always works! I need your help today; To enter, just LIKE the post our our fb page. And stay tuned, we're going to be having more giveways on fb in the near future.
Here's the link to the Verdasco autograph:
http://www.facebook.com/tennisopolis
Thanks, Mark
Hi Mike, I just joined this network and looking for someone to play some matches on weekend, let me know and I am close the Doughty valley high.
John
http://tennisopolis.com/photo/name-tag-and-yuba-pigs?context=user
I remember you grabbed one this yr!
Just for you, Mike. ;-)
One more for the night........... ;-)
It's been awhile..... Time to paint your wall with Ana again. ;-)
Yeah, I know..... unbelievable. I recently started running after finally having healed a bad case of shin splints. Was ready to go re: getting back into tennis. Gained a little weight so I guess that sort of leads to a variety of stupid additional injuries. I'll ice, ice, ice, and hope that in a week or two, carefulloy I'll be able to start playing.... especially after all of this rain.
Prob. will come out to watch & meet you all next Tues.
Hey Mike, Laurie here....
Well I was going to come out tomorrow evening for the first time, went for a run tonight, fell & thought I broke my ankle, but now thinking I've got a bad sprain. Drat! I was just getting back into running, tripped over something!
After going to the doctor romorrow am, if I haven't broken it, I may hobbble out there just to meet you all and see you all play. If not tomorrow, for sure next Tues.
I hope it's just a sprain! Can't believe it.... just when I found a group out here!
Hi , nice to meet you!
Yes, I definitely will be going tomorrow evening. Wanted to go Tues. but looked like rain. Surely that's all over now!
Anyway, I am a pretty competitive player,k but what I was trying to say is that although I am USTA rated as a 4.0, I think I really am more of a mid 3.5. I really get annoyed at the way they change one's ratings all the time jsut if you happened to be on a team with another partner, where you wipe people out. Previously I was rated a 3.5, then played on a bottom of the barrel team, where we literally lost everything! It was horrible, but then I was lowered to a 3.0 because of that. So.... the next two teams I was on, I was almost always partnered with a strong 4.0 man, and my not being a push over, we won every single match, which took us to the NorCal over 50 mixed finals. That was 2 years ago, now. So, after a few injuries I am now playing recreationally still w/my old group in Stockton once in awhile. It def. is not enough and too far, but I was desparate to play.
Anyway I have a very strong serve, and somewhat lethal forehand , need a little work on backhand & some volleying. Other than that, I just like to have fun, but fun is playing hard & w/passion! Would be fun to meet up. I'll def. be there tomorrow evening.
Thanks for writing, see you tomorrow if you make it.
Laurie
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