Eugenie Bouchard escapes to Nevada desert to practise social distancing during coronavirus pandemic

[Old Lion]

i'm ranked top 10 in the southwest in the seniors.

and how often do you approach the net and finish the point at the net. probably only when there's a short ball.

What USTA level is that?

 

[ill]

Yes there is. You are just being thick headed.

whoa whoa whoa

he's a ranked senior player! How dare you question him!

 

[desert heat]

Yes there is. You are just being thick headed.

ever see gasquet, thiem, or wawrinka hit a one handed backhand?

 

[ill]

What USTA level is that?

sounds like he is a 3.5 player

 

[desert heat]

What USTA level is that?

i play seniors mostly now. still have a 4.5 rating, have won matches in 5.0 tournaments.

 

[desert heat]

sounds like he is a 3.5 player

finished #1 in central california in 4.5's one year.

 

[Old Lion]

i play seniors mostly now. still have a 4.5 rating, have won matches in 5.0 tournaments.

Pretty much same here but I dont play seniors yet (Though I am old enough). Getting tough to keep up with these kids though. playing mostly doubles now. Played some 5.0 but never came close to beating one. That good that young is a bit much for me. My sport was baseball growing up so I never even played tennis until I was middle aged.

 

[Old Lion]

finished #1 in central california in 4.5's one year.

That is real good then. I have played some of those kids at nationals and they are excellent.

 

[desert heat]

Pretty much same here but I dont play seniors yet (Though I am old enough). Getting tough to keep up with these kids though. playing mostly doubles now. Played some 5.0 but never came close to beating one. That good that young is a bit much for me. My sport was baseball growing up so I never even played tennis until I was middle aged.

playing seniors has made me a real fan of shortening points by trying to move forward and finish at the net.

playing 3 matches in a weekend is just greuling anymore.

i also think the one hander is more effortless shot, requires less energy.

 

[Old Lion]

playing seniors has made me a real fan of shortening points by trying to move forward and finish at the net.

playing 3 matches in a weekend is just greuling anymore.

i also think the one hander is more effortless shot, requires less energy.

I am probably going to move over soon. Maybe I can play more singles. I seem to beat the Sr.s here in the NE, but I can't bring myself to admit I am old.

 

[ill]

i also think the one hander is more effortless shot, requires less energy.

that's correct.

you just do the windshield wiper motion.

at least that's how they taught me at Vander Meer.

I preferred my two hander though

tried switching to a one hander a few years back when I broke my left wrist. Found it difficult to generate power against someone who hit with very little pace, which is often the case in mixed doubles.

I went back to my two hander, but I will mix it up some.

 

[desert heat]

I am probably going to move over soon. Maybe I can play more singles. I seem to beat the Sr.s here in the NE, but I can't bring myself to admit I am old.

be happy you can still play up there. cali, and nevada have shut tennis down statewide. here in tucson they closed the city courts so i have play up in the foothills.

 

[Old Lion]

that's correct.

you just do the windshield wiper motion.

at least that's how they taught me at Vander Meer.

I preferred my two hander though

tried switching to a one hander a few years back when I broke my left wrist. Found it difficult to generate power against someone who hit with very little pace, which is often the case in mixed doubles.

I went back to my two hander, but I will mix it up some.

I started with the 1 hander but learned the 2 hander for return of serve and then started using it more and more.

 

[desert heat]

that's correct.

you just do the windshield wiper motion.

at least that's how they taught me at Vander Meer.

I preferred my two hander though

tried switching to a one hander a few years back when I broke my left wrist. Found it difficult to generate power against someone who hit with very little pace, which is often the case in mixed doubles.

I went back to my two hander, but I will mix it up some.

i guess there are pros and con depending on a variety of factors. success largely depends on the player in each case.

 

[Vegas]

Justin had a beautiful backhand. I don't think anyone hit it any better.

 

[desert heat]

I started with the 1 hander but learned the 2 hander for return of serve and then started using it more and more.

i learned the slice first, then gradually got the topspin.

simplest instruction i've seen is a 1 backhanded is like drawing a sword out of a sheath, ending high.

 

[desert heat]

Justin had a beautiful backhand. I don't think anyone hit it any better.

serena probably agrees. serena lost 3 slams in one year to her.

 

[ill]

i learned the slice first, then gradually got the topspin.

simplest instruction i've seen is a 1 backhanded is like drawing a sword out of a sheath, ending high.

I learned it as a windshield wiper

 

[Indrid Cold]

There were town tennis courts about 3 blocks from the house I grew up in....a neighbor wanted to learn to play when I was around 9, so I got my mom to buy me a wooden racquet for $8 and I went to play with my friend every weekday it didn't rain one summer vacation.
I think 90% of the running we did was to avoid hitting a backhand....would run completely around the ball to hit a forehand instead. We probably should have learned the two handed variety, but didn't have a teacher.
The next summer, we found something else to do.
The next time I played after that was in Dallas after I had been playing racquetball for several years, starting in college...my apartment complex had courts and a friend wanted to play. I couldn't stop flipping the long tennis racquet like a much shorter rball version and really putting a zap on my wrist, plus I hit the ball over the fence about 10 times before my friend gave up.
That was it for tennis for me...30 years ago!

 

[Indrid Cold]

I forgot that the ceiling shot was not an option in tennis....