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Just last night I took my daughter to the first tennis match of the year for our local high school which is a smaller country school in a smaller class, 3A, but we are near a very large city, Kansas City actually. I wanted her to see the playing level she needs to be at in a couple years. She is twelve and in seventh grade. Since I took custody of her, I had her in private lessons all summer and just joined a racquet club this past weekend, where she’ll start her first six week clinic.

I was amazed at what I saw yesterday at this match. All the players, varsity and jv, were just tossing the ball a foot above their heads and tapping the ball with their feet planted on the ground for a serve. Here my daughter already has a full serving motion and knocks in around fifty percent of the balls in play from our hopper.

The players were hitting balls over the fences, straight into the air and landing back next to them on their side of the net, and so on. I’m afraid the way my girl is dedicating herself she’ll be way more advanced then what I saw last night. Would a coach hold her back and force her to play this summer picnic badminton style play? or would a normal coach jump for joy if they landed a great player coming in as a freshmen. I basically told my daughter that it looks like the majority of these girls probably wanted to play tennis when they arrived in high school, their parents bought them a racquet, and this is the only way they can probably serve and get the ball into play right now. Let me know if this is typically the case at other schools? Thank you for any replys.

A lot of what your daughter does has nothing to do with a coach.

My daughter played tennis in a high school of about 1800 students and most of her time was spent on a backboard and with me just hitting the ball and perfecting her strokes. She read a lot about the game too. By her senior year she made #3 on the team. She did not start playing until her sophomore year.

Just look at the Williams sisters and who their first coach was.

i have been playing tennis for 8 months now and i am going to get a new racquet

i have had tennis leason for that whole 8 months from a club coach

i have a powerful swing and i very tall 6ft,3 and i am 15 year old and i would like a suggestion of a tennis racket for me which is medium weight and not made of an alloy

any suggestion appreciated

wilson
i have it

started a new job , and they have discounts to certain gyms , these are those choices that i have.
Bally’s
Crunch
New York Health and Racquet Club
New york Sports club.

i have been a member of Ny sports club and really liked it , but thats all my last job offered , so in your preference which is better?

they are all gonna be the same kinda thing, choose the cheapest with the discount.

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Badminton is the 2nd most popular sport played in the world. Yet in the United States very few Americans consider it anything more than a leisure backyard activity. When in fact it is the fastest racquet sport in existence and is also now an Oympic sport. Pro level badminton tournaments are played in many states at colleges and private clubs. I want badminton to become mainstream. Every high school and middle school should have a badminton team and competitons. Every park and recreation center should offer indoor badminton. No gym should be constructed without badminton lines on the floor and holes for net supports. How can that happen? How can badminton be as popular as basketball? And why isn’t it listed in yahoo’s list of sports!!!!!

Hey! I LOVE LOVE LOVE badminton!! It’s one of my favorite things to watch and play. I don’t know, Americans just like very physical sports. You know, sports that involve damage of the brain and breaking of the neck. It’s quite pathetic, if you think about it. I mean, those athletes are like ancient gladiators, destroying their bodies for superficial wealth and trapped in a life where ppl. can get mad at them for not running into the other guy hard enough.
I don’t know, I HOPE that Americans would start watching badminton.

it’s been a while since i played competitive tennis. about 6 years ago, the club pro rated me a 5.0. i still have 4 wilson prostaff classic 6.1 sticks, but i was thinking i’d try out some of this new technology that’s developed over the last decade.

does anybody have some recommendations for racquets? i would love to try some before buying, but there are no clubs around my area that allow raquet demos.

Wilson K Factor sticks are the closest relative of the good ole 6.1s. Because the new line is more expanded, you can fine tune the rackets a bit better. Some models come with 18/20 string pattern rather than just the 16/18 as well. There is a "team" version as well – it is lighter, and you can customize it with the lead tape. Tennis-warehouse.com has a mail-based demo program.

I am searching for information on possible indoor tennis courts in the Ocean/Monmouth county areas of New Jersey?

Does one exist?

(Allaire Racquet Club on 138 no longer excists)

Atlantic Club
in Manasquan

I received a notice from NCO Financial about old Racquet Club dues that went unpaid. They do not have my Social Security Number. All they have is my old address and phone number. Is there any action they can take against me without that information?

They have come knockin’ for payment. You can’t hide from collections.

I am a 50 yr old player with 10 yrs club experience. I’ve used a Prince Thunderbolt mid plus for 8 years and want to go to a standard 27" player’s racquet since I’m down to just one good frame. I generate good power and have weighted the longer frame to slow my swing speed, but feel I loose maneuverability on volleys and when moving to make a backhand return.

If you are 50 years old, and have 10 years of club experience then there is a 99% probability that your swing speed is at most L1 (or moderate).

I recommend you one of the following racquets given your age and experience:
– Babolat Pure Drive
– Head Microgel Extreme Pro

I do not recommend smaller racquets such as Head Radical or similars, because they will require you to spend a lot more energy per stroke, and your swing speed is probably not the ideal for this type of racquets (very fast).