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icexdragon124
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Tennis anyone?
Feb 24 2021 11:44AM more by icexdragon124
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Im currently taking Tennis lessons. I always loved watching it on TV since I was young and just now finally getting into it. For those on here who play, did it take awhile to become a decent player?
      
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Sbsurf40s
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Feb 24 2021 02:01PM     link to this

If you are athletically inclined with good hand eye coordination, then it should not take long to start enjoying the game. And just like everything else, the more you play, the better you will get. And if you can find someone who is slightly better than you to play with, you will improve faster.
icexdragon124
SFV, LA, CA
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Feb 24 2021 04:06PM     link to this

^ Thanks for the pointers
SkurferGurl
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Feb 25 2021 06:23AM     link to this

Definitely a great way to work up a sweat, especially with those little, short skirts us girls wear
Pjforfun
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Feb 25 2021 09:05AM     link to this

Say goodbye to your knees in 10 years
flash911
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Feb 25 2021 09:25AM     link to this

SBsurf nailed it.

Newbies: focus on racket back, good foot work, eye on contact with the ball.

With practice you can become an intermediate right there
hercule
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Feb 25 2021 11:10AM     link to this

^^^ not racquet back, but shoulder turn instead!
icexdragon124
SFV, LA, CA
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Feb 25 2021 03:27PM     link to this

“ Say goodbye to your knees in 10 years”

That’s when table tennis comes in to play
icexdragon124
SFV, LA, CA
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Feb 25 2021 03:29PM     link to this

SBsurf- that’s exactly what my tennis coach advised
s1xxpy
Manhattan Beach, Coastal, LA, CA
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Feb 25 2021 04:02PM     link to this

use once in a while Backspins and Backspin Serve Mixups and you'll win your Tourney
dakegg
LA, CA
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Feb 25 2021 05:04PM     link to this

One of the most difficult things in tennis is having got tell your parents that you are gay now because you like tennis.
Detroit51
OC, CA
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Feb 25 2021 07:22PM     link to this

You need to have above average proprioception to play at all. If you played baseball or any other racket sport it is fairly easy to become competent. If you want to play at any level above " hit and giggle", you will need at least 1000 hours of play. If you want to play competitively the general rule is 10,000 hrs.
I played second singles and first doubles in college. I was total deal against any well coached amateur or any pro under 70.
GoBallsDeep
Fullerton, OC, CA
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Feb 25 2021 10:12PM     link to this

I won a couple of US Opens pre 1968, when it was just us amateurs.
Best advice I can give you is to join a club that's got hot bitches
You'll thank me later
Good hunting
InsearchofStarfish
Santa Ana, OC, CA
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Feb 25 2021 10:57PM     link to this

used to think i was a good lil tennis player...till i started playing with 6'5 college player. NEVER won a game...could rarely get the ball by him if he came to the net.

shit was pretty funny

was fun being trying to be a rally partner and gopher when he didn't have others to hit with in the early hrs of the morning



lamar
SGV, LA, CA
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Feb 25 2021 11:17PM     link to this

Abducts pain in my right thigh caused by me playing without stretching ended my raqeball playing.

Always stretch before playing.
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