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Date of upload: Jan 3, 2023 ^^
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Wonderful content, truthful and enlightening. I started playing at the age of 16, I have held national rankings in the Men’s 35’s, 40’s, all the way to the 70’s. The highest level I played at was the competitive level. At the age of 68, I was able to gain a ranking of 172 in the Men’s Open Division in Southern California. I was able to win a few matches against Division 3 players who were high recreational players. Tennis has been a wonderful journey, no one should ever give up the game because of unrealistic goals. The journey is always more rewarding than the destination.
Norman Ashbrooke
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Great vid. I find a huge limiting factor I see in a lot of players (including me) in getting from advanced rec level to competitive rec level is the serve. I feel like there’s such a huge difference in serves between those levels. Big first serves with great technique and consistency and really effective kick serves. I feel like getting all other aspects of play to that level is much more doable than the serve.
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Excellent video Nick! I started playing tennis two years ago over COVID and now stuck at the intermediate rec level, which I'd say is NTRP 3.5. The main difference I see between 3.5s and 4.0s is 4.0s are a lot more consistent either from not having major technique flaws or playing like a very good pusher.
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I think this description is intuitive and fairly comprehensive. There are a few things that—for time reasons, I assume—you had to glance over, which I think make a huge difference in some of these levels. For example, access to high quality coaching from a young age; competitive club league play in Europe from childhood at all levels; access to different court surfaces from a young age; later on definitely age and injuries; having a coaching and physio team; and a huge one… fitness! At the competitive level so much comes down to living and training like a tennis player all hours of the day. Players in top D1 programs live like full-time athletes… diet, supplements, strength training, cardio, stretching and mobility exercise, sleep routine, access to physical therapy, recovery routines… it’s a huge difference maker.
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this is an awesome breakdown – I'm a decent but not special player who won a few very small junior titles as a 14-16 y/o; played canadian university tennis (huge difference in level from school to school, from D1 comparable players to club-level guys on a US scale; I was our singles #5); and now, at 26, competing in open tournaments in quebec where I'll win a main draw match now and again but am generally losing badly to D1-type players (last match was 2 and 1 against a D1 senior, 11+ UTR)
I'm up to #160 in canadian men's open singles rankings which is just a product of playing (not winning haha) tons of opens, I know I'm not going to come through a qualifying draw, but purely for the life experience I'm entering in a few futures this year, and I think it's really helped to always have realistic expectations
point being – I'm having more fun and playing more often than at any point in my life (hockey, not tennis, was my main sport as a junior and student), and even just not getting bageled by these borderline lower-high level players has been a perfect challenge and way to get in the best shape of my life!
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