If you’re in a friendly match with a friend, and you’re in a somewhat heavy rally, would it be disrespectful for me to hit a moon ball to put my friend in a more defensive position and to change the pace of the point?
We see the standard serves plus underhand…
Think it could be used for second serves or just throwing your opponent off
But maybe would fail miserably
These are two of the greatest frames. You could include the Original Prince Graphite. The precision and control and feel are absolutely amazing. Prove me wrong.. lol.. jk
I had a terrible one yesterday. Half of the courts at our local park have been turned into pickleball courts. There were two open pickleball courts, but all the tennis courts were full. Expect, one of the tennis courts was being used for pickleball. I asked these two guys if they could move to the pickleball courts and they straight up just said no. So annoying.
Hi all! 29F - started playing when I was 8 and competed for over 6 years. Getting back into tennis after a hiatus and looking for a hitting partner. Based in central BK but can travel!
I just started playing tennis September 2025. Started out with group classes at the park district, then did Gladitor Singles from October - February and never won a match. Then moved indoors to group classes, then in June 2026, started private lessons 1x/week on and off. Joined Gladiator singles for the final outdoor of the season, and WON my first match 6:3 and 6:4 My serves are strong, only double-faulted 1x. I finally realized that Tennis is a marathon and not a race, so I slowed down my returns and gave power at the end of the swing. For once I felt like I was moving my opponent vs. the opposite. They put up a great fight, we had some strong rally's going.
That's all!
So I saw these shoes left pic on fb marketplace for like 40 bucks and was wondering if anyone has seen this color way before. Seller and other pics says it’s unworn and it looks not used at all. Right pic is from google and looks similar but the yellowish white on the left pic is throwing me off. Don’t think it’s yellowing from play
I’ve had recurring right shoulder pain for a while, especially when and/or after sleeping on that side. After playing tennis yesterday, it flared up.
The pain is dull and localized to the outside of the shoulder, around where the upper arm meets the shoulder. I have no limitation in range of motion.
Could this be a rotator cuff issue or bursitis?
For those who’ve experienced something similar:
What helped you recover?
Which exercises or treatments worked?
How long did you stop playing tennis?
Appreciate any advice!
For context, I’m in my late 20s and I took up tennis 8 months ago. I don’t have any racket sport background and not athletic at all. I’ve been taking 2 private lessons a week. I’m adding a group lesson as well to get better. I want to eventually become a 3.0 and later on 3.5 in the future. Is becoming 3.0 feasible a 6-12 months from now at my current rate? Then 3.5 a few years from now? If not, how should I adjust my expectations? What adjustments do I need to do in an ideal world?
Picked up Prince Graphite Pro Series 90 from a thrift store for around 5 dollars. The original grip was disintegrating, so I did a quick cleanup and get a cheap leather grip from Decathlon for like 7 dollars. 😅
I took it out on court today, It felt incredible to hit with, I had a great fun.
Would love to hear some thoughts, and if anyone have any experience with it.
I’m just wondering if I were to get it restrung, which modern strings would be a good pair with the racket ,which would you guys recommend? Thank you 😊
After spending the last year at plugging holes in my groundstrokes, I have developed a pretty decent baseline game with a balanced heavy driving FH and a really heavy 2HBH. I was hitting really well the other day during a 4-hour session, and noticed that my opponents (people who hit with me a lot ) were not just clipping under the ball a lot but also sometimes shanking towards the tip
of the racket (and twice total whiffs). After the initial couple hours, my buddies said that the balls were jumping up from the topspin, but also seemed to have a curve or kick wide. For instance, they said that the 2HBH out wide seemed to curve away from them. They also said that when I hit a down the line shot with a buggy whip follow through, there was an odd side spin that made it hard to catch in the air and also off the bounce.
This leads to my question: how prevalent is sidespin in heavy balls? And if it is prevalent, is there a way to manipulate it?
For final context, I am 3.5ish who generally takes fast cuts and have a variable takeback depending on the ball/shot. I like to stay quite low and spent a lot of time in the past 18 mos. on weight transfer and spacing. Balls are heavy. Racket is v8 Vcore 98. Strings are Super Toro + Enso Pro.
Since March I've been playing (from essentially beginner level) with a free racquet I had that was restrung in early July with Wilson Revolve 50lb. When I went to restring it today at another shop (Yonex Polytour Strike, 48lb), the guy told me the grommets at the bottom of the face were uneven, causing the horizontal string path to go from narrow to wide, rather than stay straight.
Is it worth buying a replacement racquet due to this issue? Is used or new better?
Is it physically and mentally possible or are those trying fooling themselves? I am not sure if I am making much progress.
Hey all,
Looking for some racquet advice as I’m getting back into tennis after a 12-year break.
I’ve been playing since I was about 6 years old and played at a fairly decent/competitive level when I was younger, so my technique is pretty established. I’m now getting back into playing regularly, but I’m finding the current racquet market slightly overwhelming.
I would rate myself around 4ish as I have been playing for the past 2 weeks in a local league and am yet to drop a set, i have played ITF junior tournaments in the past.
At the moment I’m playing with an old 2012 Babolat Pure Drive, 300g / 100 sq in, and I also have an older Wilson Hyper 4.1 around 285–290g / 100 sq in.
I generally prefer a lighter, manoeuvrable racquet, but I don’t want to sacrifice too much power or stability. I think somewhere around 285–295g unstrung could be the sweet spot, although I’m open to 300g if the racquet swings easily.
My game is fairly all-court. I hit a moderate-topspin forehand, use my backhand slice a lot, like changing pace, hitting drop shots and using touch rather than just sitting on the baseline and ripping heavy topspin. I also want enough free power that I’m not having to work excessively hard for depth, particularly as I’m getting back into match play.
Im just genuinely out of touch with all the updates with tennis tech in the past decade but after picking up a racquet after so long, i am completely invested again and cant wait to buy a new racquet, my pure drive has a crack in it so I cannot change the strings.
The racquets I’m currently considering are Tecnifibre T-Fight 295 Isoflex, Solinco Whiteout V2 290, Solinco Blackout V2 285/300, Yonex EZONE 100L, HEAD Speed MP L, Babolat Pure Drive, and potentially the HEAD Instinct MP 300.
I don’t have a shop near me that is letting me demo any of the racquets so the decision I make, I will need to stick with it.
For anyone who’s played with several of these, what would you recommend for someone with an experienced game returning after a long break?
I’m particularly interested in power vs control, manoeuvrability, slice/touch, stability against heavier balls, and how they feel after 2–3 sets.
Also very open to other suggestions in the 285–300g / ~100 sq in range that I haven’t considered.
Thanks!
Is there a general understanding of who gets a court when the following happens?
Let’s say I get to a park that has a few courts with only one open. I take it and start warming up while waiting on my partner to arrive. They are 5 minutes away from arriving.
Another group shows up and says since my group isn’t here, I shouldn’t be holding a court when there are other people here ready to play.
Should I give up the court or hold it? Is this a matter of tennis etiquette or a non-issue?
I was wondering since I have two old racket from my dad a babolat pure aero drive from 2006 and a head speed pro limited edition Djokovic from 2014 if I can put them on my rotation. Right now I'm playing with a babolat pure drive from 2021. I'm gonna attach the pictures of the two.
Played a guy yesterday who hits with an almost excessive amount of topspin, and I wasn't ready for the high bounces. I was hitting a lot of shots off-center, with many landing short or not even making it over the net. Lost the first set 3-6.
During the changeover, I remembered I had this in my bag as a "fun" racquet, so I decided to give it a try. I had customized it to tweener specs, so it didn't take much for me to adjust to it.
Holy smokes, what a difference. The huge sweet spot helped my defensive shots land deeper, and I could handle his topspin and extend the rallies, which seemed to catch him off guard.
Took it to a third-set tiebreak and won 10-4. We were both exhausted by the end, but it was pretty satisfying that the racquet switch actually helped me hang with a heavier hitter.
I feel like oversized racquets and very open string patterns aren't as unusable as people make them out to be. Sure, you're probably not going to consistently paint the lines with them, but they're great if you take advantage of what they do offer.
I’ve tried to research and haven’t found examples of the type of scenario I faced today.
Doubles Play - Alta C3
Other team serving
Mutual verbal clarification of the score at 30-30
We win point with a memorable slam
Other team calls score before serve correctly (30-40, he says “ad out”)
We win the point, other team concedes that we won the point
Other team lines up to serve and states “40-30”
We challenge and they can’t provide any proof in the face of me recounting everything including their own score calling up until that point.
This type of sudden score change by them on their serve happened several times and they would get combative in the face of evidence until my teammate unfortunately acquiesced.
Essentially these games were all points where the winner of each point was clear and undisputed but then they would randomly change the score at a later point and pretend they hadn’t previously had us at advantage. It was very odd, and they played it off like they were genuinely confused by our challenges to the score when they suddenly changed it. Even when their proposed score didn’t match with the service side..
What are the steps to resolve a situation like this?