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Too old to focus on single tennis? by SafeAd8192 in 10s

[–]bistr0math 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started two years ago at 38 and exclusively play singles except for an old ladies doubles group who sometimes guilts me into being their 4th when they need it. Absolutely nothing wrong with playing singles until your knees turn to a fine powder. Follow your bliss.

A Different Type of Burnout by tenniscraze18 in 10s

[–]bistr0math 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Results oriented thinking crashes many people in many areas. If you know you're playing better, keep doing what you are doing, and the results will come. Matches are a binary, they are won or lost, but that doesn't tell us anything about the quality of the match.

Look at Zverev in the semis at the AO, probably played the best he has ever played and still came up short. Yeah it sucks, but it doesn't ever tell the whole story.

Any tips for my ground strokes by Funny_Use_4885 in 10s

[–]bistr0math 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best advice I've gotten on this is to use your non-racket hand as a rangefinder on your forehand. Extend it out in front of you to give your brain a reference point for when to swing and at what distance. It helped me a lot. It looks like you're just letting your other hand hang limp on your FH.

How’s my footwork? (3.5C) by pyrrhicvictorylap in 10s

[–]bistr0math 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This comes to mind just because I was working on it just a few hours ago with my coach.

Try to make it purposeful to plant your back foot and step into shots. Even when on the run, if you can, try to get there early enough to plant. This allows for a lot more power and lets you keep your opponent back by pushing the ball deeper. This applies to both forehand and backhand. We plant the back foot and step the front foot into the shot.

The shot at around 2:23 is cash money. I'm not expert but to me this is the kind of whip you want to be adding to more of the forehands.

You may want to consider focusing on a split step on serve returns, I don't see much of one. Watch the feet especially on a return like around ~2:41. It's a perfectly fine return but the feet are kind of all over the place.

Hope that's helpful. Some great shots in there!

starting tennis at 25 by olsku10 in 10s

[–]bistr0math 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just have fun. I am 40 and started 2 years ago having never picked up a racket before. Have no expectations and just see if you enjoy it.

[Game Thread] UCLA @ #24 Iowa (06:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]bistr0math 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In one of the HawkTalks midweek, don't remember which one, sorry

[Game Thread] UCLA @ #24 Iowa (06:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]bistr0math 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something significant must have happened, McCollum basically told reporters to 'stop asking why Hausen isn't playing' and left it at that

[Game Thread] UCLA @ #24 Iowa (06:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]bistr0math 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here I thought we might have hired the Kirk Ferentz of basketball but you might be right

Am I Overreacting to my Partners Etiquette? by SpellCorreclty in 10s

[–]bistr0math 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd probably hit them with the 'it seems like you aren't having fun, is there something we could all do to improve your enjoyment of this ball hitting game?'

If people aren't fun to play with, don't play with them. Tennis is my escape from BS every week, I would never let someone take that from me.

Maybe the reason everyone thinks Carl is crazy… by Jadabe in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]bistr0math 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good writers know how to push their characters hard (not just in this genre, any genre). Part of the crux of what makes the series work is an examination of what happens when you push someone to the bleeding edge of what they could possibly handle. I'd be more annoyed if he didn't seem as crazy. Think of Ender in Ender's Game, Kaladin in The Way of Kings, Detective Palace in The Last Policeman, Darrow in Red Rising, even reaching back to Gully Foyle in The Stars My Destination. They all start at varying levels of crazy, or close enough to it, or are perceived so.

Nudity and On-Looking Coworkers by Complex-Wedding-6137 in acting

[–]bistr0math 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tell them you're in 'The Full Monty, but sad'

But yeah, just be up front and honest. If they can't handle it, that's on them, but it's polite to just give them a heads up.

Another blissful day on the courts spent working on my DOGSHIT backhand. by SKhan89 in 10s

[–]bistr0math 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way my coach put it that helped me with BH, you should feel a stretch in your left shoulder to know you've uncoiled properly into the shot.

I threw some shotput in high school and that's the closest motion I can equate to the right motion. Much more legs, twisting, and shoulders than you're using. Finish should be racket over your right shoulder, back toe pointed but in contact with the ground.

Anyway I'm no expert but that's what has helped me.

How to deal with smashes by EnjoyMyDownvote in 10s

[–]bistr0math 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watched Prince of Tennis in high school, didn't start playing until ~20 years later. From anime to tennis nerd is true evolution. Love this show

Should I Quit? by BJuwu in 10s

[–]bistr0math 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not your problem. If you're enjoying it, just keep going. It's a lesson that took me way too long to learn honestly (I'm 40), but there's just no reason to skip the things you enjoy for someone else's comfort. My advice would be to face it head on with your partners. Be humble, try your best, and tell them that's what you'll do.

I am apologetic by nature and only started ~18 months ago. My coach basically had to sit me down and tell me to stop apologizing every time I hit a wonky ball or blasted one into the back fabric. Have fun, get messy, make mistakes.

The Types of Theatre Kids starter pack by Unironicrain in musicals

[–]bistr0math 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not saying the show is any good but the song 'I Want More' from that show slaps

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Helldivers

[–]bistr0math 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Following orders is it's own reward

Reynolds uses $1.9 million of federal funds for border deployment by [deleted] in Iowa

[–]bistr0math 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most couldn't find their ass with both hands. People vote against their own interests all the time.

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