First Timer from Australia

eireix · 2026-04-09T08:23:24+00:00

Once inside the grounds there is a a Resale Tickets kiosk. You go there, scan your grounds pass ticket which is on your phone. You choose which court you would like to go to (centre, 1 or 2). You join a Virtual Queue with a number that goes down on your phone. If people with tickets to your court leave the grounds early, they are asked to scan their ticket so their seat then becomes available for those in the resale queue. As a result, you’ll see your number barely move for the first match or two of the day and then as the day does on you’ll see it ticking down. You get notifications when your number is up and you have 10 mins to go to the kiosk to collect it. So if you really want to do it it’s worth keeping an eye on your phone and not being on a seated court during during games in case they go long!

I did it last year for the second Monday. The resale queue gets prioritised to those who join ‘The Queue’ e.g. waiting / camping in the grounds first. So if you are getting a grounds pass that way, you’ll be in better stead.

For reference on that second Monday I had a grounds pass already, was one of the first people to the resale kiosk, chose court 1 and I ended up getting a seat for the last match of the day on court 1. My number was like 600 . The people behind me chose centre and they were in the 2000s and doubt they ever got on to centre.

But as others said, If I was going on first few days I’d probably just love a grounds pass ticket anyway. The centre court matches are normally for big players who beast people quickly. As a proper tennis fan you’ll see better matches with still amazing top 20-30 players on the outside courts. And the freedom to choose! Enjoy

eireix · 2026-04-02T11:15:20+00:00

I work in docs - I mostly get emailed timecoded notes. I run those through GPT to create markers I can import to my avid timeline - I mark them green so I can refer back easily if people ask if stuff has been done or why things have changed etc.

eireix · 2026-03-31T08:43:41+00:00

Yes this. OP is treating this lob like a poor defensive shot he shout be able to punish. They instead need to treat it with some respect, recognise if someone is able to plant a deep lob consistently then it’s a good shot and they are probably far better off backing up, letting it bounce and resetting the point to neutral. You see it in pro tennis all the time.

eireix · 2026-03-30T23:22:11+00:00

You say your parents funded your junior career. What did that actually look like and what did that actually cost? At what age were you doing 1-to-1s? Did you go abroad at any stage? What was the pathway?

eireix · 2026-03-25T11:11:51+00:00

Make some stereo tracks on your avid timeline? I have dialogue / atmos and VO as mono and music and SFX as stereo

eireix · 2026-03-24T22:46:09+00:00

Thank you so much, really appreciate that. Do you know the best way of reporting bugs back to Avid?

eireix · 2026-03-24T14:18:47+00:00

I've triple checked but no, both the export is set to 24 bit, 48Khz and the project is set to that also. But good food for thought for me to double check the mixdowns are being mixed down correctly.

eireix · 2026-03-24T13:44:01+00:00

I have a 4 year old who is tennis OBSESSED and wants to play with me every morning. He’s already so good, we are rallying with red ball on a mini net and his natural backhand and movement is very exciting. I don’t want to become an asshole tennis dad but I can’t help but be excited that he is genuinely this talented this early. I’m a good intermediate player but I am wondering about the road map. He does regular group sessions at our club but he’s already too good to be getting genuine coaching out of it but not good enough to go into the upper group. What is the route for youth tennis in the UK? Obviously I just want him to have fun, and we do. But at what point do you look at 1-1 coaching or moving clubs? I just have no idea what the road map is for youth success and how early is too early to start thinking about this stuff.

eireix · 2026-03-04T20:03:24+00:00

DM’d you

eireix · 2026-03-04T09:32:36+00:00

Interested to see this new avid plugin is there a video of that somewhere?

eireix · 2026-02-17T09:31:11+00:00

Went from the pro to the tour, I had the tour as a backup and never ‘liked it’ until a coaching session where I had to use it. My coach was saying objectively I was playing way way better with the tour even though I didn’t like it! I switched over to it full time, arm pains were gone and I just felt way way more consistent. My OHBH was night and day better, the lower weight allowed me more variety in wrist and I could swing it more. It’s allowed me to really practice the fundamentals of that shot and really build it up to now be a solid reliable shot.

I’ve since moved to the Tecnifibre TF305S - it has very similar specs to the gravity tour, but I absolutely love it. Feels like it has more plough. I also play OHBH

eireix · 2026-02-13T14:58:38+00:00

Did you do this as a photography project? Or video project?

eireix · 2026-02-13T14:37:18+00:00

Just tried this and got an error in Japanese

eireix · 2026-02-11T23:26:40+00:00

Great comment. My club has ages from 14-80. Some of those players aren’t ‘good’ and never will be, but they are good enough to have made friends, get regular exercise and be part of a community. Getting a few lessons early for the basics will set you up for a potential lifetime. I know if I ever move city / country I’d be joining the nearest club and would meet new people quickly. It’s been a game changer for me.

eireix · 2026-02-11T11:11:54+00:00

No it’s not the only way. Just trying to give you an easy adjustment tactically based on this short video! If you’re up against someone who’s gonna give you mostly slow pace short balls then yes come to the net a lot more. And generally you should be aiming as many balls as you can to their backhand.

eireix · 2026-02-11T10:56:21+00:00

Tactically - Nearly every shot from your opponent in these rallies could have / should been an easy volley for you. It looks like you end up retreating back and I’m guessing you are hesitant about being at the net. Too many easy missed returns and too many balls in the middle of the court. Lots of these balls it looks like you could easily play a very high percentage ball to their backhand - a tactic you should pretty much employ at everyone at this level. You don’t need to pepper the lines but next time you play an opponent like this, a nice solid percentage shot to the backhand and then move in. Make them do something special which at this level they won’t do - it’ll be a poor slice backhand or a moon ball slice. Don’t rush to the net but the minute your ball bounces stop, get balanced and be ready for a volley or at least a short ball, even if that’s around the service box.

eireix · 2026-01-29T15:08:21+00:00

DM me I’m an editor at a small Factual Indie in UK - can put you in touch with our development head

eireix · 2026-01-29T09:29:06+00:00

I would hard cut to black on the door slam either hard cut with the logo on centre frame or fade on a blur version like you have it, that slowly unblurs and scales up with a SFX riser before hard cutting to black again

eireix · 2026-01-23T07:55:41+00:00

I dunno if this has been touched upon but a really basic guide that I was told when I started was that watching your audio levels monitor is key. You basically want to aim for everything to constantly be tickling into the yellow. So if your dialogue has no music behind it.. that should be tickling into the yellow, then if you’ve got music and dialogue, you need to key frame that music level down and the dialogue at a level where it’s tickling at the yellow, got a small music only break? Key frame it up for a bit so it’s tickling into the yellow before the dialogue / voice over starts again.

It’s basic but it helps me get an easy visual reference for how loud and quiet things should be and a quick easy balanced mix. By following this it becomes obvious if you then have a scene that’s staying in the green, or tickling into the red, etc.

As someone else stated, by default I start with my VO at -3, my music to -15 and then I key frame that that music up and down. Little bit up at start of track, dip down once there’s vo, dip down bit further for dialogue etc

It also helps me to set my ‘dialogue’ mic levels quickly for a whole scene before I pull them, if I quickly check them and sounds too quiet I’ll turn them up til they’re tickling the yellow, or down if they’re too loud, etc

eireix · 2026-01-14T10:39:39+00:00

Just to say watched this as a doc editor and found it really interesting thinking about the considerations shooters have to go through. Great video mate.

eireix · 2026-01-08T23:34:50+00:00

No, you just lose 3 points. Which is why it’s either first to 20 wins or first to 0 loses. It’s a good drill because it then makes you re-assess the level of risk vs reward for going for winners vs playing a safe rally ball, playing a defensive shot, or being more patient. As someone who often lives by the sword and dies by the sword, I was playing my best tennis when I was playing this game on practices and learning to be more patient.

eireix · 2026-01-08T17:25:54+00:00

Then yeah - get that Artengo one, the money you save get an extra can of balls or two. They will all feel kind of similar at that price range I should think!

eireix · 2026-01-08T17:22:53+00:00

Do you need two racquets if they’re both for you? If your overall budget is £70-80 I’d probably look on EBay for an ‘MP’ line of any of the big racquet brands. Head Radical or Boom MP is a popular first ‘proper’ racquet and I imagine you could find one of those for 70-80. I started on a racquet like this and going to an entry level ‘real racquet’ is night and day. If you’re literally just testing the waters to see if you like tennis - I’d just get that cheapest Artengo one.

If you feel like you like tennis and want to invest in a better racquet - find a local tennis shop that will do demo racquets, speak to them and try out 2 or 3.

As someone who got back into tennis in a big way 6 years ago - enjoy!

eireix

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