Edy

Hi everyone,
Thank you all for coming to this great event.
Thank you and thank you very much.
I hope everyone has got something he/she had been looking for inside and outside of tennis and be benefitial from this activity.
Furthurmore, I would like to inform everyone here that I would deliver one survey letter to your email boxes individually to see if you guys are seriously interested in a further stage of our organization --- tennis club.
I would appreciate all your efforts and time to reply to this survey letter. Hope to establish our new organization soon.
Thank you again and have a good day.
Edy

my man

Hi, tennis buddies.

it's pleasure to meet you guys on tennis court last weekend.
I really believe the players I saw play pretty good tennis, but forgive me to cut all my good words on your good part,

especailly on some very good players, here I want to point out some mistakes I saw, and I think they are common for beginner

to intermediate players.

1.  the racket grip(handle) size, it's too small (too thin) in some players, probably because they already played badminton

before they started to play tennis. it's completely different in badminton and tennis, badminton need use wrist a lot, but

tennis need use as less wrist as possible, if the grip is not big enough, then it's extremely hard to avoid using wrist when

you hit tennis ball, or it's very hard to make the wrist firm when you hit the tennis shot since the racket head feel very

heavy.  so if you want to feel the racket head is not that heavy and feel it's easier to keep the wrist firm, you can make

the grip bigger by using over grip, but don't use more than two grips for making the handle bigger, instead, choose bigger

handle racket.
2.  even with correct size of racket handle, you still need pay attention to keep the wrist firm, especially when you learn

how to make the shot, otherwise you can not control the ball, forget the power.
3.  don't choose light racket, espacially the ladies and the players with weak arms, instead, you should choose medium or

medium plus weight racket, the more racket weight force you swing racket earlier, not swing the racket fast, so it help you

get the correct shot making technique: swing erlier, smooth, and follow through longer, and more important, the more racket

weight gives you more control, more power, and less impact on your arm, give you more feeling of the racket, I think the most

misunderstanging about the tennis is on the racket weight. believe or not, the light racket is never for serious players,

it's just for misleading market.
when my daughter started to learn tennis with light junior racket at 7 years old, she hit the ball here and there or everywhere without control at all, one day her racket string was broken, so she had to use my spare racket, but almost immediately, she controlled the ball much better, from that day, she switched to regular racket and bye bye to the light junior racket for good.

I will give you more feedback,  hope it can make some difference to your tennis. but sorry most of my feedback will be negative, but don't call me negative man, for sure I will try to stay positive.

by the way, Zhen Jie played pretty good tennis, she had 10 break points! if she could convert 3 of them, then it will be a completely different picture, the pressure on William will be extremely high, actually William only broke her service game once in the first set. it's not easy when you play against a player with much higher ranking than you, it's hard to kepp your confidence high, keep calm and keep making correct shots.  

enjoy the wimbledon.

Edy

It is really helpful of your comment and instruction. I appreciate what you contributed to this fresh community on behalf of all players who may beneficial from your instruction.

From my experience, I used lots wrist to try to accelerate the speed of the racket before its head hits the ball. However, I think because I can't forsee every accuate point the ball is bouncing to, I hurted my wrist frequently. So what you said may be my weak point right now.  I will try to correct my hitting habits. Thank you.

I would also respectfully like to solicit  more comments and critique from you for players who are eager to improve and enjoy this sports.

Thank you.

color188

"it's hard to keep your confidence high, keep calm and keep making correct shots."

Though I am not yet an advanced player, I am serious in tennis. Thank you, Mr. Positive My Man. I will learn more beyond tennis from you.

Zhen jie, as most of Chinese, lacks of confidence to face challenge and presure. Wish Chinese could do better in those slams.

NanaWu2

我的球拍网线断了，如果找人拉线得多少钱？手工费？

网线要另外买吗？

谢谢

my man

this is my price for stringing racket:

$8 for restring labor(use you own string), most stores: $11 + tax;
I have several strings for you choose, the price (include everything: string and labor) is:

kevlar string by Ashway, best control and bite, also very durable: $25/each (most stores: $40 + tax);
Polyester by Gosen, the strongest string(last longest) in the market, $20;
several synthetic gut string: $20/each;

my phone number:
514-286-9504 ext 232 (8am - 3 pm)
450-465-8345 home
email: ytz4you@yahoo.com

you can send your racket to my home (south shore) or to my working place (down town, the cross of shabrooke and st_laurent). most of the time, you can get your racket back the second DAY, in weekend, you can get it back at the same day or the same time if you can wait.

I have strung racket for more than 5 years, so I am quite qualified stringer now, probably much more professional than any store sale persons. by the way , if you want to get suggestion from the store sale persons when you choose your racket or string, make sure you have a small talk with him/her, ask them how long they've played tennis and how often they play, if you can feel they don't play much, then totally ignore what they say, they are just sale persons, not tennis professional, they are not very clear about what they are talking about although they can keep talking much to you sounding like they are pro. I got two big lessons already, once they told me one string is excellent in feeling or playability, so I bought one reel(200 meters), it turned out to be terrible, once I asked for the strongest string(some customer needs), they recommend one string, I bought two reels, but it's not durable at all!!!

forgive me for the advertisement here, but I am sure you will get benefit: save money and time while get better service, you will see.

good luck.

my man

sorry, in my last messge, there is a mistake, it should be: "you get your racket the second day".

wqyq

:rolleyes: It is great to have a tennis club here! When will be the next gathering? I'd love to join, however, I am a real beginner.
:rolleyes: best wishes to everyone!

Edy

Thank you, Wqyq.
do you want to complete the survey question above?

Hi Michael,
You might leave a wrong email address, caz the email I sent to you was bounced back. Please verify it and make sure we can contact you correctly.
Edy

color188

Perosnally, I think Ashway is very good if you intend to improve your feel on the stroke. Lots of control and bite though it might be with higher price.

I tried 17' Ashway on my racket today. Amazing.