Tennis!

**joshmpdx** · 07-22-2009, 04:27 PM

Do we have a handful of tennis folks that would warrent a social group.

post your matches, gear, and overall enthusiasm!

**Walter Sobchak** · 07-22-2009, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by joshmpdx

Do we have a handful of tennis folks that would warrent a social group.

post your matches, gear, and overall enthusiasm!

Great idea! I love the game, but have given up playing since I had my twins 18 months ago. I'd still join, though, as I hope to be playing again when and if time permits.

Oh, and after trying a bunch of new gear over the years, I found NOS Prince CTS Lightning 90s on Ebay a couple of years ago that I grabbed. For some reason, I just hit the ball very well with that model racquet. As far as widebodies go, they're nice and slim. Strung with topspin in the low fifties. A good balance between a cannon and a nice playable stick. Wish they still made them.

**FreezerBurns** · 07-22-2009, 08:18 PM

I've always been interested in the sport, have a basic understanding of the rules, and have conquered any novice I've played (which is everyone I've ever played). I know nothing about tennis equipment. I have a Walmart Wilson and a neighborhood court which is littered with cracks and has crappy lighting at night. I'd participate in the forum would it accept interested novices.

**ee32** · 07-22-2009, 11:32 PM

I play tennis about once or twice a week.
I use Head Liquid Metal Radical oversize. A little old but I like it.

**TonyH** · 07-23-2009, 03:39 AM

I love to play, but lost my partner to a move a few years ago. I play a pretty strong baseline game and have since high school. I'm a big guy that isn't particularly fast, so I rely on a lot of spin and shot placement. I played my old Yonex Rd-7 for the last 10-12 years and finally found a newer racquet that I liked well enough to buy last fall. The new stick is a Volkyl Tour 10 V-Engine midsize, and so far I like it a lot. I kept the RD-7 and still love it. Maybe I'll track another one down one of these days, since none of the new Yonex racquets are enough like it for me.

**BEAR DEN** · 07-23-2009, 09:41 AM

I like watching womens tennis...that count?!

**strat1117** · 07-23-2009, 09:46 AM

I play in a singles league during the winter (and I won it the last two years

), and I have a Saturday morning doubles game all year round. At the moment I am playing the Volkl DNX 10 mid, strung with Bow Brand natural gut in the mains and Luxilon Fluoro in the crosses -- a great set up for an old serve and volleyer like me.

I would definitely be interested in a tennis related social group, if there are enough enthusasts to warrant it.

**kwk285** · 07-23-2009, 09:59 AM

I used to play almost 30 years ago. My daughter is getting into it so I am starting to play with her. I am starting to remember why I liked playing it so much.

**HesNot** · 07-24-2009, 06:04 AM

Tennis is a lot of fun. I did not play at all growing up (hockey and lacrosse, real useful lifetime sports, huh?) and played squash in college and graduate school (thinking that would be a sport I could play through most of my life ... but living in the south there aren't a lot of squash courts or players around). So I took up golf in graduate school and I played frequently, if rather poorly, until we moved from the small town where we could afford to belong to a club to a bigger city where the club costs were exhorbitant. Then I had my first child and, well, no longer wanted to dedicate 6+ hours on a Saturday to a golf odyssey, and the interminable waiting with the throngs stacked up too tightly on a fee per round course.

So I took up tennis. My wife was a big player so it was something we could do together. Several of the partners in my firm played (and we joined the same small swim/tennis club which was much more affordable). And I could play for an hour or two and get a good workout, have some social time and meet new people, and still balance life at home. I played in USTA leagues and had a lot of fun. Then we moved to my current home and had another child and took 4 years off from playing.

This spring we joined another swim and racquet club and I've started playing again, and I didn't realize how much I'd missed it. I'm still hitting my old Prince Triple Threat Bandit, which is a nice stick (heck they still sell it I think) but technology has changed quite a bit and I've started playtesting some new racquets. I hit a Prince O3 Speedport black last night and it was a solid ride - a tad heavy (which I like) and about the right mix of power and control. I'm playing mostly doubles so it is a tad small given the amount of volleying in doubles, but I certainly liked the feel of it compared to the Bandit. I think I'll try the Speedport Red next which I think is a 105 size rather than the 100 of the black.

Mostly, however, I'm signing up for a few "tune up" lessons to help me sand some of the rust off my game!