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I’ve been losing to him for over a year. Great milestone marker to judge my improvement against. Hopefully I can really start beating him regularly at some point.

@@brianbarkowski1910 This video was posted 3 weeks ago and still getting views and comments. It’s becoming one of my most watched videos. Maybe I should be posting more of these boring ones to differentiate from all the exciting channels out there 😅

@@DonYang73 Bro I’m in my mid 40’s. Plateauing and not getting worse, and being able to play injury free, is a luxury. I just wanna have fun and exercise man. 😎

@@3.5netrushtennis fully understandable Ray and I know exactly what you are talking about, i myself, am in my 50s. 😎. It takes a lot out of me when playing guys 15-20 yrs younger. but I have been watching many of your videos and just believe that you can improve so much more in terms of technique and power. good luck, hope to play one day.

While I agree with DonYang73 on most of what he said, it is notable he mentioned pace and power, and control. If I had to choose between pace/power (same thing mentioned 2x? so i surmise that's what he is urging) and control, definitely control is more important and less taxing on the body (having read what you said about your age). Another often overlooked aspect is movement, which all of us should add. Once you have control and movement, everything is easier, and it is up to you to add power or not. Also, the narrative about what constitutes 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, beyond etc is really arbitrary and sometimes laughable, especially having watched so many players. There are 4.something players out there who feel they hit hard and hit aesthetically but cannot beat beginner players who lack pace, just slice and dice and lobs aka pushers. In these cases, wouldn't we say these 4.something players are way overrated or maybe they are only capable of handling certain styles of play. After all, tennis about winning and not a beauty contest. (Otherwise, there would be bonus points for tennis clothing.) In fact, I would go as far as to say such 4.something players who cannot beat pusher players are at best 3.something if not worse, since they cannot handle this supposedly inferior/beginner level of players. In short, my suggestion is to work on movement and control and have the ability to handle all types of game styles (like how you did here) because a player who can only handle one type of opponent is basically an inflexible sitting duck and is objectively just a rung above beginners despite looking much better.

@@leisurefarm Agreed. There are different circles of players too. Some are only interested in rallying, and their skills and self rating reflect that. Their “4.0” may be only referring to the ground strokes, disregarding the serve or any match play intelligence. But it serves them well since they will find other 4.0 groundstrokers to rally with in the apps. I understand where they are coming from. If they put “3.5” to reflect their match play, then they may have disappointing rallying sessions. Same with those who only play doubles. Or females who only play with other females. Or the older folks. UTR is supposed to be the great equalizer so that any age and any sex can pay evenly with each other, but then ego comes into play. So we end up preferring a higher rating in our smaller circle than a lower rating in an expanded circle. Regarding styles, there’s the issue of matchups. The godlike fitness, build and power of Safin had losing record against the tricky wizard Santoro. My fav examples always.

@ yes i am talking about controlled pace/power. Not crazy ripping. Problem is that many 3.0 -3.5 players cannot add power with control and consistency. So they end up babying and playing “touch” tennis.

@@mawan9947 thanks! I don’t rally much, mostly just match play. I also don’t use Rovo much. But it’s “Ray 🐤” on Rovo and “Ray Lim (3.8)” on Reclub.

Well summarized 👍🏻

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They are waaaaaay too consistent to be 3.0. Don't be a troll.

@@JosephYoYo I just watched other videos of them, indeed they are 3.5. It just doesn't look like it from this video...

Sure they are. There are 15+ shot rallies here. You rarely see that at 3.0. 3.5 is a VERY big range.

@@RicardoB-he5ht It’s just the popular way of viewing tennis, not my own opinion. Brad Gilbert who wrote the book Winning Ugly got a lot of flak back in the day for having “ugly” strokes as compared to his rivals who hit hard winners and great touch volleys. Even today, you’ll see lots of negative comments on videos where people play with lots of slice. All the way to the top of WTA you’ll see lots of negative comments on Monica Niculescu’s videos. People just seem to find hard bashing tennis more aesthetically pleasing.

lucky I had some whipped cream in my bag🤡 Been following you for a while! could we arrange a session together some time?

@@mawan9947 Join the “One SG Tennis” club on Reclub. The announcement will be there when the next tournament is open for registration. Should be around April 2025.

@@3.5netrushtennis thank you!

@@WTiDeadlyfury Practically everyone is self-rated in Singapore. Check out NTRP guides and roughly give yourself a rating to start with. On Reclub the ratings are similar to NTRP, in 0.5 increments. On Rovo, the ratings are finer, in 0.1 increments. Then go play with others who have rated themselves at similar levels and you’ll see if you’ve overrated or underrated yourself. Tweak accordingly. Lots of beginners on the apps. Total beginners are probably around 2.5-3.0. Beginners with some racquet sports background may be around 3.0-3-5. For now, Rovo is the more widely used app, but it is very old and sometimes buggy. Try both and see what you like.

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@@gregg9694 They are going over to the water dispensers or toilets. There are 3 courts on the other side where they are holding their event. Both sides lead to the same place. So they can walk past their own courts to get there. But they chose not to disrupt their own event, took a detour and came to our side then walked there.

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@@Aardvark3154 they are all from the same group as the people on those courts. One of them who that walked past our side was even playing on the other side at one point.

@@turbulenttennis Yeah court 4 is bad cos almost everyone has to go through the door next to it. We were on court 5 and I was totally fine with the people on court 6 next to us having to walk past our court to get to the toilets. But it was ridiculous why the spectators of court 3 avoided disrupting their own event, took a detour and came into court 4/5/6 to get to the toilets. There used to be portable court separators at the ends years ago. Not sure why they removed them. Maybe they got damaged and they just didn’t replace.

@@3.5netrushtennis #mildlyinfuriating

@@RicardoB-he5ht Hi! You’re right, it is a little low. I’ve experimented with different ready positions but often tend to fall back to this one which feels comfortable 😅 I definitely don’t like it too high or with the elbows too far away from the body like how some coaches teach it.

@@alexsalvato1799 Incredibly plentiful. Almost every condominium (17.2% of households in sg) has at least one tennis court. Then there are the public courts, courts at civil service clubs, courts at national service clubs (SAFRA), courts at community centres, courts at tertiary and some secondary schools, and courts at private clubs.

Yeah it’s especially inaccurate when the camera isn’t mounted high enough, the background contrast is bad, and the camera angle is slanted. All 3 factors are in this video so I wouldn’t pay much attention to the speed at all.

You played well. Keep it up.

@@Aardvark3154 Kallang Tennis Hub indoor courts

@@silverporsche81 we’re all self rated

@@michaelhong9224 Thanks! It’s a really tough shot 😵‍💫

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