How can I find a tennis partner/friends??
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Here are some suggestions that should work, depending on what is available to you in your area.\nFirst, find out the most popular club and public facilities in your city. If you can afford a club, I'd recommend that you join and ask the manager or pro to suggest some matches.\nOr, if you prefer the public facilities, hang around practicing your serve or hitting against a backboard, and usually someone will ask you to play.\nBetter, sign up for group lessons at a club or public courts. You will meet others at similar levels, and they often are looking for practice partners.\nIf you are already a decent player, sign up for local tournaments or, even better, for USTA leagues if they are available.\nGood luck.
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I totally agree.  Go to a local gym, and meet people.  If you cannot meet people through a gym near you, go to rockclimbing.com.  It is a great site where you discuss climbing, and meet other climbers.  You can actually post a message on there to look for a partner or you can search for people who live near you.\n\nGood Luck,\nCat
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Yes!! I love to play tennis.  I have even started my own team at school becuase we didn't previously have one.  With a little more practice I believe we will be ready to compete and I am seriously considering joining a community team for the coming year.  So while I don't currently compete I hope to in the future.
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That's a great question. Here are some ideas for you to work on:\n\n1. Your serve often will get neglected when you can't find anyone else to practice with. This is actually the best time to work on your serve. I recommend that you buy a ball hopper (they make picking the balls back up so easy, and plus when you bring the arms down to use them as legs, you don't have to bend over to get another ball after every serve). With your ball hopper filled with tennis balls go and setup some targets at your local court and practice serving. You'd be surprised what an hour a day does for your serve. Check out the first link under "Sources"for a great online store where you'll be able to find a ball hopper.\n\n2. Your volleys are also often neglected when you don't have anyone else to hit with. My personal opinion is that practicing volleys against a wall is more useful than ground strokes. Find a wall, give yourself about six feet from the wall and toss a ball against it. Volley and keep the ball "in play" and continue to get closer and closer to the wall. Your reflexes and your volleys will really improve with this. If you don't do it against a practice wall, then you can mark in chalk a line at 3 feet from the ground to give you an idea of the net.\n\n3. Your footwork is something that can always be addressed, but it is often ignored totally. There are lots of drills that you can do that will help you "move towards the ball." The second link under the sources will take you to one such training resource. It's a special kind of ball that bounces unexpectedly. You'll want to toss the ball into the air, do a split step as it bounces (a split step is when you take a little hop and are ready to explode to another position), and try and catch the ball before it hits the ground again.\n\n4. Your ground strokes are pretty difficult to work on alone. You can try hitting against a wall, but if you spend your time hitting against the wall and not against other players, you'll find that your "wall time" doesn't necessarily translate to good tennis. I remember that one summer, I spent at least an hour a day against the wall, and the next time that I hit with someone, I was spraying my groundies against the back fence. The reason was that during all that wall practice, I didn't have the normal feedback that a real court gives (how the spin will affect the ball's trajectory, how much power I'm putting on the ball, etc.)--all that the wall told me was how high over the net I was hitting. So, my advice is that if you decide to spend a lot of time hitting against a wall, try to spend as much time hitting with someone else. A better use of the wall is for volleys. A ball machine is a big investment. If you decide to buy one of those, do your homework and ask around before forking out the money for it.\n\nMy final suggestion is to check out the third link in the source list. The United States Tennis Association has put a "player finder" option on their website. There you'll be able to enter your zip code and the kinds of players you'd like to hit against, and it will give you some people's names. There is no substitute for a real person on the other side of the net.\n\nI hope that helps!
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Join a group....do you like to workout? Go to the gym...do you have any hobbies? Do you like sports? Maybe there are different teams you can join.....you need to be around some groups of people to make some new friends.....\n\nI hope you find some....good luck to you in the big City!!!
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i'm always asking the beginners to learn the speed of tennis balls. by knowing the speed you will try to adjust your movement when you hit the ball. you need to understand that in a match the ball will never comes to you; you need to come and hit the ball. then you need to practice tennis strokes; study how other players hit the ball and try to duplicate. for this all you need is a never-ending practice.\ngood luck and enjoy tennis as i do.
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Try \nhttp://www.studentsoftheworld.info\n\nIt´s a pretty good site. You can search for pals by age, country, sex, age, hobbies, languages spoken.\nYou can also create your own profile. Your address stays hidden to avoid spam mails.\n\nI found some nice people from all over the world there!\nGood luck!!
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you can try out from Friendster...seach it!!
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http://www.tenniswarehouse.com\n\nor Nike.com and Adidas.com
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hi to find the tennis court u are looking for\nvisit the web \nwww.londonby.com\nAnder sport & activity
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Hey!  We really like a site called SLS.  It will allow you to do a search & show you many ppl are in your immediate area, as well as different listings of clubs & events like Meet & Greets in your area.  You can join for free, and it really serves as a great way to find others you may be interested in.  Good luck, and happy swinging :)
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go to metropolis.com or gaijinpot.com.\nYou'll find tons of "personals" listed for finding a friend.
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try http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk
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Love marriage of course...unless you're such a hopeless case that you can't find a wife otherwise then arranging a marriage with her!And what the hell has that to do with tennis?
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you could also try www.itftennis.com :D
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Try     golfmates.com
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Here ya go!!!\nhttp://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=48141&page=1