What Tennis Partner Should You Pick

Recently I decided to up my level of play as a teaching pro.  I signed up for a few leagues and I want to get in a better playing mode.  The only problem is that all my practice partners are pretty busy this time of year.

So I go online and look for some practice partners and I've found out a few things.

1.  Find a partner that is close.  If you don't, then you two have to be really good at scheduling.  No one wants to travel off the freeway and wind all around your neighborhood to find your courts hidden in a corner.  If you have courts like that then meet up at a local tennis center.  Its one thing if you are using courts for your home court in a league.  But if you are asking someone just to come there to play, your courts should be two turns from a main street.

2.  Get a partner that wants to work on the same thing.  Different players are predisposed to different types of training.  Some players just hit.  

Some players work on match type situations.  

Everyone has their own way of doing things.

3.  Don't practice with beautiful people unless you are beautiful.  Just dont.  Trust me.  Waste of time.  They are usually a whole level worse than they say they are.  

4.  Don't use hitting as your primary form of exercise.  If you like to hit a bunch, that is fine.  Once you get used to hitting it will take really long to wear you out.  Your body will just get more efficient and you wont see the results as fast.  Also you could be succeptable to repetitive injuries like knee problems or tennis elbow when your muscles get fatigued.

5.  Make sure of the type of practice partner you have BEFORE you go to their place.  Narrow down the disappointment.

6.  You get what you pay for.  If you are the type of person that is very anal retentive about time.  You should pay a coach to hit with you.  Besides, if your partner lives close, ten minutes is usually the worst they can be late.  My practice partners throw the time around everywhere.  I understand they have priorities.  The higher level the player, the more they tend to be needed outside of tennis.  

The general idea is just to practice with like minded people.  If you play matches, only practice with people that will play matches with you.  If you have a break from matches, then work on some things through hitting.  Good hitting partners are hard to find.

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