Hendrik, I appreciated your video. I'm 43 and have been playing for 3 years. There is a lot of growing room here in the Salinas, Ca(Monterey Area). I am probably too excited about playing tennis, but have been competing for about 6 years as an athlete. First as a basketball player, which I still do and recently in tennis, but haven't gotten into the league.
Hey thank you and great that you love the competition!! I went to college in San Diego, I have been most of the time in the SoCal area where Tennis seems to be big with many good players
Great video Hendrik, insightful and motivating! Also, thank you for playing with my son when you were first on the court in Vilbel last year. That was a great motivation for him. See you back in Bad Vilbel!
Good information. I know youve probably been asked this a lot but for your serve your tossing arm is horizontal not vertical, how are you able to load your shoulders vertically back and throw vertically up with tossing arm like this? You have a killer serve
Hey man this is amazing stuff you have here. Financials is something I think for me will be really tough. for me. How did you do it to start? Did you have a sponsor or did your family help you. The “long breath” I love that comment. Futures going for it in dubs is something I have never thought about either but it’s on my mind now. I see you are in R3 of wimby now. Best of luck and cheering from 🇨🇦
Playing club matches helps the European, in US/Canada hitting with juniors can help to raise money the parents often pay well for a hit and it’s still practice for yourself. Thank you 💪
Should I quit high school for going pro I am in my mid teens and I just started playing tennis and for me to be able to make it to the professional, is it necessary to just focus on tennis now and as I said leave high school and take it full time?
For me it was highly important to finish High School, becoming a pro is a risk and education is something to fall back on and build another career. Education also helps you become smarter and play better
My parents don’t think I’m good enough to play tournaments and join an academy but I have been playing 2.5 years and am beating people my age that have been playing for their whole life. What do I do? I’m 15 and trying to go pro in singles btw
Hallo Hendrik, Ich komme auch aus Deutschland aus Hessen um Frankfurt rum. Ich bin 15 Jahre alt und spiele aktuell Bezirksliga in meiner Altersklasse und Kreisliga bei den Herren. Ich spiele schon regelmäßig seit ich 5 bin. Meine LK ist 13 wenn dir das etwas sagt ;). Ich trainiere ungefähr 10 Stunden in der Woche. Mein Traum ist es auch ein Profi zu werden. Glaubst du, dass ich mit 15 zu schlecht bin um ein Profi zu werden oder was wäre dein Ratschlag für mich um es zu schaffen. Ich bin bereit sehr viel Arbeit dareinzugeben.
Hi du bist noch jung leider kann ich dein Level schwer einschätzen. Es klingt aber als ob die Route über College Tennis sicher interessant ist. Viel Erfolg beim Tennis 🎾💪
Yea. It's brutal but i.e. a friend in Laguna Beach invested $500k in his 2 newly acquired Step daughters tennis ambitions . (15 years ago?) 1 got a scholarship to Penn state I think, the younger maybe at Layola? But chose Michigan. as both wanted to leave home! . either way he figured the numbers over 4 years of collegiate tennis plus! private coaches, fitness, psychology, travel, nutrition, cars, equipment, chasing sponsors via photo shoots (they were both lookers) low points tournaments overseas. Plus building a court in back yard for time at home. on & on $500k. And none of it particularly extravagant.
Are people still starting their intro with the generic american "yo whatsup guys". I still remember when everyone was super unoriginal and all said "watsup guts'
