PLAYERS PROFILES

Level A

Gary Peterson Level: Open Level Strengths: Lethal on both wings, kills almost everything off of the backwall, supreme drives, moves well for a 50+. Weaknesses: Sometimes tries too hard on deep court shots on the run and shoot on the run.

Joel Warrior  6'3" 195lbs Strengths: Coverage, knowledge, mobility, down the line backhand. Weaknesses: Front court setup errors, excessive usage of defensive ceiling shots, predictable service.

Velocity Mike  5’10" tall, 175 lbs Strengths:  agility, forehand, solid service game plan, overhead serve, high nick lob and junk lob game, offensive. Weaknesses: focus, dump soft shots in the front court, low percentage returns on lobs, backhand

Sailor John  5'8", 165 lbs, Lefty Strengths: drive serves, coverage, automatic pinches for front court setups, patience, lethal forehand. Weaknesses: overextends front coverage, soft high and garbage Z lobs, low percentage cross court overhead pinches.

Big Dan Lefty   6’7”  200lb Strengths: Tremendous wing spans to get to almost everything, super fast, solid strokes on both wings Weaknesses: Likes to cover too far forward and susceptible to the jam shots, vulnerable to the drive jams, and does not like the slower lob and ceiling games styles.

Vallana Righty  5”8” 180lbs Strengths: Backhand, excellent lobs and drives Weaknesses: Getting ability questionable because of mobility and susceptible to the low drives serves

Brett Righty  5’9” 180lbs Strengths: Fast retriever, solid strokes on both wings at the medium range distance, and great stamina Weaknesses: Vulnerable to the power players blasting everything in sight and does not play well when behind.

Dan Turner  5’11”  180lbs Strengths: Excellent forehand, solid backhand, good mix of off paced serves and moves well front to back Weaknesses: Tries too many low percentage shots when forced on the run and when playing from behind.

Gary Righty  5’10” 160lbs Strengths: Solid strokes on both sides and moves well Weaknesses: Predictable service patterns and plays too defensive at times.

Russian Dave Lefty  5’8” 155lbs Strengths: Drives and likes to play a fast paced game Weaknesses: Does not look back to check the receiver and loses many sideouts because of it and vulnerable to the right Z-drives.

Pete Righty  5’9”  190lbs Strengths: Drive serve when he’s on his game and a punishing forehand stroke Weaknesses: weaker backhand and stamina is an issue when the rallies turned long and arduous.

Andrew Righty  5’9” 185lbs Strengths: Drives, good court positioning and solid groundstrokes Weaknesses: Crowds and gets in the way a lot and blocks opponent’s shots and vulnerable to the slower game styles.

Margaret Righty 5’5”  145lbs Strengths: Solid Strokes on both wings. Nice front court finesse game with many neat soft shots; Weaknesses: Mobility is questionable because of recent broken leg and has a tough time handling a power player’s powerful blasts.

Lyle K. 5'11", 180lbs Strengths: Control, excellent pinches, coverage, mental toughness during difficult stretches, resourceful, experience. Weaknesses: Limited service repertoire and leaves backwall setups when fatigued.

Greg Warrior  5'11" 220lbs Strengths: A high level player, with a good drive serve, fast, mobile, good fundamentals on both wings. Weaknesses: injured right shoulder and was out for two years. rusty front court game.

Pompeii 5'10"  200lbs Strengths: Lethal forehand, classical powerful One-Arm Bandit, excellent drive serve. Weaknesses: Limited backhand, mobility, stamina.

Around the Wall Don (AWB Don) 5'11"  175lbs Strengths: Sweet talker, stamina, Z-serve, Junk Extraordinaire. Weaknesses: Limited deep court offense. Predictable service. Susceptible to hard corner drive.

Mike Greybeard 5’11" 170 lbs Strengths: frontcourt game, coverage, backwall plays, high nick lob serves and drive serves. Weaknesses: predictable service pattern, difficulties shooting on the run from deep court, corner and fly jams.

Mike Tourney 5’7" 190 lbs Strengths: court savvy, lethal and balanced on both wings, good front court game, solid lobs game. Weaknesses: drive serves consistency, mobility and stamina

Tony Rulz 5’10" 200 lbs Strength: service variety, attitude, coverage, and creative junk shots. Weaknesses: past injuries, backhand, and limited deep court offense.

Italian Mike 5’9” 220 lbs Strength: powerful and deceptive drive serves, mobile, ability to kill any ball anywhere on the court. Weaknesses: drive serve lacks variety, occasional overshooting and skipping. Predictable shot selection and service.

Doug Lefty 5'9" 220 lbs Strengths: Serves, coverage, speed. Weaknesses: Limited offense in deep court, game knowledge, problems with ceiling balls (backhand).

Vincent Man 5'10" 220lbs Strengths: Shot selection, coverage, drive serve. Weaknesses: Stamina, skipper, excessive use of defensive ceiling shots.

Terry Kisling  lefty Strengths: Fast, quick, shoots aggressively and accurately. Tough drive serves, super aggressive on setups. Experience. Weaknesses: Sometimes tries too much on deep lob serves and covering too far forward.

Jeff Hunt  lefty 5’10" 220 lbs. Strength: forehand, drive serves, solid backhand and ceiling ball game. Weaknesses: return of serve suspect on backhand side, mobility, and stamina.

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