Anyone else left a league for never being targetted?
I'm just wondering if a few people here lived the same situation I did. I'm in a few leagues and one of the leagues is a 3.5+ ladder league. I'd say I'm closer to 4.0 than 3.5, but since it's a ladder league the idea is that I'd end up on the first court with players closer to ~3.7.
I was "right" for a while for the most part, but last time was a total disaster. On top of never being targetted, my partners would have an unforced error ratio of around 30%. Even at 3.5, I don't think this is a normal error ratio. I'm the only one of the gang who actually drills 3-10 hours a week (sometimes with a partner, sometimes with the Titan machine at the club).
The one time I started poaching to compensate, my partner got irritated, so I stopped.
I got upset (I regret my reaction) and pretty much left the league. I'd rather stop playing because it makes me quite mad and such league is a waste of my time as I'm not improving. Also the games are kind of lame because there's rarely dink fights and I'm one of the few using drop shots a lot to get closer to the kitchen.
Anyone else went through that? I feel the only way forward is to get with a gang and reserve a private court but I don't have such gang yet. There's no real 4.0 leagues at my club, they try to make some but too many lower level players try to join.
Posted Sep 8, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC