In the beginning, I mostly uploaded full challenger matches but ran
into copyright issues (USTA Pro Circuit). I ended up deleting many videos.
Frustrated and trying to find a solution, I began to experiment with making highlights. I had done
slideshow videos before and thought to myself, “it can’t be that much different”. I was right, it wasn’t; however, it was time
consuming because you have to re-watch the match.
My First Ever Highlight Video
My collection grew larger as time passed by and expanded
to include ATP and WTA matches. I still
upload unedited matches every now and then (mostly juniors, slam qualies, and
college tennis). I try to avoid Roland
Garros’ contents after receiving a red
flag on the 3rd round encounter between Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
and Donald Young. The clay slam
prohibits publicized fan videos.
Below are the
other playlists in this channel:
You will notice that majority of the highlight videos are
long and thorough (for analysis purpose).
I like to show the players’ strengths as well as weaknesses, and
sometimes their mental game. And because
of this, I am accused of “Subliminal Messaging”. To avoid future conflicts with this player's fans, I no
longer make highlights of his matches. I actually had several videos that
I never shared.
That concludes the history of this YouTube
channel and how I got into the video highlight hobby, a hobby within a tennis hobby.
What's ahead: 10 American Teenagers to Watch in 2015.
I don't know who complained, but I'm sure 99% of people really appreciate your Youtube videos and highlights. Please don't let him/her deter you from posting videos. Many thanks to you for your time and effort put into these videos!
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