Nationally Ranked 12 Year Old Challenges USTA 4.5 Rocket Engineer

12 year old is ranked top 40 in the USA in the 12&U division. He recently defeated MEP (Most Exhausting Player) on TennisTroll Channel. He has been playing tennis since he was two.

Rocket Engineer plays USTA 4.5 and played Division 1 Club Tennis in college. He has been playing in USTA 4.5 League since college and is 8-2 in doubles for Summer 2020 and 2-3 in Summer of 2021. For 2022, he is 1-3 at #1 doubles. He is a real life rocket engineer.

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[johnnybgood]

These types of matches can be so beneficial for both players. It's also really great to see the high level sportsmanship on display. Great job to all involved!

[IntuitiveTennis]

I super useful for junior players to play matches against adult recreational players. I did this growing up in Germany. Great video 🙌

[anthonyrenteria]

I like the match, but if you watch you can see that the ball at 9:21 was way in. The ball even touched blue.

[sdfswords]

The kid moves very well, great defense. Wait until the power develops!

[thomasmedeiros]

As an old high school and USTA Junior tennis coach I enjoy watching this kid play. He has that tennis sense and intuitive nature that is hard to teach. Lots of young players have good strokes but they don’t know how or when to use them. Simon seems to have a purpose, placement and a plan when he hits the ball. He is young but has an old tennis soul for sure. At 12 years-old he is in Middle School but he could play be at number one or two singles at many High Schools. Just wait till we see him play when he 16-18 🎾🎾👍👍🙏🙏

[randymarcum]

Nice match. Thanks for sharing. 12 year will have a very powerful serve as he gets stronger. Nice motion and not afraid to go for it

[JW-bwnj]

The kid reminds me of Donald Young. Not because they're both black and from the Atlanta area, but because you don't come across lefties with that kind of touch and feel very often especially in this day and age. I'm excited to watch his game develop. Thanks TT!

[ImmersedRecordings]

Hello! Watching this video for a bit on coffee break here in the office. You've done this kid a fantastic favour as he can now use this video for college recruiting if he decides to go that route. Keep up the good work TTC. Much love from a former DIII player.

[kshiralk]

Love to see this talented 12 year old play…please post more matches like this!

[Jspore-iprk]

Oh this kid...He has a bright future ahead of him

[cdahl]

What a great match! I love how well the 12 year old adjusted his game. Started attacking the backhand more, especially when serving. Serving second serve to rocket engineer's forehand was a death sentence! I've been in a similar position before where a returner stands in the doubles alley on serve returns and my flat down the T was nowhere to be found so I couldn't punish it. This is a great reminder to keep working on it because I'm sure I'll need it in the future for situations like these.

[joeabib]

I really like Rocket Engineer’s game. One thing I noticed is that he seems to be pretty continental on his grip when he comes over his backhand. To compensate he hits it later and it seems a little slappy. If he moved his grip more eastern and started taking the ball earlier he’d probably get a lot more consistency. But overall fun match. Great content!

[GaugePadawan]

8:34 The net cord, giggling sorry cracked me up. 💗 the unfettered joy with which this supremely talented youngling plays the game.

[HeavyTopspin]

Great match! And great on Rocket Engineer, it takes a lot of guts to be willing to get schooled on video by someone that young and keep a good attitude throughout. This definitely showed off 12-yo's game better than his match against MEP though. Great repertoire of shots; if he ever develops power on the backhand side, he'll be an absolute nightmare!

[mattwilliamson]

Such good sportsmanship from both players. Nice to see that.

[doosrajawad]

Another gem from the troll channel. Young Jedi hits a trick shot level of side spin on some of his drops.

[AkatsukiShadow]

Very good match Simon is very strong for a young man. Great video I learned a lot!

[-Munditimum-]

Great match/content, as usual from our friends at TT.
The little big man has a great tennis IQ. Rocket's strokes look like a beautiful coordinated dance of ball and racquet.
Thank you Tennis Troll!
MM

[pradeepck]

This kid is good! he plays with so much finesse!

[TheMg]

This was almost more fun to watch than the pros. Nice work by both players! Thumbs up and subscribed.