No earth shattering revelation. Coach and I won 4 and 4 over Craig and Joel.
The second set we were leadng 4-0, then 4-4. Oh well.
We’ve three players for this clinic, so we played dobules.
A cold clinic
Since Thanksgiving, the weather has been cold, 48° at 8 am. The swimming pool water temp is 79°: comfortable for me, cold for the rest, or most.
Today’s clinic: waiting position.
Coach said my waiting stance shouldn’t be flush to the baseline, which is how I stand, but should be one leg ahead, such as Kei Nishikori (1989-).
Today, there is just me and Greg.
After hitting from baseline and volley, we played canadian doubles, and I was able to win a game.
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Morrison Hill swimming pool
摩理臣山游泳池
7 Oi Kwan Rd,
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Someone posted two photos of this pool today, where I used to swim daily.
It’s Thanksgiving in the US, but our prayers are with Hong Kong: the big fire Wang Fuk Court structure fire has claimed 75, and many more are expected; 3 arrests are made as of now.
Monday clinic
Pix of serve, fore/back hands
According to the coach, this is correct, except my elbow could be a bit higher, which allows me to easily drop, then swimg to hit.
But I’ve so many double faults today, losing 4-6 and 3-6 to Sandi and Matt, with Tony.
Played with Rich briefly, till Tony came. We fileld 4 courts this morning.
Two sets of forehand:
… and set #2
2 sets of backhand:
And set #2
A receiving game won
Swim …
With a little extra time on hand before tennis, instead of the warm up laps, I record myself.
The most obvious one is my free: thought I’ve fixed my hand/arm crossing the middle. But my right arm is still doing it.
I rarely swim the fly, which looks kiddish. And the backstoke: do I need to turn more?
Four strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, in the individual medley (IM) sequence:
- butterfly: kiddish
- backstroke
- breaststroke
- freestyle: my right hand is crossing the middle
Friday Clinic: 4 & 3
Coach C gives two clinics a week, on Mondays and Fridays. It’s a playtime with very little instruction.
I was there a little early, and got a little serving tip because he saw me working on my serve for a long time.
The racket head should stay up straight before the trophy position for a serve, which allows for a more powerful and efficient swing.
Is my forehand correct?
The backhand, coach says: from low to high, and no chicken arms.
Coach and I lost two sets to Adrian and Greg 4-6 and 3-6. Greg is 4.0 and Adrian is 21, who can play and run. It was a good 8.0 game, except I’m too weak. Coach cheated on the score, good naturally a couple of times.
On brand of sneakers
On Holding AG is a Swiss athletic shoe and clothing company, founded in 2010. It trades on NYSE as ONON, IPOed in 2021 at $24, and today is at $41.
I was searching for a sandy court tennis sneakers, this models showed up.
Although the color is lovely. But unfortunatley, I found the sole isn’t as thick as I thought. The shoes are a bit tight. The front of the sneakers look dull.
2 rubbers night
Nothing is really memoriable … but I’ve two rubbers with two different partners tonight.
Barb played the most – 8, and I played 7 out of 22 hands.
Good tossing?
3-6, 4-6, Joel and I lost to Matt & Sandi.
My forehand works well today, won many points, especially hitting to Sandi.
正手发挥很好,赢了很多分,尤其是打给桑时… 为嘛我没能更好地利用它来赢得那一局和整场比赛? 我不知道… 不过觉得我找到了适合自己的投掷方法,我的左臂可以保持高/久一些.
Why didn’t I use it more to win the set and match? I don’t know …
I think I’ve found my tossing method so my left arm stays high and a bit longer. However, in the actual game, I do the old way! The decent toss happens only in practice.
A game won
… and a long rally: good defence but we lost the point
