tennis, life and a few things in between

Focuing on serve: shifting weigh and hoisting.

We’ve been using cards to forge partnerships and form games lately. Today I drew the diamond K, partner with Joel vs Stan & Dennis. At 5-0, Dennis has to quit due to a left knee injury that’s going under the knife in a week.

Coach takes over and gets a game. So it was 6-1. The second set they won 6-2. His comment on my forehand (ok) and serve: bend the knees.

The mourning doves have been bombing /flying over us throughout the match: guess they’re looking for their nest spot. Pretty sad.

Matt and I def Sally & Joe 6-2
Sally and I lost 3-6, despite leading 3-0: I was tired, really.

On serve, I focus on hoisting, and am doing a little of that.

BUT

… my tossing is too late, or I hoist my arm too early.

So far, one motion/step that consistently working is drop low.

Something interesting: what weather or nature does to the Score Keepers: only one side (happens to be green color) gets green moss.

上面的朝东 下面的朝西 青苔只生在一边

大自然的鬼斧神工

Beautoful sunrise at the courts

… the warmup

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Like with racket drops low, shifting weight, or transferring weight hits me today and works out well. I think it solves my tossing too early problem as well.

Monday mixer: Hope and I lost to Tammy & Matt 4-6, & 3-3: Hope has to retire after 90 minutes of play to nurse his chronic injury or long existing. It was a great match, with many long rallies, and my forehand works well.

… the warm-up

_{the bird and me}

Today, I concentrate on hoisting.

Sally, who can run and runs fast, and I won 2 and 1 over Rebecca and Lisa: they’re preparing for the upcoming battle.

Lisa asked me, when it was over, for suggestions. Seriously, asking me? I knew nothing about tennis 🙂

• hoisting not so much: more practice!
• warm-up w/ Lisa
• a bird mourning dove is looking

With Lori playing Line #1 against Lucille & Kelly: 6-1 & 7-5; team won 3-2.

… the standing

We were leading 5-2 in the second set but I lost my serve, and allowed them to win next 3 games. I was not looking-forward to the tiebrek nor the 3rd set. Thanks heaven, we found a way to close the match. There were many long rallies, Kelly’s serve motion is great.

During lunch, they’re talking about four remaining games and possible upgrade to B Level for the next season. Only #1 team gets upgrade to the next level, the bottom one gets down grade.

It’s Lori and Linda’s birthday, some mates brought banner and two bottles of white wine. The league’s banquent is on May 14. Some of the mates have played in this Alot league for a decade.

6-1, 7-5
有人睡着了😹 领先5-2 结果对手连赢三盘… 还好 及时止损 many long rallies [强] 对手之一的发球漂亮

雇佣兵的第五战

队伍3-2. 她们已经打完8场 暂时第一. 还剩4场比赛, 包括和小二. 二队相差无几.

俺的正手信心不足[捂脸]

^{the forever tray}

Saturday’s comeback didn’t work today: I got bagel’ed.

• w/ Tammy, 0-6
• w/ Hope 4-6

Didn’t get to play with Matt: a little tired.

On serve: one person said, hoist your arm, no funny business, just hoists it up.

• Apr 4
• is this a hoisting?
• a little hoist?
• serve: hoist

Oh well, it’s back to work weekend.

We played three sets, first to 5, no ad; partnering with each player:

• w/ Todd, 5-4: we came back from 0-4
• w/ Joe, 5-2
• w/ Sally, 5-1

I served first, but lost it immediately; however, we were able to comeback from dead.

The 3rd set, we were leading 3-0 when Joe held his serve. We then took the next two games.

… all were good, except the waiter’s tray.

This Bulgarian player (1991-; 2007, $31,727,833) now lives in Monte Carlo, after leading 5-3 in the third set, lost the match in a tiebreak @ Miami Open.

He’s one of the very few players to play single-handed backhand, and won the 2017 Tour Finals that propelled him to world #3. Other notables are that he dated Maria Sharapova from late 2012 to the end of 2015,