A normal day at the gym. Swimming pool was bit chaotic, with a woman so inconsiderate and the club manager seemed powerless to do anything about it.
Archive for Musing
Confirm the match
The league rule has it that we must enter the score within 24 hours and confirm within 48, otherwise
loses the right to dispute those scores. Repeated failure to enter match scores will result in captain sanctions
However, many teams do not really follow the time frame. This match was scheduled/played on Friday at 8pm.
What was your first sporting event?
Sports are big in USA, such as ice hockey, football, basketball and baseball, and other parts of the world, such as soccer and F-1 and Tour de France.
Why there isn’t a Chinese or Chinese team in Tour de France when 1+ billion people riding it??
One of the scenes that itched into my mind was one sport fun, had a newspaper in hands and was reading it, the tv was on with his team was playing, and a radio that was turned to the play by play of the game that was on tv. That was a little before the Internet and smart phones.
In 2012, I went to the Giants playoff. On our way to the stadium, the car radio was on so were all the iPhones in the mini van, except mine.
.. I could image nowadays ..
The 3rd match
It’s an easy win. Regular season matches are unpredictable. The match was not confirmed within time limit set by the league.
The 2nd match: a sweep
It happens bit too early that I’ve problem to field three courts, despite of 15 player roster. I’m the one who voted against the rescheduling but I did ask for one only because the season has just started. Then a few hours later at our first match two mates decided they could spare me the misery. So full lineup.
However, the flight coordinator and opposing captain were informed (of the rescheduling) and court was canceled and .. then .. rebooked. I’m embarrassed for causing so much trouble. As it happened the opposing team has issue too: one of players was on call and may be taking incoming calls during the match.
Anyway. Ron and I played 3D and the guy looks older than us but out ran any of us. And of courses robbed me of a few ‘winners’. It’s unbelievable that he got to every single shot, so fast.
Two questionable line calls: one was baseline, I called it out and Ron signed as good. In it was.
Another one was a cross court shot from the girl, which I called it out and the guy gestured displeasure. I looked at my partner who said nothing. So out it was.
2D has a close match.
One mate showed up at Wednesday (11/13 at NTC) practice because we forgot to cancel it. Very sorry. It’s the first fime hopefully won’t happen again. More pix on FB.
Post by Tennis Anyone.
1st match
Our first match of the season went underway Sunday night at Roosevelt Island, as away team; won only 3D.
Li Na
• It’s hard to understate coach Carlos Rodriguez’s impact on not only Li‘s tennis but also her personal growth. “Maybe it’s different, Chinese and Western, because I think the Western people, they like to share how they’re feeling now. For myself, if I’m feeling something, I never try to talk to the team. I always block it. I’m always feeling I’m strong enough, I can fix everything.
“But I think this is a weakness. I think the real strong person, if they feel something, for sure, they will speak out, because they find someone who can help them to make even stronger. So that’s why I was feeling terrible every time I talked to Carlos. But now I am feeling much better, because I try to open my mind a little bit to share the feelings.”
• More psychoanalysis from Li: “I think when I grew up, the [reason] I cannot show how good I am is because when I won a tournament, the coach was so tough. If I make a mistake [in training], for sure she would say, ‘What? You just win one tournament. Are you thinking you can win another one? Why didn’t you train harder?’ I think she always punished me all the time. I didn’t have [confidence] to show how good I am.”
The Cage
The legendary courts on 4th Street at 6th Avenue, next to Golden Swan Garden (near NYU) in New York City, where many who’s who in the hoop got their start here.
