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.
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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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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
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.
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
17 years ago
A photo app claimed it would cancel the accounts of users who hadn’t ordered anything from it since last summer. But for over a year, they have kept sending me the old memories.
Today, there are a few tennis pictures from November 2008. Apparently, I still wear the outfits nowadays because they’re cotton. Ann Taylor doesn’t sell many cotton garments nowadays, unfortunately.
The blue one was a RL hand me down from my kid. The two holes on the top t shirt are from trying to remove the label: eventually, I got a seam ripper! No more holes.
Memories: 17 years ago, from a photo app
至少十七年的衣服
贫困的限制
说真现在Ann Taylor 的棉/麻衣服很少了
兰的是RL娃不要的
红条的洞是标签没拆好 – 无奈买了个挑线刀
搞不懂 这个照片应用程序去年夏天就说是最后了… 结果一年多来还是不停的推送
勾起了很多回忆
3 finger motions
4-6, 6-6 & quit. It was a little windy. Joel and I were lagging behind again.
More serving motions w/ 3 fingers.
… and the actual
3 fingers
A practice day. Coach C has metioned or stressed to hold the racket loosely, like with only 3 fingers to serve or hitting the forehand. It finally lighting up … However, the gap between perception and reality is wide: without ball, I’m doing ok but with ball, tray comes back.
I also been practicing single handed backhand
… and a few forehands
