Another good win, w/ Dave L who has textbook forms, v. Dennis & Aaron.
I thought my serve is decent but still with waiter’s tray. I held all my serve, except one when I set up the phone. The oppenonts joked, ‘keep the camera rolling’ -:)
The underhand 2nd serve
A good match on a gorgeous day, with two new players. A half moon hung high at 9:23 in the morning.
Dave L and I won 1 and 4 against Aaron and Richard. A & R have textbook form and big serves but made a few unforced errors.
Dave and I are still working on our serves; we both double-faulted. By contrast, Aaron & Richard’s serve made me feel particularly inadequate – very humbling, and they both have textbook forms.
… getting ready
… and more tossing
In the first set, Dave served at 5–0. At 0–15, Rich made a late call on Dave’s second serve, calling it out. Dave then double-faulted, giving our opponents their only game.
In the second set, they switched sides (Rich on ad side) and went up 3–0. We clawed back, game by game. Both their wives stopped by.
6-1 n 6-4: 二个新面孔. A和R两人的技术动作都很规范, 发球也很出色(相比之下好惭愧…)可惜他们一些非受迫性失误比我和俺的小鲜肉多一点.
… more tossing
星期四也有一新面孔. 不过他说我们打过一两次. 我们3-0 但输了4-6.
希望不会再打: 好粗鲁
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又说人家坏话了… 没忍住
周末快乐
The girls I played with yesterday convienced me to join them for the A Lot league. I did, without apparent reason.
Today I get to practice with the woman I’ll team up for the next league play on 1.21. Our oppenonts are two guys, Matt & Lu.
We were leading 3-0 then I lost my serve at 0-40. I lost all my next serve as well, and lost to them 4-6.
More practice, with the Slinger and the girls.
A photo of FedEx hitting his forehand: 90° and both his arms are out straight, chest facing the net. … my hand is lower
Then, joining five A Lot girls for an 90 minutes clinic.
Mainly worked on my volley and swing volley this morning; then on my toss, trying to turn my left hand inward after the ball is in the air. Not sure what it will do, but the tray is forever there.
Some opinions: it’s an inefficient, pushing motion (like holding a tray) instead of a powerful, upward “throwing” motion with pronation, limiting spin, power, consistency, and placement control, and capping a player’s potential for advanced development by keeping the racket face open too early, preventing proper racket drop and internal shoulder rotation.
… a few videos
More and more, I like double-handed backhand more than fore: both hands give me more comfort, reliability and power.
Over all, I still take the ball when it’s on its way down. Everyone says should take it when it’s on its way up.
Also some volleys.
… Keeping both arms too close to the body during a double-handed backhand—often called “jamming” or the “chicken wing” effect—is detrimental to performance because it severely restricts power, control, and range of motion. This technical error often results from poor spacing, where the player is too close to the ball …
Ok the new year, the new game …
Lost again 6,1 & 4 with the Fab4 group.
Thought my serve was very good but not good enough to win a set.
Many long rallies. The first set, Cheri served at 5-4 but unable to close. After I won 6-6, they decided to quit, switch partners.
Foggy fog; spider web
In WeChat
Lost again 6,1 & 4
with the Fab4 group. Thought my serve was very good but not good enough to win a set.
又输了
第一局 6:6 时她们决定停 换搭档
很多长时间的拉锯战. 离开的球场就开始一瘸一拐的
这是👇他们心目中的老太婆. 缺点儿杀气 [呲牙]
今天听了两遍黄河钢琴协奏曲 好久没听了
今天自己在油管里跳出来
第二遍再听是输了以后 —- 心里万马奔腾 🐎开玩笑
看到一些朋友贴了韶山的视频 想起今天是毛主席的生日
Blue skies on this Christmas Eve. The morning air is 55°, the water 81°, steam curling up from the swimming pool.
I warmed up quickly in the water, then headed to the court for battle.
After the match, I went to the pool to stretch and saw this group of birds in the sky: American white Pelicans (Turkey Vultures over Benchmark Int’l a few days later), and as if they’re in formation.
At court, it was a wonderful match, full of rallies and laughter—despite losing all three sets:
~ w/ Tammy, 4-6
~ w/ Sandi, 3-6
~ w/ Cheri, 3-6
A few videos show that I play softly and have fewer correct forms than during the practices:
~ warming up: forehand
~ the first game
~ the 2nd game
~ the 3rd game
~ where’s 4th game?
~ the 5th – a long game
https://youtu.be/C_8-lhUo_ko
