tennis, life and a few things in between

2-5, 5-1, 4-5, with Bruce, Greg and Matt.

Many guys like to hang their towels by their waist – never see a female does that. Most of them put in front. Today Greg put on his back. As he was waiting for my partner to serve, I see clearly the long towel was swinging from left to right. Hair bang came to my mind. Then thought about our Beijingers slang for it: 屁帘儿, butt’s curtain.

I was amused by the slang laughed to myself. Seriously, I only found it funny now. What had I been doing for the past 60+ years?

Thinking deeper: we take thing in, usually at its face value and not to think too much about it. At least I was like that.

… continue my serve

Bang
北京人也把刘海 叫“屁帘” … 这哥们的屁帘经常在中间
笑着笑着就没有然后了

Keep your left arm straight – one school says so. Mine, apparently is not.

Gary who was late, Hope who saved the day by coming, Matt and I played in peace: the two pickleball courts next to our Court #5 are empty.

… two serves

… a long warm up

Graham, Bob and Brad, all was good and fun, and a little British history. I couldn’t serve out the first set, and lost in the second.

… any progress in serving? Guess not

… and more disappointment

Never felt this tired before: didn’t want to move by the third set.

got a few practices of serve before the game.

… and the last game

My most recent acquisition pink on blue K-Swiss, is the most comfortable so far, and they match my pinky tennis balls. The older K-Swiss is ok.

Asics was from last year, hardly wore.

Adidas on the right is quite few years old because I liked it so much, that I bought four pairs: two white and two light grey. This is the last of four. They’re narrower than most.

Interesting to note, the left two pairs are one size different but they measure the same when stand side by side. Oh well.

Played with Matt, Hope and Jim, who might not play any more.

A new pair of sneakers 👟 pink on blue

终于攒到点钱 买了双鞋. 可惜俺的粉球就剩最后一桶了. 又是个… 就没有然后了的故事… 相信嘛 二个男娃赞我的新鞋. 他们怎么会知道? 不成 他们很注重细节 [Lol]  OR… 一定是俺天天穿的像个叫花子[闭嘴]

…the coach is showing me how to serve

.. and how I actually serve in the games

Won 5-3, 4-5, 5-4 but not happy with my serve  虽赢 … 但发球屡教不改 [Lol] 崩溃.

A slow warm up

… and 2 games

I’ll start posting some games. No particular reason, except I recorded them. It’s also a way for me to keep track of my progress.

• … very tired
• the blue sneaker day

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2:1 with one double, as I was serving out the third set. Working on my serve and backhand:

… how’s my serve: left arm to the side? Getting pointers from the coach, who doesn’t seem to care much about my waiter’s tray.

… and the warm up

Lastly, the first game, which I lost

Stretch before and after the game is important. So is the warm up.

• ²⁰²⁴ a long one; a good one

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