{"id":176,"date":"2007-05-05T22:34:54","date_gmt":"2007-05-06T02:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2007-05-05T22:34:54","modified_gmt":"2007-05-06T02:34:54","slug":"40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been my goal to reach that elusive 4.0 level in tennis for some years running, but I wasn\u2019t serious in the past.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s just the next level.\u00a0 <\/span>But now I play with reaching that goal in mind.\u00a0 <\/span>I said that out loud today and Simon just laughed.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c4.0?\u00a0 <\/span>You ought to correct your bad habits first ..\u201d .. namely – not returning the ball that\u2019s going out, to start.\u00a0 <\/span>I don\u2019t know why I would always do that, hitting a ball that was clearly flying out.\u00a0 <\/span>For the convenience since I was right there?\u00a0 <\/span>Maybe.\u00a0 <\/span>But sometimes I\u2019d go out of my way doing it.\u00a0 <\/span>(Ya right, my opponents all love me dearly.)\u00a0 <\/span>And staying at no-man zone is another sin. \u00a0<\/span>I just feel so so at home even I get caught repeatedly.\u00a0 <\/span>And I took shots that clearly not mine.\u00a0 <\/span>Never learned the art of minding my own business, lol .. And the grunt.\u00a0 <\/span>Errhhhh it\u2019s down right ugly.\u00a0 <\/span>Today Simon teamed up with Peter who has really cute forehand and I\u2019m mindful of his advice for mime.\u00a0 <\/span>I played with Dale, the Fisherman\u2019s older son.\u00a0 <\/span>Peter has no problem with Simon\u2019s live coaching today because they beat us 6:2 and 6:3.\u00a0 <\/span>I did everything by the book, lol: <\/span>
\n\u4e0d\u4e09\u4e0d\u56db<\/font><\/span> \u2013 <\/span>dubious area.\u00a0 <\/span>This is Peter\u2019s term for staying at the no man zone.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u591a\u624b\u591a\u811a<\/font><\/span> \u2013<\/span> messes with partner\u2019s shots<\/span>
\n\u7231\u7ba1\u95f2\u4e8b<\/font><\/span> \u2013 <\/span>return the shots that went out<\/span><\/span>
\n\u53e3\u82e5\u60ac\u6cb3<\/font><\/span> <\/span>\u4e14<\/font><\/span> <\/span>\u6ed4\u6ed4\u4e0d\u7edd<\/font><\/span> \u2013<\/span> being eloquent plus<\/span> <\/span>incessant .. my grunt ..<\/span>
\n4.0?\u00a0 <\/span>Fat chance.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Poor Dale.\u00a0 <\/span>When I minded my own biz, a.k.a. not messing with his shots, we actually won the game.\u00a0 <\/span>But it\u2019s me, brainless n never learn.\u00a0 <\/span>He said nothing.\u00a0 <\/span>Nice kid, lol.\u00a0 <\/span>I won the set with Simon against Dale and Sandy and was 5:5 with Dale against Peter\/Sandy, then I had to go, Kinglazy has party.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s really a nice day, and I always have good time with them, but just I don\u2019t have the time the way they do, their kids are all grew, adult children, and they don\u2019t start till 10am, will hang around for better part of the day.\u00a0 <\/span>\/ Today they made it early b\/e of me.\u00a0 <\/span>I can\u2019t say that I don\u2019t play with hint of guilt, thinking Slowpoke and Kinglazy.\u00a0 <\/span>If I play at the park with weekend morning group, I\u2019ll sure be done by 9am.\u00a0 <\/span>Would have the entire day for them.\u00a0 <\/span>Oh well, give and take, life is a big negotiation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been my goal to reach that elusive 4.0 level in tennis for some years running, but I wasn\u2019t serious in the past.\u00a0 It\u2019s just the next level.\u00a0 But now I play with reaching that goal in mind.\u00a0 I said that out loud today and Simon just laughed.\u00a0 \u201c4.0?\u00a0 You ought to correct your bad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}