Wednesday, September 6, 2017. (Court Day #67)

Thankfully, it was a cooler morning. Overcast and drizzly enough to have to flip on the windshield wipers on the way. I arrived to Brommer at 9:10. It was a light crowd and continued to be light attendance. It stayed misty pretty much all morning. Not enough to make the courts slippery but enough to make your clothes moist. The sun stayed hidden all morning.

So what did I think of today? It was a tale of two Andrews. Unlike typical days, I was better earlier on. I played two great games with Eric. That were loplised wins. We were “on fire” as Alan (English accent, one “L”) told Mike when the two of them took us on. Eric and I pulled out ahead but ended up losing 11-9.

My worst game of the day was when I partnered with John P. against Stuart and Allan. It wasn’t failed drop shots that got me. It was mostly my net game or otherwise popping the ball up. Sometimes, it was impatience. In the midst of a dink battle, I’d would go for a drive but it wasn’t a down hit, it was an across hit that could be hit back—I should have waited for the opportunity for a clear winner instead of forcing it.

The later morning was frustrating. I hit a few shots too deep. There were a few shots were I took too much off the ball and it didn’t even make it back to the net. I popped up way too many balls that lead to points for our opponents.

The morning felt long. When I asked Tom S. what time it was, he said, “11.” “11-what?” I was expecting something like “11:45.” For my answer, I got a kindly “11:02, if you need to know down to the minute!”

Things wrapped up at 12:00 sharp. There are up days and down days, today was a down day.

Since I can’t play tomorrow night (obligation) and therefore wash today “out of my mouth”, I decided to watch some videos. Joe Baker’s are always good ones to revisit. In this video, the problem mentioned at 6:55 is mine:

There is a lot of great advice in the above video.

Number of days on a court: 67
Number of total hours: 190.5