Thursday, August 23, 2018 (Court Day #186)
There are a crazy number of big fires going on in California right now. Yesterday, the sun was red well before sunset. Today, you could see the smoke making the sky hazy and impersonating fog even with the fires hours away.
But the smoke wouldn’t keep me from pickleball.
The USAPA sent out a notice that phase 2 of their new rating system was complete so that more accurate skill ratings were now available. My rating dropped from over 3.5 to 3.336. Eric was raised to 3.352. John P. was lowered to 3.52. Well, I still don’t think they are accurate, but they are closer. John is a good player, but I still believe most of the club would pick Eric or me over John as a partner. Though it is safe to say that John outplayed me on Tuesday night. I was just playing rotten.
Skypark
I arrived at scotts valley at 6:38 p.m. I left work just after closing but my wife insisted I remove a dead rat from a trap in our backyard before leaving. Beth Black had texted yesterday about drilling and we decided to do some at SV along with some games.
We did some third shot drop drills, then she and Kris took on me and Terry (Laura’s husband). It was a fun game. I played ok.
Beth and I played as partners against some good opponents and kept winning, I was playing very well. Not perfect, but well.
Dan and Sarah were playing along with their friend Dillon. I only played with and against Sarah. She’s getting better—as you’d expect. She’ll be formidable in time.
Tonight, I feel a bit better. I had my dumb shots, but I had some great shots and some very good rallies.
9:18 and we were done.
Number of days on a court: 186
Number of total hours: 515
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