Wednesday, November 13, 2019 (Court Day #321)

We had a pest control dude come by the house since my wife got bitten by some bug. Maybe mites. Anyway, after dealing with him, I got to the court about 9:30. Binh happened to be getting his stuff out of the car just as I pulled up. Good thing I keep some sunscreen in my backpack, I’d forgotten to put some on this morning—the pest appointment threw off my normal routine.

My tennis elbow was bothering me—as typical for the last year—so I played all my games today lefty.

In my first game, I hit at least three slams long sailing past the baseline. If it wasn’t my first game of the day, and first in a week and a half, I would have been more frustrated about it.

There was a couple from Carlsbad in southern California, Sean and Sam. (I’m guessing it’s short for Samantha.) They are strong players. She’s probably a 4.0 and he’s probably a strong 3.5. Sam is particularly good with angles. She got me a number of times with shots just out of reach or with me going the wrong direction. Nonetheless, Trevor and I beat them twice in a row. They were back and forth good games. I was playing well.

Later on, with a few games in between Trevor and I played Sean and Sam again. This time, I was not playing well and Trevor made some errors as well. We lost 11-6 or something like that.

The last game was Alan Cable and me against Wayne and Josh. Alan and I won 11-1.

Dean and Dave DiBiase showed up, which was a surprise. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to play with them. As I was leaving, I asked Dave if he would be playing at Brommer on Friday. He was hesitant—he was between points—but said yes.

What did I learn today?

Some days I play pretty well lefty. Aside from Dean and Dave D. whom I didn’t play with, for the most part, I held my own with the best players there today. A little perspective, I’m mixing it up with them while playing with my off hand. Right?

Sam showed me that there’s success to be had with angles—and work to do on my part to prevent that success by others! It’s like Bryan from San Jose . . . he can eat you alive with angles.

Trevor is a pretty good player. He’s on par with Binh or Eric S. He was among the better players there.

Number of days on a court: 321
Number of total hours: 899.5

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