Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (Court Day #411)
Nine times. I’ll explain in a minute.
I was going to have one of my staff close at work so I could go to pickleball early, but both my closers left due to not feeling well, so I arrived at Skypark at about 6:30. It had been cloudy until later in the day, so it was cooler. There were two tennis players on their courts and fourteen pickleball players at the other end of the facility.
Even with my forearm strap tight, my tennis elbow was bothering me some tonight. Not super painful, but still a slight annoyance. I played games lefty for the most part tonight.
After I hit the white net tape with the ball, I started counted. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. I drove the ball into the white tape nine times between warming up with Kristin L. and half a dozen games that followed. Ugh. Dave Weinbach is known for the mantra “Respect the Net”. I need to more of that. Yes, you want to keep the ball low, but—rule #1 in pickleball—get the ball over the net!
I played a game with a group of Matt, Paul, Dave. I asked the time and Matt said 9:33. The lights were still on but were expected to click off any second, yet they were still on after we’d gotten into our cars and left. Dunno.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 (No Play)
I opted to order my USA Pickleball ambassador business cards today. I have no idea how long they will take to arrive, but at least they are coming. They’ll be handy to have to pass out to people interested in learning pickleball.
Number of days on a court: 411
Number of total hours: 2,070
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