Saturday, July 27, 2024 (Court Day #693)

I told my staff yesterday afternoon that I was going to take the morning off today. It was overcast and 63°F when I arrived at Brommer Park. There was a breeze, but it was quite light, so just about perfect pickleball weather.

When I pulled in at 9:26 a.m., there were that half a dozen parking spots, so parking was easy. The courts were hopping. 

There was a new guy named Tristan visiting from Colorado. We get distant visitors now and then. Often visiting family. I have no idea why Tristan was in town.

Eric, Mauricio, Jordan

I played with a hispanic guy, Eric (I’d never met him before) and we beat Mauricio and Jordan 11-2. It was their first game.

We played a rubber match and Eric and I lost 7-11.

And we lost the next game at 8–11.

They were close back-and-forth games. Jordan was playing very well.

Dieter, Shawnte, Katy

I got into a game with Dieter—after Eric had to leave—against Shawnte and Katy. We lost the first game in lopsided fashion. I think we were down 7–1 then came back to make it more of a game. But we still lost.

We won the second game and then the four of us decided to play one more.

Dieter and I lost the last/third game 9–11. That game was very much a close one with lots of service switches. I was intentionally trying to hit most of my shots with Shawnte.

It was a great morning. But the exception of the first game, all the games were challenging and fun. And I was playing reasonably well.

I left at 12:15 p.m. Home, eat, shower, then to work.

Number of days on a court: 693
Number of total hours: 2,905
Number of paid coaching hours: 55.5

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