Sunday, February 8, 2026 (Court Day #900)

It was mostly sunny with just a little bit of haze. It was 54°F as I pulled into Brommer Park a few minutes after 9 a.m.

Shoes

It’s time for a new pair of shoes. My current shoes are worn almost completely flat on the bottom. It seems such a shame, the rest of the shoes are great and at this rate could last for years, but it’s just the sole of the shoe has worn down.

Today is Super Bowl Sunday, and this afternoon my family is gathering together.

“Stupid parking job butthead.”
Ok, that’s what I get for using voice-to-text while parking! Hahaha! Commentary on a parked car. Some people can’t seem to be able to park evenly between parking lines and take up two parking spots. Come on, people.

Games

I played a bunch of games over the four hours that I played today.

Mo and I were down 2-9 again Chayton and John. We came back and were even up 11-10. But we lost 11-13. Looooong game. Fun.

Evan and I lost 2-11 against Mo and Jax. Horrible performance, but…
…we won 11-5 on the rematch. Redemption!

Chayton and I won 11-5 against Jax and Mo. Jax and I are pretty similar in terms of skill and Chayton is the strongest of all of us, so the outcome was not a surprise.

I teamed up with a tall young guy named Rich, who I think was visiting. We played against lefty Aaron and Rich‘s friend Rory, who was also tall and thin and young. It was a close back-and-forth game. Our opponents won 12-10. Aaron and I were night-and-day the better players so it was good that we split up.

I then called it a day and left at 1:14 p.m.

And?

I had my moments of bad play, but I felt that I played pretty well today overall. I left the courts happy.

During one game, a guy on the wall asked about me switching my paddle to my left hand. “Do you switch to reach certain shots?” I didn’t even realize that I had switched. “Did I switch?” He confirmed, then I replied “I don’t even realize that I did it.” Sometimes I notice when I switch, and sometimes—obviously—I don’t.

Milestone!

I didn’t realize until later, but today was pickleball outing number 900. Well, I’m not a pro level player yet. That might be outing number 9,000…

Number of days on a court: 900
Number of total hours: 3,385.5
Number of paid coaching hours: 197.5

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