Sunday, April 7, 2024 (Court Day #643)

I took the USA Pickleball Player Rules Test last night while walking the dog. I got 92%. That’s four wrong out of 50 questions. I’m getting better. I’m still shooting for 100%. 

WHOOP

My wife is big into medical analytics. A few years ago, she bought a WHOOP, after her sister bought one. (This is a common theme. Her sister buys one, she buys one, then their mom buys one!) This is a device that you wear and it purports to keep track of the stress you are experiencing, as well as the length and quality of your sleep, along with other metrics.

A week ago, my wife got a new whoop device in the form of a ring she could wear. She gave me her old device to wear for a few days so she can compare the data for me to her own data. I’ve worn it the last couple of days and she’s thought it might be interesting to see what happens if I wear it while playing pickleball. I very rarely wear a watch or any kind of jewelry outside of my wedding ring. I suppose I could get used to it, but generally, I just find it annoyance. Regardless, I wore the WHOOP to pickleball today.

Derby Park

There’s a sunny, if chilly, morning—my car read 52° as navigated the suburban streets on my way to open up the courts. I arrived at Derby Park at 8:45 a.m.

My knee hasn’t been bothering me other than an ache here and there, so today I thought I would try and play without the knee brace and see how things go.

It was not a day of a lot of great games. The last game of the day was Mark G. and Mauricio against myself and Ted B. 

It started raining around 1 o’clock with large, but very sparse drops. Such a strange day. It started out actually beautifully, then the clouds moved in and we had raindrops. 

I left the park at 1:30 p.m. Normally, I’d leave around noon to go teach, but the main highway was closed for the demolition of an overpass, so I cancelled today’s class.

WHOOP

My wife said that the WHOOP said that my body was under “stress” during pickleball. I wasn’t concerned, that’s expected!

Number of days on a court: 643
Number of total hours: 2,771
Number of paid coaching hours: 24.5

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