Thursday, May 23, 2019 (Court Day #268)

Day 29 playing left-handed. Tennis elbow.

I had to stay a little late at work and arrived at Scotts Valley shortly before 7:30 p.m.

I got into a game in very short order and played right from game to game until it was time to go.

My first game was with a new fellow, Darren, who lives nearby in Felton. We played against Stuart and Greg. We won, but it was very close.

i finished the night with a few games with Binh as my partner. We stacked again. The first game wasn’t that great, but by the last game, we were playing decently. Binh had a very nice backhand ATP around the left post.

I experimented some with my serve, trying to serve from a more upright position instead of hunching over. I missed a few, but they got better as the evening wore on.

One funny moment was when I hit a service return with a lot of backspin and it flew up and dropped just net and bounced straight back up less than net height. Mark Dettle has no chance! Stuart and a woman clapped from the bench! Of course, it’s a very low percentage shot that fails most of the time by either never crossing the net or inviting your opponent right up to the kitchen. It’s horrible shot-selection. Still it was fun. It the best execution I’ve ever seen of that shot though; a first!

Nothing of great note. Just putting in the necessary hours trying to improve left-handed.

Play wrapped up just before 9 p.m.

Number of days on a court: 268
Number of total hours: 736

To start at the beginning of this blog click on “1st Post” in the menu above.