8th Match with Marty Kooper
2/28/09   Saturday  1:00P.M. 
Chico Racquet Club
2-6, 6-4,1-6
 
I experienced problems with tightness in my strokes today similar to yesterday.  I don’t know how many times I hit my backhand into the net.  I also hit a lot of balls that just cleared the net and landed short.  These balls fortunately had a [...]

6th Match with Sydney Hughes
2/27/09  Friday  12 noon
Chico Racquet Club
1-6, 4-6, 2-6
 
This was a match that turned out to be very frustrating for me.  I don’t think I was really aware during the whole match that my ego was getting the best of me.  It wasn’t till after the match was over and I was [...]

Lesson #11 with Eldon
2/25/09  10:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
 
Eldon wanted to look at the progress of my forehand stroke and also work on my forehand volley in this lesson.  We warmed up with some mini-tennis, hit some forehand strokes, played a five point game incorporating strategies and finally worked on the forehand volley.
 
The following are the [...]

Matches with Derek Culligan and Marty Kooper
2/21/09   Saturday  8:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Club Champion Tournament
 
Eight o’clock in the morning came a little earlier than I wanted on Saturday, but that’s what time my first match was and that’s where I wanted to be, competing in the Club’s Champion Tournament at the 3.5 level.  The weather was perfect, [...]

6th Match with Marty Kooper
2/7/09, 12 noon, Saturday
Chico Racquet Club
Won 7-5, 6-4
 
I arrived at the Club a little after twelve noon after Marty had called me urging me to get there as soon as possible since there weren’t many dry courts available to play on.  I found Marty waiting and holding down court 4 where [...]

Lesson # 10 with Eldon
2/4/09  Wednesday 10:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
 
 
I went into this lesson wanting to work on my forehand, return of serve and possibly my serve.  We had time to mainly work on my forehand and some on my return of serve.
 
FOREHAND
 
1.         Taking the ball out front.  This will give more pace to your shots.  [...]