The Practice Court
3/31/09  Tuesday  1:00P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
A New Feeling
 
 
 
Out on the practice court I felt something different today, something I’ve never felt before.  I was working on the ball machine, focusing on what Eldon had helped me with the day before in my lesson on the penetrating forehand shot. 
 
What I felt was the head [...]

12th Lesson with Eldon
3/30/09  Monday  10:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
 
The wind was starting to kick up some, but Eldon and I decided that we would try to get the lesson in before it got worse.  In today’s lesson we specifically wanted to work on getting more pop and penetration on my forehand drive.  To start out I [...]

2nd Match with Derek Culligan
3/8/09   Sunday  11:00A.M. 
Chico Racquet Club
Won 6-4, 7-6 (4)
 
I’m not so sure that Eldon, my coach and mentor, would be pleased with the way I won this match today.  But basically I won it from behind the baseline.  I’m not saying I didn’t get up to the net from time [...]

9th Match with Marty Kooper
3/07/09  Saturday  1:00P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
0-6, 7-6 (6), 5-7
 
I started out this match rather cold and once again too outcome oriented. (Not having hit a ball since Wednesday morning didn’t help either.) As we ended up the warm-up my ground strokes weren’t feeling very comfortable. The first set score (0-6) seemed to [...]

Conversation with Eldon #7
3/5/09   Wednesday 10:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
 
Eldon and I were supposed to have a lesson today.  This wasn’t possible due to my laser procedure on my left eye.  (Posterior capsular haze).  My eye doctor didn’t want me to play tennis for a couple of days so we took advantage of the time to have [...]