Match with Dr. George
4/30/09 Thursday 7:00P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score:  2-6, 3-6
 
This was a Thursday night men’s league match.  My opponent was Dr. George.  I consider him to be a 4.0 player although Eldon says he is more of a 3.5 player with the potential of being 4.0 to 4.5.  In other words, his game is inconsistent.  [...]

Lesson #15 with Eldon
4/29/09  Wednesday  10:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
 
We began today’s lesson by discussing what had taken place in my last match with Marty, a match which Eldon had watched for a short while.  The main thing in the discussion was the fact that I had gotten to the net probably 30 times, but had not [...]

10th Match with Marty
4/25/09 Saturday 10:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club – 20th St. Courts
Score:  1-6, 3-6, 3-6
 
While I left the courts feeling a little disappointed, by the time I got home I didn’t feel so bad.  Overall, I have to say that my performance was really much more positive than negative. 
 
The positive is that I constructed [...]

Lesson #14 with Eldon
4/24/09 Friday 10:00A. M.
Chico Racquet Club
 
Today turned out to be a beautiful day.  It was a little cool in the morning and a little breezy, but almost perfect weather for a lesson.  Eldon and I hadn’t worked together for about a couple of weeks so we had a number of things to [...]

7th Match with Sydney
4/17/09  Friday  1:00P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score: 2-6, 4-6
 
Actually today I played quite well.  Even though I lost, I can see considerable improvement.  Normally, Sydney runs me around by hitting a lot of angles.  He didn’t do that today.  He wasn’t able to.
 
I had a plan going into the match that I was going [...]

3rd Match with Derek
4/12/09  Easter Sunday 10:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score:  6-1
 
This was a very interesting set.  I can’t say match because Derek and I only played one set.  (Actually, after the first set we ended up playing doubles together for a couple of sets.)
 
I pretty much rolled over Derek.  It was one of the easiest sets [...]

3rd Match with Joe Bill
4/11/09 Saturday  3:00P.M.
20th St Park Municipal Courts
Score 6-1, 6-4
 
Just a quick write-up on my match with Joe, today.  Joe started out slow today.  I noticed in our warm-up he wasn’t hitting his ground strokes with much consistency.  As we started out the match I began just by putting some spin serves [...]

4th Match with Jeremy
4/8/09  Wednesday  11:30 A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score: 1-6, 1-6
 
I’m trying to figure out why this match score came out so badly for me.  I wasn’t playing that badly.  It was rather windy.  It was a wind from the south that was gusty and did in fact move the ball around.  That did seem [...]

Lesson #13 with Eldon
4/6/09  Monday  1:00P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
 
Eldon wanted to work on my forehand drive and some short balls today.  We also talked strategy throughout the lesson.
 
 
1.         Forehand Drive  Keep the knees flexed throughout the stroke.   Stay low even when the ball is high.  You can always adjust if the ball arrives high.  Staying low [...]

2nd Match with Joe
4/5/09  Sunday  2:30P.M.
20th St. Park municipal courts
Score: 7-6 (4)
 
I played a set with my son, Joe, today after helping him with his serve.  He’s really starting to get a sense of rhythm with his serve.  All the pieces are starting to come together.  I believe the serve is not only the most [...]