3rd and 4th Matches with Richard Price
8/03/09 and 8/04/09 12 noon
Chico Racquet Club
Scores: 6-4, 4-6 and 2-6, 6-3
3rd Match
I hit deep balls. Richard answered by blocking them back and they fell rather deep often. What do I do with these balls? Sometimes the balls fell somewhat short, but were shoulder [...]

6th Match with Derek
8/02/09 Sunday 9A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score 6-1, 1-6
I went out to play this match with a little bit of a sore and tired shoulder. This was the 4th match in four days. I definitely think I was playing lackadaisically. Part of this was due to my sore shoulder and [...]

Notes on Three Matches
7/30/09 & 8/01/09
Chico Racquet Club
Match #1 with Sydney Thursday morning.
General Overview:
I hadn’t played Sydney for a couple of months. The score: 0-6, 1-6. It would seem that I got squashed here. But not really. I figure there were at least five deuce games and [...]

17th Match with Marty
7/21/09 Monday 5P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score: 5-7, 2-6
I went into this match with something of a game plan. I was going to hit down the middle for four games to get myself into rhythm and to see if my opponent could handle shots hit at him.
I won the racquet [...]

16th Match with Marty
7/16/09 Thursday 7P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score: 2-6, 2-6
I hadn’t played a match for about ten days when I came up against Marty in the last match of the men’s singles-league session for June and July. Actually, I hadn’t played much tennis since I had been gone on a vacation up to [...]

14th Match with Marty
5/31/09 Sunday 10:00A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score: 6-3, 6-4
Today I was a 4.0 player. This is really the first time in my development process that I have felt that way. I played very well for about three quarters of this match. I did many things right and in so doing won with relative ease [...]

Multiple Matches
5/13/09 - 5/1709 Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sun
Chico Racquet Club
 
I played four matches in five days this week and some point games with my son on the fifth day.  Here is a brief synopsis of what happened in all of those matches.
 
On Wednesday I played Jeremy who is a strong 4.0 player.  I felt like [...]

12th Match with Marty
5/9/09  Saturday  1:00P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score:  2-6, 2-6
 
I don’t know why but I left this match feeling very disappointed.  I guess it’s that thing about winning again, but frankly through the first set I wasn’t thinking or caring about winning at all.  I was just focusing on strategy.  And I was constructing points [...]

11th Match with Marty
5/3/09  Sunday  11:30A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score:  2-6, 7-6 (4)
 
This was another windy match:  wind blowing from the south, randomly moving balls in and out of the court.  With the wind at my back, balls I hit from inside the baseline were easily and often flying long while balls I hit from behind the [...]