5-18-18 (Friday) Pickle-Ball.

5-18-18 (Friday) Pickle-Ball.

PICKLE-BALL DAY!!!

I really wanted to make it a "Three-Sweep", but right from the warm-up, it didn't feel like it did last week.  Today, I just didn't feel "ON" like I did last week.  My strokes weren't going in like they were last week.  I was missing the lines and my serves on the "odd" side were missing and missing badly.  I just didn't feel like anything was "clicking" today.  But that being said, I still took three out of four games.  But the last three game scores were what was really odd.  In the first game, I had a big lead then stopped scoring points while John slowly but surely chipped away at my lead.  But I finally broke through and closed out the game. 15-11.  The second game, I fell behind almost right out of the box.  The score was 5-13, then I mounted an incredible comeback to take the game 15-13.  In the third game, I was feeling pretty confident.  I jumped out to a 7-0 lead, then I lost it and fell behind, 7-10, then I came back for a 13-10 lead, then I lost it and ended up losing that game, 13-15.  In the final game, we were pretty close the whole game. Neither one of us got more than a 3 point lead and the lead changed hands several times.  We were stuck at 12-12 for a few exchanges, then finally, John nudged ahead, 12-13.  Then a few exchanges later, I closed out the game by a score of 15-13.  What was odd is that it seemed like 13 was the cursed number for today's match.  In the last three games, the one to get to 13 points first ended up losing the game. No matter how big the lead was.  Weird and interesting at the same time.  I didn't get my "Three-Sweep", but I hope that John is a little encouraged by the win.  If I sweep every time, playing might get a bit tedious.  But it was a good hard-fought match.

In the end, I burned 1109  kcal.  It was a good session.  I'm going to have to start off faster and maintain my level throughout these games.