Beginning of Tennis Week

February 19, 2019, Tuesday - Tennis with my son

Today was the beginning of a week of only tennis for my workouts in preparation for the upcoming tournament on the 24th of February.  I'm playing doubles with my son so I wanted to focus on that and not have any extra physical soreness or pain from resistance workouts that I would normally have.

Today, I went to the local courts with my son and played just to get a feel for each other's game.  We intended to just rally, but about 15 minutes in, my son said let's play a game.  So, I went ahead and accepted the challenge.  I knew I couldn't beat him, but my goal was to just not get bagled.  The conditions were fine, the temperature was not too cold, but it was quite humid since it was raining earlier in the day.  So there was a slight fog or a mist around the courts.  Also, it is very difficult for me to see the ball at night especially when serving and I toss the ball, my depth perception with regards to the ball against a pitch black sky is just terrible.  I promptly lost the first two games, but miraculously I was able to hold my next service game and in another miracle of miracles, I broke my son to draw even at 2-2.  After that, my game got all shot up and my serve went south.  Too many double faults.  But there were flashes of brilliance, but I was not able to string enough of them together.  I ended up losing the next four games.  The score was 2-6, but the actual game was better than the score would reveal.  Neither of us won less than two points in a game, so no LOVE games, and there was sufficient pressure in each game.  I just need to gain control of my shots better and I will have a better chance.  I'd like to play in the day when the light conditions are better.

In the end, I burned a good 779 kcals.  Not bad for under two hours of tennis.