It was another very odd evening practice session. I was announced that we had reserved THREE courts for the entire practice. Usually, it is just two, but since so many people came the last week, I think that they wanted to accommodate everyone and have everyone play. When I got to the courts, there were only six people there. Then a few more came a little later, but there ended up being only 12 people who came to the practice. Again, after about thirty minutes of warming up, (I had a really good warm-up. I hit with a member who is sort of a hacker type and we like to just crush the ball. So we were really going back and forth with a lot of power) we got into matches.
Anyway, the one big difference was that instead of playing to four games, we played a full set to six games. I've always wanted to do that so I was looking forward to the matches.
My first match was mixed doubles. Me and another good guy player each paired with an advanced beginner female. I have a complex when playing with beginners in that I can't bring myself to hit hard or away from them. And in that effort, I often hit too weak and the ball goes into the net. On top of that, my girl was the weaker of the two so that wasn't good. Anyway, we got crushed 1-6.
In my second match, I paired with the guy I had just played against. We played another pair of good members. We ended up losing 4-6, but it was a good match. Below is a video of my first service game. Kind of a mess, but I was able to close it out.
It was a good practice with match play on a Wednesday night. That almost never happens, but I hope it happens again!
In the end, I burned a good 1557 kcals. For these few hours, I was able to get my body strong with adrenaline and feel no ill effects from my cold. But when I got home, the tiredness and exhaustion soon set in.
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