March 31, Finishing off the month with tennis... as it should be.

March 31, 2019, Sunday - Tennis.

Today was a beautiful day.  The weather was sunny with a little cloud cover, but it was cold and windy.  Not like two Sundays ago, but windy enough to stop play a bit.  Only 14 people today, so a lot of matches after some regular drills and some feed drills for volleying.

I played two and a half matches today.  I won both matches and we were tied 2-2 in the third match before time forced the end.

In the first match, I was paired with a former partner.  And we crushed the opponent, 4-1.  Not a lot of flashy shots, but a lot of solid strokes and net play.  In my second match, I was paired with a guy who worked in the US for a few years so we could communicate in English.  Here again, we crushed our opponents 4-0.  In the third match, Everyone lost their serve so we tied at 2-2.

Although it was windy, I could play well.  The funny thing is that if it wasn't windy, a lot of the awesome lobs I hit may very well have gone out.  Today, my lob was ON!!! I hit like 8 lobs in the three matches and they were high and close to the line, and all in, and all for points.  Another shot that was really working was the backhand service return slice drop shot.  I was able to get some good spin and drop them into the middle of the tram lines about a meter to two meters from the net.  I felt on in a lot of ways.  But the one way that I wish I would have felt more "on" was with my basic stroke.  I just didn't feel it on my forehand today.  I didn't feel confident about it.   All in all, it was a good practice.

In the end, I burned a good 2084 kcals.  Anything over two grand is a good Sunday.