dickard

Yesterday I met the captain of our Tennis team…

I played well yesterday. I never lost my serve. I never lost a set.

It was overall a great day.

Today I played.

I played probably the worst Tennis ever. I would really like to have done tonight over again as far as my Tennis is concerned.

I’m feel as though I’m much better at Tennis than I showed tonight.

Very poor serving, poor volleys, and poor backhand.

I felt quite disrespected by a few people tonight. That’s not a good thing, especially when these people are supposed to be on your team.

I’ll learn from this.

I still hate doubles Tennis.

-Dickard

So played Tennis against the guy I lost to…

Going into the match I was very low on confidence…

I felt like I had to win or else I just regressed and sucked at Tennis.

I got a bit carried away with wanting to just quit Tennis since things weren’t going my way. I’m over that now. I’ll be keeping my Tennis equipment and working on my Tennis playing ability.

Back to the rematch…

Started, I immediately found myself down 0-3.

Absolute nightmare. It seemed now matter how well I played, I’d also send the ball long. Basics…

The situation was going to worsen, since it was my serve and I lost the last game I served due to THREE double faults.

I finally got myself together enough to play my game. I stopped trying to win points quickly and just relaxed.

I improved my 1st serve percentage simply by standing further back from the baseline. Instead of being on the line, I stood about 5ft back and it greatly improved my serve.

I ended up winning the next SIX games in a row, to win the set 6-3.

I couldn’t believe, and still can’t believe I ended up just dominating and taking six games in a row.

I started to relax and seriously started playing some perfect Tennis.

We also played a tiebreak (10pt) that I also won 10-8.

I’m completely back! I’ve got all the confidence in the world as far as my Tennis ability goes.

-Dickard

So apparently I’m a doubles player these days. I was willing to give it a try. My doubles partner hit me with the ball while I was playing up at the net. That pretty much sucked.

I hate playing doubles, because I have to stand at the net and that sucks. I prefer to stand back and then have the option to approach the net…

Anyhow… I played another singles match…

I lost 3-6. I thought I would have won, but apparently I suck at Tennis these days…

I also got a chance to play a practice tie-break. First to 10… I was up 7-2, but yet I lost 10-8. Why? I don’t know… I should have had that game. I won 1 of the last 9 points played and lost.

I have another practice match lined up for tomorrow. It’s against the same guy that beat me last night. If I lose to him again, then I quit.

I’m seriously quitting.

Perhaps your boy isn’t a Tennis player… I’m great at a lot of things, and I thought I was a good Tennis player, but I’m a bit low on confidence.

I’ll see how tomorrow’s Tennis match goes before I decide to hang it up.

I’ll let everyone know how it goes!

-Dickard