What??? No posts for over six hours???
I get back from my match and expected to see pages of posts about the clinic!!! Are...is everyone ok?
You're all at a bar, aren't you?
Its lookin good for the dodgers. Clinic was fun, Chilis was good. 1.5 hour drive. Not the best but I have learned to deal with it
Xisbum,
Bill Simmons writes for ESPN. Hes a huge Boston sports fan. but after readin the first few paras of this article he wrote about manny I felt like I should pass it on to ya.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=manny
Aww, you posted that just for me?
I've always heard that good tennis tuff can be found at Marshall's, but 'ya gotta work hard for it!
They are; I came straight home to watch my beloved Dodgers beat up on the poor Cubbies.
We're all still standing, so we survived Night One of Sup's boot camp.
You and (overseas) Skunk may have company. I was talking up TWMAC today to a self-proclaimed 4.0 lady in my restaurant. "Lady" sounds old, she is probably in Vitaly's age bracket: 6 years old (after a couple beers)-85 years old (after a couple sets)
Sup, Thanks for rendezvous-ing yesterday. Hope I didn't throw off your schedule.
FatandLazy, are we still on for today? are we playing 5 sets or just best of 5 sets
What time are you guys hitting nottoway? I can get a camera crew there.. but want to hear back if Asian Worm aka FatandLazy Donkey is going to show.
Had a VC meeting, that i just made. No problems.
supposed to get picked up from the metro around 1... this is not another one of those "it's a trap!"s, is it?
VC? Then it’s time to consider PE. Now may not be the best time to launch new ventures, but it’s an excellent time to acquire control of in-demand entities currently challenged by the current environment of credit constrictions.
Clinic went well I thought. The first one is just to see what I got myself into. It should and will get harder after yesterday.
Things that I went pleasantly well:
-Hollywood has better footwork than I expected. The three forehand drill really showcased with motivation, HW can deliver. Now if he can get those volleys to stick (remember try not to open up that racquet face as much).
-Xisbum is the energizer bunny. He just kept going and going. He really never slowed down once. Impressive.
-TheJRK never looked more consistent than last night. After a slow start, I really never saw him miss to many or by much. Concentration to a maximum, elasticity supreme. Several volley twist around no looks patent JRK.
-The Wookie showed no remorse. I had to keep an eye on him. Why cause he would crack it and it would beam me near the midsection. Just kidding, I'm so use to be in the line of fire that im not too concerned. Now if he can stop chopping down on his volleys, we may have a winna!
Next week boys (and girls)... its backhand and footwork drills. The around the cone drill kills me... I pity the fool.
it's on auzz. do u have any new balls.
am heading to the metro now... I do have new balls, are stores running out of them??
You dudes have fun. Im heading over to nike outlet now.
I am also sending the Demos back. The new Technifibres did not impress me at all. not one bit.
FatandLazy is slightly more reliable than zapvor.. take that with a grain of salt. He should be there or call you ... just dont gamble with the guy..
It is now ~9pm. I am exhausted. From 12:30 until 8:30 p.m. tonight, I was either in transit to play tennis, playing tennis, or taking a 45 min dinner break.
FLDIAAJ and I played our 5 set marathon. Took almost exactly 3 hours of playing time. I was able to pull out the win in the marathon: 6-2, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0, 6-2. Then we hit some more post match to try to break his strings.
Fatlazy, thanks for the marathon today! and the transport to and from the metro. I would love to make this a weekly thing.
Then I took the metro to Ballston, had some dinner, before heading over to the Quincy Park courts.
My former teammate just switched frames to the KBlade Tours, so he wanted to play. I was, needless to say, already tired from the marathon with FatLazy. So (genius me), decides to suggest playing a set, because I didn't have the energy or motivation or clarity of thought to just hit around. So we played a couple sets, found myself down a break twice in the first set. Got lucky and came back to win with a drop shot suprise return of serve at 30 all up 5-4. Just barely won that set, and then started getting a 2nd (or 3rd or 10th) wind. All of a sudden in the second set, I was back to *close to* full speed: running everything down and spanking winners out of nowhere. Tagged that set 6-1.
Then after we were done, decided I was too physically and mentally exhausted to wait around on the metro, so I walked the 2.5 miles back to my condo. Not sure in hindsight why that occurred to me. Anyway, Lacoste shoes held up fairly well. Am definitely going to feel my feet tomorrow (Lacostes don't have as much cushioning as my Asics), but I'd say for almost 9 hours on my feet, it wasn't the cushioning in the shoes that was causing the problem. Other than that, my only other gripes with the kicks is the long toebox, and outsole pattern- doesn't grip the court quite like my Asics.
Anyway- 9:10- SLEEP
can anybody hit today @3pm??????
(edit: darn, guess not)
Hey, shouldn't you be at Oktoberfest?
I need a day off from playing...hit two hours on Wed, three and a half on Thur, and one and a half last night. I'm feeling it!
Just had a nice stroll around Pentagon/Crystal City...had a few errands to run and wanted to pick up my packet for the ATM (even though I'm not running, I had paid for an upgraded t-shirt), and it occurred to me that if I should get hungry, doesn't a certain TWMAC member have an eating establishment in that area? Are we allowed to know what it is called so we may visit? Is there a TWMAC discount???
Speaking of discounts, I stumbled upon the Educator's appreciation weekend at Borders! Score! And, they had 3.99 bargain books....whooo boy, I made out like a bandit!!!
How did the 315 play? Comfortable? Power? Control?
thanks to the wiz, my serve is improving. i hit a few at Wake and held the ball better (not in "the claw") and tossed it out in front more.
i still think i serve better with the Prestige, it just feels so much easier to swing cuz it is headlight and the 19mm whips through the air like a knife. i even like the grip shape better.
if i remember to do get the YY in the right position, the serve is still pretty good, but my serve is more natural with the Prestige.
i don't want to buy more sticks, so i guess i stick with YY for now.
but thanks for helping to point out some of my flaws... i wish i corrected some of this stuff in july. but i guess now is better than never.
trust me auzzie
If he swung the new 315 he would be
Hopefully Xis is still alive after his beloved dodgers swept the cubs outta the playoffs.
Dodgers got a shot at this thing. If the right handed pitchers can get out the left handed hitters of the phils/brewers winner. Cubs had no lefty hitters (Edmonds sucks) and the didgers pitching (Best in NL all year) shut those guys down. Dont celebrate too hard Xisbum, you gotta be ready for thursday
Hopefully Xis is still alive after his beloved dodgers swept the cubs outta the playoffs.
Dodgers got a shot at this thing. If the right handed pitchers can get out the left handed hitters of the phils/brewers winner. Cubs had no lefty hitters (Edmonds sucks) and the didgers pitching (Best in NL all year) shut those guys down. Dont celebrate too hard Xisbum, you gotta be ready for thursday
My ACTA match got cancelled. Apparently we didn't have enough players.
I think I'm cursed as far as league tennis goes. I end up on lame-*** teams where nobody shows up. We have 8 dudes on our team and I've seen the same 3 dudes every match... wtf is the rest of the team doing?!?!
If anyone wants to hit Mon-Wed, let me know.
My ACTA match got cancelled. Apparently we didn't have enough players.
I think I'm cursed as far as league tennis goes. I end up on lame-*** teams where nobody shows up. We have 8 dudes on our team and I've seen the same 3 dudes every match... wtf is the rest of the team doing?!?!
If anyone wants to hit Mon-Wed, let me know.
is string gut that hard???
p.s sup, i forgot to tell you that i've just discovered the concept of "shared holes" on some of the older prince racquets. the good news is that by skipping a cross up top and bottom makes it look like an authentic babolat stencil