Cindysphinx
G.O.A.T.
For years, coaches have implored me to stop playing "Just In Time" tennis. You know, where you have plenty of time to reach the ball and set up but instead you are lazy and get there Just In Time?
This weekend, I learned my lesson the hard way.
I was playing doubles against a teammate who is an expert slicer. Wicked underspin on every shot. I had fair warning.
I was near the service line when The Slicer popped a ball up near the net. "Ha!" I thought. "Easy point for me." As I contemplated my good fortune, I calmly moved forward as the ball bounced.
It bounced high, and the underspin yanked it back over the net before I could reach it. Now, it must have bounced a good five feet in the air, so I would have had plenty of time to reach over the net and tap it into the alley. But my Just In Time stroll to the ball cost me that opportunity because I was too far away from the net to touch the ball.
I have learned my lesson. No more sauntering, strolling, moseying, lumbering, shambling, ambling or meandering to the ball. From now on, I am going to *move.*
This weekend, I learned my lesson the hard way.
I was playing doubles against a teammate who is an expert slicer. Wicked underspin on every shot. I had fair warning.
I was near the service line when The Slicer popped a ball up near the net. "Ha!" I thought. "Easy point for me." As I contemplated my good fortune, I calmly moved forward as the ball bounced.
It bounced high, and the underspin yanked it back over the net before I could reach it. Now, it must have bounced a good five feet in the air, so I would have had plenty of time to reach over the net and tap it into the alley. But my Just In Time stroll to the ball cost me that opportunity because I was too far away from the net to touch the ball.
I have learned my lesson. No more sauntering, strolling, moseying, lumbering, shambling, ambling or meandering to the ball. From now on, I am going to *move.*