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Hall of Fame
You youngsters may want to sit this one out.
I’m in my late 40s now, and wondering if I’m not a better player now than when I was in my 20s. The pros usually hang up their racquets in their early 30s, so conventional wisdom says I was probably a lot better in my 20s, but I’m not so sure now.
For sure, in my 20s I could run faster and longer than I do now, and I wore a lot of guys down just by retrieving every shot. I don’t have the same wheels for that anymore, but I think I may be hitting the ball better now – about the same speed but with more variety. My serve is maybe only a little slower than it was then, but more reliable now. And I’ve become cagier, like some of the old geezers who’d give me fits with dropshots and off-speed crap when I was a youngster. Yeah, I’m that wily old geezer now.
So, what about you? Any older players out there who think they could give their 20-something selves a run for their money?
I’m in my late 40s now, and wondering if I’m not a better player now than when I was in my 20s. The pros usually hang up their racquets in their early 30s, so conventional wisdom says I was probably a lot better in my 20s, but I’m not so sure now.
For sure, in my 20s I could run faster and longer than I do now, and I wore a lot of guys down just by retrieving every shot. I don’t have the same wheels for that anymore, but I think I may be hitting the ball better now – about the same speed but with more variety. My serve is maybe only a little slower than it was then, but more reliable now. And I’ve become cagier, like some of the old geezers who’d give me fits with dropshots and off-speed crap when I was a youngster. Yeah, I’m that wily old geezer now.
So, what about you? Any older players out there who think they could give their 20-something selves a run for their money?