Seniors lounge (over 50) come on in.

[jhick]

I guess I'm late to the party. I just turned 51 this year. Tennis has decreased for me as I've gotten older. I still hit with 4.5 guys and try to get out once a week. Mostly play doubles as my singles game has declined mainly due to being out of shape. My play style used to be get to the net ASAP but now I play more of an all court game. Rely on my serve, as typically I have an advantage there due to being a lefty, can place it well, and can hit all of the spins. My racquet is the Head Radical MP (the bright orange and silver one).

Some of my other hobbies are piano, bowling, golf, spectator sports, and board games. Piano and bowling I'm pretty good at, golf not so much (only get out on the course about 5x per year and never taken lessons so is probably some part of it). A good round for me is breaking 90.

Drinks: mostly into craft beer, favorite styles are IPA, Belgians (except for the overly sour ones), Smoked, Stouts, Pilsners, Barleywines. Pretty much most styles across the board except for the overly sweet sugar bombs. I do enjoy a good scotch, whiskey, or bourbon on occasion, but it must be higher in quality without breaking the bank.

 

[10sbeast888]

recent game style change makes me wonder how many hours guys play per week? them call me the beast as I am out everyday 1.5 hours, after switching to playing more front court it's been 2hours per day for the last 3 weeks... gosh tennis is fun again...

 

[ChaelAZ]

Drinks: mostly into craft beer, favorite styles are IPA, Belgians (except for the overly sour ones), Smoked, Stouts, Pilsners, Barleywines. Pretty much most styles across the board except for the overly sweet sugar bombs. I do enjoy a good scotch, whiskey, or bourbon on occasion, but it must be higher in quality without breaking the bank.

Any fave local breweries?

 

[jhick]

There are a couple where I live. Forager and Little Thistle are the best around me. Surly has always been a favorite of mine up in the twin cities. Toppling Goliath in Iowa is somewhere I need to visit, but their high end beers seem to sell for ridiculous prices.

 

[Pete Player]

Long time - no see, and no sea, guys!
Into tennis still and we got some reinforcement into our league team (M55+) and have now won two rounds in a row, yet I got spanked in my game of the two’s game. Our #1 won by poor performance last time I was in the roster and the third player chimed in to grind a victory in the doubles. Looking good so far.

My tennis as allways, since 13 years ago has been mostly apalling, just two tournament wins and basically a lost match every time I go out on the court. Unable to move properly and hitting it late, not seeing the ball and what not. Even my serves, that used to be a weapon I tend to hit eyes closed.

Anyway tennis aside, golfing going fine. Forfeighted my amateur status and dream of becoming a national team player in the European Championships. Now, since June a non-amateur, ie. pro in golf and taking a vocational education course to become a professional coach. Coaching a group of five players, two comp seniors and three others, who are really good club golfers. And on the side my handicap dropped again and now at all-time-low spelling 1.7.

Due my physical restrictions, cannot play and practice tennis as I would like to, but goin on the court is allways fun. Hopefully, I can win few matches this season and overcome the trouble of hitting the furry yellow ball eyes closed.