Today was really interesting because I had to adjust my schedule in order to be able to play. I adjust my schedule all the time but today was a unique adjustment that required a lot of agreements and timing and help. It makes me so happy that it all that came together and that people helped me. People were so gracious and it’s so appreciated because I would hate to miss my pickleball.
I’ve been using my white Icon the last few days. Yesterday I was a little more aware of the yellow stain. Maybe it was because of the lighting in the facility but I play well with it so I try not to let it bother me.
Today I missed a couple of serves that caught me off guard. I didn’t think I was going to miss them. The way I’m serving right now, I really need to be fully engaged. That is probably the case for all of my serves. But for the most part, a serve is muscle memory, right? Like a free throw. Shoot it over and over. It’s the same distance every time. Same goal size, same height, same size service box. Practice enough and you can do it with your eyes shut. The serve I’m doing now I haven’t practiced enough so if I am not fully dialed into what I’m doing, well, I shank it.
I did have an ATP today and it was a good one. It may have been a gift because it went deep in the back end of the court. She easily could have called it out on me, but she gave it to me. Hopefully it actually was in because it felt good.
One gal was serving to my backhand almost the whole time, which is appreciated. She doesn’t put a lot of power on it but I don’t always know it’s coming to my backhand. I get turned around with my feet and have to do some trickery to get it back. She got me on that a few times, which is weird for me to miss a service return.
I had a couple of poaches that were pretty good and my drops weren’t bad. I felt like I was working the topspin today and that’s very different and unusual for me. I missed some but I felt like it was working and pretty successful. I think if I keep practicing it, it’ll be pretty awesome.
It was a good day. I feel like on Tuesdays I almost always have some kind of temper tantrum. Something bugs me or I do something wrong too much and I let it affect my play. Today, finally, that didn’t happen. It might have been because I drank some coffee beforehand or it could have been because I was focusing more on stuff that mattered to me than winning and losing. I’m pretty sure I lost games but I was just focused on different things.
I still want the person I’m playing with to know that I’m trying to help her with whatever her goals are but I’m definitely trying to focus on specific things when I play and today was pretty good with that. And as a sidenote, it was really weird driving home in daylight.
