last night i went to play tennis with church family friend. since it was already dark and cold around 7:30, I showed up in turtleneck, sweats and gloves. still i was really excited to play tennis again, after a hiatus.
My forehand swings are actually becoming more solid and consistent. The best shots are the ones that go deep and stay low. You can tell you've hit it well when the ball hits the racket at the sweet spot and there's a pleasant vibration. When the ball ricochets off the racket at a weird angle, the sound is different and the vibration is often jarring.
However, I'm still somewhat bad at backhand swings. I can't gauge the correct distance at which to hit the ball with a backhand. It helps sometimes when I try to remember how it feels to hit the ball with a forehand swing and what steps I take to get to that point, and then I try to apply it to my backhand. Otherwise when I worry too much about positioning, angle, the perpendicularity of the racket face to the ground, etc etc, all these random factors just distract me too much.
So far I've been able to keep up a steady back and forth volley less than 10 times on average. It's not good enough yet. The good news is - I got the uncle to agree to teach me tennis on a weekly basis until about Thanksgiving or so. Then perhaps we will break until Spring. The rate is very reasonable too. I think this is the start of a long and fruitful relationship between me and tennis =)
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If you enjoyed Hostel, then I would recommend the Saws. If not.... well then you probably should stay away from these movies. Either that or you want to train yourself to work in the trauma center or doextremely gruesome surgeries.
did you cover your eyes? did you watch the whole thing?
I watched most of it. I had to go pee during the middle part. The brain surgery part did kind of gross me out. That is why I can't be a surgeon... Well, I'd probably get used to it.
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