While i didnt attend the last official day of Monday night ladder, I was told that there are prized for the top three performers of the season. I didnt expect it but i came in Third behind Luciano and Vishwas.
This prize is another way of confirmation of improvements i made in my game. Arguably there are few more good players (Eric and Tom ) who have consistently beaten me but they didnt play long enough to rake in ranking points. Just like in ATP tennis, one has to play long enough to sustain ranking points.
I knew that i came in third based on the stats website though there was a slight disagreement on who came first between my stats website and the tournament referee.
Even officially, 2009 Winter tennis came to a close. Wednesday night Badminton has two more weeks left before it winds down and will open up my schedule significantly. Hopefully weather will also become more consistent rather than the flaky 70 degree today, 45 degree tommorow weather.
I played Jack over the weekend and despite me taking a 3-1 lead , Jack ended up with 6-4 score. Conditions are extremely windy and i didnt adopt well. Making matter worse, i didnt even play aggressive (the style i really am trying to play). Jack's consistency carried him through. I was way off on my serve and ground strokes.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Winter Tennis Wrap up
With Outdoors warming up and Winter looking like a distant memory, Its time to Close the Winter session of Tennis and look for free tennis outdoors.
My last session was mid March and i didnt play in the ladder after that. Despite that i still remained at the top bracket of ladder until mid April before i pulled out. In any case, the last ladder session is on next monday and i am not playing.
This Winter ladder has been a great experience and i definitely went much further than i ever did. In summary , Even with all the top players (like Eric) in the ladder, i played as a legitimate #3 or #4 and at peak of the season i could arguably be the #2. I became a perennial fixture at the top of the 7pm. This season also established my Two handed Backhand and my movement and defense are more refined.
We also established a Tennis website with all the scores.
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=24230:5:6207439575252990::NO:::
My 2009 Winter season stats read as follows.
Games won-211,Games Lost-218,Win/Loss Ratio: 00.492
Some of these stats are skewed because of my miserable results towards the late season (not to mention some drubbing by Eric). Still winning 211 games isnt a small feat.
Thats all history now and outdoor season has begun. I havent played any serious matches yet and in any case my results wont be spectacular any time soon as i rebuild my strokes. I am tinkering with my strings, grips and ofcourse forehand. As experience shows, these things take time and during that period results can be disappointing. My goal is to become #1 next winter session and i want to use the outdoor season to arm myself. So i expect Jack to hammer me all over the place during the first few sessions before i can see some good results.
Considering that i played for #1 six or seven times, i am not that far off from being a #1. I have put a lot of work on improving fitness and that should help me practice harder and smarter during the 5 outdoor months. I will be taking some tennis lessons to work my forehand and make it formidable. I will probably doing some video taping and several ball machine drills.
This time of the year also has a few more things to look forward to. NBA playoffs and follow LA Lakers. Ofcourse French Open and Wimbledon are around the corner and USopen is only a few months away.
Out goes Winter, Here comes Outdoor Tennis!!
My last session was mid March and i didnt play in the ladder after that. Despite that i still remained at the top bracket of ladder until mid April before i pulled out. In any case, the last ladder session is on next monday and i am not playing.
This Winter ladder has been a great experience and i definitely went much further than i ever did. In summary , Even with all the top players (like Eric) in the ladder, i played as a legitimate #3 or #4 and at peak of the season i could arguably be the #2. I became a perennial fixture at the top of the 7pm. This season also established my Two handed Backhand and my movement and defense are more refined.
We also established a Tennis website with all the scores.
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=24230:5:6207439575252990::NO:::
My 2009 Winter season stats read as follows.
Games won-211,Games Lost-218,Win/Loss Ratio: 00.492
Some of these stats are skewed because of my miserable results towards the late season (not to mention some drubbing by Eric). Still winning 211 games isnt a small feat.
Thats all history now and outdoor season has begun. I havent played any serious matches yet and in any case my results wont be spectacular any time soon as i rebuild my strokes. I am tinkering with my strings, grips and ofcourse forehand. As experience shows, these things take time and during that period results can be disappointing. My goal is to become #1 next winter session and i want to use the outdoor season to arm myself. So i expect Jack to hammer me all over the place during the first few sessions before i can see some good results.
Considering that i played for #1 six or seven times, i am not that far off from being a #1. I have put a lot of work on improving fitness and that should help me practice harder and smarter during the 5 outdoor months. I will be taking some tennis lessons to work my forehand and make it formidable. I will probably doing some video taping and several ball machine drills.
This time of the year also has a few more things to look forward to. NBA playoffs and follow LA Lakers. Ofcourse French Open and Wimbledon are around the corner and USopen is only a few months away.
Out goes Winter, Here comes Outdoor Tennis!!
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