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Modified the tread title to reflect the all inclusive aspect rather than the possibilities of it being SPAM... Was dissapionted that Gonzalez (of Chile) decided to take the Davis cup as THE top priority and skip the event in Memphis. Would have been nice to take the wife (she is Chilean and a tennis fan!) Oh, well. Next year...
played my first tennis in months, actually beat a guy I have never played before. only played one set, but won 6-4. Going to try and play again in a couple of weeks.
Later this summer I'll be looking to play my first tennis in years. I played serious, competitive tennis for nearly a decade, got recruited for some D-I programs in college, but eventually quit to become a full-time academic (which I was better at, anyway). Shaking 5 years of rust off is going to be pretty painful, but I'm looking forward to demoing some new sticks and trying to get my groove back.
Is it true that the instincts kick in by themselves once you start back up again? Timing, on the other hand, takes some work I'd think.
We call that "reminiscence" the first time you go out, you are usually a world beater. Then the more you play the more you get back your bad habits. I never had much of a top-spin forehand, but last summer I got a badminton set and really whipped up some topspin birdies. Well I went to play in March and suddenly I had this whipping topspin forehand that was wicked good. Still had it on Tuesday. Now I'm going to play next week, so if I still have it.... look out!