Played Steve today. He didn't run hard and his drive serve was off so I actually had some opportunities.
My serve was good but I think I am torquing it so much that that is what is hurting my forearm.
Not sure what my biggest problem was:
could be ceiling ball, especially for return of soft serve, all were dropping short or coming off back wall in the middle.
could have been shot selection which was way too many cross court attempts when I was in back corners.
could have been my kill percentage from set-ups forehand and backhand. especially backhand weakness when I tried to accelerate his soft hits although I did have many satisfying shots.
one problem of note, although my drive serve return really felt ready for almost anything, was his jam and wrap around combination which were somewhat confusing. The advantage I have, after I see a few more, is that he has to give up a lot of court so a good drive return will be very effective.
physically I was good most of the match but honestly I was somewhat weak toward the end although I did finish strong and could power a few that I needed. Mostly the weakness showed in typical sloppy selection and not enough pace on the average.
Now that it is couple hours after match I can safely say my training is really lacking. I'm not sure to work on power or just endurance. But I do wish I felt better right now. It will probably take a couple days before I can play hard again,

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No, today will just be day of establishing site. Hopefully the future will show that it was fitting to begin this blog on Labor Day 2007