My friend took some pictures at our recent USTA match of the team playing tennis. Here are the ones she took of me:
I learned a few things.
1) I can never wear that outfit again - it's not as cute as I thought...
2) I need to go on a diet :-) hehe
3) I make funny faces when I serve
4) My feet do weird things when I play ;-)
AND, let me explain why I look like a "seniors" player - I have on like 5 braces! ha! One brace, is to continue to support my calf which I tore really bad last August, the ankle brace is because I ignored a pinch in my neck about a month ago, which gravitated to my right shoulder, which gravitated to my lower back - specifically my left sciatic area, which gravitated down my leg and settled in my right ankle and achilles! Not only did it settle there, it SLAM DUNKED there the weekend of the aforementioned club Doubles Championship (which is why I played so horribly - I was a cripple!). After two weeks of frequent visits to the chiropractor, I'm feeling much better and am brace free :-)
These pictures have grown on me over the last week, and I no longer care about the 4 lessons I learned :-) hehe
The pictures at the beginning of the post are all serves. I have a great serve if I do say so myself :-) Thanks to my parents for the 6 lessons with Bernardo back in '88 - he DEFINITELY gave me a great start to a serve, and it turns out, teaching me the continental grip helped me learn to volley and backhand better 20 years later! :-)
These next five pics are mostly of my backhand shots. Big THANK YOU to my mom for my amazing slice backhand :-) It makes people CRAZY!
The next few are of my forehand and one is when I was a little "jammed" :-)
These last ones are split steps, and running for a wide shot to my forehand.
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