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Sunday, November 21, 2010

League Match #2 - Followup



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First, just want to say the Lincoln team is making excellent progress in the League Matches.  The coaches all report that each team had several players that led their divisions.

Hopefully everyone is seeing how big a difference one or two improved skills can make in your game.   You can jump up 100 points or more in one league match, just focusing on skills such as:
  • Getting racquet back and ready early
  • Getting to center court after each shot
  • Learning to hit clean pass shot to backhand w/out hitting side wall
  • Learning to hit the ball off the back wall
  • Learning a different serve each week, and improving it each week
Next step is the mental part of the game. In this sport you will learn how important it is to not get down on yourself, to be able to let the last point go and focus on the next one.  It's important to learn that sometimes your opponent is simply going to hit a good shot, and that happens.  But if you focus on not putting the ball in a place where your opponent can hit their best shot, you'll do well.

Let's practice some of the above this week.  Unfortunately we only have practice two days this week, as MAC Racquetball has an in-house tourney Monday night.

Practice this week:
  • Sunday 5:00 - 6:30 Black / White / Green teams
  • Sunday 6:30 - 8:00 Blue / Gold / Red teams
  • Monday - No practice
  • Tuesday - 7:00 - 8:30 pm All teams (whoever would like to practice)
Have a great holiday weekend!