Sunday, February 25, 2007
Tennis anyone?
I've decided to get back into playing tennis. It is cheaper than golf and better exercise so I plan on playing at least three times a week. Even if if is just hitting against a wall or a ball machine. There's an expense involved with a ball machine but there is really no better aerobic workout. You can set the machine to fire balls rapidly from one end of the court to the other. During a tennis match you have a lot of stops and starts and if you play a novice you might not get a workout at all. The machines are great and allow you to really concentrait on your stroke (if you don't get a stroke first). Tennis really is a big deal out here. They have over 50 public and private tennis clubs. Just down the road from me they have a public club with 13 lighted and individually fenced tennis courts. Court time is $6 for an hour and a half, compared to $18 for an hour at a tennis club in MN. You can play for free at a school or college but around here most of the public courts are organized due to the demand. Plus you have to have an offical USTA rating before you can enter a league. The rating makes sure you are playing people of your own ability. I rated out at 2.5 on a 6.0 scale. Barry Felt (my only loyal blog reader) if you see this, it probably means you are a 3.0 at the very least.
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Hey Dan - glad you are enjoying tennis down there buddy. But, hey now, where on earth did this 3.0 rating come from? We simply have to start that evaluation with a 4.0 and then debate the merits of a 4.5. I was afraid this would happen once you put a couple of thousand miles between us, as there is no easy way for me to retaliate. It is obviously a ploy on your part, a plan to force me to come down there to set the record straight... I know what you are up to Rosenberg... and it might even work! So - have fun down there, brush up on your game and get ready for you know who!
ReplyDeleteWell Mr. Felt, my plan is to get up to 3.0 as soon as possible. I think at one time I was a 3.0-3.5 but my lack of playing time has hurt me. If we can get you down here, great. I may be in MN the first part of May. I have a wedding around June 2nd and then one in Sept. So you have three chances to show me what you got.
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