Leagues Beneath the Sea
Yeah, I'm not even sure why that headline. Anyway, I re-joined a tennis league that's run out of Beverly Hills Tennis on La Cienega in the 90210 (last foray was about three years ago). I guess I thought it would be fun to get outside. And actually, it is. Although right now my tennis is kind of the poo, while my squash is pretty good (I won the last tournament I entered).
The way this league works is you play 13-game sets, and whoever amasses the most games wins (6-6 and you play a breaker). I lost 5-8. That just means I have to try to win something like 11 games the next time I play, to even things out. Probably a tall order right now. I'm playing at the 4.5 level these days.
What's really striking to me these days is how SLOW I am. Other aspects of Da Game, while tatty, aren't technically too outta whack.
Another match on Sunday, and I think I will be using on older Dunlop racquet, setting up my Summer of Throwback Tech subplot. It's a Dunlop "McEnroe VPS" that I picked up for $1 at Goodwill. Looks to have an 18-19mm beam, 16/19 pattern, and to weigh around 12 oz. Seems like 90-93 inch head size. Weirdly, the strings are a-pinging like they're relatively new--appear to be some kind of basic synthetic gut. I suppose Dunlop produced this stick to capitalize on J-Mac's usage of the 200G, but the design seems more modern, more like a Wilson Pro Staff.
If I wind up not liking the more open pattern, I may fall back on my FlexPoint Prestige Mid, which I've been enjoying.
The way this league works is you play 13-game sets, and whoever amasses the most games wins (6-6 and you play a breaker). I lost 5-8. That just means I have to try to win something like 11 games the next time I play, to even things out. Probably a tall order right now. I'm playing at the 4.5 level these days.
What's really striking to me these days is how SLOW I am. Other aspects of Da Game, while tatty, aren't technically too outta whack.
Another match on Sunday, and I think I will be using on older Dunlop racquet, setting up my Summer of Throwback Tech subplot. It's a Dunlop "McEnroe VPS" that I picked up for $1 at Goodwill. Looks to have an 18-19mm beam, 16/19 pattern, and to weigh around 12 oz. Seems like 90-93 inch head size. Weirdly, the strings are a-pinging like they're relatively new--appear to be some kind of basic synthetic gut. I suppose Dunlop produced this stick to capitalize on J-Mac's usage of the 200G, but the design seems more modern, more like a Wilson Pro Staff.
If I wind up not liking the more open pattern, I may fall back on my FlexPoint Prestige Mid, which I've been enjoying.
posted by Matthew DeBord at 10:23 AM
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