Table-tennis

[Baggs]

Table-tennis has changed my life. It hasn't fixed me but for an hour or two each day, most days, it sure helps. And I have friends....how about that. Sometimes when I'm out and about, maybe shopping, someone will call out to me and it's a table-tennis guy or gal. And for the last few months I have been playing competitively in a league and that sure concentrates my mind, can't worry about anything else.....just gotta worry about the guy on the other side of the table.
Thanks for reading,
Baggs

Last night was the final table-tennis league game for the season and I'm soooo glad it's over.....it was awful, I was awful. I've been playing seriously for 2 years and entered the league with high hopes. These hopes were marmalised in my first match when I was whitewashed and in the following six months it didn't get much better. I played 40 matches and won 3, not good. But hey, now the league is finished and I can begin to rebuild my shattered self-confidence and get back to playing with friends and enjoying it and never ever ever play competitively in a league.

[Baggs]

So, after promising myself that I will never ever ever play in the league ever again.......I'm playing in a new league every Friday. Tony the Coach is a good salesman. Apparently this new summer league is not so serious.......ha!!! I'll see about that.

[venusbluejeans]

Well done Baggs!!

[Baggs]

Thanks Venus xxx

[Baggs]

On Friday I played the first of the summer league games and immediately it was sooooo much better than the winter league. The venue was my local club, easy to get to and I was familiar with most players so much more relaxed. The format was two singles matches and one doubles. I lost the first match, won the second then lost the doubles. All the games were close and I was reasonably happy with my performance. The summer league lasts for seven more weeks and I shall post my results here, win lose or draw.

Baggs

[Baggs]

I played last night and I lost, but that's okay. I'm division 4 and I played division 3 guys. I had a two point lead to start with but that wasn't
enough to save me. But it was friendly and good-natured and helped me to learn what aspects of my game need improving....all of 'em. This morning, Saturday, I practised for a couple of hours at the same venue, my local club and had some good knocks and excellent rallies, particularly with Asian Sue who uses the pen holder grip.....we both enjoy playing with each other, we're a good fit.

[Baggs]

It's Saturday and I'm home from table-tennis at my local club and it was brilliant. I practised for an hour with Asian Sue and it was the best ever, our rallies were superb. Normally Sue runs out of steam after half an hour but she managed to keep going and it was me who ran out of steam. But then my breakfast porridge kicked in and I got a second wind. There was no league match for me last night but, by golly, if I could perform in the league as I do with Sue I'd sure win many more games. Then after Sue this morning, I had a knock with a first division guy.....I'm fourth division......but he took it easy most of the time and we had some reasonable rallies. For table-tennis fans, he used pimples in rubber on one side and pimples out on the other. This makes it very tricky to play against and it's mainly good players that use pimples out so it's doubly tricky.

[Sparkle1984]

That sounds great, well done!

[Baggs]

Thanks Sparkle xxx