Playing with the Gay Boys in Texas

I am leaving today to go to Houston, Texas to participate in the Houston tennis tourny. Yeehaw! That is only about a five hour drive for me. I am excited. I have been practicing really hard to be in competitive shape. My wonderful coach Tim in Houston gave me some great pointers to help my game.

I just have to keep remembering the following: preparation, footwork, balance, follow thru. On my serve: big circle, little circle, reach up, follow thru. Coach Tim has helped me deal with my tennis issues. See... I workout a lot. My muscles are always tight. I play all tensed up. I can't help but grip the fuck out of my tennis racquet. I just want to use all my muscles to send that ball flaming across your court.

Tim has worked VERY HARD at having me focused on playing more relaxed and focusing on my technique. I have a bad tendency to use twice as much energy as my opponent. Tim is trying to get me to look at my body as individual moving parts rather than one whole tensed up mass. I am stubbornly TRYING to listen and practice what the coach preaches. We'll see how well I learned tomorrow!