Return to Racquetball!
May 25, 2005 @ 07:34 AMAjo and I will be playing Racquetball tonight (is Chris joining us?). For me, it’s the first time I’ve played in many many months. Quite honestly I don’t expect to last the entire hour. I just haven’t been maintaining my endurance for stuff like that. BUT, I have a few pounds to lose, and I used to be much more physically active than I am now, so I’m going to start getting back into things I used to do like that.
Anyway, I was thinking about tonight and it just made me think about WHY I enjoy sports like that. For me at least, it’s way more mental than physical. I will rarely beat you on pure physical effort, but I can keep up by utilizing the mental aspect of the game.
See, I pay VERY close attention to my opponents. How are they playing? What do they do under different situations? What tendencies do they have? Where I survive in games like this is finding the other person’s specific weakness. Not just general stuff like keeping them off balance and changing speeds, but specific shots that each person can and cannot handle, and the shots they tend to make to score on me. Once I’ve figured these things out, it’s just a matter of using them successfully more times than not.
There’s no doubt in my mind going in to tonight’s festivities that Ajo is in better physical shape than I am. Whether or not I’m able to mentally figure him out is what will determine if I get blown away or stay competitive.
... and THATs why I love these games. :)