Last day of practice in Chiayi City

Yesterday was the last day of tennis practice at the National Chung Cheng University training site. We had a morning practice session and an afternoon practice session. It was just the two of us hitting and we worked a lot on serves and returns as well as volleys. In the morning practice session we just worked on polishing our serves and placement of returns. I was having a tough time returning serves on the backhand side during the mixed doubles match so I had Aaron hit serves to my backhand. It was a good, hard practice and I felt that we accomplished a lot after the morning practice.

Aaron and I decided to go to McDonald's for lunch which is just across the hotel. I had a fish sandwich and Aaron had a chicken sandwich. It was quite delicious, almost tasted the same as back in America.

McDonald's in Chiayi City


We had a short afternoon practice where we worked on serving and volleying with overheads. We did this drill where I serve and volley and Aaron feeds me 3 balls as I come in the net. Two volleys and one overhead. It was a very good drill and we were able to work on coming into the net for doubles. Since we only had an hour practice to work with we decided to focus just on one drill and I felt that we had a really good practice. We headed back to the hotel for dinner and a tennis group picture. I was in bed by 9:30pm.

Aaron and me with Coach Howard

Aaron and me


Tomorrow we decided to take the whole day off of practice. Aaron was hurting a little in his arm and we wanted to rest and refresh for 2 more practices on Friday and Saturday in Taipei, Taiwan. We leave for Taipei on Friday and Opening Ceremonies is on Saturday! I can't believe the Olympics is almost here! I am getting excited and am ready for the games! :)

Please check out the USA Deaflympics Website. There are a few articles on Tennis and there will be a video posted on the website soon.

www.usdeaflympics.com

Until next time...