After ten years I decided to pick up a tennis racquet and play the game again. Practicing by hitting against the ball machine and taking a few weekly clinics at Caswell only get you so far. I’d lost touch with all my old tennis buddies–time to find new people to play with. A friend of mine recommended John Kitchen’s tennis ladder. A quick search led me to Austin Tennis Net. This is a cool website where you sign up, state whether you want to play singles, doubles, or mixed doubles and what level you want to play at. When the next round starts, you get two matches and can play them at any tennis court. Win or lose enter the scores back at the website. So far it has been a lot of fun even though I’ve been beaten 6-2, 6-0 both times. Shaking of the rust and getting back into match shape is a lot harder than I thought.
