Man, the trouble makers got uniforms ???!!!! Sheesh. Team name change to TROUBLE MAKERS UNITED ??
Nexy USA looks like they wanna got out of stock soon on those jerseys. Janitor gunna hafta got to work again.
Actually, we got more coming in. I sweet talked Nexy Korea to helping me help out teams needing uniforms. Kudo to Prez Moon in Korea.
I really want to see the video I heard someone take. I had some shots that should be easy highights... but the truth is I totally sucked rocks SO BAD in game one, I might have pised away 7-8 points directly. Terrible start, couldn't judge or get track on the ball. Game two got better, and each game it got better. Good thing my doubles partner is higher rated and higher skilled and steady.
I didn't start to flip serves with my BH until second game, saw ball better and maybe warmed up some. In game three, I am returning serve and did a real heavy spin from a flip, landed on endline and troubled the Google coach. He commented about it hitting the edge... TT Monster was seeing it (He can tell a similar story when he trolled me about my FH receive in doubles)... Next serve comes high enough (maybe 1 cm over net) with light spin. All I think is... well I didn't think. I saw the ball and just exploded through it for a power rip BH flip giving google no chance to return. TT Monster chose that moment to cough. Google coach took it in stride, heck, he has done it enough times to players, so he can lean back and grin.
The highlight reel shot was a sequence in game 4. We are up 2-1 in games and Google serves at 7-8. I flip, google #2 guy does a medium pace block or drive, my partner plays a soft high shot to deep middle of table. Google coach is a lefty and I am parked in FH corner. I think, oh crap, I better start moving (I guess he wants to nail it down BH line away from me) so When he is swinging, I move. I can do a pretty quick BH crossover step, I reach out and behind me, barely get to the ball, I have to take the ball late behind me some. I firm up wrist as I make impact with no swing, just reach out arm and move to ball... result was a counter smash around net that landed on the last cm of the corner and hits google coach for a winner.
No one knows how I did it. Camera video will tell no lie. I bait players in doubles to go for winners there, I can move quick for a huge dude. I always barely get there and use either grip pressure or a little wrist slap with grip pressure to make a very fast BH smash or drive. It freezes up players, no one expects me to get to the ball, let alone crush it back.
Google coach was nothing but extremely hospitable, caring, good natured, and went out of way to make the league team vs team matchups a pro experience in the Google facility for TT. (YES, They have a 4 table room with ROOM between tables !)
I still want to see the doubles vid... maybe Monster can comment from his perspective what he saw. He told me he never saw me play doubles so well, and I have played a lot of doubles with him as partner and him watching me and James team up.... all that despite having a historically crappy game 1.
I just hope I can carry this level of play I have been playing in doubles the last month into the US Open in Dec, I am registered for some doubles events there too.
