The Boys Are Back in Town

As you know, Compassvale has terminate our rights for the court usage. It has now become the training ground for karate enthusiasts.

We have found a new home in Pasir Ris. A new blue court ala Arthur Ashe. We also had look at Farrer Park which brings back the nostalgic memories of the 90s. We have a new player on board Jermyn who was my army mate back in the days.

Lets have an update on the players:

1) Benjamin 13500 pts

He has decided to go back to his counter punching style of play again. I guess on our level of play, counter punching is probably the style that is the most effective as it produces the least amount of error and no one in this roster really has a shot good enough that will really hurt this kinda play on a consistent basis. He is also contemplating to switching to double backhand. My take is that he should go with one that he most comfortable with. A player with least amount of unforced errors. When his forehand is on form, he will construct points beautifully.

2) Nizlan 12870 pts

I change the forehand swing to make the swing slightly longer for more power and there's an improvement on the backhand (ie: thanks to Dan who keep hitting the ball to my backhand). Still cannot volley however but is pushing hard for the no 1 spot.

3) Jermyn 7800 pts

The first serve and volleyer on our roster. He is slowly catching up on points as he didnt participate in the early tourny this year. Thanks to him, me and ben have been forced to serve as such we have improve quite a bit. Lacking in stamina kills him at times but he loves to shorten points by approaching the net as many times as possible.

4) Dan 5060 pts

The youngest player in the roster is improving bit by bit. He joined SP tennis Club but soon was found AWOL by the club. He was caught watching Iraq vs Singapore live on channel 5 during the club training wearing Jumaat Jantan jersey!!!

5) Tong & Shona $6000 fine

They have attended less than 10 session this year and was subjected to $6,000 fine. The monies goes to charity and for the seats recently bought for the Pasir Ris Court. Recently they attended the session and Tong is still faster than a bullet with a terrifying back hand slice but forehand is missing however. Shona is still a great doubles player with a gd double backhand.

6) Melvin Stone Dead Forever