Comments on: POPPs v YMen – Doubles Handicap Plate match Monday 19th January 2009 http://popptt.org.uk/2009/01/27/popp-v-ymen-doubles-handicap-plate-match-monday-19th-january-2009/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Terry http://popptt.org.uk/2009/01/27/popp-v-ymen-doubles-handicap-plate-match-monday-19th-january-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Terry Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:04:47 +0000 http://popptt.org.uk/?p=379#comment-63 Thanks for taking the trouble to write this report Derek. I sort of enjoyed the match and there were some good lessons in how far we have to go, especially in dealing with more advanced serving. I found my inability to get most of the serves back almost humiliating! I calulated that when we got the ball back we had about a 30% chance of winning the point. I thought we all did a little better at returning towards the end, so some progress but far too late to have an impact on the result. And weren't the handful of rallies we won with attacking shots satisfying, however few and far between? For the uninitiated, Plate competitions are consolution events for first round losers of the main competition. In this case we turned out to be doublefirst round losers! Thanks for taking the trouble to write this report Derek. I sort of enjoyed the match and there were some good lessons in how far we have to go, especially in dealing with more advanced serving. I found my inability to get most of the serves back almost humiliating! I calulated that when we got the ball back we had about a 30% chance of winning the point. I thought we all did a little better at returning towards the end, so some progress but far too late to have an impact on the result. And weren’t the handful of rallies we won with attacking shots satisfying, however few and far between?

For the uninitiated, Plate competitions are consolution events for first round losers of the main competition. In this case we turned out to be doublefirst round losers!

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