Another bit of tennis today. 1/2 hours lesson with Jenny Tennis, and some practice with Emma first.
More improvement – but my backhand could still do with some work!
A swim in the indoor, then outdoor pool with the kids afterwards. Not a lot of training involved, but nice to be swimming outside!
Just time for a swim with the kids tonight. Mrs Dundeechest swam for 20 minutes whilst I played with the boys, then I had a 20 minute swim, Coach turned up half way through to pick away at my left hand, which I think may be about to become a recurring theme…
Felt OK. Just trying to feel a bit more glide at the front end. Nice to just swim for a bit.
Back to the pool with the kids. The boys were desperate to play in the toddler pool, so I didn’t have a lot of time to get into any drills, so straight into a few lengths. Went off too quickly, got SOB too early. Felt pretty good once I slowed it down, though. SPL is down to 14 – 16, depending on how hard I push off, I think.
Trying to focus on a marionette hand, with a bit more hang. Perhaps it’ll slow down my SPL a bit…
Took the kids to the pool with ToDrF. Managed to do 20 or so lengths, after a quick 16 length drill warm up.
Encouragingly I was told that my stroke has become much more relaxed and “smooth”. I was still a little hung over, truth be told, but that’s what I get for getting old. Still working on the early entry.
Might get back to the pool tomorrow, if I’m lucky.
