My team attended our second to last power league of the season in Cincinnati, OH. The weekend was definitely an eye opener for us. We had played and beaten two of the teams in our pool previously so we were expecting wins. Unfortunately, we may have been a little cocky. For all three of our Saturday games, we won the first game relatively easily but then lost the second. During the third games we would basically be neck and neck with the other team until about point 8, this is where we would get in a rut and not be able to get out of it for a few points. That led to us having to play catch up with the other teams, we ended up losing all three matches. Sunday was a similar story, although we did win one match. It is extremely strange to me that this happened three times in a row. This led to us practicing game situations, terminating the ball, and playing intense competition at our Tuesday practice. Hopefully this should help us put away a team when we know we can. We also worked hard on serve receive at our next practice.
On a more personal level, I saw my extra hitting practices for the last 2 weeks show some benefit. I played perhaps the best games of the season. I came out of the tournament feeling more confident in my hitting than I have ever been. I do have to say that I hit some balls really hard! My passing was not the greatest its been, but I didn't let it affect my attitude. I hope that I can continue to play this well consistently.
Our next tournament is the Bluegrass Pre Qualifier March 13/14 in Louisville. I look forward to seeing if my team's hard practicing is going to pay off.
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