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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2019 57 Tennis Club We've got a big, new event coming up soon – The Autumn Aces Doubles Tournament will be played on Saturday, Nov. 9. We used the term "Autumn," because it allows for better alliteration and out here at the home, we try to avoid using the word "Fall," which is sometimes followed by "and I can't get up." The registration deadline for players is Oct. 31, so your receipt of the Breeze may have caused you to miss that opportunity. There is still time, however, to sign up for the lunch portion of the event. Tennis Club members can enjoy the lunch for free, and guests/non-members may participate for $5. With the lunch being prepared by our awesome new Kopper Kettle Bistro staff, you won't want to miss it. Register as soon as possible at http://bit.ly/ FallTournament. Come on out and watch the matches and the games, including Ace the Turkey, Corn Hole Toss, and Pot of Aces, because pot is legal now. As I am a fan of Nick Kyrgios, the professional tennis player, who was just found to have "committed a major offense," I want to model my old-guy amateur game after him. I am trying to improve my offense by working on a two-handed backhand to increase power and to improve my serve by making better tosses. As a student of Kyrgios's game, I wondered about some of the basic tennis etiquette practices, so guess what – there are some answers on that Internet thing. A few years ago I found a site that talked about ball management. The site said that many players slow the game down by failing to collect balls and get them to the server efficiently. Tips to speed that up included: if the server needs a ball, the player closest to a ball should get it for the server and send the ball to the server so that it can be caught easily in one hand. Ideally, the ball should be provided with one bounce or two bounces, softly, to the server. Hitting the ball back hard toward the server's side, where it could hit a player or rebound off of the fence, is considered rude, as is making the server pick a ball up off ground, when it could have been bounced to him/her. Or if you're losing, just smack the ball over the fence and bounce it on the putting green. Club-arranged Wednesday night matches will resume in May. Visit our website: https://sites.google/view/tennis-fourseasons/ home. ~ Steven Hovey, sahovey47@hotmail.com