Kicking off 2025 getting pickled

ℹ️ Overview

I got a chance to join the New Years Day Open Play at Dill Dinkers Rockville which ended up being a lot of fun! Though ironically enough, I kicked off 2025 by getting pickled in my first game 😅.

📊 Statistics

• Intermediate Division (3.0 - 3.5):
  • Wins: 5
  • Losses: 2 (both were pickles 💀)
• Intermediate Advanced Division (3.5 - 4.0)
  • Wins: 0
  • Loss: 4

⭐ Highlights

• Managed to implement some of the things I learned from my lesson with Christian in gameplay. Resets are something that I'm still not confident in, but at least I was starting to attempt them in actual games.
• Played against a number of more advanced players that clearly outplayed me. I was almost able to win the last game, but couldn't close it out in the end.

🧐 Reflections

• Even though I won most of my intermediate division games, the point differentials were actually pretty close, so my estimated ranking of ~3.25 seems about accurate since it's not like I'm dominating my opponents.
• The knee compression sleeves were actually very helpful in making me feel more confident to chase balls across the court, so this might be a regular thing for me!
• Got pretty quick at getting the recording setup up and running, but I did find myself more confined to a specific court since otherwise I'd have to set it up again. Something to consider for future recordings...