Squashing....

Excited to be squashing in a league this winter... again. Feels like forever !!

Older, so my dear Squash, even though I have liked you for a long time, and you are the one thing I will keep going back to, please don't hurt me this time. My muscles and joints feel it now.

I was talking tonight with my gf : One thing I have to remember is to bring my A game (however that may look like for an eternal rookie like me) to every game. To my self demise, I tend to feel too much for the person I am playing against if they are truely a beginner. Just cause I know how it feels like to be killed in less than 8 minutes on the court by aggressive, non friendly, competitive, non laughing nor smiling jerks. Sucks the fun out if it! If I played many like that, I would have never loved this sport. And I want everyone to love this sport just like I do! So, unfortunately, to compensate for these jerks I end up dumbing down my game for the sake of the beginner, giving them points to boost their ego. But then eventually, what ends up happening is that I end up dumbing down my whole entire game for the league and games in the future! (hence, eternal rookie). Gotta learn how to balance being sensitive to the beginner's feelings, and kicking their asses. At least I laugh at my self the whole time on the court so maybe that will make up for it.