USTA Season-Players

hairsprayhon

Today is the opening match of the USTA season. I am playing 3.5 ladies doubles. I am excited to be playing 31 pounds lighter. I had a practice match, that we lost, 5-7, 6-0, 3rd set tiebreak 10-8. While it was rough losing a heartbreak match, I felt very positive about the way I was playing. Best of all was the big decrease in my "fitness points". Fitness points are what I call the points that I lose because I was not fit enough to get where I needed to get. I know with every pound that I lose the number of fitness points will decrease proportionally.
Any other USTA players gearing up for the season?

hairsprayhon

Hopefully, some other tennis players will join in soon. But for now, I am happy to say that we won our first USTA doubles match of the season, 6-1, 6-2 and I didn't lose any fitness points! Our team was also victorious. The only down side was that the match was at 6pm. I don't want to eat dinner before playing and I didn't get home until 8:30pm, too late for a real dinner. I had my low fat chocolate milk after the match, and when I got home I had strawberries.
Does anyone have any strategies for eating when a match is at dinner time?

ryoryo

I'm not playing USTA, but I did just start playing in an online flex singles league and am about to start in a doubles league as well. Tennis is definitely a motivating factor for me in trying to get fit.

I don't have any great ideas about dinner-time matches. Generally, I try to eat something light around 4 or sometimes I have a powerade right before the match to keep my energy up and then something light after the match.

R

hairsprayhon

Played my second doubles Usta match of the season, 6-1, 6-1. I am ready to try some singles. Tennis is both a way for me to work on my fitness and as R said it is a great motivator, I am looking forward to moving better as I lose more pounds.

jessicafk11

We are trying to get a team started but we need some additional people to join us. BUT, we are having a great time working out and practicing while we try to get something started!