Wimbledon Coverage

Our pilgrimage to the promised land...aka The 125th Wimbledon Championships aka The All England Lawn Tennis Club aka The Championships aka "A waste of an entire day" (seriously...I heard this last one...much more on that later). 

Be on the lookout for wall-to-wall coverage with lots of pictures and commentary tomorrow.  In our two days, we saw a lot of the big names and some of the other fodder.  We had some great weather and some terrible weather...typical Wimbledon.  We had the best strawberries in the world...in copious amounts.  It was a great experience.

For now, here's a bit of video footage I captured from the John Isner v. Nicholas Mahut first-round match.  Luckily for us, the match clocked in at about 9 hours shorter than their match-up last year.  And Michelle's favorite player (Mr. Isner) prevailed.  He is quite dreamy after all...and so tall.

One thing I noted watching Isner is that I really feel like I could make it as a tennis coach for professional players.  First off, Isner is 6'9", so telling him to bend his knees more would almost definitely be appropriate. Second, telling him to hit more aces would be a solid strategy. And finally, all I would really do is nail his size 16 shoes to the baseline during practice until he becomes comfortable taking the ball early. There's really no reason for a man his size to be endangering the lives of the lines men and women by rallying from 6 yards behind the baseline...ever.  Heck, he should never stray more than a couple of feet beyond the baseline. If you lose some points quickly by playing more aggressively, so be it...it will pay off in the end.  In all the points in the video he maintained very positive court positioning...it's no surprise he won them all. Simple as that. The ball is in your court John. $250,000 per year plus travel expenses and I'll put you in the top 10....