Saturday 10 April 2010

Squish Squash

I haven't played squash for 22 years. I wasn't very good then. You can guess where this blog post is going... Boyfriend decides it would be a great way to spend the afternoon. He's a bit of an all-rounder when it comes to sporting prowess, whereas I tend to do better in anything that doesn't involve a ball, throwing anything, jumping over anything or being in any way shape or form co-ordinated. Luckily for me, we had his 16 year old son along too. For while boyfriend leapt about the court thwacking the ball with serious power, me and the lad took it in turns to be humiliated and cower in the corner. When I finally hit the ball with a bit of strength, I managed to whack it into the cage around the light where it stuck fast and remains still. Unfortunately we had two more balls...

Back in my teens when I was a bit more nimble of foot we used to play squash every Wednesday afternoon in 6th form. I had a bit of a reputation for being incapable of winning a match... until one day... There I was playing one of the boys. One who up until now had a reasonable score line. He was no pushover I can tell you. That day though, suddenly I had found my form. I had him chased around the court, I was on fire, I took him to match point. The crowd gathered... Was DP really going to be defeated by Lisa?? That was it for me of course. I could cope with an audience when I was dancing on the table at my 18th doing a Tiffany impression, but the pressure of winning one more measly little point in an oversized box with a little rubber ball... Or did I just feel sorry for DP and let him win? I guess I'll leave it you to guess!
Now, I wonder just how much I'm going to ache in the morning!

7 comments:

  1. Yikes! You are going to feel like squash tomorrow. Maybe not tomorrow, but two days after is often the worst. At least you had fun! I would suggest the oldest muscle relaxant known (alcohol), taken internally!

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  2. Too funny,it sounds like you had some fun,I'm not much into sports either,in fact everytime theres a ball any kind of ball around I usally get hit with it,thats why I avoid baseball games and any other kind of dangerous ball games.

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  3. ~severely...you will probably discover muscles in your body you never realized you had...when we first got our little ones a trampoline...i thought i would revisit my younger days as a gymnast and well needless to say it took a week for me to recover...i had forgotten certain parts of my body existed... guess they are not used too often...good luck...and i agree...wine is always good at soothing pains! brightest blessings~

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  4. ooo... i LOVE sport aches!! seriously! when i was religiously going to the gym a year or so ago ... i use to wake up to the yummiest aches :) it's feels good cos it feels like we've worked those muscles and now we're stronger :)

    looks like you had a nice fun afternoon!! enjoy the aches while it last!!

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  5. LOL! You always get me to laugh :D
    I love this story...
    unfortunatly we had 2 more balls, tee hee.

    I like your fish art. I had trouble with this challenge, too. Now who's idea was it???

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  6. Yeah I dont do ball sports, Ohh hang on, I dont seem to do any sports!!!!
    I am intrigued by your Tiffany impersonation!!!
    I used to love her!! but now! haha she is even better to watch but for all the wrong reasons, hey I might search her now and see what shes doing, she might be singing cheese commercial jingles.
    xxx
    sheree

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  7. seems she's an actress! and just made a new movie called "Mega Piranha"
    yes thats right, genetically engineered out of control fish! cant wait!!

    xxx
    sheree

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