This is my project this fall: get better at fundamentals, such as backing up and pushing the overhead through the court.
#paddle #platformtennis #johandurandt #apta #xenonpaddle #xenon
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SUB-OPTIMAL www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

As @kenwhite.bsky.social has put it much better than I ever could, there is a stigma around depression that lingers mainly because people who don't have it don't understand it in a way that is meaningful. So I want to go down a path to shed light on part of it from my own perspective. (1/X)

@thepressbox.bsky.social just read an article about the Peanuts' Christmas Music by Ethan Iverson, called "Deck the Halls with Vince Guaraldi!" Too esoteric?

@thepressbox.bsky.social Joel-keepers?

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#platformtennis #paddle #cuttersofbluesky #xenon

This is the best shot sequence I have ever executed.
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#platformtennis #paddle #walkawaycutter #theydidntevenrun

Paddle looks like tennis...the court is the same shape and proportions. There are major differences:
1. Smaller court...44 feet long instead of 78 feet
2. There is a chicken-wire fence 7 feet behind the baseline which is 15 feet high. If the ball hits the court, then the fence, it is still in play.

Not enough people talking about platform tennis here. I will call it paddle most of the time.