Last night I had a lesson with my new coach, it went really well, so I think it'll be a good change, I will still do my group class for the community but for now summer is looking travel crazy and I need a little break.
I started stealing Craig's Honolulu paddle awhile back, it worked out great when we weren't playing together, so he ordered me my own. I really like it, it's got an elongated handle for my twoeys, and the paddle itself is elongated and every little bit of extra paddle helps, especially on the overheads. A couple weeks ago when I was away visiting mom he ordered me another paddle (pretty sure he was bored, or in a competition with our friend Jason to see who can order the most paddles).
This is the Honolulu--I love this paddle, but look what showed up (after being delivered to the wrong address and tracking it down with the very helpful post office)
I know it looks like a Barbie paddle! But it's a serious paddle, what I don't like is nothing is elongated, what I do like----everything else. It has pop and power, and it's very light for fast hands, and the best part is it has the smallest grip out there. You would think there would be more paddles with a small grip size.
So, what to do, which one to play with? I just got it yesterday so I didn't use it in my lesson, this morning I took it out to drill with Craig and the ball machine. I started with the Honolulu because I wanted to work on some things from my lesson, when I got tired I switched out to the Pickle Popper, it was a nice switch and I could definitely feel how much lighter it felt. I didn't play any real games this morning just got a lot of drilling done, so I'll update after a real game. But for the moment it's all positive.
Oh and not to mention it came in this box, it looks like it should be a board game, how can I throw this away?
