Dateline Beijing: Here I am at my computer dashing off yet another chapter in this Olympic adventure, trying to decide just what is the most interesting thing to write about.

Should the subject be the "man with the golden shoes," who on Saturday night set a new worlds record in the 100 meter dash sprint?

Or should the subject the sport of Women's Freestyle Wrestling?

No, I decided today's blog is going to be about Tennis. This is the one sport I actually play, and with all due respect to Mike, Norm, Pete and Jim, who are my Saturday morning winter league partners, what we play at the Tennis Club of Rochester is a far cry from the game they play here. A bad second serve here comes at 165 km per hour!

The Men's and Women's Gold Medal games were played back -to -back this afternoon at Center Court. What struck me was not just the power but the concentration. Every coach admonished their student athletes to keep their eye on the ball. You judge for yourself how well these racketeer players listened. (click on the images to see them larger)

So for some tips on shooting tennis. You can either use a long lens in the 400mm and longer variety range and shoot from behind the baseline. Or you can do as I did, shooting from the side in the conveniently positioned "Photo Mode" even with the service line a 200- 400 400 mm zoom lens. Shutter speed should be kept about 1/1000 sec.

And remember "those who live by the poach die by the poach" (a tennis term)

Serving for break
Richard
The Photon Wrangler

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