Saturday 6th April 2013
Following our day off yesterday it was back to training today to prepare all 3 players for the final week of competition in Guadeloupe which starts on Monday.
We were up reasonably early this morning for breakfast at 7.30am and then, along with our tennis bags, we squeezed into a number 11 bus to go to the Hilton hotel which was our practice site for the morning. The court next to our hotel isn’t really good enough to train on so we decided to try and sneak on the courts at the Hilton as they were much better!
After a 25 minute warm up we went through some speed and movement exercises to get the players really sharp before they hit their first ball. Unfortunately Mia’s back was playing up again so after a few minutes of hitting she stopped the session to ice and rest it. Georgie and Alex continued to train for almost 2 hours and, despite being a little slow at the start, they raised their levels throughout the session. After working on each of their individual goals we finished the session with some points and the bet was that the loser had to pay for the winner’s bus ticket back. Unfortunately Georgie lost so Jeremy had to pay up!!
We left the Hilton at around 11.30am and on the way back we stopped at Subway for lunch (another first for Georgie and Jeremy!) and then the laundrette to collect our washing. Once we arrived back at our hotel there was just enough time to have a quick chat with Jeremy before he headed off to the airport to catch his flight back to England.
For the rest of the afternoon the players had the choice of what they wanted to do; Mia’s friends from England arrived a few days ago so she spent the afternoon with them while Georgie and Alex relaxed at the hotel and then took on the waves at the beach!
Both videos will be on the Facebook page as soon as I can get a strong enough internet connection to upload them!
After all the swimming yesterday I wasn’t really up for more today so I stayed on the beach keeping an eye on both of them with a new little friend that popped up out of a hole right in front of me!!
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A local crab keeping a watchful eye on me!
Georgie and Alex were in the sea for almost an hour and after being battered by waves on more than a dozen occasions they eventually retired to the swimming pool at the hotel to wind down.
For dinner tonight we headed back to Mamma Mia’s for the last time and then it was back to the hotel to pack up and get ready for training and travelling tomorrow.
