📷Went for a pickleball workshop on Sunday+ Video | 周日去参加了匹克球作坊+ 视频😎(by @ace108)

ace108 (77)Memberin Steem SEA • 4 days ago

"Separate saucer section". I always image Jean Luc Picard saying that each time I passed by the Expo MRT station.

每次路过世博地铁站，我都会想起《星际迷航》里的舰长说的一句话的情景。

🎶Meanwhile, some music for you to enjoy as you read. This piece is part of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, particularly the first of the 4 violin concertos, called Spring.
🎶让大家继续读的时候，欣赏一点音乐。这件作品是维瓦尔第的“四季”的一部分 - 4小提琴协奏曲中的第一首，名为“春天”。
Source | 来源: https://musopen.org/

https://soundcloud.com/alan-chang-563971986/four-concerti-grossi-4-vivaldi-op8-i-la-primavera-allegro-largo-allegro

Source | 来源: https://musopen.org/music/2213/antonio-vivaldi/the-four-seasons/

Here I was again going to Singapore Expo.

我是去了新加坡博览中心。

Heading to hall 7.

前往7号展厅。

Almost reaching the entrance.

快到入口了。

Went into the hall.

进入展厅。

Saw padel courts first.

先看到了板式网球场。

Finally, found the pickleball courts. Went to register.

终于找到了匹克球场。去登记。

Then took a selfie.

然后自拍了一张。

Got some bananas and a bags with a few pairs of socks in it.

拿到了一袋袜子和些香蕉。

Tried a pair of shoes because they had 30% discount. They didn't have the black colour I wanted though the size 8 fits OK.

试穿了一双鞋，因为有七折优惠。虽然没有我想要的黑色，但8码的鞋子很合脚。

This would be the court I would start playing at.

这就是我要开始打球的场地。

Walked towards the end to go the toilet first.

先走到尽头去上厕所。

Out of the toilet.

从厕所出来。

Going back to the first court.

回到第一个场地。

These courts were nicer with more seats for spectators.

这些场地更好，观众席也更多。

The session started and we break up into groups of 8 players in a court.

课程开始了，我们分成8人一组，每个场地上场。

The first 15 minutes was a bit of warm up and then we break into teams of 4 to play against each other for about 15 minutes game for an hour. There was some tips for certain people but I had to say it was no much of a workshop that I expected. The next hour, we were broken into groups of 8 and played the dreambreaker format for 15 minutes. Then the winning team move up to next court and losing team move down to another court. We lost one, then won 3 continuously and lost two. By then, although I enjoyed the game play, I already concluded the workshop was really below my expectation and I wasn't the only one who expected to see a professional player here. Disappointed for sure.

前15分钟是热身，然后我们分成4人一组，每组进行大约15分钟的比赛，持续一个小时。期间有一些针对特定人群的技巧指导，但我不得不说，这远没有达到我预期的训练营水平。接下来的一个小时，我们又分成8人一组，进行15分钟的“梦幻淘汰赛”。获胜的队伍前往上一个场地，败的队伍则前往下一个场地。我们先输了一场，然后连赢三场，最后又输了两场。虽然我挺享受比赛的过程，但到那时我已经得出结论：这次训练营真的远低于我的预期，而且我并不是唯一一个期待在这里见到职业选手的人。确实很失望。