Beach Training

You have probably noticed that good players have a habit of being in the right place at the right time. This is often attributed to experience, and a players ability to read the play, but there is nothing magic about it. Reading your opponent is a skill just like any other. So how do you [...]

Last weekend I bought myself a brand new pair of board shorts, and rocked up for the final event on the NBVA calendar with my old partner Milton Da Rocha. It was a good event. A lot of guys came out to play, partly spurred on by the appearance of local legend Julien Prosser, partly [...]

The Victorians also have a great line up of tournaments with about 20 events over the summer. In the mens draw there are some old names floating about, like Al Hinchley, Peter Jones, and Allister Lyne, and they aren’t always winning, so there must be some good juniors floating around. Have a look yourself at: [...]

This is a situation that I was almost badly burnt on a couple of seasons ago. Playing in the early rounds of a social tournament, we came up against a pair of young girls who were playing in the mens draw. They were national Champs the following season, so they were both decent players. We [...]