Never Give up Never Surrender

When you play doubles, once you attack one member of the opposing team--keep at it. Don't give him time to breath.

Bait and Switch

I learned this from a good friend named Greg Takata. You leave a hole purposely to direct traffic there, and then, you can cover it.

How to Neutralize with your Weaker Shot

this is awesome. Use your weaker side better

found my role model

this guy was awesome...and sadly, he's my age so if I play age group, I'll run into him. He's the #1 player in Tahiti...? go figure. He's French



His speed and fitness was mind boggling.

tennis at this age... my lovely age of 24...is now all about fitness DAMMIT..hate running.

this is how I'm going to play... my new goal plus lose 6 kilos... frack..

I actually learned something

I'm playing this tournament with a good friend, but a very different person... he's very difficult to play with--always kind of saying things, but astonishingly--unbelievable--I learned something.

1) me the man with the hands--those are called volleys son. needs to poach more, i'm too placid, too uninvolved--we had major disagreement on poaching--my partner varies his serve speed a lot so I was misjudging when to go--he was getting mad at me... and saying things, and I'm like um dude--you got to tell me when you're going to serve the lolly pop and the heater, because the pacing makes my move different--normally, i go when the serve is struck, but his kicker is too slow, and he's right, I have to go when the ball is coming up--but then, sometimes he hits a flattie, and then, i can't get there in time. ANNOYING...

2) I need to bunt my return--best line, if you miss three returns in a row, you have to do something different. that's really smart... DAMN. I should have known that one myself...wtf.

3) serve spin serves and come in... FRACK. I knew this, but it's been awhile since I did it. I held serve everytime but once today...aWEsome!

4) turn my hips on my forehand. Frack. i know this one but I don't do this one... wtf.

it's funny that he's so opposite of me that it's irritating but it makes me better, but sooner or later, he's going to annoy me with his lil comments, and i'm going to say to him...shut the F up... :D :D :D

interesting.

Tournament Highlights

This guy's forehand was awesome.

Dangers of the Best Backhand Ever

This guy was unreal--supposedly the number one player from Tahiti, but he's French. He is like 35? but his wheels are unbelievable.

OVER PRACTICE AND OVER TRAIN

This is really AMAZING--when I was playing this match--I had slept for like 4 hours each night for like three days, this was an afternoon practice after I proctered exams and had debate training--I don't look like I'm playing too poorly, BUT to me at the time, I THOUGHT I was playing badly and so tired. So it's interesting what your self-perception will do to your game. Why was I sleeping so badly? I don't know, but I also started a jogging program this week...



so I decided to just cruise on Thursday--this was Wednesday. My tournament is Saturday in Pattaya--www.pattaya-tennis.com so we'll see what happens.

Wow...Heroes is pretty good

It's not often I'm intrigued and entertained by something on tv, but Heroes rocks. It comes from so many angles, twists, and turns that it just amazes me.

I'll give it a month before I talk spoilers. wow...Just saw the last episode of season three. wow.

Better lucky than good

sometimes you blow it.

The Little things in life: Backhand Return

Notice the difference between a correct shot and a miss

Singles Tactics: Coming to net

You got to put the ball away when you come in...



and don't approach crosscourt... come on...

Pete's Interview on 60 minutes!

This is AWESOME


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unreal. I love that coach...sure, it's USC.

Textbook Doubles: What shot to hit

It's all about attacking the middle and keeping the ball low.

Intimidation has no place in social setting

This is sadness. There was a time when I used to take tennis way too seriously--don't get me wrong. I was very fortunate to be the junk guy on the court. Classic--I just basically learn how to play and can barely play but my uncle is all jazzed so he takes me out to play with some women--they're league women, and they basically kick my ass even though I was playing with him, and then, they give me attitude.

RULE #1. Never ever give a junior player attitude.

why? because the learning curve is so steep on them. Kids learn tennis so quickly so 6 months later after my JV season, I come back and destroy them. And my coach in high school wasn't very good-we were taught to aim at the net person off the return, off the volley, and off the overhead. We were brutal so naturally I was brutal.

Rule #2. Never underestimate the impact of a coach.

Kids will do what you train them to do. If everyone on your team is doing it, you will do it. Remember that when you teach unethical things to your children...students...loved ones

so back to my story, being the junk guy, I understood what it felt like not to be asked to play--tennis is very much a hierarchy. The better players get better because everyone wants to play with them while the junker players never get to play that much so I try not to be that guy.

And I understand people are trying, even when they miss the ball and they're three inches away from the net.

HOWEVER--playing competitive style during a social setting is very strange to me.




Last night, this guy hit like 8 overheads at me--I volleyed 6 of them in, but still, I was like dude... You need a life. My revenge is that I've played him like 7 times now and won 7 times. Man has no brain--tries to go through people.

Check out what the lady is doing while I serve in the tiebreaker? AND the sad thing is until I looked at the video, I didn't even know she was doing this. BUt my friends did, and they think she's tacky to the point where they tell me not to play mixed with her because it's not fun.



it's towards the end.

and the funny thing is it's only when I serve.

The moral of the story--well, let's put it this way, the next time I play her it's on like donkey kong--competitive players all have that streak and it's very simple--I will now hit the ball as hard as I can to finish and if someone gets in the way, well that's your problem. And I will play extra hard everytime to make sure she loses.

Am i being petty. yes. but is it tennis... AHHAHAHA yes.

it's the hierarchy baby, got to stay on top.

A rocking forehand.

This reminds me of a rocking chair... I want to tell her just stay down and whack it, but we're friends. I'll just let the video do the talking

This is defensive movement that could be OFFENSIVE

Things you can do that are simple to be on the offense

Focus Drills--a good one is 25 overheads in a row

this drill I got it from the coach at UH-Manoa--the WAC Champs.



He goes up to 25... trust me, this is kind of nuts. The key is make your student miss and then, see how they react.

So I think I know it all? Actually...

I got a new idea for a series of videos using my subscribers as a source. I put up a video of a student and ask for points to fix it. I add my own of course.

the first one is a serve, because HOW CAN SOMETHING YOU CONTROL ALL ASPECTS OF be so hard--I mean really. When you serve--you decide when to toss it up and hit it, where to hit it, and you got 30 seconds to do it. Hell, in 30 seconds, I could go to the bathroom and come back--I could eat a sandwich and play. 30 seconds is a long time, but the serve is such sweet sorrow.



case in point, this one hurts my eyes to watch. that's a joke son.

My coaching philosophy starts with a good base, so I would fix his stance, then the toss/racquet prep, and then, address the reaching up. For some reason, reaching up is hard to do for people? See for me, serving was not a problem--getting it in maybe, but serving... eh. now i'm going to get bachi for that statement...

A Beautiful Jump Serve

My buddy has a great jump serve as you can see. also, he gives lessons if you want.

A SWWEEETT FOREHAND...

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This guy was goood... and I really liked this forehand



but it is a pretty big loop

Damn I was skinny...or Tennis Plays: Control the Middle

it's all about the middle

Radford Tennis Trip States

The plane trip:




the bus turn


Wailea

A Simple Serve

This player's serve was amazing. It's so compact. He doesn't reach up and explode. It reminds me of a qb throwing a tight spiral

How to play with a Chair Umpire

I enjoy the fact that Thailand has umpires, but sometimes, the umpires make calls that make you go? the keys are to know the limitations of the umpire. I've been a chair, and it's hard to make this call.



Now no matter what the umpire calls, if you argue you lose so the key is to just go with the flow and play the balls farther in on those, and in the end, it'll be fine.

Case in point, I played a match against the 5 seed and I was 3--it was in Pattaya. Now as a foreigner you always worry about playing a Thai guy with a Thai umpire, but to be fair, it's been good everytime. The umpire was very consistent about blowing the far baseline call, but my opponent argued a bit. I did argue one call, but I did it jokingly--i was serious but I knew he wouldn't change the call so I knew it wouldn't matter. The key was not to be confrontational because later in the tiebreaker--when I was ahead 5-3, the 5 seed hit this passing shot down the line that landed 4 inches in. The ump callled it out. I just started laughing with my back to him. Moral: why argue? the ump is in a big position to upset the results in the match.

Notes from the Thai Nationals

This is an awesome video of a guy that didn't seem to run

Every volley is a swing volley...wtf

wow. My student came with this swing and every volley is basically a swing volley, BUT she makes it a lot.

Now the question is:

do we fix it? and if we fix it and she misses, then what?

Patterns and Movement

You got to practice your combos--it's simple--start in the middle, push them to a corner, and pound the other corner. And learn how to cover the open court.



Here is a great discussion from the master of discussions--Dr. Dave Porter coach of BYU-Hawaii

Arrrggghhh. I lost today

The funniest thing happened today. I played really bad today. BUT I violated the rules, but it was something I could have done something about and something I couldn't. The first rule is you have to warm-up--at least 30 minutes, but there was no where to warm-up. Second rule: watch the food. But I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and was hungry so I ate, but I got there and ate something I never ate before. I broke the rituals.

Once in the match, I was oddly hyper. Couldn't get my forehand going, but instead of using what I had, I tried to force my forehand to work, and I wasn't working. It just was off, but tennis is like that. It's a different game everyday, and today, I should have just gone to my chip game to get through, but I didn't.

It's so funny that you do something that you should know better, BUT it was a farewell tour for this year. Next year as of January... I play up an age group--sadness... and at the last tournament before this, a guy played down and ran into me--and I lost 7-5, 7-6 (9-11). He's ranked or seeded 2 so things are looking up.

Also, the final rule I broke was consuming massive amounts of alcohol on Tuesday--which upset my stomach for two days. Yeah, I'm a walking mound of excuses today :D :D

The speech that I gave after the loss should have been: "He played well on the big points, and I didn't. I gave it my best and came up short today. It was a great venue to play in and a lot of fun."

What I said instead to my friends was simply... I sucked today. he played well and matched up to my game.

sigh. Also, it was my birthday today so that might have something to do with it also :D eh. Life goes on. Next tournament is next week.

thank you's to Seb, Fon, Steve, Pang, and Mike for celebrating my birthday last night--good times :D

Exam Topix

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EP 6 Exam topics:

What is standard conditions for battery reactions? Know the composition of batteries from galvanic, voltaic, electrolytic, dry, alkaline, fuel cells, and lead car battery? Also some random stoichemistry from ch 12 to separate the boys from the men.

EP 5 exam topic:

Know how to convert cals to joules, ch 17-18--know equilibrium constants and equilibrium, convert one metal's heat into water, calorimetry

EP 4 exam topics:

Know how to do all the problems from mole to atoms, molecules, volume, density, composition, empirical, and molecular. YES, there are limiting reagents along with types of reactions such as single replacement, combustion, etc. And yes, there are some real doozies to separate the boys from the men.

$3 to take a bus from Bangkok to Pattaya

It's amazing that the bus is so cheap. It costs me $2 to get there by cab, then once I'm in Pattaya another $2 to take a motorbike taxi to a motorbike rental place--$6 to rent the bike for the whole day.

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Executing the Sneak Attack

ambush them

Organize your warm-up for success

this is my routine for getting ready for a match



and an extension of this, is this is my practice format too.

Pre-match preparations

You got to have a way to get ready. and I'm old so I got it down to a science.



find your formula for optimal performance. OH and I have a rule--1) no arguments with anyone before my match (gf especially). 2) no alcohol 48 hours out--it causes dehydration and heat exhaustion sapping performance. 3) no nooky...etc. :D

hey whatever works

Doubles: The FINESSE PLAYER

This the guy you call the puppet master--he slices, dinks, lobs, and generally, annoys. His goal isn't to win points, it's to make you run...

an example of one:



it's actually hard to play like this, but if you have the temperament.

To beat him, you have to do several things:



that's off the return.

Now off of the shots hit by your partner.



the best guy that had this style in Hawaii--ironically, was an AP Calculus teacher at one of the schools. You would go into the match realizing you're going to hit about 40 overheads and run down about 40 dropshots.

second set:

Second Set of a SMASHING

unfortunately, I'm getting smashed. I have a hard time with CJ nowadays... dang, I think I need to lose weight. BUT I did blow a HUGE CALL In the first set--on a break point, I SHOULD HAVE CALLED THIS BALL OUT--if I did, I would have been up 3-1...

MAKE THE CALL



on the plus side, I'm pretty ready for my tournament on Saturday Dec 13th--my birthday... sigh. BUT I'm a little sick.

AMBUSH THEM! Nothing beats a sneak volley

Here's a way to do it--kind of an overview:



here's a great explanation, but this is Brian Gottfried...

Girls School: The Classic Two-Handed Backhand

My friend has a solid backhand, and it's pretty simple

Groundstroke patterns that let you finish

Attack when you can, defend when you can't.

Ep 6 summative review

summative review ep 6

Matching


Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. anode d. half-cell
b. battery e. cathode
c. fuel cell


____ 1. the electrode at which oxidation occurs

____ 2. one part of a voltaic cell in which either oxidation or reduction occurs

____ 3. the electrode at which reduction occurs

____ 4. a group of cells that are connected together

____ 5. a voltaic cell in which a fuel substance undergoes oxidation and from which electrical energy is obtained continuously

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. electrode d. voltaic cell
b. electrolysis e. dry cell
c. salt bridge


____ 6. a tube containing a conducting solution

____ 7. a conductor in a circuit that carries electrons to or from a substance other than a metal

____ 8. an electrochemical cell that is used to convert chemical energy to electrical energy

____ 9. a voltaic cell in which the electrolyte is a paste

____ 10. a process in which electrical energy is used to bring about a chemical change

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. actual yield e. limiting reagent
b. percent yield f. mass
c. theoretical yield g. number of molecules
d. excess reagent h. volume


____ 11. This quantity can always be used in the same way as moles when interpreting balanced chemical equations.

____ 12. This is conserved only in reactions where the temperature is constant and the number of moles of gaseous reactants is the same as that of gaseous products.

____ 13. This is conserved in every ordinary chemical reaction.

____ 14. the reactant that determines the amount of product that can be formed in a reaction

____ 15. the maximum amount of product that could be formed from given amounts of reactants

____ 16. the reactant that is not completely used up in a reaction

____ 17. the amount of product formed when a reaction is carried out in the laboratory

____ 18. the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. product d. balanced equation
b. reactant e. skeleton equation
c. chemical equation


____ 19. a chemical equation that does not indicate relative amounts of reactants and products

____ 20. a new substance formed in a chemical reaction

____ 21. a starting substance in a chemical reaction

____ 22. a concise representation of a chemical reaction

____ 23. an equation in which each side has the same number of atoms of each element

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. activity series of metals c. combustion reaction
b. single-replacement reaction d. decomposition reaction


____ 24. a reaction in which a single compound is broken down into simpler substances

____ 25. a reaction in which oxygen reacts with another substance, often producing heat or light

____ 26. a reaction in which the atoms of one element replace the atoms of a second element in a compound

____ 27. a list of metals in order of decreasing reactivity

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. molar volume
b. molar mass
c. atomic mass


____ 28. the number of grams of an element that is numerically equal to the atomic mass of the element in amu

____ 29. the mass of a mole of any element or compound

____ 30. the volume occupied by a mole of any gas at STP

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. representative particle d. percent composition
b. mole e. standard temperature and pressure
c. Avogadro's number f. empirical formula


____ 31. the number of representative particles of a substance present in 1 mole of that substance

____ 32. an atom, an ion, or a molecule, depending upon the way a substance commonly exists

____ 33. the SI unit used to measure amount of substance

____ 34. 0 C and 1 atm

____ 35. the percent by mass of each element in a compound

____ 36. the smallest whole number ratio of the atoms in a compound

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 37. In a zinc-copper cell, Zn | Zn (1M) || Cu (1M) | Cu, which electrode is negative?
a. Cu (aq) c. Zn(s)
b. Cu(s) d. Zn (aq)


____ 38. In a dry cell, the electrolyte is a ____.
a. solid c. liquid
b. paste d. gas


____ 39. What is the electrode in the center of the most common dry cell made of?
a. copper c. iron
b. zinc d. graphite


____ 40. What metal is oxidized in the most common dry cell?
a. copper c. iron
b. zinc d. carbon


____ 41. In a fully charged lead storage battery, the cathode grid is packed with ____.
a. spongy lead c. lead(IV) oxide
b. lead sulfate d. sulfuric acid


____ 42. Why can’t a lead storage battery be recharged indefinitely?
a. A direct current must pass through the cells.
b. The electrodes lose lead sulfate.
c. It is difficult to reverse the direction of current flow.
d. The electrolyte is too expensive.


____ 43. What happens in a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell?
a. Oxygen diffuses through the cathode.
b. Oxygen diffuses through the anode.
c. Hydrogen diffuses through the cathode.
d. Hydrogen and oxygen are mixed before entering the anode.


____ 44. In which direction will the following reaction go if the standard reduction potentials are 0.80 V for Ag/Ag and –0.44 V for Fe/Fe ?
Ag + Fe Ag + Fe
a. forward c. No such reaction can occur.
b. reverse d. Not enough information is given.


____ 45. What is the standard cell potential of a cell made of theoretical metals Ma/Ma and Mb/Mb if the reduction potentials are –0.19 V and –0.85 V, respectively?
a. +0.66 V c. +1.04 V
b. –0.66 V d. –1.04 V


____ 46. What is produced in the electrolysis of brine?
a. chlorine gas, sodium hydroxide, and hydrogen gas
b. chlorine gas and hydrogen gas only
c. chlorine gas and oxygen gas only
d. chlorine gas and sodium only


____ 47. The gas produced at the cathode in the electrolysis of brine is ____.
a. hydroxide c. oxygen
b. chlorines d. hydrogen


summative review ep 6
Answer Section

MATCHING

1. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 665 OBJ: 21.1.2

2. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 665 OBJ: 21.1.2

3. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 665 OBJ: 21.1.2

4. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 668 OBJ: 21.1.4

5. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 669 OBJ: 21.1.5

6. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 665 OBJ: 21.1.2

7. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 665 OBJ: 21.1.2

8. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 665 OBJ: 21.1.2

9. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 667 OBJ: 21.1.3

10. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 678 OBJ: 21.3.1

11. ANS: G DIF: L1 REF: p. 356 OBJ: 12.1.2

12. ANS: H DIF: L1 REF: p. 357 OBJ: 12.1.2

13. ANS: F DIF: L1 REF: p. 357 OBJ: 12.1.2

14. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 369 OBJ: 12.3.1

15. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 369 OBJ: 12.3.1

16. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 372 OBJ: 12.3.2

17. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 372 OBJ: 12.3.2

18. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 372 OBJ: 12.3.2

19. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 323 OBJ: 11.1.2

20. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 323 OBJ: 11.1.2

21. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 323 OBJ: 11.1.2

22. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 323 OBJ: 11.1.3

23. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 325 OBJ: 11.1.3

24. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 332 OBJ: 11.2.1

25. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 336, p. 337
OBJ: 11.2.1

26. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 333 OBJ: 11.2.1

27. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 333 OBJ: 11.2.2

28. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 294 OBJ: 10.1.3

29. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 294, p. 295
OBJ: 10.1.3, 10.1.4

30. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 300 OBJ: 10.2.2

31. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 290 OBJ: 10.1.2

32. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 290 OBJ: 10.1.2

33. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 290 OBJ: 10.2.1

34. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 300 OBJ: 10.2.2

35. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 305 OBJ: 10.3.1

36. ANS: F DIF: L1 REF: p. 309 OBJ: 10.3.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE

37. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 665 OBJ: 21.1.2

38. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 667 OBJ: 21.1.3

39. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 667 OBJ: 21.1.3

40. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 667 OBJ: 21.1.3

41. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 668 OBJ: 21.1.4

42. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 668 OBJ: 21.1.4

43. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 669 OBJ: 21.1.5

44. ANS: A DIF: L2 REF: p. 675 OBJ: 21.2.3

45. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 675, p. 676
OBJ: 21.2.4

46. ANS: A DIF: L2 REF: p. 681 OBJ: 21.3.3

47. ANS: D DIF: L2 REF: p. 681 OBJ: 21.3.3

Summative Review EP 5

summative review ep 5

Matching

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. calorimeter d. enthalpy
b. calorie e. specific heat
c. joule f. heat capacity


____ 1. quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of water by 1 C

____ 2. SI unit of energy

____ 3. quantity of heat needed to change the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 C

____ 4. quantity of heat needed to change the temperature of an object by 1 C

____ 5. device used to measure the heat absorbed or released during a chemical or physical process

____ 6. heat content of a system at constant pressure

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. heat of reaction d. heat of fusion
b. heat of formation e. heat of solution
c. Hess's law of heat summation


____ 7. the enthalpy change for a chemical reaction exactly as it is written

____ 8. the enthalpy change caused by dissolving a substance

____ 9. the energy required to melt a solid at its melting point

____ 10. the change in enthalpy that accompanies the formation of a compound from its elements

____ 11. states that if you add two or more thermochemical equations to give a final equation, you can also add the heats of reaction to give the final heat of reaction

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. activated complex d. activation energy
b. reaction rate e. free energy
c. inhibitor


____ 12. the minimum energy colliding particles must have in order to react

____ 13. arrangement of atoms at the peak of an energy barrier

____ 14. the number of atoms, ions, or molecules that react in a given time to form products

____ 15. a substance that interferes with a catalyst

____ 16. energy available to do work

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. spontaneous reaction d. reaction mechanism
b. entropy e. elementary reaction
c. chemical equilibrium


____ 17. when the forward and reverse reactions take place at the same rate

____ 18. a reaction that releases free energy

____ 19. the measure of disorder

____ 20. Reactants are converted to products in a single step.

____ 21. includes all elementary reactions of a complex reaction

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 22. When energy is changed from one form to another, ____.
a. some of the energy is lost entirely
b. all of the energy can be accounted for
c. a physical change occurs
d. all of the energy is changed to a useful form


____ 23. If heat is released by a chemical system, an equal amount of heat will be ____.
a. absorbed by the surroundings c. released by the surroundings
b. absorbed by the universe d. released by the universe


____ 24. A process that absorbs heat is a(n) ____.
a. endothermic process c. exothermic process
b. polythermic process d. ectothermic process


____ 25. The quantity of heat required to change the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 C is defined as ____.
a. a joule c. a calorie
b. specific heat d. density


____ 26. A piece of candy has 5 Calories (or 5000 calories). If it could be burned, leaving nothing but carbon dioxide and water, how much heat would it give off?
a. 500 calories c. 5000 joules
b. 5 kilocalories d. Not enough information is given.


____ 27. How many joules are in 148 calories? (1 cal = 4.18 J)
a. 6.61 J c. 148 J
b. 35.4 J d. 619 J


____ 28. What is the specific heat of a substance if 1560 cal are required to raise the temperature of a 312-g sample by 15 C?
a. 0.033 c. 0.99
b. 0.33 d. 1.33


____ 29. When 45 g of an alloy, at 25 C, are dropped into 100.0 g of water, the alloy absorbs 956 J of heat. If the final temperature of the alloy is 37 C, what is its specific heat?
a. 0.423 c. 9.88
b. 1.77 d. 48.8


____ 30. A chunk of ice whose temperature is –20 C is added to an insulated cup filled with water at 0 C. What happens in the cup?
a. The ice melts until it reaches the temperature of the water.
b. The water cools until it reaches the temperature of the ice.
c. Some of the water freezes, so the chunk of ice gets larger.
d. none of the above


____ 31. What is the standard heat of reaction for the following reaction?
Zn(s) + Cu (aq) Zn (aq) + Cu(s)
( H for Cu = +64.4 kJ/mol; H for Zn = –152.4 kJ/mol)
a. 216.8 kJ released per mole c. 88.0 kJ absorbed per mole
b. 88.0 kJ released per mole d. 216.8 kJ absorbed per mole


____ 32. When 1.0 g of solid NaOH ( H = –445.1 kJ/mol) dissolves in 10 L of water, how much heat is released?
a. 445.1 kJ c. 11.1 J
b. 405.1 kJ d. 11.1 kJ


____ 33. If sulfur dioxide and oxygen can be made into sulfur trioxide, what is the reverse reaction?
a. 2SO 2SO + O c. 2SO + O 2SO
b. SO + O SO d. SO + 2SO 3S + 4O


____ 34. What is the equilibrium constant for the following reaction?
C + O CO
a. c.
b. d.


____ 35. If a reaction has an equilibrium constant just greater than 1, what type of reaction is it?
a. irreversible c. reversible, favoring products
b. spontaneous d. reversible, favoring reactants


summative review ep 5
Answer Section

MATCHING

1. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 507 OBJ: 17.1.3

2. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 507 OBJ: 17.1.3

3. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 508 OBJ: 17.1.3

4. ANS: F DIF: L1 REF: p. 508 OBJ: 17.1.3

5. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 511 OBJ: 17.2.1

6. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 511 OBJ: 17.2.1

7. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 514 OBJ: 17.2.2

8. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 525 OBJ: 17.3.1

9. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 520 OBJ: 17.3.1

10. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 530 OBJ: 17.4.1

11. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 527 OBJ: 17.4.1

12. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 543 OBJ: 18.1.1

13. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 544 OBJ: 18.1.1

14. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 542 OBJ: 18.1.1

15. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 547 OBJ: 18.1.2

16. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 566 OBJ: 18.4.1

17. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 550 OBJ: 18.2.1

18. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 567 OBJ: 18.4.1

19. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 569 OBJ: 18.4.2

20. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 578 OBJ: 18.5.2

21. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 578 OBJ: 18.5.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE

22. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 506 OBJ: 17.1.1

23. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 506 OBJ: 17.1.1

24. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 506 OBJ: 17.1.2

25. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 507 OBJ: 17.1.2

26. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 507 OBJ: 17.1.2

27. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 507 OBJ: 17.1.3

28. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 509, p. 510
OBJ: 17.1.3

29. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 509 OBJ: 17.1.3

30. ANS: C DIF: L2 REF: p. 512 OBJ: 17.2.1

31. ANS: A DIF: L2 REF: p. 516 OBJ: 17.2.2

32. ANS: D DIF: L2 REF: p. 526 OBJ: 17.3.2

33. ANS: A DIF: L2 REF: p. 549 OBJ: 18.2.1

34. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 556 OBJ: 18.2.3

35. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 556 OBJ: 18.2.3

sample test ep 4

review sheetep 4

Matching

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. molar volume
b. molar mass
c. atomic mass


____ 1. the number of grams of an element that is numerically equal to the atomic mass of the element in amu

____ 2. the mass of a mole of any element or compound

____ 3. the volume occupied by a mole of any gas at STP

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. representative particle d. percent composition
b. mole e. standard temperature and pressure
c. Avogadro's number f. empirical formula


____ 4. the number of representative particles of a substance present in 1 mole of that substance

____ 5. an atom, an ion, or a molecule, depending upon the way a substance commonly exists

____ 6. the SI unit used to measure amount of substance

____ 7. 0 C and 1 atm

____ 8. the percent by mass of each element in a compound

____ 9. the smallest whole number ratio of the atoms in a compound

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. product d. balanced equation
b. reactant e. skeleton equation
c. chemical equation


____ 10. a chemical equation that does not indicate relative amounts of reactants and products

____ 11. a new substance formed in a chemical reaction

____ 12. a starting substance in a chemical reaction

____ 13. a concise representation of a chemical reaction

____ 14. an equation in which each side has the same number of atoms of each element

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. activity series of metals c. combustion reaction
b. single-replacement reaction d. decomposition reaction


____ 15. a reaction in which a single compound is broken down into simpler substances

____ 16. a reaction in which oxygen reacts with another substance, often producing heat or light

____ 17. a reaction in which the atoms of one element replace the atoms of a second element in a compound

____ 18. a list of metals in order of decreasing reactivity

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. actual yield e. limiting reagent
b. percent yield f. mass
c. theoretical yield g. number of molecules
d. excess reagent h. volume


____ 19. This quantity can always be used in the same way as moles when interpreting balanced chemical equations.

____ 20. This is conserved only in reactions where the temperature is constant and the number of moles of gaseous reactants is the same as that of gaseous products.

____ 21. This is conserved in every ordinary chemical reaction.

____ 22. the reactant that determines the amount of product that can be formed in a reaction

____ 23. the maximum amount of product that could be formed from given amounts of reactants

____ 24. the reactant that is not completely used up in a reaction

____ 25. the amount of product formed when a reaction is carried out in the laboratory

____ 26. the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 27. How many moles of tungsten atoms are in 4.8 10 atoms of tungsten?
a. 8.0 10 moles c. 1.3 10 moles
b. 8.0 10 moles d. 1.3 10 moles


____ 28. How many molecules are in 2.10 mol CO ?
a. 2.53 10 molecules c. 3.49 10 molecules
b. 3.79 10 molecules d. 1.26 10 molecules


____ 29. What is true about the molar mass of chlorine gas?
a. The molar mass is 35.5 g.
b. The molar mass is 71.0 g.
c. The molar mass is equal to the mass of one mole of chlorine atoms.
d. none of the above


____ 30. What is the number of moles in 432 g Ba(NO ) ?
a. 0.237 mol c. 1.65 mol
b. 0.605 mol d. 3.66 mol


____ 31. What is the volume, in liters, of 0.500 mol of C H gas at STP?
a. 0.0335 L c. 16.8 L
b. 11.2 L d. 22.4 L


____ 32. What is the density at STP of the gas sulfur hexafluoride, SF ?
a. 0.153 g/L c. 3270 g/L
b. 6.52 g/L d. 3.93 10 g/L


____ 33. What is the percent composition of chromium in BaCrO ?
a. 4.87% c. 20.5%
b. 9.47% d. 25.2%


____ 34. Which of the following compounds have the same empirical formula?
a. CO and SO c. C H and C H
b. C H and C H d. C H and C H


____ 35. What are the coefficients that will balance the skeleton equation below?
AlCl + NaOH Al(OH) NaCl
a. 1, 3, 1, 3 c. 1, 1, 1, 3
b. 3, 1, 3, 1 d. 1, 3, 3, 1


____ 36. What are the coefficients that will balance the skeleton equation below?
N + H NH
a. 1, 1, 2 c. 3, 1, 2
b. 1, 3, 3 d. 1, 3, 2


____ 37. When the equation KClO (s) KCl(s) + O (g) is balanced, the coefficient of KClO3 is ____.
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4


____ 38. How many moles of aluminum are needed to react completely with 1.2 mol of FeO?
2Al(s) + 3FeO(s)  3Fe(s) + Al O (s)
a. 1.2 mol c. 1.6 mol
b. 0.8 mol d. 2.4 mol


____ 39. When iron rusts in air, iron(III) oxide is produced. How many moles of oxygen react with 2.4 mol of iron in the rusting reaction?
4Fe(s) + 3O (g)  2Fe2O (s)
a. 1.2 mol c. 2.4 mol
b. 1.8 mol d. 3.2 mol


____ 40. At STP, how many liters of oxygen are required to react completely with 3.6 liters of hydrogen to form water?
2H (g) + O (g)  2H O(g)
a. 1.8 L c. 2.0 L
b. 3.6 L d. 2.4 L


____ 41. The equation below shows the decomposition of lead nitrate. How many grams of oxygen are produced when 11.5 g NO is formed?

a. 1.00 g c. 2.88 g
b. 2.00 g d. 32.0 g


review sheet
Answer Section

MATCHING

1. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 294 OBJ: 10.1.3

2. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 294, p. 295
OBJ: 10.1.3, 10.1.4

3. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 300 OBJ: 10.2.2

4. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 290 OBJ: 10.1.2

5. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 290 OBJ: 10.1.2

6. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 290 OBJ: 10.2.1

7. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 300 OBJ: 10.2.2

8. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 305 OBJ: 10.3.1

9. ANS: F DIF: L1 REF: p. 309 OBJ: 10.3.2

10. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 323 OBJ: 11.1.2

11. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 323 OBJ: 11.1.2

12. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 323 OBJ: 11.1.2

13. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 323 OBJ: 11.1.3

14. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 325 OBJ: 11.1.3

15. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 332 OBJ: 11.2.1

16. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 336, p. 337
OBJ: 11.2.1

17. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 333 OBJ: 11.2.1

18. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 333 OBJ: 11.2.2

19. ANS: G DIF: L1 REF: p. 356 OBJ: 12.1.2

20. ANS: H DIF: L1 REF: p. 357 OBJ: 12.1.2

21. ANS: F DIF: L1 REF: p. 357 OBJ: 12.1.2

22. ANS: E DIF: L1 REF: p. 369 OBJ: 12.3.1

23. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. 369 OBJ: 12.3.1

24. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 372 OBJ: 12.3.2

25. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 372 OBJ: 12.3.2

26. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 372 OBJ: 12.3.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE

27. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 290, p. 291
OBJ: 10.1.2

28. ANS: D DIF: L2 REF: p. 291, p. 292
OBJ: 10.1.2

29. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 294 OBJ: 10.1.3

30. ANS: C DIF: L2 REF: p. 299 OBJ: 10.2.1

31. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 301 OBJ: 10.2.2

32. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 302 OBJ: 10.2.2

33. ANS: C DIF: L2 REF: p. 307 OBJ: 10.3.1

34. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 309 OBJ: 10.3.2

35. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 324, p. 325
OBJ: 11.1.3

36. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. 324, p. 325
OBJ: 11.1.3

37. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 327 OBJ: 11.1.3

38. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. 359, p. 360
OBJ: 12.2.1

39. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 359, p. 360
OBJ: 12.2.1

40. ANS: A DIF: L1 REF: p. 363, p. 364, p. 365, p. 366
OBJ: 12.2.2

41. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. 360, p. 361, p. 362
OBJ: 12.2.2

Six Tweeners! Between the leg shots

I forgot I had this video from my old friends, Mikey Chan and Sean Jobe. Simply aWesome!

How to hit the One-handed Backhand

simple is always the best

Down 2-5, we make a comeback...

You got to love doubles...




and I was exhausted...

www.rupissed.com AWESOME SITE

It tells you if you're still drunk the next day... apparently, alcohol degradation within the body is at a steady rate that pretty much cannot change--it is a constant and even the next day, you can still have alcohol in your blood even if many hours have gone by.

http://www.rupissed.com/#volume

got to try this.

I always wondered when I played tennis the next day after drinking the night before, WHY I was playing so bad. I once missed 24 volleys in three sets... um there are 24 points in a set... and the match was at 1:00 p.m. we got in at 2:00 a.m. This explains it.

How to Read Serves

There are fundamental differences between a flat and a kick serve.




this shows it along with how I don't use my back on my kick serve...

Want to volley like a pro--like a hi 10spro?

Actually, this is just an assessment video of myself.



it's good to do this every three months.

Chemistry Bonus

I need a problem based powerpoint where you do three problems and have three solutions.

ep 4 it can be on chapter 11 or 12

ep 5 it can be on chapter 17 or 18

ep 6 it can be on chapter 21 or 12

deadline december 13

A Happy place...

It's been 6 months since I played CJ. He's very, very good. He is my nemesis--he has a great return, awesome passing shots, and can run forever. Most guys I play have a flaw--a side weakness--but I haven't found it in CJ.



Ironically, I think I can beat him, but i'm saving it for a tournament--and even if I try, the game plan to beat him would be difficult to execute. BUT I can also beat him straight up with my normal serve and volley game.

i got waxed, but it was fun. It was. It forced me to play better.

Things I need to improve--

I have to lose weight. WTF. i'm a slow mofo.

I have to run more--I get tired too easily and it affects my play.

I need more court time just rallying.

But you know what? It was a happy place to be.

Great Truisms from a great Pitcher--Greg Maddux

Use these when you think about serves:

How to get out of a jam: "When you're in trouble, think softer. Take advantage of the hitter's eagerness. Don't throw harder. Locate better."

• Why he throws more warmup and bullpen pitches out of the stretch than the windup: "Think about it: when is it most important to execute a pitch? With runners on base."

• On radar guns: "I'd rather have movement and location than velocity any time."

• On getting to the majors: "In the minor leagues, it was always about getting better. I was never too worried about results."

• On out-thinking hitters: "You have to alter patterns. I don't surprise anybody with what I throw. You just have to mix your pitches up. Even if the hitter is guessing right, if you locate it you won't get hurt. You might give up a single or a double, but it's not the end of the world."

• On how long he wanted to pitch: "As long as I can do it. I don't want to embarrass myself by any means. But I'd rather pitch bad than not pitch."

• On winning with finesse: "It's more stressful, but it's a welcome kind of stress. If you didn't have that every fifth day, baseball wouldn't be fun. If it wasn't hard to win a game it wouldn't be fun."

Mental toughness starts with the return

You wake up to go to school. I bet you do the same things everyday. Roll out of bed, take a shower, brush your teeth, get your clothes ready, etc. Well, to be successful in tennis, you have to do the same things as well. It's called having a ritual.

Today was depressing, but

I don't know why but today the world was a heavy place to be. everything was on me. school, work, kids, debate, tennis, and life. I don't know why, but I was down. and I'm never down.

part of me just can't shake it. it's so unreal sometimes to miss your mom. it's a weird, weird thing. and I don't understand how it can be there in the back of my mind. when it's been over two months already. i was there. gosh, can you imagine if it was now, and I couldn't get out of Thailand.

so here I am, lying in bed. and I ran to the refuge of the one that protects me. he who can't be named so to speak. it's simple, it was tennis. the one constant in my life. I ran to the court, where people know my name, but that's about it. and it's funny to be at the courts, playing with people who are slightly better and slightly worse than my friends back home. the court is kind of bad--it's faster than glass. I tried new shoes today--bball shoes, what a mistake? I slipped four times.

but there's something in the simplicity of striking the ball. from the warm-ups, to the points. and it's funny because I think I played kind of bad tonight.

but you know in that one moment, as i'm about to strike the ball or the ball is in play, my mind is clear. there's not a thought in my head. there's no tomorrow or yesterday. it's just the ball, the court, and me. and it's fun. the great thing is i played about four sets tonight. and i think i won 2 and lost 2, but it was tight. tiebreaker, 6-4, 6-3, and 4-4. and the points blend in. but it was a raging good time.

and now i'm home about to sleep.

and i'm content. still playing kind of blah, but it's a better day.

what do people do that don't have tennis? i just don't understand.

Reading a Serve

Experience takes a precedence here, because there are a lot of ways to serve out there. The funniest and most difficult are the unorthodox servers, but if you focus on the toss up on the ball, the impact, and reading where the racquet goes, you'll get it.

Movie Review: Bangkok Dangerous

I have to say. I really liked this movie.

Classic scene 1. Nicolas Cage is eating hot food with his date. She give him Tum Yum Goong. HAHAHA how classic is that?

There's something about Nicolas Cage that makes him so likeable.

I'm writing this as I watch the video so I'll continue this later.

The things I loved about the movie. It is shot in Bangkok. You see Nick walking around the BTS, Floating Market, Soi 23, Saladang, and along the streets. There are Thai people in the movie. I especially like the parade down Narathiwat past Chong Nonsi BTS by Silom and circle around. It looked like it was shot at noon on some random day--that must have been a logistical nightmare.

I liked the eloquence of the movie. How it ties things together, yet it is still sort of real. To me and I know I'm really taking a big step here, BUT it's my opinion that this movie shows the typical foreigner coming here and falling for the environment. I mean if you want a place to start over, Bangkok may not be perfect, but it's doable. The people here are quite quick to ask about your salary, but not about why you are here? They'll tell you you gained weight, but the serious questions are left alone. I like that. And in this show, Cage falls into that sort of rhythmn. It's eloquent to me.

I am not going to discuss the plot or the movie anymore.

I enjoyed it, but hey, my favorite movies so you can compare:
1) The Inside Man. 2) Click 3) Battlestar Galactica (series) 4) The Nottie and the Hottie.

As you can tell, I'm a serious videographer. and I did take a cinema class in college, Cinema 101--it was awesome--watch a movie and go to a TA session. SWWWEEEETTTT.

Serving Lefty as a Righty

I'm at the point where I'm thinking about doing it in competition.



Whatever you do with your right, you can do with your left--well, for me, since I've been lifting weights and I can do equal weights on the right and left, I figured why not?

The key is to approach it like you're learning the serve for the first time. Start with a push serve, a half-motion serve, a full motion, then add the jump. And continue to compare it to the right side--if you switch back and forth, you will get the feel on the left side of your body.

Gary's Girls Cheering for him

this is hilarious as my "fans" cheer for me in a basketball game...

Trailer of our GREAT times at 3rd Thailand National High School Debate Championships

here it is...

the longer movie will have to wait, i need a better camera...

RIP Roger

I have the utmost respect for this great champion, but after watching him lose to Gilles Simon, wheels but not too many deals, Murray the Delicate, and a slew of other giant killers. I hate to say it, but it's not Roger's time anymore. And moreover, it's absolutely amazing how fast the decline is.

Roger is magic. He can do everything and well, BUT now so can all the youngsters. It's amazing that at the Master's Cup he was the oldest. Nowak is 21, Nadal is 22, Tsonga 24, Murray 24, Simon 23, etc.

What I really notice is that after or in long rallies, the kids win. And the kids can fly--they can nail it, drop it, volley it, serve it, and smash it. They can do everything, also.

And Simon can play, but to me, he's really like a gazelle that has one or two horns--he is incredibly fast, but weapons, more like a combination of his entire game. And Murray is just not that strong mentally, BUT he is very talented so if he's not performing at 100%, it's enough. At one point in the second set, 5-2--he had lost 2 points in his service game--and after the announcer said that, he got broken.

The best line I heard from Vijay (And that's not v-deejay) is only one number one player has returned to a number one ranking after losing it. Lendl.

After years of cheering against Roger, because he was just so damn good. I think it's time to cheer for him. The wins are going to be harder to come by.

And I met the girl of my dreams...

I've been playing tennis at a new place the last couple of weeks, and I've met a new breed of player--she's so modern style that I had to shoot video. she's solid, but she doesn't play tournaments anymore. I talked to her a few times, she's in the group we play with, BUT I don't remember her name--hey I've gone there twice and met like 12 people. I call her rookie, and I hope to convince her to play again. She's so good. I know her real name, but not her nickname, and I'm not giving out either anyway, BUT damn, she's good.

her backhand return


note the balance.



her forehand is a rock too. she can also volley.

she needs some work, but she could be a contender. she's 15.

hehhehehe and no, there's no romantic involvement. BUT damn, if I have a baby girl, she's going to play like this.

Forehand REVISITED-- Boy's Number One Hawaii

This is cool. I got Video from about two years ago, and now I have video of the same player. My best student ever, boy's number one 18's in Hawaii.



compared to:


I'm kind of bummed, that on this day that we hit, I forgot my tripod.

Reading a Backhand return

It's all in the shoulder of a classic one handed backhand return. watch the shoulder and everything else falls into place.



once they commit, their eyes are on the ball, take off.

Getting Mental on the Return

I'm going to do a new series of videos on the mental side of the game, how players think about their shots.

The return.

Textbook Doubles: Angle-ism 2 The Backhand Pass

One of my favorite shots because you can nail it, roll it really slow, slice it, or just hit it and forget it. It's an angle thing, so even if your opponent closes the net, because the angle is bad, it will cause a problem. They have to stop, read the angle, and actually catch it after it bounces--catching it in the air will lead to a weak shot or a pop up.



enjoy

AC Chemistry Assignments Pack 2

EP 4-- problem set 2: Ch 10. write questions, #30, 31, 34-37.
Reading Ch 10.2-10.4 Prelab Ch 10
Notebook Check Wednesday
Quiz 2 on Wednesday on Empirical formulae, percent composition, and mole conversions

EP 5--Problem set 2: Ch 17 write questions
Reading Ch 17.2-17.3 Pre lab Ch 17.3
Notebook Check Tuesday
Quiz 1 on phase change diagrams, enthalpy calculation, heat of vaporization and heat of fusion

ep 6 Problem set 1: Ch 21 write questions. Reading Ch 21.3 on Electrochemical equations
notebook check Friday
quiz 1 on galvanic cells, electrodes, and fuel cells

check Calendar on bottom for more details.

Make-up exams for First Semester Final due Friday November 14

Textbook Doubles: Court Coverage

What do you do when your partner is out of the play?



You take the center of the court and cover everything. AND if you have a chance, hit a winner. If not, LOB really hot

Ode to a Sleepless night. and things that go hmmm

I should have gone out tonight.

So I'm lying in bed, counting my second flock of sheep. Flock the sheep, I say as I read the net...

Hmm...Ministry of health wants 500 million to combat depression in thailand... course, you realize that thailand has 65 million people. I think they would be better served giving everyone 5 million and calling it even.

Barack won :D and the world pauses as we see what happens...oh wait, Jan 20th. explain that to a thai person. he won. yes, the results are in. no. he takes office three months from now. why? hmmm...because. yeah. because.

my cowboys stink, my celtics rock, usc is 7th after winning 56-0 over UW... we were fourth before. Damn, what would have happened if we lost...

cold weather has been forecasted for Dec and January..it's going to drop one degree...hmmm...

I'm loving youtube...



but I think... I wonder if I should be like lonelygirl115? or whatever she was... but I'm not that into my story.

my red sox are done. hmm... if you spend 203 million for baseball, what do you get? Ask the yankees... last place in the division losing to a team that's spending 44 million. course, my sox are paying 184 million... wtf.

damn. I didn't know baseball came made out of diamonds. I mean come on. Dice-K cost 53 million just to talk to the boy. another 50 million or SO to sign. I mean the guy pitches every 5th game? JEEZ...and if he throws a 100 pitches, he's done. Damn, that would be like me teaching every other week, and if I talk for more than 15 minutes straight, I get a relief lecturer...

kay, it's almost 11. I want to wake up at 5:34 to go workout. why 34? because it's a typo... and it's really 38. why 38 because it's 4 minutes later than 34. the gym opens at 6. i need 7 minutes to get ready, dressed, and go. 10 minutes to get there. 5 minutes to get up the elevator. my workout takes 34 minutes. I get back home at 650. repeat, shower, change, and i'm at school by 714...then, check email, facebook, youtube, and go eat breakfast at 740. hit the line up at 7:50. yep. it's a crazy worl isn't it.

and thursdays I teach classes in the afternoon only :D and it's tennis...ahahahh

so as I lay here on my bed, thinking about things, and pondering my near future. I think. I think i need some sleep. I think a part of me misses hawaii. but i can see myself here for a bit. sigh.

alas, it's getting late. and i'm getting tired.

good night world, tomorrow is another day... hmmm.

AC Chemistry EP 5 ThermoChemistry pt 1

Bonus Questions Pack 1 Second Semester

EP 6--#1--Design an experiment which demonstrates that both positive and negative ions move in electrolytic conduction.

#2 Compare and contrast the composition, voltage, and capabilities/waste products of a voltaic cell, lead battery, and a fuel cell

EP 5 #1 Calculate the standard enthalpy change for the combustion of ammonia to give nitric oxide and water. The enthalpies of formatoin are -68.32 kcal/mole for water (l), -11.02 kcal/mole for ammonia (g), and 21.57 kcal/mole for nitric oxide.

#2 Draw and illustrate the calculations necessary in a phase change diagram as water goes from solid to gas.


EP 4 #1 In a chemical reaction requiring two atoms of phosphorus for five atoms of oxygen, how many grams of oxygen are required by 3.10 g of phosphorus?

#2 Change 50 grams of silver bromide into moles and atoms.

Evolution of the Game of Tennis

I watched Tsonga play Roddick last night preceded by Nalbanian and Murray. Today it was Davydenko vs Nalbanian followed by Blake and Tsonga. Blake is one of the fastest men on tour yet Tsonga is slamming shots past him. He is the new future of the game. We got a person with phenomenal size, speed, and power. He has a Roddick serve, Blake speed, and Federer shot making. It's awesome to behold. How do you teach that? I have no clue.

Roddick is playing surprisingly well. The Roddick-Tsonga match was a better match than Blake-Tsonga. I never realized how much of a weapon Roddick's serve is. I thought it had become passe in this realm of massive servers, but Roddick's serve is still strong. Although I don't agree with Roddick's incessant net rushing--the man's volley is just not that good, but I prefer his net rushing to his backhand.

Nalbanian, Davydenko, and Murray. Of those three, Murray seems to have the most upside. Nalbanian is a talent--but he's kind of slow to me--but not by much, compared to Blake and Tsonga. Nalbanian just never really impresses me with his journeyman like groundstrokes, on par with Davydenko. Murray can play really well, but he's very young. Sometimes, he is great. Last night, he wasn't.

Keep an eye on Tsonga.

AC Chemistry for EP 4 Moles Ch 10.1 pt 1

My presentation on Introduction to Moles

How to Serve and Volley

Shh... the biggest secret to serving and volleying. Once you're in the service box, it's all the same. You're going to get a forehand, a backhand, a body shot, or a lob--YOU ignore the body shot and lob--because you have time on the lob, and you're going to react on the body shot. Now you set your forehand to a specific shot and your backhand also. And that's it. Running plays also helps.

How to Improve your Volley.

One of my best volleying student started out slowly like this. We worked on transferring weight into her hand, getting more body weight into the ball, and coming through the volley. BUT it starts with a simple hitting the ball in front.



One of the most important things to do as a coach is find out how your student learns--Visual, Audio, or physical. M was great when we placed her in position so she could feel it. BE AWARE of distance when working with female students--I straighten out one arm and place it on their nearest shoulder and I WILL NOT BREAK that distance--nor do you ever wrap your arms around your student--it's always at an angle--one arm length away.

Chemistry Homework: Second Semester Week One

EP 4--Read chapter 10.1 to 10.3, finish QuickLab--Mass Conversion and answer questions on page 286.

EP 5--Read Chapter 17.1-17.4. Finish Lab: Heat of Fusion of Ice--answer questions and complete lab report in notebook. Complete Worksheet 17.1

EP 6--Read Chapter 21 all. Prep for Lab on ElectroChemistry--voltaic cells. Complete worksheet 21.1.

Aiming Your Serve

I have played with Open players that can't do this, and with novices that can. Go Figure.



To me, it's one of the easiest things to do, but serving, ironically, has always been something I could do. Well, most of the time.

The key will be practice. A good drill that I used to do was just put cones up and go around the box knocking them down.

Angle Shots

This is my trademark shot. It's sort of what I'm known for.


The reason I learned to hit angles was when I was younger, I lacked the power to go through people so I learned to go around them. This particular shot I learned from a savvy lefty named Russ who would play this incredibly soft, touch angle game that was devastating because his normal partner was a banger that hit everything hard. Russ's excuse was it was easier to hit soft, it was funny to him, and not too many people expected it. I love this short angle backhand shot because it's all about angle of attack. If you mad rush the net, it won't matter, the angle is so bad for you, all you're going to do is pop it up. If you catch it in the air, you'll pop it up. The only solution is to get it before it drops over the net--pretty impossible, or change you angle of attack and meet the ball later--which is very difficult. Overall, it's a hard shot to defend and so cool to hit.

Textbook Doubles: Baseliner Responsibilities

It seems this is a very popular series so we're going to continue to breakdown the baseliner responsibilities.

College Recruitment Video

TO make a good college recruitment video you need to show your student hitting all the shots, plus some match play. The videos I've seen and the ones I've made, we try to incorporate all these elements along with some character points of the student.

Ironically, nowadays coaches want you to post it on Youtube since it's faster and easier than receiving a cd or dvd.

Sample Match: Student vs Coach

what is great about video is the ability to see where they are at, how they play, and what's going on. There are several strange shot selections, poor series where my student has the lead and double faults twice, and other things to talk about.

Use video to analyze where they are and to break down their playing styles. If it's good for the NFL it's good for us.

Textbook Doubles Practice

what really makes practice fun is to have the right personalities involved. You want people who are serious about getting better, but play hard and have fun. When you find that, you have to focus and stay with it. The biggest secret is to always look for ways to improve your strokes.

This doubles match is fun because we're playing hard, but we're also a mixed bag--we have a good junior player playing in with us, and the remaining three of us are really good friends.

Serving and Volleying: Half Volley

Textbook Doubles and Coaching GIRLS

It's very difficult to get your girls to move in and volley. WHY? It's really simple, you have to look at it from their perspective. Most girls don't volley really well, but ALL girls hit flat. This is huge. A flat ball travels faster than a topspin ball. Add in the fact, that girls aren't used to playing baseball as a kid or even catch. You can get a guy up there because he is not going to be afraid of getting hit, has reflexes honed by playing games such as dodgeball, baseball, basketball, and football BUT you want to teach girls how to play doubles and be effective. THIS IS COACHING.

Figure out what a girl does well--does she have a big forehand, a great lob, whatever it may be and build around it. Team the volleyer with the digging baseliner, and organize plays--such as if she has a big forehand, her partner will close the net when she hits that big forehand. learn to break lob patterns by placing a player at the service line, thus negating the lobs.



This is simple doubles--a big forehand to end the point. The returner moving in off the return, net player seals off the middle, and end of point.



This is the classic point--you want to force the issue at the net, but on the lob, communicate who wants it. Then, fall back into your stronger positions. The baseliner is actually their normal second singles, so she's solid off the net. The net player is gearing up to kill the overhead, which is also what we want.

Beating the Dinker

this is a good drill how to do it.



here's a actual match--I like to combine coming to net to take away the opportunities, when I stretch them, I rush in and hit a putaway volley--also expect an overhead.

Swinging forehand Volley

this is a great drill, and we use it to improve the racquet speed on the return of serve.



this is a more formal explanation.

When to Poach

I like to go when I hear the sound of the ball being struck, and I'll commit to a cross whenever my opponent brings their racquet up to slice, but i will stop at the halfway point..sometimes.





also remember close to close and deep to deep. when you're in an offensive position, nail it to whomever is closest to you.

Where to Serve in Doubles.

In honor of baseball season, it's a good time to discuss where to serve because in essence, serving is like pitching. You can change the speed, the location of the ball in terms of height with spin, and location in relation to the returner. A kick serve comes up on a returner while a slice stays low. A flat serve will go right at them. You can serve to their backhand, their forehand, or right at them.



What I do is establish the flat serve first, then use spins to deliver a high percentage of first serves. That is one of the most important stats in any match is a high percentage of first serves in. The second item is to pound their weaker side. I go 80/20 with NO SERVES to their stronger side if it's a big point--what is the point of doing that. You go to their better side when you're ahead.

The Importance of FUN in practice.

It's always important to realize that tennis is just a game and games are meant to be fun.



The interesting thing about this doubles match with my friends is that we are playing incredibly hard, yet we're having an incredibly fun time. It's good doubles, everyone is playing hard, and everyone is going full speed during the points, but we are being really loose between points and during changeovers.

Doubles Challenge

Last time I was here, some good friends and I got together to play some doubles. The teams on paper look really fair with Aaron (4.5) and Chris (3.5) vs me (5.0) and Jason(3.0). And the match is usually really close.

Yesterday was no exception. When I watch the match on video, I realize how much we laugh and really enjoy it. It's the kind of doubles a lot of people need to play. Just good fun, but a hard, tough match.

Backhand Slice

The key to a great slice is to have contact be square, use your whole arm, and come through the ball with a high to low to HIGH followthrough

The Forehand Volley

I just got too much time on my hands.



I like this one because it's simple and people like simple. You put the face of the racquet on the ball, transfer weight to your hand, and follow through, and you're good to go.

The Two-handed Backhand

this video is a good starter to learn the grip and a good visual is this video



I really like this backhand because it's so simple and easy to replicate over and over.