In my Junior year of high school, I played tennis for my school team. We had a good season, but after it was over, I found myself somewhat unmotivated. I didn't really have much to do, but I was fine with that. I didn't really want to come out of my shell, so I was content with doing my own thing. Then, as I was sitting at lunch one day, one of my friends told me about the school volleyball team that had just gotten sanctioned as an official school sport. He asked me if I wanted to play, and I declined, scared of trying something new, and not wanting to risk embarrassing myself. Some of the other kids on the volleyball team reached out for me to play, but I always made some excuses, even though deep down I was scared. I didn't want to take the risk of trying something new. Having struggled with …show more content…
I started focusing on tennis more, and forgot about volleyball. Then my senior year rolled around. Our tennis team was good this year, and my top priority for the first months of the school year was tennis. We ended up having the best season in our school's history, and I figured my career in high school sports was over. But a couple months after the season ended, I fractured my ankle while playing basketball. The estimated recovery time is 4-6 weeks. After I walked into school in a boot one day, some of the volleyball players asked me what happened. I told them, and it turned out that volleyball open gyms were starting right when I got back from injury. They encouraged me to go to some of them to get a feel for volleyball to see if I liked it. Last year, I didn't even consider actually playing volleyball, even after people asked me. But after my injury, I realized what a privilege it was to be able to play sports. So I decided to show up to an open gym. 3 days after my ankle was cleared by my doctor, I showed up after school to an open gym. I was scared, nervous and self-conscious, but I decided to go
It all started freshman year of high school. I really wanted to get involved in some kind of sport or club. I couldn’t decide what to do. Many people said I should join the lacrosse team and my response was “I have never played before, how am I suppose to make the team”. I always had an interest in lacrosse however I was scared to go out and buy all the expensive equipment and not make the team..
I first joined my high school’s tennis team when I was a freshman. Although I had little knowledge of the sport due to the district’s lack of a tennis program at the junior high I attended, I still wanted to experience something new. However once tryouts came around, I was one of the unfortunate ones to be cut for no logical reason. The news devastated me and made me feel that I wasn’t good enough to do anything. On the other hand, my friends made the team and encouraged me to try again the following year because they knew I could improve and be great. I took their advice and practiced from days on end the rest of my freshman year to improve and tryout for the team my sophomore year. Through the hard work and determination, I found myself on the team my sophomore year and joining varsity my junior and senior years, which made me feel a lot better about myself.
Like a pestering fly, it kept in the back of my head; a mother’s badgering voice egging me to dig deeper, and answer a question that had nagged me for years. Did I really want to play volleyball, to put all of myself into continuing a future that would include playing volleyball? On the day of my first tournament of my 4th year playing, I found my answer.
Have you ever thought you didn't like something, but then you tried it and loved it? That's how volleyball was for me. I played for the park district when I was younger, but I didn't enjoy it. “I really don’t want to play volleyball,” I told my mom over and over, “It hurts my arms to hit the ball.” was my main reason for not playing. Now that I think about it, that was a really bad excuse to not play. The problem was that my mom played in college and it's always been her favorite sport, so I knew that I would have to play when I got older. My mom told me that I would try it out, and if I didn't like it, I wouldn't have to play. Turns out, I actually love volleyball!
Tennis is a sport that most people don’t normally think about on a daily basis. The first thing that comes to mind is that it’s a boring sport for those in a higher class or somewhere off in the depths of France or Britain. Even so, the history of tennis is something that is quite interesting and the games involved can be profound. How did the sport of tennis come to be? Are there any variations of the sport? How has the equipment changed throughout the years? Why is tennis still around today? All of these have piqued interest at some point with a great amount of people, with the latter being the most interested question.
1a. The tennis serve is broken up into eight specific phases, these include : the starting stance/ preparation, ball toss and backswing, the knee bend, trophy position, racquet drop, leg push, swing and pronate and finally the follow through.
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the impact families have on University tennis players. Previous research has documented the impact parents and siblings have on athletes (Greendorfer, Boutilier & SanGiovanni, 1982; Wuerth, Lee & Alfermann, 2004). However, research into this impact over an athlete’s development has been scarce. Studies also paid little attention to the views parents and siblings have in perceiving their own influence (e.g. Côté, 1999). Therefore, the current work aimed to fill a gap in the existing literature regarding the impact of family on the development of tennis players. The results revealed that both parents and siblings have a huge influence on tennis players, consistent with previous research (Gould et al, 2006; Davis & Meyer, 2008). The role families have changed throughout the player’s development. Parents in
Paddle tennis is a game adapted from tennis and played for over a century. Compared to tennis,the court is smaller and has no doubles lanes, and the net is lower. Paddle tennis is played with a solid paddle as opposed to a strung racquet, and a depressurized tennis ball is used along with a underhand serve
Tennis is a sport that many people love to play. It is not the hardest sport in the world to learn. When playing against someone, it is called a match. Tennis can be played one on one or a doubles match. The main object of the game is to hit the ball over the net, inside of the lines so that the opponent can't get to it. There are two lines about two feet parallel to each other that outline the court. In a singles match, the inner line is the out of bound line, while the outer line is out of bounds in a doubles match. If you want to play, take a look at my two favorite tennis players because they are masters at serving and scoring, a few key aspects of the game.
Wishing Isn’t Going to Help A person will not reach his or her fullest potential by just wishing or hoping, rather by putting in the work for it. When oneself is playing a sport, he or she has to work hard in order to see improvement. During the last three years, at Assumption High School, two amazing tennis coaches have shown a great way of helping the team boost his or her own skills. The first coach who trained the tennis team for two years was Jason Ehrhardt. The new coach here at Assumption High School is Sarah Montgomery.
The Evolution Of Tennis When most unknowing people hear the word “tennis” they think of old people hitting a ball over a net in shorts with wooden racquets, a common stereotype among today’s youth. Not many think of the image of Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer, both outstanding players, violently hitting and running across the court to cover the ball. Of course, the era of wooden racquets was not too long ago. However, the truth is that the sport of tennis has greatly revolutionized due to new racquet technology, new advanced tennis balls, more spin, and stronger, taller, and fitter generations.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Although I reflect on my time in tennis with a great sense of pride, I cannot help but think about a number of choices I made with a lack of knowledge. I spent copious amounts of time choosing my equipment and the tournaments I was going to play, but one consideration I feel was often overlooked was my choice of coach. As stupid as it now sounds, I was under the impression that all coaches could develop my game, independent of who they were, and it was not until I began working with an Argentine named Martin Cejas that I realised how important the coach/player relationship is in development. We gelled almost instantly; he understood me and I understood him, and this close-knit relationship of complete trust and
Sports have always been a way for students of all ages to have fun competitively. Students develop a passion for certain sports and let it have a huge impact in their life. Some people believe that sports are only fun and games, but it’s much more than that. Sports can improve people’s cognitive abilities in more ways than athletes can imagine and have helped to evolve human beings into smarter individuals. School sports are beneficial to students because they create great habits and help people psychologically.
I had played on the volleyball team all through my junior high days, and was a starter on the “A” freshman team when I reached high school. As a sophomore, I couldn’t believe it when I got the towel thrown in on me. I was devastated when I was cut from the team. Volleyball was my life; I absolutely loved the sport. How could they do this to me? Everyone told me things would turn out fine, but how did they know? A close friend of mine wrote me a letter stating, “I know that right now it is hard to accept the paths that God has chosen for us, but I am sure whatever you decide to do with what has been thrown in your way you can surpass everyone else”. I thought about what that really meant, and decided she was right. I had been thrown something I was not sure what to do with or how to handle, but with a little advice from my brother, Chris, I decided to take a risk and try something new. I chose to become a member of our school’s cross-country team.
I remember my mom telling me throughout my life that I would make a great volleyball player, but I never gave it a second thought. Growing up, I had no interest in the sport. However, in September of 2013, the beginning of my 8th grade year, she forced me to go to a travel volleyball